Brew History Wiki Page: UK Breweries

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I came across this page the other day. It’s not very user friendly because it just lists the breweries for each county by name. I went to the brewpub in the bowling alley at Bracknell back in the day but had not realised how many brewpubs, etc, there were around in the late 90’s/early 00’s but I was barely out of nappies. Three in Woking at on point. Not sure when Ratebeer first started so possibly a number that never made it on to here back in the day.

http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:British_Breweries_by_County

Also, being CAMRA oddballs they refuse to recognise modern county boundaries.

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Some work gone into that list and still being updated by the looks.

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"Not sure when Ratebeer first started "

" RateBeer launched in 2000 as a platform for beer lovers to share opinions on beers and beer-drinking establishments."

But coverage wasn’t immense at the start. :slight_smile:

I joined Oct 11, 2001 and I was only # 1966

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Only looked at Lincolnshire but a fair number of brewers are missing from these. And so many I have never heard of. Amazing to see so much detail of all those breweries.

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I was wondering how many breweries that closed in the early 2000s failed to make it onto rate beer so took a look at my local counties.

I see that the Firkin pubs were all closed down by 1999. In fact a number of brewpubs seemed to have shut down that year.

SURREY

Alchemy, Hersham. 1998 – 2001.

Boston Experience (brewpub), Woking. 1999 – 2004

Hale & Hearty @ Ball and Whicket (brewpub), Upper Hale. 1996 – 2000. The brewer went on to the Boston Experience and then returned to the Ball and Wicket to establish brewing again, this time as Farnham Brewery.

HG Wells Planets Brewery / Brooklands Brewery, Woking. 1996-2000.

BERKSHIRE – a whole load of Oxfordshire breweries are listed under Berkshire so less missing than I thought.

Reading Lion at The Hop Leaf (brewpub), Reading. 1994 – 2001

HAMPSHIRE

Buckland, Portsmouth. 1999-2000

Laverstock Park Farm. The beers are on RB as being brewed at Hepworth but apparently there was brewing on the farm commencing in 2008?

Old Chapel, Gosport. 1999 – 2001

Packhorse, Ashford, Kent, and then Southsea. 1998 – 2003

Soldier’s Return (brewpub), Basingtoke. 2007 only.