beverage restaurant founded 2006 headquarters glasgow scotland uk products beer owner petra wetzel website http www.westbeer.com west brewery is located in the templeton building on glasgow green . west produce german style lagers and wheat beers both in kegs and bottles selling primarily to the uk market . all west lagers and wheat beers are brewed in strict accordance with the 1516 reinheitsgebot the ancient german purity law . contents 1 background 2 future 3 beer 4 awards 5 references 6 external links background edit west brewery opened in march 2006 serving beer made in its glasgow green microbrewery to customers in the adjoining beer hall west on the green . the company west brewing company went into administration but was bought back by wetzel in 2008 . 1 since its original conception as a german style brewpub west distributes its draught and bottled beers widely throughout the uk . west is now available in more than 1 000 venues across the country . citation needed future edit west is currently in the process of building a new brewery in port dundas north glasgow . having received 1.85 million in funding support from the scottish government the new west centre of brewing excellence will increase brewing capacity twenty fold . 2 beer edit all west beers are brewed in strict accordance with the 1516 reinheitsgebot the ancient german purity law which allows only malted barley hops yeast and water to be used in the brewing process . this means that all west products are free from chemicals preservatives and any other additives and are all suitable for vegans . citation needed awards edit west has won many awards for its lagers and wheat beer as well as for the restaurant on glasgow green . awards include siba supreme champion craft beer in keg 2011 gold for hefeweizen 3 siba champion speciality beer 2011 gold for hefeweizen 4 siba champion coloured and dark lager 2011 silver for munich red 5 siba champion coloured and dark lager 2011 bronze for dunkel 6 aa pub of the year scotland 2012 2013 7 sltn family outlet of the year 2012 8 scottish restaurant awards best family friendly restaurant 2011 9 references edit how the west was won . bq magazine . bq magazine . 15 nov 2010 . retrieved 5 february 2013 . funding cheer for scots brewers heidi and brewdog . bbc news . 16 september 2012 . retrieved 5 february 2013 . siba beer competition results . siba . retrieved 5 february 2013 . siba beer competition results . siba . retrieved 5 february 2013 . siba beer competition results . siba . retrieved 5 february 2013 . siba beer competition results . siba . retrieved 5 february 2013 . aa pub of the year . aa . retrieved 5 february 2013 . sltn awards 2012 . retrieved 5 february 2013 . scottish restaurant 2011 . www.quaydigitalscotland.co.uk . retrieved 5 february 2013 . external links edit west home page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title west brewery & oldid 742554003 categories breweries in scotlandbuildings and structures in glasgowhidden categories use dmy dates from august 2013use british english from august 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 11 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view