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April 2008 - 500th Brew India Pale Ale Available Now

We have just brewed our 500th gyle at the Westerham Brewery. As we do every 100 brews, we have brewed a proper India Pale Ale. Brewed with only Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt it is a deep golden ale with a thirst quenching bitterness. Five different Kent hops - Bramling Cross, Target, WGV, Goldings and Northdown - have been added in five charges to the brew; four charges in the copper and then a final charge of dry hops. Call now while stocks last!

March 2008 - New Range of Single Hop Varietal Beers

Single Hop Varietal - GOLDINGS 4% ABV - SOLD OUT
Fine Hops from Kent

March sees the launch of a new range of beers from the Westerham Brewery. The Single Hop Varietal beers will showcase the finest hops from Kent in a mid gold beer of 4% ABV. The first of the beers, GOLDINGS, features hops from the Finchcocks' hop garden in Goudhurst, Kent. The beer is triple hopped with Goldings: hops are added at the beginning of the boil for bitterness, at the end of the boil for flavour and aroma and is finally dry-hopped to get the full flavour of these wonderful hops. Westerham Brewery is committed to supporting the hop farmers of Kent.

March 2007

William Wilberforce Freedom Ale ®
Silver Medal SIBA National Champion Bottled Beer

William Wilberforce Freedom Ale, Gold Medal winner in the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) South East Regional Beer Competition, won the Silver Medal in the SIBA National Champion Bottled Beer category. This adds to the accolades for this beer which celebrates its first birthday this month; selected by Roger Protz as his beer of the month in May 2007 and The Independent newspaper's Top 50 Beers in November 2007

Mad About Hops - Kent Hops in 2008

We will be sourcing all our main hops from three hop gardens in Kent in 2008.

Scotney Castle hop garden is owned by the National Trust. Ian Strang produces choice Target hops which are used in our Grasshopper and Little Scotney Ales. It is the last hop garden in Lamberhurst. This year we have secured funding to plant some of the hop garden with new varieties and will be attempting organic production methods.

Finchcocks' hop garden is on the other side of the River Bewl from Scotney. Bill Calcutt farms superb quality Early Choice, WGV and Bramling Cross hops which will go into many of our beers in 2008. Last year we launched Finchcocks Original which won Gold at SIBA SE within 6 weeks of being launched. It is now are second best selling beer after British Bulldog. Finchcocks' is one of only two hop gardens left in Goudhurst parish.

Hulme hop garden in Wingham supplies the Northdown hops used for bitterness in several of our beers.

Without these valiant hop farmers we would never be able to enjoy the range of flavours and aromas we do today. Support the hop industry by buying real beer. Look out for our new range of Single Hop Varietal beers

Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."

William Wilberforce Freedom Ale SIBA Westerham Special

Finchcocks Original SIBA Grasshopper

British Bulldog SIBA Black Eagle Special Pale Ale