Brakspear

The Wychwood Brewery Co Ltd, Eagle Maltings, The Crofts, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 4DP (01993 890800) Website

When Brakspear's brewery at Henley closed in 2002 many thought that was the end of these fine beers: Refresh UK had other ideas. They dismantled the Brakspear plant and reconstructed it at the Wychwood brewery site in Witney where the beers are now being produced to the same high standard as ever.

Regular beers: Brakspear Bitter (3.4%), Brakspear Special (4.3%)

Seasonal beers: Brass Monkeys (4%, January and February), Downpour (4.5%, July and August), Fire Dog (.4%, November), Henry on Thames (4.6%, May and June), Hop Demon (4.2%, September and October), O Be Joyful (4.8%, December), Ploughman's (4.2%, March and April)

Bottled beers: Brakspear Bitter (3.4%), Brakspear Organic (4.6), Brakspear Triple (7.2%)