Three Tuns Brewery
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The Three Tuns Brewery is a brewery
in Bishop's Castle
, Shropshire, England, established in 1642 on its current site, making it the oldest licensed brewery site in Britain. While some of the current building dates to the seventeenth century, the main building is a Victorian tower brewery erected about 1888.
The brewery is Grade Two listed, described as "a rare survival of a small, working rural brewery".
In January 2003, the brewery was sold to the John Roberts' Brewing Co. Ltd.
Brewery
A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
in Bishop's Castle
Bishop's Castle
Bishop's Castle is a small market town in Shropshire, England, and formerly its smallest borough. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,630. Bishop's Castle is east of the Wales-England border, about north-west of Ludlow and about south-west of Shrewsbury. To the south is Clun...
, Shropshire, England, established in 1642 on its current site, making it the oldest licensed brewery site in Britain. While some of the current building dates to the seventeenth century, the main building is a Victorian tower brewery erected about 1888.
The brewery is Grade Two listed, described as "a rare survival of a small, working rural brewery".
In January 2003, the brewery was sold to the John Roberts' Brewing Co. Ltd.