List of breweries in Berkshire


This is a list of breweries in the English county of Berkshire. The list includes both operational and defunct breweries, as well as microbreweries.

Caveats

Some breweries, such as the Morland Brewery in Abingdon, were in Berkshire until border changes in the 1970s. As such, these breweries are not included in this list. Similarly, some breweries have, at times, brewed beer in Berkshire. As these breweries were not based solely or primarily in the county, they are not included in this list.

List of breweries

NameLocationEstablishedTypeStatusNotes
Albion BreweryNewburyUnknownUnknownUnknown
Aldermaston BreweryAldermaston Wharf1770CommercialAcquired by Scrace's Brewery of Southampton in 1945 and ceased production. Acquired by Whitbread in 1950.
Angel BreweryReadingUnknownUnknownAcquired by Morland Brewery in 1899
Atlas BreweryNewburyUnknownUnknownUnknown
Bell BreweryMaidenhead1854UnknownUnknown
Bickerton SistersBracknellUnknownUnknownUnknown
Blatch's Theale BreweryTheale1830CommercialAcquired by Ind Coope in 1965
Britannia BreweryReadingUnknownUnknownAcquired by Ind Coope in 1896
Burge & CompanyWindsorUnknownUnknownClosed in 1931
Butts BreweryGreat Shefford1994CommercialOperational
Castle BreweryReadingUnknownUnknownUnknown
Crown BreweryHungerford1854CommercialAcquired by Adnams Brewery in 1932
Diamond BreweryNewburyUnknownUnknownUnknown
Eagle BreweryNewburyUnknownUnknownUnknown
East Berkshire BreweryMaidenheadUnknownUnknownUnknown
Flyer & FirkinReading1996BrewpubClosed in 1999 along with parent company Firkin Brewery
Fort & FirkinWindsor1995BrewpubClosed in 1999 along with parent company Firkin Brewery
Greenwood's BreweryWokingham1994CommercialClosed in 1997
Higgs BreweryReadingUnknownCommercialUnknown
Langton BreweryMaidenheadUnknownUnknownAcquired by Nicholson and Sons in 1902
Manor BreweryHungerfordUnknownUnknownUnknown
Meux's Brewery CompanyCrowthorneUnknownUnknownUnknown
Mill Lane BreweryReadingUnknownUnknownUnknown
Mitre BreweryReadingUnknownBrewpubUnknown
Original Brewing CompanyBracknell1997BrewpubClosed in 2000 along with parent company
Phoenix BreweryNewbury18th centuryCommercialAcquired by Ushers of Trowbridge in 1923
Pineapple BreweryMaidenheadUnknownUnknownAcquired by South Berkshire Brewery Company in 1902
Reading Lion BreweryReading1995BrewpubClosed in 2001
Royal BreweryWindsorUnknownUnknownUnknown
St Nicholas BreweryNewburyUnknownUnknownAcquired by South Berkshire Brewery Company in 1902
Simonds' BreweryReading1785CommercialMerged with Courage Brewery in 1960
Siren Craft BrewFinchampstead2013CommercialIndependent
Thames BreweryMaidenheadUnknownUnknownDemolished and re-established as Bell Brewery in 1854
Thatcham BreweryThatchamUnknownUnknownUnknown
Tudor Brewing CompanyReading1999BrewpubClosed in 2000
Two Bridges BreweryCaversham2009CommercialClosed
Victoria BreweryReadingUnknownBrewpubAcquired by Courage, Barclay & Simonds c. 1900
West Berkshire BreweryYattendon1995CommercialOperational
Windsor and Eton Brewing CompanyWindsor2010CommercialOperational
Windsor BreweryWindsorUnknownUnknownUnknown
Zero DegreesReading2007BrewpubOperational