Arkells

Arkell’s Brewery was established in 1843 by John Arkell and 179 years later, is one of less than thirty family breweries remaining in the UK. As Swindon’s oldest business, Arkell’s has kept its founding values alive and continues to produce local beer for local customers. These values have been continued by the four family members in charge today; Chairman James Arkell, his cousin Nick Arkell, Head of Sales, and James’ sons George Arkell, and Alex Arkell are Managing Director and Head Brewer respectively.

The Arkell family work at the brewery alongside generations of other local families, brewing real ale and looking after nearly 100 pubs across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Hampshire.

Arkell’s ales include award-winning beers such as Wiltshire Gold, 3B, and Hoperation IPA. Special ales are brewed regularly, with Head Brewer, Alex Arkell, keeping the art of craft ale alive, offering drinkers new tastes and flavours all hand made in their traditional brewery.

As part of its 175-year anniversary celebrations, Arkell’s opened an onsite shop and brewery archive; The Grape and Grain. Located at its Kingsdown Brewery, members of the public and the trade can not only browse and purchase from premium selection of wines, beers and spirits but also feel free to explore the newly created heritage centre upstairs. https://www.grapeandgrainwarehouse.co.uk

As well as brewing great ales and beers the way they should be and distributing them to pubs in the South West, Arkell’s is committed to empowering their network of tenants and landlords and encourage their own entrepreneurial flair. Working collaboratively, the brewery is passionate about allowing freedom and creativity in their pub work space and actively encourage vendors to nurture public house’s in a way that’s right for and suits them, empowering them to be their own boss.

For more information about Arkell’s pubs and accommodation, or if you would like to enquire about running a pub please visit our website www.arkells.com

Alternatively you can email arkells@arkells.com