Companies Based in Herefordshire - Wye Valley Brewery, H. P. Bulmer, Desire Petroleum, Raw Engineering, Sargeants of Kington, Kaloi K'Agathoi (Paperback)

Chapters: Wye Valley Brewery, H. P. Bulmer, Desire Petroleum, Raw Engineering, Sargeants of Kington, Kaloi K'agathoi, M and M Direct, Weston's Cider. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Wye Valley Brewery is a brewery in the village of Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, England, in the Wye Valley. Founded in 1985 by Peter Amor, it has become "one of Britain's leading independent breweries." In 2002 Peter Amor's son, Vernon Amor, became managing director. Wye Valley Brewery traces its ancestry to the Abbey Brewery, which was founded in November 1981 and operated from the owner's garage in Stainton, Rotherham; this institution had no connection with Abbey Ales of Bath, Somerset. In mid-1982, Abbey Brewery located to Retford, Nottinghamshire with a capacity of at most 20bbl per week. After being bought in 1983 by Peter Amor, a former brewer for Guinness who also worked for H. P. Bulmer, the brewery was closed, and the brewplant relocated to Canon Pyon, Retford, Herefordshire. Another brewery, the Canon Pyon Brewery had been established in a stable block behind the Nags Head Pub in Canon Pyon since early 1984. Upon the departure of the brewer and brewplant there to establish The Tate Brewery Limited in Bodenham, Herefordshire, brewing was reestablished in Canon Pyon with the Abbey Brewery plant by Peter Amor in 1985, and trading began under the name Wye Valley Brewery. It is from here that Wye Valley Brewery counts the beginning of its corporate history. By 1986, Wye Valley had again relocated, this time to a pub called The Lamb in Hereford, which was renamed The Barrels. After 18 years in Hereford, in 2002 the brewery was relocated to the village of Stoke Lacy, in northern Herefordshire, and the original brewplant sold to Teme Valley Brewery. The facade of W...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=947792