Location | Woodsetton, West Midlands, England | ||||||||||
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Coordinates | 52°31′55″N2°05′27″W / 52.531806°N 2.090750°W | ||||||||||
Opened | 1915 | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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Holden's Brewery is a family-run English regional brewery. It was founded in 1915 at the Park Inn in Woodsetton, Dudley, in the West Midlands.
Edwin Holden took over the Park Inn on George Street, Woodsetton, in 1915, and the pub is still owned by the Holden family. [1]
The Park Inn was a pub and brewhouse. Soon after acquisition, the brewing equipment was enlarged from within the cellar to adjoining buildings, which had been previously used as a malt store. [2]
The 1940s saw the company's expansion and the establishment of Edwin Holden's Bottling Company. The 1960s saw the purchase of additional pubs around the Black Country, a practice that continued through the 1980s and to the present day. [2] [3]
In 2012 work began on a major expansion of the brewery to increase production capacity, [4] with further plans to open up a visitor's centre in the near future. [5]
The brewery, which supplies to several local pubs and sells its products in local shops, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2015. [6]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Holdens began a home delivery service. [7]
Holden's brewpub supplies cask ale to its twenty-two tied houses. Bottle conditioned ales are also available.
There are four regular beers; Black Country Bitter, Black Country Special Bitter, Black Country Mild, and Golden Glow, as well as a stout and winter warmer. [8] In 2017, the brewery also launched a beer to celebrate the life of industrialist Abraham Darby. [9]
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