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<big>'''Ash Vine Brewery''', ''The White Hart, Trudoxhill, Somerset.''</big>
<big>'''Ash Vine Brewery''', ''The White Hart, Trudoxhill, Somerset.''</big>


It began as the [[Bishop's Brewery (Wellington)|Bishop's Brewery in Wellington]]. In 1989, the landlord of the White Hart moved the brewery from Wellington to Trudoxhill. In 1997, a new expanded brewery was opened in Frome and brewing ceased at the pub.
It began as the [[Bishop's Brewery (Wellington)|Bishop's Brewery]] in Wellington, Somerset. In 1989, the landlord of the White Hart moved the brewery from Wellington to Trudoxhill. In 1997, a new expanded brewery was opened in Frome and brewing ceased at the pub.


<big>'''Ash Vine Brewery (South West) Ltd''', ''Unit F, Vallis Trading Estate, Robins Lane, Frome, Somerset.''</big>
<big>'''Ash Vine Brewery (South West) Ltd''', ''Unit F, Vallis Trading Estate, Robins Lane, Frome, Somerset.''</big>

Latest revision as of 15:28, 27 January 2021

Courtesy Roy Denison
Trudoxhill Ash Vine White Hart.jpg

Ash Vine Brewery, The White Hart, Trudoxhill, Somerset.

It began as the Bishop's Brewery in Wellington, Somerset. In 1989, the landlord of the White Hart moved the brewery from Wellington to Trudoxhill. In 1997, a new expanded brewery was opened in Frome and brewing ceased at the pub.

Ash Vine Brewery (South West) Ltd, Unit F, Vallis Trading Estate, Robins Lane, Frome, Somerset.

Brewing commenced here in 1998 after the move from Trudoxhill but ceased in 2000 when an abortive take over by the Kestrel Brewery ended in receivership.

The brewery built up a small estate of pubs:

  • White Hart, Trudoxhill, Somerset.
  • Pig & Fiddle, 2 Saracen Street, Bath, Somerset. Former fish restaurant, opened as a pub by Ash Vine in 1989.
  • Fish & Fiddle, 1A Imperial Lane, Cheltenham, Glos. Opened by Ash Vine in 1993.
  • Frog & Fiddle, 313-315 High Street, Cheltenham, Glos. Opened by Ash Vine in 1999.

They also ran the bar at the Cheese & Grain, Market Yard, Frome for a while.