Stout from the wood

We went down to @Wadworth brewery yesterday and collected our first oak casks. Just a couple of 18s to test out oak ageing Wenlock Stout. They’ll be filled on Thursday and then into the cellar at @F1ghtingcocks to rest for a while. Look out for Stout From The Wood at The Fighting Cocks in the . . . → Read More: Stout from the wood

Real Ale Direct

We’re launching our new beer direct web site. You can now buy 20 litre polypins of real ale and we’ll deliver them for free to a mainland UK address.
20 litres is about 35 pints and the beer will keep fresh for at least two weeks. Real ale at home for around £1.80 a pint.

Have a look . . . → Read More: Real Ale Direct

Craft beer

Announcing our new craft beer. Ironbridge Craft Gold is a 4.3% continental style beer in a keg. Yes – a keg!

Craft Gold is cold filtered, not pasteurised, and therefore it retains all of the flavour of its real ale counterpart (Centennial). If anything the flavour is enhanced by the light carbonation and chilling to around 5 . . . → Read More: Craft beer

No Royal Wedding beer here!

I’m so glad I decided to shun the whole royal wedding fiasco. We refused point blank to brew a special but now we are going to release one cask of a special called “Cromwell’s Brew” to mark the event in light of the fact that the happy couple have banned beer from their . . . → Read More: No Royal Wedding beer here!

Video star

Our Foundry Gold features in a new recipe video by our friends at The Hundred House Hotel. Not sure who Stuart means by . . . → Read More: Video star

Shropshire Beer Festival

All 15 Shropshire Breweries will be featured in the Shropshire Beer Festival at The Old Fighting Cocks, Oakengates from April 22nd through to May 2nd. Loads of bank holidays and loads of loveley Shropshire beers. There’s even a wedding in . . . → Read More: Shropshire Beer Festival

New pump clips

We’re having a bit of a redesign of our pump clips. Here’s what we’ve got . . . → Read More: New pump clips

Citra again

What is it with these single hop one offs? We’ve listened to your feedback and brewed it again. Citra will be available from the end of . . . → Read More: Citra again

More Centennial AGAIN

We had a vote two weeks ago on what to brew next and Centennial was the outright winner. So, we did it again!

Golden pale ale and just bursting with fantastic hop flavour, it’s a winner yet again.

We’re running an experiment at The Old Fighting Cocks. We’re serving Centennial at 2 deg C instead of the usual . . . → Read More: More Centennial AGAIN

Bring Your Own Jug

You can now bring your own container down to the brewery and get it filled up for £1.50 per pint. Call us on 01952 433910 to check we’re in. Large tankers may need to be booked . . . → Read More: Bring Your Own Jug