Holdens Brewery
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| Location | Woodsetton, West Midlands, England | ||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 52°31′55″N 2°05′27″W / 52.531806°N 2.090750°W | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1915 | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Holden's Brewery is a family-run English regional brewery. It was founded in 1915 at the Park Inn in Woodsetton, Dudley, in the West Midlands.
History
[edit]Edwin Holden took over the Park Inn on George Street, Woodsetton, in 1915, and the pub is still owned by the Holden family.[1]
The Park Inn was a pub and brewhouse. Soon after acquisition, the brewing equipment was enlarged from within the cellar to adjoining buildings, which had been previously used as a malt store.[2]
The 1940s saw the company's expansion and the establishment of Edwin Holden's Bottling Company. The 1960s saw the purchase of additional pubs around the Black Country, a practice that continued through the 1980s and to the present day. [2][3]
In 2012 work began on a major expansion of the brewery to increase production capacity,[4] with further plans to open up a visitor's centre in the near future.[5]
The brewery, which supplies to several local pubs and sells its products in local shops, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2015.[6]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Holdens began a home delivery service.[7]
Beers
[edit]Holden's brewpub supplies cask ale to its twenty-two tied houses. Bottle conditioned ales are also available.
There are four regular beers; Black Country Bitter, Black Country Special Bitter, Black Country Mild, and Golden Glow, as well as a stout and winter warmer.[8] In 2017, the brewery also launched a beer to celebrate the life of industrialist Abraham Darby.[9]
Pubs
[edit]- The Park Inn, Woodsetton
- The Bell Inn, Staffordshire
- The Bulls Head, Sedgley
- The Chapel House Lower Gornal
- The Codsall Station, Staffordshire
- The Cottage Spring, Wednesbury
- The Fellows, Dudley
- The Golden Lion, Bridgnorth
- The Great Western, Wolverhampton
- The Mill, Upper Gornal
- The New Inn, Coseley
- The Prince of Wales, Darlaston
- The Red Cow, Bridgnorth
- The Rose & Crown, Brierley Hill
- The Shrubbery Cottage, Stourbridge
- The Swan Inn, Cradley Heath
- The Trumpet Bilston
- The Waterfall, Cradley Heath
- The Wheatsheaf, West Bromwich
- The White House, Hockley, Birmingham
- The Olde Robin Hood, Ironbridge, Shropshire
References
[edit]- ^ Corser, John (12 September 2020). "Cheers! Brewing history explored in new book". www.expressandstar.com.
- ^ a b "Holdens Brewery History - Our Story". 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012.
- ^ "List of Holden's Brewery Ltd pubs - Brewery History Society Wiki". breweryhistory.com.
- ^ "Dudley brewery near completion in £200k growth". Express & Star. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ "Visitor centre bid by Holden's Brewery". Express & Star. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ "Ale trail celebrates Dudley brewery's centenary". www.expressandstar.com. 17 December 2014.
- ^ Corser, John (7 November 2020). "Beer at home means Holden's". www.expressandstar.com.
- ^ "BEERS | Holden's Brewery".
- ^ "Commemorative Abraham Darby beer launched in Woodsetton". Hereford Times. 15 December 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official Holden's Brewery website
- Quaffale's brewery information
- RateBeer's brewery information
- BeerMad's brewery information Archived 24 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine
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