SWB were one of the first of the ‘new wave’ craft breweries to move back into flavour forward keg beers back in 2010 and now split production 50/50 between cask and keg/can. We invest heavily in our beers, always putting the best quality malts&hops the world has to offer in our flavour forward beers. That could be anything from a malt laden Mild, Porter or Stout to one of our many New World hopped pale ales and IPAs or a floral, yeast led Saison. The SWB repertoire is burgeoning.
Since taking the plunge in late 2008 and moving from kitchen cellar based home-brew to a commercial scale kit, things have constantly evolved here at Summer Wine Brewery. The beer world was a very different place. There were only around 450 UK breweries, low strength cask beer was the norm and the term ‘craft’ was more at home within a village hall bake sale than the UK beer industry. What started out in one industrial unit as a two man team brewing twice a week has now grown to a 10 strong team brewing twice a day across three industrial units with an onsite Tap Room. A second, much larger steam powered brew-plant is to be installed pushing the capacity of the brewery even further.
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