List of breweries in Berkshire

This is a list of breweries in the English county of Berkshire. The list includes both operational and defunct breweries,[1] as well as microbreweries.[2]

Caveats

Some breweries, such as the Morland Brewery in Abingdon, were in Berkshire until border changes in the 1970s.[3] As such, these breweries are not included in this list. Similarly, some breweries (such as the Courage Brewery) have, at times, brewed beer in Berkshire. As these breweries were not based solely or primarily in the county, they are not included in this list.

List of breweries

Name	Location	Established	Type	Status	Notes
Albion Brewery	Newbury	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[4]
Aldermaston Brewery	Aldermaston Wharf	1770	Commercial	Acquired by Scrace's Brewery of Southampton in 1945 and ceased production. Acquired by Whitbread in 1950.	[5][6]
Angel Brewery	Reading	Unknown	Unknown	Acquired by Morland Brewery in 1899	[7]
Atlas Brewery	Newbury	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[8]
Bell Brewery	Maidenhead	1854	Unknown	Unknown	[7]
Bickerton Sisters	Bracknell	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[3]
Binghams Brewery	Ruscombe	2010	Commercial	Operational
Blatch's Theale Brewery	Theale	1830	Commercial	Acquired by Ind Coope in 1965	[9]
Bond Brews	Wokingham	2015	Commercial	Operational	[10]
Britannia Brewery	Reading	Unknown	Unknown	Acquired by Ind Coope in 1896	[7][11]
Burge & Company	Windsor	Unknown	Unknown	Closed in 1931	[3][12]
Butts Brewery	Great Shefford	1994	Commercial	Operational	[1]
Castle Brewery	Reading	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[13]
Crown Brewery	Hungerford	1854	Commercial	Acquired by Adnams Brewery in 1932	[7][14]
Diamond Brewery	Newbury	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[7]
Double-Barrelled	Reading	2018	Commercial	Operational
Eagle Brewery	Newbury	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[7]
East Berkshire Brewery	Maidenhead	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[7][15]
Elusive Brewery	Wokingham	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[16]
Flyer & Firkin	Reading	1996	Brewpub	Closed in 1999 along with parent company Firkin Brewery	[1]
Fort & Firkin	Windsor	1995	Brewpub	Closed in 1999 along with parent company Firkin Brewery	[1]
Greenwood's Brewery	Wokingham	1994	Commercial	Closed in 1997	[1]
Higgs Brewery	Reading	Unknown	Commercial	Unknown	[17]
Langton Brewery	Maidenhead	Unknown	Unknown	Acquired by Nicholson and Sons in 1902	[7][18][19]
Manor Brewery	Hungerford	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[7][13]
Meux's Brewery Company	Crowthorne	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[3]
Mill Lane Brewery	Reading	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[13]
Mitre Brewery	Reading	Unknown	Brewpub	Unknown	[7]
Mortimer Brewing Company	Mortimer	2018	Microbrewery	Operational
Original Brewing Company	Bracknell	1997	Brewpub	Closed in 2000 along with parent company	[1]
Phoenix Brewery	Newbury	18th century	Commercial	Acquired by Ushers of Trowbridge in 1923	[20]
Pineapple Brewery	Maidenhead	Unknown	Unknown	Acquired by South Berkshire Brewery Company in 1902	[7][19]
Reading Lion Brewery	Reading	1995	Brewpub	Closed in 2001	[1]
Royal Brewery	Windsor	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[7][21]
St Nicholas Brewery	Newbury	Unknown	Unknown	Acquired by South Berkshire Brewery Company in 1902	[7][18]
Simonds' Brewery	Reading	1785	Commercial	Merged with Courage Brewery in 1960	[18]
Siren Craft Brew	Finchampstead	2012	Microbrewery	2018 CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain / RateBeer Best Top 100 in the world
Thames Brewery	Maidenhead	Unknown	Unknown	Demolished and re-established as Bell Brewery in 1854	[7][18]
Thatcham Brewery	Thatcham	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[22]
The Old Paper Mill	Thatcham	2013	Microbrewery	Pre-operational
Tudor Brewing Company	Reading	1999	Brewpub	Closed in 2000	[1]
Two Bridges Brewery	Caversham	2009	Commercial	Closed	[1]
Victoria Brewery	Reading	Unknown	Brewpub	Acquired by Courage, Barclay & Simonds c. 1900	[7][18]
West Berkshire Brewery	Yattendon	1995	Commercial	Operational	[1]
West Mills Brewery	Newbury	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[13]
Windsor and Eton Brewing Company	Windsor	2010	Commercial	Operational	[1][12]
Windsor Brewery	Windsor	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[7]
Zero Degrees	Reading	2007	Brewpub	Operational	[1]

See also

• Beer in England
• List of breweries in England

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