Twickenham Brewery Champions Ale

Twickenham Fine Ales was the first brewery in Twickenham since Cole’s Brewery closed in 1906.

In the beginning there was a 10 barrel plant which was installed in a small unit opposite a Greggs Bakery factory – pint and a pasty seeming natural bedfellows.

The early days of experimentation and trial settled down with the arrival of Tom Madeiros, as Brewer, in 2005.  Being American the use of American hops seemed a natural path and Twickenham became an early adopter of the now popular and more common place hops used in many beers today.

The variety of hops grew and Twickenham now uses hops from countries including: England, Germany, Slovenia, USA, Australia and New Zealand.

The quality of Twickenham’s beers was recognised on a national level in 2007 when Sundancer won silver in the national Champion Beer of Britain at the GBBF.  Unusual then for having such citrusy hops, especially in a lower strength beer (3.7%ABV). It is a wonderful pint giving as much satisfaction to drinkers today as at any time.