Donnington Brewery
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The Donnington Brewery is a small brewery based in the Gloucestershire
village of Donnington
near Stow-on-the-Wold
in England.
There are ten workers at the brewery and with the help of one lorry and a van they deliver 2,000 gallons of beer a week throughout the Winter, rising to 3,500 in the Summer. This includes three bottled beers - Light, Brown and Double D - which are non pasteurised and sit working in the bottle for up to five weeks.
Thomas Arkell
began brewing at this location in 1865. The brewery was later run by a descendant, Claude Arkell, until his death in 2007 when it passed to Claude's cousins, Peter and James from Arkells Brewery.
The Donnington Brewery brews two draught beers SBA & BB (having stopped making their Mild XXX a couple of years ago). These are sold through their 15 tied pubs around the Cotswolds. There were two more, The Merry Mouth which still exists but is no longer owned by Donnington & The Bell at Winchcombe which was sold by its last landlord & the site converted into a number of houses.
A "Donnington run" means visiting all 15 pubs in a single evening. A path called the Donnington Way connects all the 15 pubs.
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
village of Donnington
Donnington, Gloucestershire
Donnington is a small village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, near the Roman Fosse Way in the Cotswold District Council area of south west England.It is notable for its Cotswold stone houses...
near Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow-on-the-Wold is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on top of an 800 ft hill, at the convergence of a number of major roads through the Cotswolds, including the Fosse Way . The town was founded as a planned market place by Norman lords to take...
in England.
There are ten workers at the brewery and with the help of one lorry and a van they deliver 2,000 gallons of beer a week throughout the Winter, rising to 3,500 in the Summer. This includes three bottled beers - Light, Brown and Double D - which are non pasteurised and sit working in the bottle for up to five weeks.
Thomas Arkell
Thomas Arkell
Thomas Arkell was a Canadian politician, farmer and grain merchant. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1878 as a Member of the Liberal-Conservative Party to represent the riding of Elgin East. He was defeated in the election of 1882...
began brewing at this location in 1865. The brewery was later run by a descendant, Claude Arkell, until his death in 2007 when it passed to Claude's cousins, Peter and James from Arkells Brewery.
The Donnington Brewery brews two draught beers SBA & BB (having stopped making their Mild XXX a couple of years ago). These are sold through their 15 tied pubs around the Cotswolds. There were two more, The Merry Mouth which still exists but is no longer owned by Donnington & The Bell at Winchcombe which was sold by its last landlord & the site converted into a number of houses.
A "Donnington run" means visiting all 15 pubs in a single evening. A path called the Donnington Way connects all the 15 pubs.