The Leeds Brewery is an independent

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established in June 2007 in

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, UK by former local radio presenter Michael Brothwell. The company uses a 20 barrel brewing plant located in a trading estate on the outskirts of the city; it is capable of delivering of beer a week, and produces five regular brands, including their flagship ''Leeds Pale Ale'' at 3.8%, a 4.3% best bitter ''Leeds Best'' and the award winning mild ale ''Midnight Bell''. The company also produces a series of monthly specials. The company had seven pubs in Leeds, with a

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upstairs at The Brewery Tap and two pubs in York but these were sold to Camerons Brewery in 2016. In January 2023, Leeds Brewery ceased trading and the Leeds Brewery brand was sold to Kirkstall Brewery.

History

Leeds Brewery was established in June 2007 by university friends Michael Brothwell (a former BBC Radio York presenter) and Sam Moss and has since been producing a range of permanent and seasonal cask ales. In 2008 the Leeds brewery asked

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supporters to help name a new beer in an online poll. The favourite was to name the beer Radebeer after

player Lucas Radebe. The beer was available in local pubs, with 10p from every

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sold going towards the

transfer fund.

Brewery

The brewery is located on a trading estate in Beeston, on the outskirts of the city. The brewery uses a 20 barrel brewing plant, capable of delivering of beer a week; and produces four regular all year brands along with a pilsner style lager and seasonals throughout the year. The regular beers are ''Leeds Pale,'' a 3.8% session bitter, ''Leeds Best'', a 4.3% best bitter, ''Yorkshire Gold, a hoppy golden ale at'' 4% and ''Midnight Bell'', a 4.8% mild ale which was awarded "Best New Brewery Beer" at the 2007 Peterborough Beer Festival. Midnight Bell recently won Gold at the SIBA beer awards for dark cask beers. The lager, Leodis at 4.6% is named after the Roman name for Leeds The seasonals include ''Gathering Storm'', a 4.4%

stout Stout is a type of dark beer that is generally warm fermented, such as dry stout, oatmeal stout, milk stout and imperial stout. Stout is a type of ale. The first known use of the word "stout" for beer is in a document dated 1677 in the E ...

, in October, ''New Moon'', a 4.3% black IPA, in February, and ''Samba'', a 3.7% golden ale, in June.

Pubs

The company had seven pubs, in

. The Midnight Bell, The White Swan, The Crowd of Favours, The Lamb & Flag, The Garden Gate, PIN Bar and The Brewery Tap. The Brewery Tap had a

upstairs for brewing

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. The company also opened its first pubs outside Leeds in 2013, the Duke of York and The Eagle and Child, both in York city centre. In July 2016, the estate of seven pubs (excluding PIN which closed and The Garden Gate) was sold to Camerons Brewery.

References

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External links

Official website
of Leeds Brewery Breweries in Yorkshire British brands British companies established in 2007 Manufacturing companies based in Leeds Food and drink companies established in 2007 2007 establishments in England