alcoholic beverage predecessor hanby ales founded 1988 founder peter simmonds and jack hanby headquarters wem shropshire england products beer website http www.hanbyales.co.uk wem brewing company originally known as hanby ales ltd is a micro brewery in wem shropshire established in 1988 that produces a range of ales . contents 1 history 2 product range 3 references 4 external links history edit hanby was founded in december 1988 by peter simmonds and jack hanby who had previously worked for the greenall whitley brewery in wem . 1 2 initially located in rented accommodations in aston park the brewery was unable to brew their own product so the company sold other brewer s products wholesale . 1 the company began brewing their own ales in easter 1989 once they had suitable premises . 1 at present hanby ales has a capacity of approximately 100 barrels per week . 1 the company s product range has won a variety of awards from the society of independent brewers siba 3 and the campaign for real ale camra . 4 the brewery was taken over in late 2008 following hanby ales going into receivership to be renamed as wem brewing company . 2 5 product range edit this article contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . august 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message their range currently includes 6 traditional ales drawwell bitter all seasons ale cascade bitter rainbow chaser shropshire ipa golden honey specialty and premium beers shropshire premium bitter taverners ale nutcracker ale cherry bomb dark ales black magic mild shropshire stout scorpio porter pale ales pure gold references edit a b c d history . hanby ales . retrieved 2009 07 28 . a b the directory of uk real ale brewers wem brewing company . quaffale . 29 january 2009 . retrieved 2009 07 28 . siba events search results for hanby . the society of independent brewers . retrieved 2009 07 28 . awards . hanby ales . retrieved 2009 07 28 . details for wem . beer mad . 29 january 2009 . retrieved 2009 07 28 . our beer . hanby ales . retrieved 2009 07 28 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wem brewing company & oldid 736251543 categories beer in englandcompanies based in shropshirehidden categories articles needing cleanup from august 2009all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from august 2009 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 26 august 2016 at 06 17 . 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