Arkell's Brewery
Location	Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Year opened	1843
Active beers
Name Type Bee's Organic Ale Golden ale 2B Light ale 3B Best bitter Kingsdown Ale Strong ale Smooth Moonlight
Seasonal beers
Name Type James' Real Ale Yeomanry Bicentenary Ale Summer Ale Peter's Porter Mash Tun Mild Noël Ale Dirty Tackle
Other beers
Name Type Commemorative beers Welcome Ale

Arkell's is an English brewery located in the town of Swindon, Wiltshire. The brewery has been owned by members of the Arkell family since its establishment in 1843. It is Swindon's oldest established company.

Originally a Steam Brewery,^[1][2] with the engines now being powered by electricity, Arkell's is a tower brewery which works on the principle that raw materials are fed into the top of the building and beer comes out in casks at the bottom.

The brewery owns 97 pubs in the Swindon area and surrounds, including locations in Oxford, Newbury, Reading, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Ascot; and sells its products to free houses in the Thames Valley and London.

In 2005 the brewery entered into a contract with rail company First Great Western to have its beer stocked in their buffet cars.^[3]

The brewery building is a Grade II listed building^[4] and the site has been designated an Urban Conservation Area by Swindon Borough Council.^[5]

Arkell's also sponsor a race-day at Newbury Racecourse.^[6]

The brewery has been visited by Her Majesty the Queen and politicians such as Michael Howard and William Hague.^[7]

Arkell's also won Silver and Bronze awards at the Taste of the West Food & Drink Awards 2006 for its Bee's, Kingsdown and 3B beers.^[8]

[edit] References

1. ^ "Wiltshire Breweries". Things to see and do. thisiswiltshire.co.uk. http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/tiwtourism/thingstoseeanddo/wiltshirebreweries/. Retrieved 2007-01-19. 
2. ^ "Arkells 160th Anniversary Beer Festival". Swindon Events. swindondiary.com. 2003. http://www.swindondiary.com/arkells160.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-19. 
3. ^ "Wiltshire food and drink now on First Great Western trains". First Great Western. 2005. http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?id=98. Retrieved 2007-01-19. 
4. ^ "Listed Buildings: Stratton St Margaret Parish" (PDF). Swindon Borough Council. http://www.swindon.gov.uk/listed_buildings_stratton_pdf.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-19. 
5. ^ "Urban Conservation Areas in Swindon" (PDF). Swindon Borough Council. http://www.swindon.gov.uk/stratton_kingsdown-2.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-19. 
6. ^ "FRIDAY 2nd MARCH". Newbury Racecourse. http://www.newbury-racecourse.co.uk/racing_db/fixtures/ViewMeetingDetail.php?MeetingId=121%20. Retrieved 2007-01-19. 
7. ^ Dave Harvey (2005). "West: Swindon's swings". Politics Show West. BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/4461463.stm. Retrieved 2007-01-19. 
8. ^ "Taste of the West Food & Drink Awards 2006". tasteofthewest.co.uk. 2006. http://tasteofthewest.co.uk/Results06.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-19. 

[edit] External links

• Official Arkell's Brewery Website

[edit] See also

Arkell, Ontario, Canada