Wickwar Brewing Co

The brewery in 1993

Wickwar Brewing Co, The Old Brewery, Station Road, Wickwar, Gloucestershire.

Founded by Brian Rides and Ray Penny in 1990 in a former cooperage of the former Arnold, Perrett & Co. Ltd premises. The brewing plant was from Total Brewing Services of Worcester. Its first beer was "Brand Oak Bitter" or "BOB".

In 2017, they acquired Mole's Brewery and its pub estate.

In 2021, they announced that the brewery had closed. The pub estate was to be retained, and their beer range would be contract-brewed.

Images of the brewery

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  The brewery in 2002. Courtesy Roy Denison

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  The brewery in 2002. Courtesy Roy Denison

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  The brewery in 2002. Courtesy Roy Denison

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  The brewery in 2002. Courtesy Roy Denison

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  The brewery in 2002. Courtesy Roy Denison

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  The brewery in 2002. Courtesy Roy Denison

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

A visit to the brewery in 2004:

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A BHS visit to the brewery in September 2008:

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  One of the massive cider vats in the cellars

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