Loddon Brewery News...

Loddon beers available at The Hope Tap as part of LocAle Week!

A selection of our beers are available all week at The Hope Tap in Reading as part of the Whetherspoon's LocAle week. Bamboozle, Ferryman's Gold, Hoppit, Hullabaloo and our incredibly popular monthly special Summer Snowflake will all be available for you to try. Enjoy!

Car Sticker Competition has begun!

For your chance to win 36 pints of Loddon beer, you can watch the Promo video for our Car Sticker Competition by clicking here

You have got to be in it to win it! If you want to upload a photograph, become a fan of the Car Sticker Competition event on Facebook

Loddon to Sponsor The Twyford Beer Festival- Sat 5th-Sun 6th June

We are delighted to announce that will be one of the sponsors for the first ever Twyford Beer Festival. The festival being held over two days, (Sat 5th-Sun 6th June) is raising money for ORCHID, the Male Cancer Charity and all profits will be donated to this incredibly worthwhile cause. There will be 30 Real Ales plus a Cider and Wine bar and for those of you who get hungry there is a Hog Roast. Admission is free and we look forward to seeing lots of you there!

For all the details, Click Here 

Bamboozle is the favourite at the mid-way stage of Loddon Week at The Lamb!

Loddon Week at The Lamb at Satwell is now half way through and we have just been sent the sales figures for the beers so far. They are as follows:

Based on draught sales this week:

Bamboozle has been the favourite ale so far sitting comfortably at the top of the table whilst the two beers brewed exclusively for The Lamb, 'Spring Lamb' and 'Leaping Lamb' are hot on its tale. Our monthly special 'Wilfred's Mild' is in a mid table spot and is hoping for a late surge (remember for every pint of Wilfred's Mild sold, we are donating 10p to All Saints church in Dunsden). You can never discount our golden ale Ferryman's Gold who will be hoping for some nice hot weather this weekend to boost it's performance. And finally, it appears that Forbury Lion and Hullabaloo are stuck in a relegation battle! 

Help your favourite beer to the top of the league by visting The Lamb at Satwell, Loddon week is on until Sunday 16th and dont forget the 3 for 2 offer!

Great Shooting!

We would like to say a huge WELL DONE to the brewery sponsored Oxfordshire Skeet Shooting team who have finished second in the South-East Inter-counties tournament. They shot an amazing 487/500 and lost in a shoot-off for first place by only one shot. They have now qualified for the National Inter-counties tournament later in the year. Good Luck Gentlemen!! 

Loddon Week at The Lamb at Satwell starts today!!

The Lamb at Satwell is the first ever pub to stock exclusively Loddon ales all this week: 10th-16th May! There is a host of different beers for you to try throughout the week including 'Leaping Lamb', which is brewed exclusively for The Lamb and 'Spring Lamb' which has been brewed to celebrate Loddon Week. We really hope to see lots of you there. For all the details Click Here

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Loddon week at The Lamb!

The Lamb at Satwell, near Henley on Thames, will be the FIRST EVER pub to sell exclusively Loddon brewery beers during their Loddon Brewery week from the 10th-16th May. There will be 8 Loddon beers available at The Lamb throughout the week and the pub are running a competition where you could win free beer for a month!

And that's not all....

Vanessa and Chris Hearn, owners of The Loddon Brewery, will be holding a tasting evening at The Lamb on Monday 10th May. The cost of this will be £15 and will include tasting beers, A Loddon gift pack featuring two bottles of beer and a branded glass, plus a fish and chip supper and a money off beer voucher for The Lamb. This is sure to be very popular so book early! 

For all the details on both these events, click here     

Bird in Hand set to stock Loddon beers!

We are delighted to announce that the Bird In Hand in Sonning Common will be stocking Hoppit and Ferryman's Gold when they re-open on the 1st April. We would like to wish new tenants Roger and Kay lots of luck and look forward to working closely with them in the future!

Wilfred's Mild gets the go-ahead!

We are delighted to announce that our monthly special for May will be a 3.9% dark mild called Wilfred's Mild. The beer is named after the First World War poet Wilfred Owen who worked at Dunsden church, literally a stones throw away from the brewery. His family have very kindly given us permission to use his name and we are looking forward to welcomming them to the brewery for a visit soon. We are also pleased to announce that 10 pence of every pint sold will be donated to Dunsden church.   

'Hocus Pocus tastings' and 'Delivering' Videos Online!

Two more videos have been uploaded to our ever increasing Video Gallery. The first video 'Hocus Pocus tastings' shows a number of our regular stockists tasting our new bottled beer and giving their honest opionons about it. The second video 'Delivering' is a short film about what our Drayman Ian does on a day to day basis, giving you an insight to another aspect of The Loddon Brewery. 

New videos have been uploaded in the Video Gallery!

Two new videos that were filmed last week have been uploaded in the Video Gallery. These show the labels for our new bottled beer Hocus Pocus being printed at Label Apeel in Leicester and the beer being bottled at Bath Ales bottling plant on the outskirts of Bristol.

Ferryman's Gold on national promotion with JD Wetherspoon!

The first delivery of our Ferryman's Gold went into Wetherspoons this week and will now be available nationally until the end of June. 

Hocus Pocus Bottles now available!

Our third bottled beer is now available to purchase directly from the brewery. This 5% traditional old ale has a smooth velvety texture which is followed by a burst of Golding hops. It now means that we have a golden ale, a best bitter and an old ale available in bottles.

Hare Brained selling well!

Our 4% golden beer Hare Brained that we brewed exclusively for March has been selling extremely well and we would advise people to order soon while stocks last!

New Loddon Brewery Stockists...

I am pleased to announce that Foxbury Farm Shop in Brize Norton has started stocking our bottles and The Litten Tree, Old Street, not far from the Barbican in London has started stocking Hoppit.

The Forrester's Arms in Bagshot has also now started stocking Hullabaloo.

New Loddon Stockists

The Jolly Anglers in newtown, Reading is scheduled to be re-opened very soon after being taken over by John Westernthrop who used to have The Crispin in Wokingham. We are pleased to announce that we will be one of the pub's major suppliers and they will have an exclusive Loddon Brewery house beer. The pump clip is being designed at the moment.

The Shoulder of Mutton in Wantage has now started stocking Ferryman's Gold permanently.

These pubs have also started stocking our beer:

The Bear Hotel, Maidenhead (JD wetherspoon)
The Canton Arms, Kennington, Lambeth
The White Hart, Chipstead
The Wellington, Islington

Loddon Beers at Majestic Wine Warehouses

The following Majestic Wine Warehouses are now stocking bottles of Hullabaloo and Ferryman's Gold and Hoppit, Hullabaloo and Ferryman's Gold are also available to order from these stores in 18 pint (Minipin) and 36 pint (Polypin) Containers.

Aylesbury,
Wokingham,
Woodley,
Newbury,
High Wycombe,
Caversham,
Birkhampstead,
Abingdon
and Milton Keynes.

Record Year For The Brewery!

Having just completed our year end, we are delighted to announce that volume has increased by 23% on 2008/09 and turnover has increased by 24%. We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our customers who continue to be so supportive. Read more...

Not Long Now!

Happy Retirement!