BEARTOWN BREWERY

• 11050 - Manufacture of beer

Beartown brewery was founded by Ian Burns, a home brewer at the time, with no books, apps, or youtube videos on how to brew, just a load of passion for beer, the message coming from his neighbours who attended the "garage pub" was clear, - your making something worth paying for. Against the run of play at that time, with no beer duty relief, (Beartown later campaigned for that in 2003) and only the big boys to play with, Beartown Brewery was born... The Mannings took on the tenureship of their first pub, the White Lion, in little old Congleton, the pub was heavily tied, with only one handpull free of tie, and you can guess what lived here, Beartown brewery became a mainstay on the bar. The price difference between a tied product and a list price product hadn't gone unnoticed... The Wonky pear was born, the Lion and the Beartown tap were shifting tonnes of beer, and the brewery was smashing its sales budget, with plenty of wind in the sales, Beartown brewery began to manoeuvre for an..

Also known as: BEARTOWN BREWERY LIMITED, The Den

Previous names: MANNING BREWERS LTD

Registration numbers: 08626869 (CH)

VAT numbers: GB 225 762406

Primary location: Congleton United Kingdom