Holdens Brewery
Encyclopedia
Holdens Brewery is a family-run brewery which was founded in 1915 in the Park Inn at Woodsetton, Sedgley
, Staffordshire
, (now West Midlands
), England
.
. It has 22 tied houses
, and is the newest regional brewery.
It was formed when Edwin Holden took over the Park Inn, built in 1892, on George Street in Woodsetton. The pub is still owned by Holdens Brewery and its current licencee is Ms. Amanda Walford, who was appointed in March 2002.
Some bottle conditioned ales are occasionally available.
Sedgley
Sedgley is an urban village within the West Midlands county of England. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Sedgley was formerly an ancient manor composed of several smaller villages, including Gornal, Gospel End, Woodsetton, Ettingshall, Coseley and Brierley...
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, (now West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
), England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Brief Details
Holden's is a brewpub producing cask aleCask ale
Cask ale or cask-conditioned beer is the term for unfiltered and unpasteurised beer which is conditioned and served from a cask without additional nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure...
. It has 22 tied houses
Tied house
In the UK a tied house is a public house that is required to buy at least some of its beer from a particular brewery. This is in contrast to a free house, which is able to choose the beers it stocks freely.- Definition of "tied" :...
, and is the newest regional brewery.
It was formed when Edwin Holden took over the Park Inn, built in 1892, on George Street in Woodsetton. The pub is still owned by Holdens Brewery and its current licencee is Ms. Amanda Walford, who was appointed in March 2002.
Availability
The cask ales are available from the pub estate in the Black Country.Some bottle conditioned ales are occasionally available.