Daniel Batham and Son

52°28′33″N 2°07′35″W / 52.4758°N 2.1265°W / 52.4758; -2.1265Opened1877; 147 years ago (1877)Websitewww.bathams.co.ukActive beers
Name Type
Bathams Best Bitter Best bitter
Bathams Mild Ale Mild
Seasonal beers
Name Type
Bathams XXX Strong ale

Bathams is a brewery in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England established in 1877 in a former slaughterhouse.[1] The brewery is described by the CAMRA Good Beer Guide as "A classic Black country small brewery". It produces three cask conditioned beers, Best Bitter (4.3%), Mild (3.5%) and XXX (6.3%), a Christmas special. The Best Bitter won its highly contested class at the Great British Beer Festival in 1991.[2] Bottled versions are also available at Bathams pubs.

The Brewery is currently run by brothers Tim and Matt Batham, having been in the Batham family for five generations.[3] It is one of few breweries that still use 54-gallon hogshead casks.

Bathams owns twelve pubs in the Black Country and West Midlands:[4]

  • The Britannia Inn, Sedgley, Dudley
  • The Bird in Hand, Oldswinford, Stourbridge
  • The Fox and Grapes, Pensnett, Brierley Hill
  • The Lamp Tavern, Dudley
  • The King Arthur, Hagley, Stourbridge
  • The New Inn, Wordsley
  • The Plough and Harrow, Kinver
  • The Plough Inn, Shenstone (near Kidderminster)
  • The Royal Exchange, Stourbridge
  • The Swan Inn, Chaddesley Corbett
  • The Unicorn, Wollaston, Stourbridge
  • The Vine, Brierley Hill. The Home of Batham's Beer, also known as the Bull & Bladder.[5]

References

  1. ^ "West Midlands pub guide: The Vine, Brierley Hill". The Telegraph. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Awards". Bathams Brewery. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Beerhunter: A visit to a traditional brewery where they still use hogsheads". Derby Telegraph. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Pub List". Bathams Brewery. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  5. ^ "The Vine Inn". Bathams Brewery. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  • "Bathams Brewery – The Finest Real Ales". www.bathams.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
  • "Pete Brown – In Search of a Black Country Legend". 13 April 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  • "The History of Batham's Black Country Brewers" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2017.


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