MULTI AWARD
WINNING CLASSIC
ENGLISH BITTER
Contract Services
How can we help?
If you’re looking to upscale your business but lack the facilities, machinery or expertise to do so in house, this could be the perfect partnership.
With the ability to brew ale and lager in 60-240hl batches and with over 50 years of brewing experience we can ensure the quality and consistency of your product.
Well located to support you from our brewery, set just off the M4 in West Berkshire within close proximity to a range of major cities in the South of England such as London, Bristol and Birmingham. Our state-of-the-art brewery and packaging line is here to support the growth of your business; we’re able to brew, bottle, can, keg and cask your beer in a wide range of formats to suit your bespoke requirements.
Key Features
- SALSA Plus Beer accreditation
- Contract brew and package into bottle, can, cask & keg
- Cask rack into 9G Firkins
- Capacity of 10,000hl/year
- Consistency, quality & full automation
- Soil association accredited for packaging of organic products
Bottling
8000 bottles per hour based on a 330ml bottle.
Amber 330ml, 350ml & 500ml bottles.
MOQ – 6000 litres (60 Hectolitres).
Sterile filtration or positive release for hazy products.
Front, back & neck labelling options or wrap around labels.
Missing label detection system.
12pk or 24 pk shrink wrap & tray (SWT).
4pk or 12pk fully enclosed card fridge packs(FEC’S).
Brew and pack, or pack only.
24 head bottle rinse carousel.
24 head counter pressure filling with bottle burst detection.
Bottle burst rate of 1 per 165,300 bottles. (2023 & 2024)
6 head crown capping.
Underfill detection using Heuft Prime.
Missing closure detection system.
TPO, DO, CO2 & weight measurements taken every 30mins.
Yellow pigment ink date coding on the shoulder of bottles.
Canning
9000 cans per hour based on a 330ml can.
MOQ – 6000 Litres (60 Hectolitres).
Sterile Filtration or positive release on hazy products.
Labelling for unprinted cans.
Missing label detection system.
12pk or 24 pk Shrink Wrap & Tray (SWT).
4pk, 8pk or 12pk Fully Enclosed Card Fridge Packs(FEC’S).
Brew and pack, or pack only.
24 head counter pressure filling.
4 head seaming.
330ml, 440ml or 500ml standard cans.
Underfill detection using Heuft Prime.
Missing closure detection system.
TPO, DO, CO2 & weight measurements taken every 30mins.
Yellow pigment ink coding on underside of cans.
Cask
MOQ – 6000 Litres (60 Hectolitres).
Dual head, flow metered filler with automatic finings dosing.
60 casks filled per hour based on a 9 Gallon Cask
Euro Pallets as standard.
12 x casks per pallet with layer divider.
Brew and pack or pack only.
Casks to be delivered clean.
Pre-fill sterilisation program
Keg
MOQ – 6000 Litres (60 Hectolitres).
2 head, manual flow metered filling machine.
60 kegs filled per hour based on a 30L Keg.
30L & 50L S-Type or G-Type fitting kegs.
Euro Pallets as standard.
18 x 30L kegs per pallet.
12 x 50L kegs per pallet.
Sterile filtration or positive release on hazy products.
Brew and pack or pack only.
Nitro Stout kegging.
Weight measurements taken every 30mins to verify fill levels.
Kegs to be delivered clean.
20L & 30L KeyKeg filling options.
UK pallet – 24 x KeyKeg per pallet.
6 month maximum BBE on KeyKegs.
All Pallets strapped or wrapped for transit.
Brewing
We can use your recipe, develop a recipe for you or work together with our combined experience.
6000 litre (60 hectolitre) brew size.
MOQ of 60 hectolitres.
Fully automated brew house with automatic milling, Mash Tun, Lauter Tun, Copper/whirlpool, Hop Back & secondary Whirlpool.
All styles of beer brewed.
Recipe development options using our 100 Litre pilot brewery.
60, 120 & 240 hectolitre fermentation tanks.
60, 120 & 240 hectolitre bright beer tanks.
Centrifuge and Cross Flow filtration prior to packaging.
In-line Nitrogenation and Carbonation plant.
DAL plant.
On-site Nitrogen generation plant
Minimum of 0.3% ABV achievable.
All low alcohol beers to be sterile filtered.
On-Site Gluten testing
Micro lab for quality control testing of beers throughout the process.
Positive release for hazy products (above 3% ABV).
Join us at the brewery to follow your first brew and we’ll answer any queries you might have.
Find out how we can support your growing business.
