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Brewery
Hawkshead Brewery is not in Hawkshead any longer, though it is still one of the best places to get our beer - in 3 of the 4 pubs in the village and in both pubs in Sawrey at the other end of Esthwaite Water.
The brewery grew so fast that in 2006 we had to move across the lake (Windermere, that is) to Staveley, at the foot of the Kentmere Valley.
Hawkshead Brewery is now in Mill Yard, Staveley, beside the River Kent, where we installed a new brewery, tailor made by Moeschle (UK) Ltd.
The new brewery is three times the size of the old and gives us more precision and more control over the brewing process. The Staveley Brewery's "brew length," an indication of the size of the vessels, is 20 barrels, a brewer's barrel being 36 gallons. Five fermenters give us the capacity to produce 100 barrels of beer per week, compared to the 30 brls a week we were doing at Hawkshead.
We are now at full capacity and trying to find space to fit in new kit, so that we can brew more.
Hawkshead Brewery was founded, by Alex Brodie, in July 2002, in a 17th century barn at Colthouse, at the head of Esthwaite Water, just outside Hawkshead. The 7 barrel brew plant was the Border Brewery at Berwick-upon-Tweed, before it expanded and moved. The Brewery was in part of the centuries-old Town End Farm. Careful conversion preserved and restored both the interior and exterior of this listed building. The project was supported financially by DEFRA and Distinctly Cumbrian. The four core Hawkshead beers were developed here.
Open 7 days a week and in the evenings is for hire as a party venue. There is also a conference room, which seats 20.
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