Daniel Batham and Son

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.

Daniel Batham and Son

Location	Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England
Coordinates	52.4758°N 2.1265°W
Opened	1877
Website	www.bathams.co.uk
Active beers
Name Type Bathams Best Bitter Best bitter Bathams Mild Ale Mild
Seasonal beers
Name Type Bathams XXX Strong ale

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 ten pubs in the Black Country and West Midlands:[4]

• The Britannia Inn, Sedgley, Dudley
• The Bird in Hand, Stourbridge
• The Fox and Grapes, Pensnett, Brierley Hill
• The Lamp Tavern, Dudley
• 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 Inn, Brierley Hill. The Home of Batham's Beer, also known as the Bull & Bladder.[5]

An eleventh pub in Hagley is planned to open in 2017.[6]

References

1. "West Midlands pub guide: The Vine, Brierley Hill". The Telegraph. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
2. "Awards". Bathams Brewery. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
3. "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.
4. "Pub List". Bathams Brewery. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
5. "The Vine Inn". Bathams Brewery. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
6. "Black Country Bathams brewery to open new pub". Express & Star. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

External links

• "Bathams Brewery – The Finest Real Ales". www.bathams.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
• "Pete Brown – In Search of a Black Country Legend". Retrieved 2012-06-20.
• "The History of Batham's Black Country Brewers" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-06-08.