Dawkins Ales New Brewery Open Day – Bristol Gold in our Cumberland Curl

We are delighted to be partners with award-winning Bristol brewery Dawkins Ales and are proud to be using their “Bristol Gold” in our “Dawkins Ale Cumberland Curl”.

On Saturday 31st October, they held an open day to celebrate the official launch of the new Dawkins Ales brewery in Easton, Bristol and we popped along to see where the magic happens and, of course, taste some great beers.

MD Glen Dawkins always wanted to get into beer. An early memory is of taking the bus into the centre of his home town of Sheffield and gazing in wonder as they passed the late-lamented Ward’s Sheaf Brewery and the excitement of the colourful pub signs en route. He’d read the names out loud, doubtless to the annoyance of fellow passengers!

Years later he started in the other side of the trade in the wine business, leaving in 2002 to set up Dawkins Taverns which now boasts five well-loved pubs in this city:-

• The Hillgrove, 53 Hillgrove St North, off Dove St, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8LT. 9249818  hillgrove@dawkins-taverns.co.uk
• The Victoria, 2 Southleigh Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2BH. 0117 9745675 victoria@dawkins-taverns.co.uk
• The Portcullis, 3 Wellington Terrace, Clifton Village, Bristol BS8 4LE. 0117 9085536  portcullis@dawkins-taverns.co.uk
• The Green Man, 21 Alfred Place, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8HD. 0117 9304824 greenman@dawkins-taverns.co.uk
• The Miner’s Arms, 136 Mina Road, St Werburghs, Bristol BS2 9YQ. 0117 9079874 miners@dawkins-taverns.co.uk

Head Brewer Dave Williams was recruited in December 2012 and his beers since have won six SIBA major awards, regional and national.

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