Howard Town Brewery

Howard Town is an English, 8-barrel microbrewery owned by husband and wife teams Les and Janet Dove, and Tony Hulme and Rowena Curley. Established in 2005 in Glossop, Derbyshire, it distributes cask ale to pubs throughout Derbyshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.

Location

The original premises for the brewery were located in the former Bridge End Fulling Mill, later to become part of the Howard Town Mill complex. However on April 1st 2006, exactly one year after the lease was signed, the mill caught fire and business had to be suspended until new premises could be found. It is now situated in Hawkshead Mill, in Old Glossop.

Beers

As well as the regular beers below, the brewery also produces the occasion one-off.

Bleaklow (abv 3.8%)

Monk's Gold (abv 4%)

Wren's Nest (abv 4.2%)

*Gold, Best Bitter category Sheffield Beer Festival September 2006

*Silver, Beer of Festival Sheffield Beer Festival September 2006

*Gold, Best Bitter category SIBA Midlands Beer Competition 2006

*Supreme Champion SIBA Midlands Beer Competition 2006

*Gold, Best Bitter category SIBA National Beer Competition 2007

*Supreme Champion SIBA National Beer Competition 2007

Dinting Arches (abv 4.5%)

Glott's Hop (abv 5.0%)

*2nd place Strong Bitter category Huddersfield Oktoberfest 2005

Trivia

*The Brewkit was provided by Dave Porter, of Porter Brewing Co Ltd.

One of the seasonal beers produced by the brewery, Robin's Nest, is named after Tony and Rowena's favourite son.

References

External links

* [http://www.howardtownbrewery.co.uk/ Official website]