West Berkshire Brewery

Coordinates: 51°28′2″N 1°12′17″W / 51.46722°N 1.20472°W / 51.46722; -1.20472

West Berkshire Brewery

Industry	Alcoholic beverage
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Yattendon, Berkshire, UK, England
Products	Beer
Production output	≈4000 UK barrels
Owner	Dave and Helen Maggs
Website	http://www.wbbrew.co.uk/

The West Berkshire Brewery is a microbrewery in Yattendon, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Founded in 1995 by husband and wife Dave and Helen Maggs, the brewery grew out of its original brickworks shed in Frilsham and now brews exclusively in Yattendon at a rate of 80 barrels per week.^[1]

History

The brewery was founded in the summer of 1995 in a dilapidated building behind The Pot Kiln in Frilsham (approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) from the Yattendon site). It was within the first year of operations that the brewery won their first award.

Expansion

By 2000, the business had outgrown the original site and so opened a second unit in Yattendon, thus increasing capacity to 25 barrels per week. However, this proved insufficient and in 2006 more fermenter were installed, increasing yield by 220% (a total output of 80 barrels per week). With this, the Frilsham plant ceased operations in April 2007.

In 2005, the brewery acquired their first pub - the Rising Sun at Stockcross. In 2007, the pub secured the CAMRA West Berkshire Branch pub of the year award.^[2]

Beers

The company produces a range of beers, including Maggs Magnificent Mild.^[3]

Awards

The company has received a number of SIBA and CAMRA local beer festival awards.^[4]^[5]

Year	Beer Name	Prize	Category	Competition
1995	Good Old Boy	Overall Winner	Beer of the Festival	CAMRA White Horse Branch Beer Festival
1997	Dr Hexter's Healer	Runner Up	Beer of the Festival	CAMRA Northamptonshire Branch Beer Festival
2002	Good Old Boy	Gold Medal	Best Bitter	SIBA South East Region Beer Competition
2002	Good Old Boy	Second Reserve Champion	Overall	SIBA South East Region Beer Competition
2002	Maggs Magnificent Mild	Gold Medal	Mild and Porter	SIBA South East Region Beer Competition
2002	Mr Chubb's Lunchtime Bitter	Silver Medal	Standard Bitter	SIBA South East Region Beer Competition
2002	Dr Hexter's Healer	Silver Medal	Strong Ale	SIBA South East Region Beer Competition
2003	Maggs Magnificent Mild	Gold Medal	Mild and Porter	SIBA National Beer Competition
2003	Full Circle	Silver Medal	Best Bitter	CAMRA Great British Beer Festival
2004	Maggs Magnificent Mild	Overall Winner	Beer of the Festival	Bracknell Blues and Real Ale Festival
2005	Maggs Magnificent Mild	Gold Medal	Mild	CAMRA Reading Branch Beer Festival
2005	Maggs Magnificent Mild	Third Place	Overall	CAMRA Reading Branch Beer Festival
2005	Maggs Magnificent Mild	Gold Medal	Mild	SIBA South East Region Beer Competition
2005	Maggs Magnificent Mild	Bronze Medal	Overall	SIBA South East Region Beer Competition
2005	Good Old Boy	Silver Medal	Best Bitter	SIBA South East Region Beer Competition
2005	Dr Hexter's Wedding Ale	Third Place	Best Bitter	Norwich Beer Festival
2006	Maggs Magnificent Mild	Silver Medal	Mild	SIBA National Beer Competition
2006	Maggs Magnificent Mild	Silver Medal	Mild	CAMRA Reading Branch Beer Festival
2006	Old Father Thames	Bronze Medal	Light Bitters	SIBA South East Region Beer Competition
2007	Skiff	Gold Medal	Standard Bitter	CAMRA Reading Branch Beer Festival
2007	Full Circle	Bronze Medal	Premium Biter	CAMRA Reading Branch Beer Festival
2007	Mash Tun	Bronze Medal	Best Bitter	CAMRA Reading Branch Beer Festival
2008	Dr Hexter's Healer	Gold Medal	Best Local Beer	CAMRA Reading Branch Beer Festival
2008	Mr Chubb's Lunchtime Bitter	Gold Medal	In Category	CAMRA Reading Branch Beer Festival
2008	Maggs Magnificent Mild	Silver Medal	In Category	CAMRA Reading Branch Beer Festival
2009	Dr Hexter's Healer	Gold Medal	Best Local Beer	CAMRA Reading Branch Beer Festival
2009	Dr Hexter's Healer	Gold Medal	In Category	CAMRA London and South East Regional competition
2009	Good Old Boy	Gold Medal	In Category	CAMRA London and South East Regional competition

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