n 1 12 17 w 51.46722 n 1.20472 w 51.46722 ; 1.20472 west berkshire brewery industry alcoholic beverage founded 1995 headquarters yattendon berkshire uk england products beer production output 4000 uk barrels owner dave and helen maggs website http www.wbbrew.co.uk the west berkshire brewery is a microbrewery in yattendon berkshire united kingdom . founded in 1995 by husband and wife dave and helen maggs the brewery grew out of its original brickworks shed in frilsham and now brews exclusively in yattendon at a rate of 80 barrels per week . 1 contents 1 history 2 expansion 3 beers 4 awards 5 references 6 external links history edit the brewery was founded in the summer of 1995 in a dilapidated building behind the pot kiln in frilsham approximately 1.6 miles 2.6 km from the yattendon site . it was within the first year of operations that the brewery won their first award . expansion edit by 2000 the business had outgrown the original site and so opened a second unit in yattendon thus increasing capacity to 25 barrels per week . however this proved insufficient and in 2006 more fermenter were installed increasing yield by 220 % a total output of 80 barrels per week . with this the frilsham plant ceased operations in april 2007 . in 2005 the brewery acquired their first pub the rising sun at stockcross . in 2007 the pub secured the camra west berkshire branch pub of the year award . 2 beers edit the company produces a range of beers including maggs magnificent mild . 3 awards edit the company has received a number of siba and camra local beer festival awards . 4 5 year beer name prize category competition 1995 good old boy overall winner beer of the festival camra white horse branch beer festival 1997 dr hexter s healer runner up beer of the festival camra northamptonshire branch beer festival 2002 good old boy gold medal best bitter siba south east region beer competition 2002 good old boy second reserve champion overall siba south east region beer competition 2002 maggs magnificent mild gold medal mild and porter siba south east region beer competition 2002 mr chubb s lunchtime bitter silver medal standard bitter siba south east region beer competition 2002 dr hexter s healer silver medal strong ale siba south east region beer competition 2003 maggs magnificent mild gold medal mild and porter siba national beer competition 2003 full circle silver medal best bitter camra great british beer festival 2004 maggs magnificent mild overall winner beer of the festival bracknell blues and real ale festival 2005 maggs magnificent mild gold medal mild camra reading branch beer festival 2005 maggs magnificent mild third place overall camra reading branch beer festival 2005 maggs magnificent mild gold medal mild siba south east region beer competition 2005 maggs magnificent mild bronze medal overall siba south east region beer competition 2005 good old boy silver medal best bitter siba south east region beer competition 2005 dr hexter s wedding ale third place best bitter norwich beer festival 2006 maggs magnificent mild silver medal mild siba national beer competition 2006 maggs magnificent mild silver medal mild camra reading branch beer festival 2006 old father thames bronze medal light bitters siba south east region beer competition 2007 skiff gold medal standard bitter camra reading branch beer festival 2007 full circle bronze medal premium biter camra reading branch beer festival 2007 mash tun bronze medal best bitter camra reading branch beer festival 2008 dr hexter s healer gold medal best local beer camra reading branch beer festival 2008 mr chubb s lunchtime bitter gold medal in category camra reading branch beer festival 2008 maggs magnificent mild silver medal in category camra reading branch beer festival 2009 dr hexter s healer gold medal best local beer camra reading branch beer festival 2009 dr hexter s healer gold medal in category camra london and south east regional competition 2009 good old boy gold medal in category camra london and south east regional competition references edit the west berkshire brewery company ltd . www.quaffale.org.uk . retrieved 2009 08 18 . newbury today stockcross pub clinches award west berkshire . www.ratebeer.com . retrieved 2009 08 18 . west berkshire brewery awards newbury today gold and silver for local breweries external links edit west berkshire brewery the campaign for real ale west berkshire branch retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title west berkshire brewery & oldid 736251552 categories beer in englandcompanies established in 1995hidden categories coordinates not on wikidata 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 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