WharfeBank Brewery Celebrates Official Opening
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Greg Mulholland the WharfeBank team toast to their success (from left to right) Dhiraj Pujari, Stephen Bullock, Nigel Jowett, Martin Kellaway, Samantha Major and Ian Smith
WharfeBank Brewery celebrated their official opening last week, with help of their local MP, Greg Mulholland.
Guests on the day toasted to the success of the brewery with glasses of the award-winning CamFell Flame, Slingers Gold, Tether Blond and seasonal ale, the aptly named Summer Ale. In addition to sampling the beers that WharfeBank has to offer, guests were also treated to a BBQ supplied by neighbouring Birchfield Farm followed by strawberries and handmade vanilla ice cream made with a dash of Tether Blond.
Situated in a converted paper mill on the bank of the river Wharfe in Pool-in-Wharfedale near Otley, WharfeBank Brewery is the project of Martin Kellaway, formerly Sales Director at the Caledonian Brewing Company and local businessman, Nigel Jowett. Martin has enlisted the help of Ian Smith, the recently retired Head Brewer of Tetley Cask and Dhiraj Pujari a graduate from Herriot Watt University to help build a range of premium cask ales.
Martin said, âIt was a fantastic day and Iâd like to thank all those who came along to support us and raised a glass to success of the brewery. Since brewing our first batch of beer, weâve seen great interest from pubs and the local community in the beers and the brewery itself. Ian is brewing some cracking beers and already orders are coming in for our next guest ale, Tykes Tipple which celebrates the Yorkshire bitter style of beer.
âWeâre currently selling 100 casks a week to pubs within a 50-mile radius and the feedback from licensees and their customers has just been great. We are also listed in the local Wetherspoons venues which enables us to raise the profile of our brews amongst beer-loving customers. Our aim is to increase our distribution and to extend our product range to encompass bottling our three core beers. Exciting times are ahead!â
Speaking at the opening, Greg Mulholland MP said, âAs a champion for our great national drink, one of the things that I always dreamt about, was to open a brewery in my constituency and that dream has now come true. The opening of WharfeBank Brewery is incredibly exciting for beer lovers and the local area and I look forward to sampling some of the new beers brewed by Martin and the team.â
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