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The Donnington Brewery is a small brewery based in the Gloucestershire village of Donnington near Stow-on-the-Wold in England.
There are ten workers at the brewery and with the help of one lorry and a van they deliver 2,000 gallons of beer a week throughout the Winter, rising to 3,500 in the Summer. This includes three bottled beers - Light, Brown and Double D - which are non pasteurised and sit working in the bottle for up to five weeks.
Thomas Arkell began brewing at this location in 1865. The brewery was later run by a descendant, Claude Arkell, until his death in 2007 when it passed to Claude's cousins, Peter and James from Arkells Brewery.[1]
The Donnington Brewery brews two draught beers SBA & BB (having stopped making their Mild XXX a couple of years ago). These are sold through their 15 tied pubs around the Cotswolds. There were two more, The Merry Mouth which still exists but is no longer owned by Donnington & The Bell at Winchcombe which was sold by its last landlord & the site converted into a number of houses.
A "Donnington run" means visiting all 15 pubs in a single evening. A path called the Donnington Way connects all the 15 pubs.[2]
References
- ^ "Mine's a double donn in memory of claude". The Citizen Gloucestershire. January 31, 2008. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-15224527.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
- ^ Shurey, Richard (July 30, 2005). "Pastimes: Little and large links.(Features)". The Birmingham Post (England). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-134640913.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
External links
Categories:- Gloucestershire cuisine
- Companies based in Gloucestershire
- Beer and breweries in England
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