A Guide to Quality Chilterns Beer Tours Tastings Brewery Shops Beer School

A guide to quality Chilterns beer

Tours Tastings Brewery shops Beer school

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RISBOROUGHNATIONAL TRAILWhiteleaf NationalCross Nature RidgeEnd South StokenchurchMisbourneMisbourne M25 THAMES PATH CHORLEYWOOD Reserve Stokenchurch CholesburyLittleD CHORLEYWOOD Arm Cholesbury WENDOVER SStreamtream Hughenden NATIONAL TRAIL AYLESBURY WENDOVER Heath Hughenden Cowleaze (NT) Wendover Cowleaze Bledlow Naphill (NT) WoodsKingshill (FC) AMERSHAM RIDGEWBERKHAMSTEDAY WoodsAstonRowant (FC)StokenchurchCoombe HHughendenughenden CHORLEYWOODColne Woods (FC) National Nature Buckland Chiltern Open Air To Oxford Coombe Wigginton NATIONAL TRAIL Ridge CHESHAMMisbourneMisbourne Greys Court (NT) Chiltern Open Air Museum Buckland Reserve Hill (NT) WATLINGTON Hughenden Museum HodgemoorRivRiverer T Thameshames Hill (NT) WATLINGTON SStreamHEMELtream Hodgemoor Woods (FC) CowleazePrestwood (NT) CommonStoke Row Woods (FC) M25 Stokenchurch Watlington West CHORLEYWOOD CommonWoods (FC) Watlington Potten GreatWest Ibstone Wycombe Chalfont 10 miles Ibstone WycombeHughenden Hill (NT) BulbourneBulbourneChalfont Hill (NT)Cowleaze Bulbourne (NT)HEMPSTEAD HENLEY-ON-THAMES(NT) Chiltern Open Air St. Giles CHINNOR Bulbourne (NT) HIGHSt. Giles Lacey Woods (FC)End BENSONMissendenGORING HIGHE3 Colne MuseumBEACONSFIELDM1 Colne WATLINGTON CholesburyBENSON River Thames BEACONSFIELDChiltern OpenHodgemoor Air PRINCES WENDOVERRiver ThamesPRINCESChartridgeWATLINGTONGreen C WYCOMBEChartridge Sonning Hodgemoor MuseumWYCOMBEWoods (FC) GETTING TO THE CHILTERNS West Hartslock Common Woods (FC) Chalfont St. Peter Coombe Watlington Watlington West EEwelmewelme Nature AMERSHAM Chalfont Chalfont St. Peter Chalfont RISBOROUGHEEwelmewelme Ibstone WhiteleafIbstone Cross WycombeWycombeSouth RISBOROUGH WhiteleafHill Cross (NT) South BucklandHill (NT) Hill (NT) Reserve R. St.Chess Giles M40 BBrookrook HHambleaLittlemble (NT)(NT)BrookBHeathrooHIGHk E 1 HHambleamble Colne St. Giles M25 Heath BENSONCommon WALLINGFORD HIGH WarburgMapledurhamStonor BEACONSFIELDM25 The Chilterns has excellent rail links, being served by four WALLINGFORD Warburg Stonor Beale Park Nufeld Nature HousePark BBrookrook BEACONSFIELD Colne RiverBENSON Thames Nufeld BulbournePark KingshillBBrookrook WYCOMBE Bledlow Naphill NatureBu lbourne Place (NT) Reserve CHESHAM RiverRIDGEW ThamesAY Aston Rowant Place (NT) CHESHAMReserve Prestwood WYCOMBE Chalfont St. Peter Wye Colne Prestwood EEwelmewelme North W essex Wye MARLOWF PRINCES NATIONAL TRAILM40 National Nature RidgeChartridgeGreat MARLOW Great M40 main rail lines and the London Underground MetropolitanM40 CHINNOR ReserveCHINNOR BBrookrook HHambleamble Downs (AONB) Missenden M40 M25 Chalfont St. Peter WALLINGFORDEEwelmewelmeMissenden WarburgLaceyStonor BBrookrook Nettlebed RISBOROUGH WhiteleafLacey Cross South NettlebedNufeld Nature Park THAMES PATH THAMES PATH Stokenchurch Place (NT) Reserve CHORLEYWOOD NATIONAL TRAIL M1 BBrookrook Green HHambleamble M1WyeNATIONAL TRAILCChesshess Green Heath HughendenCChesshess MARLOW M25 0 5 10km WALLINGFORD Cowleaze Warburg Stonor M40 line, with frequent trains and a journey time of less than Nufeld Nature CHESHAM(NT)Park BBrookrook Greys Court (NT) Woods (FC) Greys Court (NT) LittleM4 RivRiverer T Thameshames Prestwood LittlePlace (NT) ReserveNettlebed RivRiverer T Thameshames M25 Great Stoke Row KingshillStoke Row THAMES PATH ChilternAMERSHAM Open Air READINGM25 M40 Kingshill Bledlow Naphill NATIONAL TRAIL MuseumWye 0 5 10miles CHINNOR WATLINGTBledlowON NaphillRIDGEWAY AstonRowant AMERSHAMHHughendenughendenMARLOW HENLEY-ON-THAMESHodgemoor Colne an hour from London and 30 minutes from Oxford.RIDGEWAY AstonRowant Lacey HHughendenughenden MissendenNational Nature HENLEY-ON-THAMES Colne M4 National Nature NATIONAL TRAIL Ridge GORING MisbourneMisboWoodsurne (FC) M40 NATIONAL TRAIL Ridge GORING Reserve MisbourneMisbournWeest Greys Court (NT) SStreamtream M1RivRiverer T Thameshames Reserve GreenWatlington SonningChessCheEs s4 Sonning Chalfont M25 IbstoneSStreamtream NettlebedWycombeStoke Row Hartslock R.Thames HartslockStokenchurch Common Hill (NT) Common Nature THAMES PATH CHORLEYWOOD Stokenchurch Nature (NT) CHORLEYWOOD St. Giles Little HENLEYHIGH-ON-THAMESHughenden Reserve NATIONAL TRAIL Hughenden GORINGCowleaze Reserve CowleazeBenson (NT) Mapledurham BEACONSFIELD Naphill (NT) WoodsKingshill (FC) Mapledurham AMERSHAM AstonRowant Bledlow Sonning Beale Park House RIDGEWAY Woods (FC) HHughendenughenden Beale Park House WYCOMBE Colne Chiltern Open Air PLACES TO STAY National Nature Ridge Hartslock Common Chiltern Open Air NATIONAL TRAIL WATLINGTON MisbourneMiNaturesbo urne Greys Court (NT) HodgemoorRiver ThMuseumames WATLINGTON Reserve SStreamtream North W essex Reserve Hodgemoor North W essexMuseum RiverChalfont Thames St. Peter Downs (AONB) Woods (FC) M25 Stokenchurch Downs (AONB) Stoke Row Mapledurham Woods (FC)West Watlington House CHORLEYWOOD The Chilterns has many accommodation Watlington West IbstoneBeale Park Wycombe Chalfont WycombeHughenden Hill (NT) Chalfont Hill (NT)Cowleaze Ibstone (NT) HENLEY-ON-THAMES(NT) St. Giles WALLINGFORD (NT) Warburg StonorNorth W essex HIGHSt. Giles Woods (FC) GORING HIGH BEACONSFIELD0 5 10km Colne0 5 10km BENSON BENSONNuffield Nature ParkDowns (AONB) BEACONSFIELDChiltern Open Air Colne options including B&B’s, guesthouses, River Thames Place (NT) Reserve Museum M4 River Thames WATLINGTON WYCOMBE M4 Sonning Hodgemoor WYCOMBE READING Hartslock CommonMARLOWWoods (FC) READING M40 Chalfont St. Peter0 5 10miles Watlington West Nature Chalfont St. Peter 0 0 5 M25 10km 5 10miles Ibstone WycombeEEwelmewelme GChalfont M4 EEwelmewelme Hill (NT) M4 campsites and boutique hotels in or near (NT) Reserve M4 St. Giles BBrookrook HHambleamble BrookBrooHIGHk HHambleamble READINGColne To Central London BENSON Nettlebed WarburgMapledurhamStonor BEACONSFIELD THAMES PATH 0 5 10miles WWALLINGFORDarburg Stonor Beale Park Nufeld House BBrookrook RiverWALLINGFORD Thames Nufeld BBrookrook WYCOMBE Nature Park M4 the places included in this brochure. Nature Park Place (NT) Reserve NATIONAL TRAIL 15 miles Place (NT) Reserve H Chalfont St. Peter Wye EEwelmewelme NorthMARLOW W essex Wye MARLOW BBrookrook HHambleamble Downs (AONB)Greys Court (NT) M40 M25 RivRiverer T Thamesham es M40 WALLINGFORD Warburg Stonor Nettlebed NettlebedNufeld Nature Park BBrookrookStoke Row THAMES PATH Place (NT) THAMES PATH FURTHER INFORMATION Reserve WyeNATIONAL TRAIL NATIONAL TRAIL MARLOWHENLEY-ON-THAMES 0 5 10km GORING Greys Court (NT) M40 This vineyard itinerary is one of a series Greys Court (NT) M4 RivRiverer T Thameshames Nettlebed Sonning RivRiverer T Thameshames M25 Stoke Row Hartslock Common Stoke Row I THAMES PATH READINGM25 Nature NATIONAL TRAIL 0 5 10miles of Taste of the Chilterns food and drink Reserve HENLEY-ON-THAMES M4 HENLEY-ON-THAMESGORING GORING Greys Court (NT) Mapledurham RivRiverer T Thameshames itineraries. For other Food and Drink SonningBeale Park House Sonning M25 Stoke Row Hartslock Hartslock Common Common Nature Nature NorthHENLEY Wessex-ON-THAMES Reserve J itineraries, tours, coursesGORING and festivalsReserve Downs (AONB) Mapledurham Mapledurham Sonning Beale Park House Beale Park House Hartslock Common see www.visitchilterns.co.uk Nature North W essex Reserve North W essex Downs (AONB) Downs (AONB) Mapledurham Beale Park House READING North W essex 0 5 10km Downs (AONB) 0 5 10km M4 M4 EXPLORE CHILTERNS BREWERIES CHILTERNS FOOD & DRINK WWW.VISITCHILTERNS.CO.UKREADING READING Organised and promoted by Chilterns Tourism Network and Chilterns Conservation Board 0 5 10milesBrochure design: Studio Beam 0 0 5 10km 5 M4 10miles M4 M4 READING 0 5 10miles M4 A Tring Brewery B Chiltern Brewery

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Pint of Side Pocket for a Toad anyone? Or how about some Ridgeway ale? Tring For over 36 years the Chiltern Brewery has been creating cask and bottled beers, Brewery, which was established in 1992, takes great pride in choosing beer names using water from boreholes in the Chilterns’ chalk and British-grown malt and linked to the local history, sayings, legends and countryside around Tring. hops. It’s a family-run business, the oldest independent brewery in the Chilterns Visit the Brewery on a Saturday morning to ﬁnd out more about their beers and and produces one of the widest ranges of beer of any craft brewery in the country. see how they’re produced (booking essential). Or if you’re part of a group you can Based between Wendover and Aylesbury the Brewery offers tours most Fridays book an exclusive tour on a Thursday evening which includes food and plenty of and Saturdays which include a visit to the brew house and a tutored beer and food beer to try. tasting session. Book in advance or call on the day to check availability. Its Brewery Tring is surrounded by beautiful rolling Shop has an extensive selection of local foods, spirits and ciders as well as the full countryside and a network of rural range of its beers (including some gluten-free ones). lanes: great cycling territory if you There are great walks and views don’t mind a couple of hills. 15 mile nearby at Coombe Hill, whose woods and 26 mile circular routes passing have carpets of bluebells in the Tring Brewery have been developed so spring. The Chiltern Brewery is just why not plan a bike and brewery tour? 2 miles from Wendover, with its Tring brewery is just 10 minutes walk many independent shops and cafes. from historic Tring High Street with its Why not make a day of it, for informa- independent shops and cafes. Why not tion visit our Wendover Market Town make a day of it, for information visit pages. our Tring Market Town pages.

Brewing since 2012, this brewery is based on a farm in the centre of the Chilterns at Prestwood. It occupies what was once HARESFOOT BREWERY HP5 3FE 01494 790783 haresfoot.com a milk bottling hall. There may not be any dairy Haresfoot was established in 2014 by a group of eight friends and businessmen cows now, but the spent who wanted to open the ﬁrst brewery in Berkhamsted for a century. mash gets fed to the MALT THE BREWERY HP16 OHP In a short time they have built a reputation for good quality pale ales and bitters. farm’s pigs. 01494 865063 maltthebrewery.co.uk In 2015 their ‘All-Rounder’ pale ale was chosen as the ofﬁcial beer of the Cricket To experience the Brewery fully book on to one of the monthly tours. Their shop Writers’ Club during the Ashes! and Tasting Bar is open every day so if you just fancy sampling the beers pop in. Their products range from light and fruity ales to deep and complex ones. The Following an opportunity for expansion the Brewery has moved to Chesham. It Brewery is an ideal place to stop for refreshment after a weekend walk – it is close offers regular brewery tours and also runs music and comedy events. It is close to to several circular walks in the lovely Misbourne Valley and is also less than two the Chilterns Cycleway, offering the chance to combine a ride and a pint. miles from Great Missenden railway station. There are plenty of great Great Missenden is home to the walks from the market Roald Dahl Museum and the narrow town of Chesham out into main street, with its half-timbered the Chilterns countryside, and Georgian houses, shops and if you fancy stretching pubs, inspired many easily recognized your legs before or after a features of Dahl’s books. Why not session at the Brewery. make a day of it, for information visit our Great Missenden pages. ndy Smith ndy A Photo:

EXPLORE CHILTERNS BREWERIES CHILTERNS FOOD & DRINK WWW.VISITCHILTERNS.CO.UK Organised and promoted by Chilterns Tourism Network and Chilterns Conservation Board Brochure design: Studio Beam E Mad Squirrel Brewery F paradigm Brewery This is one of Hertfordshire’s most Finding themselves at a loose end at the same time, innovative and active breweries. Based two friends with a lifelong passion for real ale decided in Potten End, near Berkhamsted, it has to set up their own brewery, and the result in 2015 developed a range of core beers from was Paradigm Brewery, located in the lovely village of pale ales to bitter and pilsner, with Sarratt in the Chess Valley. some winning awards from CAMRA. Their beers have already started winning awards and Brewery tours are run on Saturdays and are being supplied to local pubs. The Brewery does it’s advisable to pre-book. Their Potten not run official tours but is open on weekdays – call End location is close to the wood- in advance to arrange a visit. Their love of their village lands of the National Trust’s stunning home has resulted in a beer flavoured by an outstand- Ashridge Estate. Make a day of it by ing local product of Sarratt – watercress! hiring bikes (standard or electric) from The last working watercress beds in the Chilterns are Lovelo Cycle Works in Berkhamsted found in Sarratt, fed by the clear waters of the River and taking a ride through Ashridge to Chess. If you are visiting the Brewery it is well worth the Brewery. taking a walk through the beautiful Chess Valley. If you don’t have time for a full tour Paradigm brewery is located 5 miles from the historic you can drop in to one of the four craft market town of with its many speciality Amersham PARADIGM BREWERY beer, bar and bottle shops run by the shops, cafes and museum. MAD SQUIRREL BREWERY WD3 6HH Brewery where you can sample their Tours: Potten End Brewery 01923 291215 products plus other craft beers from 01442 256970 paradigmbrewery.com around the UK. You’ll find them in the madsquirrel.uk historic market towns of Berkhamsted, Tap & Bottle Shops (see map E1-E4: Chesham, Amersham and in High Amersham (E1), Berkhamsted (E2), Wycombe. Why not make a day of it, for Chesham (E3) & High Wycombe (E4) information visit our Chilterns Market Towns pages.

EXPLORE CHILTERNS BREWERIES CHILTERNS FOOD & DRINK WWW.VISITCHILTERNS.CO.UK Organised and promoted by Chilterns Tourism Network and Chilterns Conservation Board Brochure design: Studio Beam G rebellion Brewery H Old luxters Brewery One of the best-known and longest-established micro-breweries of the Chilterns, Rebellion has been brewing near Marlow since 1993. In 2015 it expanded its brewing capacity and installed a new brewery shop which is one of the best-stocked in the area. In addition to all their beers, it also sells local food, cider, spirits and a wide OLD LUXTERS BREWERY selection of wines. RG9 6JW 01491 638330 The Brewery produces three core beers, chilternvalley.co.uk four seasonal ales and 12 new monthly beers, so there is something for everyone. You can try them on one of Rebellion’s Open Nights, which take place on the Old Luxters ales come with the highest commen- first Tuesday of every month. It’s a relaxed, dation, having been awarded the Royal Warrant sociable occasion with a BBQ available and by the Queen in 2007. Brewed on the edge of the the brewery owners on hand to describe picturesque Hambleden Valley near Henley, this their brewing methods. brewery is part of Chiltern Valley, a family-run business which also includes a vineyard and The historic market town of Marlow is an winery, cellar shop, cookery school and a farm- excellent base for making a weekend of it house B&B. in the Chilterns – it has fine restaurants and REBELLION BREWERY pubs, attractive walks along the Thames SL7 3LT 01628 476594 They specialise in bottle-conditioned ales, includ- and river cruises run in the summer. rebellionbeer.co.uk ing a golden IPA, fruity Damson Ale and a malty Dark Roast ale. Behind the scenes tours of the brewery and winery are run most days of the week and booking in advance is highly recommended. The B&B on site offers the opportunity to make a short break of it and enjoy all the other things to do in the area. The Hambleden Valley is full of picture-postcard villages (often seen in Midsomer Murders), excellent country pubs and good walks. The bustling riverside town of Henley-on-Thames is only five miles away. Photo:Chris Smith

EXPLORE CHILTERNS BREWERIES CHILTERNS FOOD & DRINK WWW.VISITCHILTERNS.CO.UK Organised and promoted by Chilterns Tourism Network and Chilterns Conservation Board Brochure design: Studio Beam I Bell Street Brewery J lovibonds Brewery K loddon Brewery Located right in the south of the LOVIBONDS BREWERY RG9 2AA Chilterns, in a 300 year-old barn in 01491 576596 lovibonds.com the little village of Dunsden Green Lovibonds in Henley was set up by one near Reading, the Loddon Brewery man, Jeff Rosenmeier, in 2005, to brew has seven core beers and has been local, authentic, distinctive craft beers. winning awards since it was set up in Like other micro-brewery entrepre- 2003 which you can try and purchase neurs, Jeff was following his passion in the brewery shop on site. BELL STREET BREWERY RG9 2BA and turned a home-brewing hobby into Tours can be booked for groups of bellstreetbrewery.co.uk a business. Lovibonds now produces 15-30 people and feature a talk on the seven year-round beers, which include brewing process from the Brewery Brakspear’s Bell Street Brewery was British and American pale ales, wheat director, lots of beers to sample and a only founded four years ago, but its beer, a smoked porter and a craft lager. ﬁsh-and-chip supper. heritage stretches back to 1711, when The Brewery’s Tasting Room is open Dunsden Green has superb cycling and William Brakspear founded a brewery on Friday evenings and during the walking on the doorstep: the Chilterns on Bell Street – just yards from where weekend, and as the Brewery is conven- Cycleway passes through the village the microbrewery now stands. iently located in the heart of Henley-on- and the well-signed Chiltern Way and Brewing continued in Henley until Thames it’s a great place to drop in to Thames Path National Trail walking LODDON BREWERY RG4 9QD 2002, when the brewery was sold, but while you are enjoying this lively river- routes are nearby. 0118 948 1111 restored in 2013 when the new owners side market town. Two hour tours can An excellent opportunity to combine a loddonbrewery.com of Brakspear resolved to bring brewing be booked if you want something more day out enjoying the countryside with back to the town. The Bell Street in depth, and if you like music with your some tasty local beer! The Loddon Brewery opened that year and immedi- beer there are occasional live band Brewery is located just 6 miles from ately started to brew Brakspear Special evenings. There is even a beer school for Henley-on-Thames with its wonderful – a beer that had been popular in Henley real enthusiasts. river-side location. for many years and was welcomed back by the town’s beer lovers. Special is now brewed permanently at the Bell Street Brewery, as well as a number of seasonal ales. The Bell Street Brewery is located behind the Bull on Bell Street pub, in the heart of Henley. It’s the perfect spot to enjoy a pint of Brakspear Special or other cask ale which are available in Brakspear pubs only.

EXPLORE CHILTERNS BREWERIES CHILTERNS FOOD & DRINK WWW.VISITCHILTERNS.CO.UK Organised and promoted by Chilterns Tourism Network and Chilterns Conservation Board Brochure design: Studio Beam