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The Wychwood Brewery is tucked away behind the main street of the market town of Witney, in the heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. Witney is historically famous for its 3 Bs; its bread, its blankets and its beer. Brewing has taken place in Witney for centuries.
The Wychwood Brewery is tucked away behind the main street of the market town of Witney, in the heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. Witney is historically famous for its 3 Bs; its bread, its blankets and its beer. Brewing has taken place in Witney for centuries.
In 1988 the brewery was asked to brew a special celebratory wedding beer for a local landlord for his daughter's wedding. Chris Moss created the ale of his life. The deliciously dark, rich brew became The Legendary Hobgoblin. In January 1996 the first Hobgoblin beer in bottles was produced as the first bottled beer in the UK to have a pictorial front label as opposed to just the name in words. The highly distinctive and quirky labels appealed immediately to a new, younger market for traditional English ales. Hobgoblin is now the flagship beer of Wychwood Brewery and the 5th best selling bottled ale in the UK.
By 1997, Wychwood Brewery was producing nearly 30,000 barrels a year, including a full calendar of limited edition seasonal cask ales, under imaginative names and pump clip artworks. The brewery also owned 40 Hobgoblins Pubs. Following the success of Hobgoblin in bottle, Wychwood continued to bottle some of the other most popular cask ales, Christmas and seasonal beers. Many of the beer labels took their inspiration and artwork from myths and legends associated with the ancient medieval Wych Wood Forest. The brewery gained a growing fan base, as keen on the beers as they were on the artwork and imagery of the brewery labels. The Hobgoblins pubs were sold off in 2002, although some continue to use the Hobgoblin branding under their new owners.
Honestly i haven't tasted ale quite so varied, each bottle (myself and AGENT WOLF polished of 10 different flavors for our sins) had a distinct energy behind its label. Lots of thought an quirkiness goes into the design and story behind each flavor.. i really have to take my hat off to the boys and elves behind this brewery, i shan't be going back to Lager..
Plus their the leading brewers of Organic beer hehe
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I love Wychcraft!! Clean and tasty and worth every penny. Not to mention they make awesome candle holders... ;-)
ReplyDeletemhm that's right. get in indeed. and we all know how much i loathe beer
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