Bathams is a brewery in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England established in 1877 in a former slaughterhouse.[1] The brewery is described by the CAMRA Good Beer Guide as "A classic Black country small brewery". It produces three cask conditioned beers, Best Bitter (4.3%), Mild (3.5%) and XXX (6.3%), a Christmas special. The Best Bitter won its highly contested class at the Great British Beer Festival in 1991.[2] Bottled versions are also available at Bathams pubs.
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| Location | Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England | ||||||
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| Coordinates | 52°28′33″N 2°07′35″W / 52.4758°N 2.1265°W | ||||||
| Opened | 1877 | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
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The Brewery is currently run by brothers Tim and Matt Batham, having been in the Batham family for five generations.[3] It is one of few breweries that still use 54-gallon hogshead casks.
Bathams owns twelve pubs in the Black Country and West Midlands:[4]
- The Britannia Inn, Sedgley, Dudley
- The Bird in Hand, Oldswinford, Stourbridge
- The Fox and Grapes, Pensnett, Brierley Hill
- The Lamp Tavern, Dudley
- The King Arthur, Hagley, Stourbridge
- The New Inn, Wordsley
- The Plough and Harrow, Kinver
- The Plough Inn, Shenstone (near Kidderminster)
- The Royal Exchange, Stourbridge
- The Swan Inn, Chaddesley Corbett
- The Unicorn, Wollaston, Stourbridge
- The Vine, Brierley Hill. The Home of Batham's Beer, also known as the Bull & Bladder.[5]
References edit
- ^ "West Midlands pub guide: The Vine, Brierley Hill". The Telegraph. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Awards". Bathams Brewery. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Beerhunter: A visit to a traditional brewery where they still use hogsheads". Derby Telegraph. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Pub List". Bathams Brewery. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "The Vine Inn". Bathams Brewery. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
External links edit
- "Bathams Brewery – The Finest Real Ales". www.bathams.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
- "Pete Brown – In Search of a Black Country Legend". 13 April 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- "The History of Batham's Black Country Brewers" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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