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Ringwood Brewery
Ringwood Brewery was a brand of beer owned by Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company, and was formerly a small brewery on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, England, near the Dorset border. It produced mainly cask ales and some bottled beers.
The emblem for the brewery is a boar.
There are records from the early 19th century of four breweries, one owned by a banker named Stephen Tunks, that stood on the site of the present day Ringwood Brewery. Of the four, none survive today. The last to close was Carters on West Street, in 1923.
In 1975 the former head brewery of Hull Brewery, Peter Austin retired to Hampshire to enjoy more time sailing after a career at Hull dating back to 1945, preceded by a pupillage at Friary, Holroyd and Healy in Guildford, and a brief spell at Morrell's Brewing Company in Oxford. However the retirement was not to last and Austin was keen to pursue new ventures. An invitation two years later by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame and journalist; Richard Boston to create a micro brewery in an ex-cattle byre at Penrhos Court, Penrhos, Herefordshire reignited Austin's interest in brewing.
In 1978, Peter Austin and Partners Limited established Ringwood Brewery and started brewing in an old bakery at Mintey's Yard, New Street, Ringwood in April of that year. Austin was an influence on Britain's craft brewery rebirth in much the same way that Fritz Maytag of San Francisco's Anchor Brewing Company and Pierre Celis of Belgium's Hoegaarden Brewery were to their countries. However, Austin had a much more direct role in brewery development through his consulting business and equipment sales. Several American craft brewers use his Original Peter Austin Brick Kettle Brewing System including Geary's Brewing, Shipyard and Middle Ages Brewing Company. The equipment sales part of the business was separated from the main Ringwood Brewery company in 1982.
In 1980, Austin became the first chairman of the Small Independent Brewers' Association.
Austin later brought in two business partners: David and Nigel Welsh. The business continued to expand with the purchase of a number of pubs and in 1986, having outgrown their existing brewery, the company moved to the site on Christchurch Road, historically previously part of Stephen Tunk's Brewery.
In 1988, the brewery was awarded 'Champion Beer of Britain' by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), for 'Old Thumper'. Peter Austin sold his shares in Ringwood to David Welsh in 1990, becoming a brewing consultant.
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Ringwood Brewery
Ringwood Brewery was a brand of beer owned by Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company, and was formerly a small brewery on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, England, near the Dorset border. It produced mainly cask ales and some bottled beers.
The emblem for the brewery is a boar.
There are records from the early 19th century of four breweries, one owned by a banker named Stephen Tunks, that stood on the site of the present day Ringwood Brewery. Of the four, none survive today. The last to close was Carters on West Street, in 1923.
In 1975 the former head brewery of Hull Brewery, Peter Austin retired to Hampshire to enjoy more time sailing after a career at Hull dating back to 1945, preceded by a pupillage at Friary, Holroyd and Healy in Guildford, and a brief spell at Morrell's Brewing Company in Oxford. However the retirement was not to last and Austin was keen to pursue new ventures. An invitation two years later by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame and journalist; Richard Boston to create a micro brewery in an ex-cattle byre at Penrhos Court, Penrhos, Herefordshire reignited Austin's interest in brewing.
In 1978, Peter Austin and Partners Limited established Ringwood Brewery and started brewing in an old bakery at Mintey's Yard, New Street, Ringwood in April of that year. Austin was an influence on Britain's craft brewery rebirth in much the same way that Fritz Maytag of San Francisco's Anchor Brewing Company and Pierre Celis of Belgium's Hoegaarden Brewery were to their countries. However, Austin had a much more direct role in brewery development through his consulting business and equipment sales. Several American craft brewers use his Original Peter Austin Brick Kettle Brewing System including Geary's Brewing, Shipyard and Middle Ages Brewing Company. The equipment sales part of the business was separated from the main Ringwood Brewery company in 1982.
In 1980, Austin became the first chairman of the Small Independent Brewers' Association.
Austin later brought in two business partners: David and Nigel Welsh. The business continued to expand with the purchase of a number of pubs and in 1986, having outgrown their existing brewery, the company moved to the site on Christchurch Road, historically previously part of Stephen Tunk's Brewery.
In 1988, the brewery was awarded 'Champion Beer of Britain' by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), for 'Old Thumper'. Peter Austin sold his shares in Ringwood to David Welsh in 1990, becoming a brewing consultant.
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