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Reviving
a Rich Brewing Heritage
Established
in 2004 by Robert Wicks, The Westerham Brewery Company is proud
to bring brewing back to the historic town of Westerham. With a
rich brewing heritage, Westerham can once again be proud of locally
brewed, top quality real ales.
Producing
exceptional real ales for the local market, we support the initiative
to reduce food miles in the supply chain. Many ‘national brands’
are transported long distances and suffer from poor storage and
handling.
Locally
sourced, our malt and hops are chosen with skill and care to produce
ales with a distinct yet traditional flavour. The local hard water,
which percolates through the Lower Greensand Ridge to the south
of Westerham, is excellent for brewing ales such as the IPA for
which Westerham was once famous.
The
Westerham Brewery Company will revive many of the much-loved flavours
of the old Black Eagle Brewery, which closed in 1965 following the
catastrophic consolidation by the ‘Big Brewers’ in the
1950’s.
We
have recultured the yeast from the Black Eagle Brewery. Back in
1959, after the takeover by Taylor Walker, the Black Eagle Brewery
deposited freeze dried samples of their yeasts with the National
Collection of Yeast Cultures, no doubt sensing that it might be
lost forever. Now, 50 years later, we have revived these yeast cultures.
Combined with water from the same aquifer that served the old brewery,
we hope to capture the essence of what made Westerham's ales famous.
Ethical
and green issues are very important to us. To that end we have embarked
on the following initiatives:
- Encouraging
the planting of new hop varieties in a new organic hop garden
at Scotney Castle
- Paying
a significant proportion of the sales of the Little Scotney Ales
to reinvest in the hop garden at Scotney Castle
- Launching
one of the first Fairtrade beers on draught - William Wilberforce
Freedom Ale
- Tithing
10% of the profits of the William Wilberforce Freedom Ale to Stop
the Traffik
- Tithing
10% of the sales of Gods Wallop to a charity each Christmas
- Instigating
land spreading of our effluent on the land to replace trucking
it away
- Purchase
of two LPG powered delivery vans and a hybrid sales car
- Reducing
water usage in the brewery to under 3.5 : 1 ratio
- Removing
all plastic waste from our bottled beer products and replacing
with recyclable items
Mission
Statement
- To
produce the finest ales we can
- To
be as good a supplier to our customers as we can
- To
be as good a customer to our suppliers as we can
- To
be honest in all our dealings with our customers and suppliers
- To
deal with all our customers without prejudice or discrimination
- To
promote the health
benefits of moderate beer consumption
- To
educate visitors about the risks of alcohol abuse and to promote
a culture of moderation
- To enable our staff to be the best version
of themselves that they can
- To make our brewery the best version of
itself that it can
Deuteronomy
8:18
But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability
to produce wealth
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for Westerham's Famous Brewery
Award
Winning Fine Ales From Kent
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