Box Steam

Box Steam Brewery, Unit 2, Oaks Farm, Rode Hill, Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 8AR (01225 743662) Website

Located at Oaks Farm, on the outskirts of the Wiltshire village of Box, the brewery was established by Marshall Ewart, landlord of The Bear, Box, and Mark Hempleman-Adams, director of Global Resins. In 2006 it was taken over by Gordon King and Andrew Roberts, managers of the Cross Guns pub, in Avoncliff, where the beer has been going down particularly well.

Regular beers: Blind House (4.6%), Rev Awdry's Ale (3.8%), Tunnel Vision (4.2%)

Seasonal beers: Jock Ewart's Amazing Figgy Pudding (5%), Three Shires (4.4%)