List of breweries in Berkshire
This compilation presents breweries located within the English county of Berkshire. It encompasses both currently functioning and no longer operating breweries,[1] including microbreweries.[2]
Caveats
Certain breweries, for instance the Morland Brewery located in Abingdon, were historically part of Berkshire before boundary adjustments in the 1970s.[3] These are excluded from this list. Additionally, some breweries, such as Courage Brewery, produced beer within Berkshire but were not primarily based there and therefore are not included.
List of breweries
Mitre BreweryReading, Berkshire \ Reading Unknown Brewpub Status unknown Original Brewing Company Bracknell 1997 Brewpub Closed in 2000 with parent company Phoenix Brewery Newbury, Berkshire \ Newbury 18th century Commercial Acquired byUshers of Trowbridge in 1923 Pineapple Brewery Maidenhead Unknown Unknown Acquired bySouth Berkshire Brewery Company in 1902 Reading Lion Brewery Reading, BerkshireReading 1995 Brewpub Closed in 2001 Royal BreweryWindsor, BerkshireWindsor [Unknown][Unknown][Unknown] St Nicholas BreweryNewbury, BerkshireNewbury [Unknown][Unknown]Acquired bySouth Berkshire Brewery Company[1902] Simonds' BreweryReading, BerkshireReading [1785][Commercial]Merged withCourage Brewery[1960] Siren Craft BrewFinchampstead, BerkshireFinchampstead [2013][Commercial][Independent] Thames BreweryMaidenhead[Unknown][Unknown]Demolished and re-established asBell Brewery[1854] Thatcham BreweryThatcham[Unknown][Unknown][Unknown] Tudor Brewing CompanyReading, BerkshireReading [1999][Brewpub]Closed in 2000 Two Bridges BreweryCaversham, BerkshireCaversham [2009][Commercial]Closed Victoria BreweryReading, BerkshireReading [Unknown][Brewpub]Acquired byCourage, Barclay & Simonds[c.1900] West Berkshire BreweryYattendon[1995][Commercial]Operational Windsor and Eton Brewing CompanyWindsor, BerkshireWindsor [2010][Commercial]Operational Windsor BreweryWindsor, BerkshireWindsor [Unknown][Unknown][Unknown] Zero DegreesReading, BerkshireReading [2007][Brewpub]Operational| Name | Location | Established | Type | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Brewery | Newbury | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Aldermaston Brewery | Aldermaston Wharf | 1770 | Commercial | Taken over by Scrace's Brewery of Southampton in 1945; later acquired by Whitbread in 1950. | |
| Angel Brewery | Reading | Unknown | Unknown | Purchased by Morland Brewery in 1899 | |
| Atlas Brewery | Newbury | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Bell Brewery | Maidenhead | 1854 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Bickerton Sisters | Bracknell | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Blatch's Theale Brewery | Theale | 1830 | Commercial | Acquired by Ind Coope in 1965 | |
| Britannia Brewery | Reading | Unknown | Unknown | Purchased by Ind Coope in 1896 | |
| Burge & Company | Windsor | Unknown | Unknown | Ceased operations in 1931 | |
| Butts Brewery | Great Shefford | 1994 | Commercial | Currently operating | |
| Castle Brewery | Reading | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Crown Brewery | Hungerford | 1854 | Commercial | Acquired by Adnams Brewery in 1932 | |
| Diamond Brewery | Newbury | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Eagle Brewery | Newbury | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| East Berkshire Brewery | Maidenhead | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Flyer & Firkin | Reading | 1996 | Brewpub | Closed in 1999 alongside parent company Firkin Brewery | |
| Fort & Firkin | Windsor | 1995 | Brewpub | Shut down in 1999 with parent company Firkin Brewery | |
| Greenwood's Brewery | Wokingham | 1994 | Commercial | Closed operations in 1997 | |
| Higgs Brewery | Reading | Unknown | Commercial | Current status unknown | |
| Langton Brewery | Maidenhead | Unknown | Unknown | Purchased by Nicholson and Sons in 1902 | |
| Manor Brewery | Hungerford | Unknown | Unknown | Status unclear | |
| Meux's Brewery Company | Crowthorne | Unknown | Unknown | Current status unknown | |
| Mill Lane Brewery | Reading | Unknown
Unknown Unknown Status unclear |
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See also
- ↑ "Breweries In The Historic County of Berkshire". The Directory of UK Real Ale Brewers. Quaffale. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ↑ Fahey, Tom (27 October 2009). "Best of Berkshire breweries". Reading Post. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ↑ "Berkshire". Defunct Brewery Livery. Brewery History Society. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2010.