Tom & George

It is no surprise that Buckinghamshire’s oldest independent brewery is in celebratory mood. With recent silver medal success, the launch of a new website and the beginning of their 30^th year as a family run brewery, they can proudly raise a glass of their fine seasonal ale to toast a very good year and the prospect of an exciting 2010.

George and Tom Jenkinson saw high recognition for their 300’s Old Ale at the SIBA Midlands regional competition on October 8^th. With over 500 beers from 240 breweries at the beer festival, The Chiltern Brewery was awarded silver medal in the ‘porters, strong milds, old ales & stouts’ category.

Tom Jenkinson and father, Richard, represented the brewery. “We are commemorating our 30^th year of brewing and this is an excellent way to begin twelve months of celebrations. We are thrilled with the result. There were so many high quality contenders at the festival that we feel truly proud to have gained this award” said Tom.

The Chiltern Brewery is passionate about brewing fine English ales of the highest quality using choice class A malt and hops and wholesome natural ingredients. Their seasonal, bottle conditioned, Glad Tidings Winter Stout is currently available with their popular draught Oatmeal Stout coming on tap at the end of November. They are also now hand bottling the Lord-Lieutenant’s Porter in-house.

The recent launch of their stunning new website promises to offer an excellent online sales facility and support for their customers and stockists with information on their popular brewery tours, the brewery shop and their award winning real ale pub in the centre of Aylesbury, The Farmers’ Bar.

Other news includes the introduction of a new 6 bottle pack which reflects the design of the website and makes an excellent gift option. This will be available from the website and the brewery shop from the beginning of December along with many other Christmas shopping solutions. The Farmers’ Bar has a new fixed price menu offering 2 courses for £9.95 and 3 courses for £12.95. The menu combines classic dishes using The Chiltern Brewery’s fine English ales with many locally sourced ingredients.

“We have had a very busy year and feel prepared for a period of exciting growth and development. We are holding several events in the run up to Christmas and will soon be announcing more events to celebrate our 30^th year through 2010, all of which will be detailed on our website at www.chilternbrewery.co.uk” said George Jenkinson.