Stonehenge Beer and Ales 

Since the early 80's Stonehenge has been associated with Beer and the local Brewery's that produced it.
beerme.com provided the following information from the former Tisbury brewer Alastair Wallace, who passed this history of the brewery: "Tisbury Brewery plc was taken over by United Breweries of India in the mid 1980s and traded as Wiltshire Brewery, then United Breweries - following UBI's takeover of breweries in the midlands of England. The brewery was then closed in the mid 1990s, when the business was taken over by Inn Leisure. The brewery building and business was bought by 2 entrepreneurs who formed a new Tisbury Brewery Ltd. company and operated out of the old brewery until they decided that real estate was more profitable and sold the buildings for redevelopment into apartments. The company then changed its name to Heritage Ales and moved the equipment to the site now occupied by Hidden Brewery - after which it went bankrupt.(The Old Brewery still dominates the village of Tisbury and is a very attractive building.) Tisbury Brewery's beers regularly won national awards for their quality during the 1980s, their first Supreme Champion award being for their "Local Bitter" brand (ABV 4%) in 1981, followed by awards for their "Tisbury Heavy" (ABV 4.7%), "Old Grumble" (ABV 6.1%), "Stonehenge Ale", "Weedkiller" and "Fanfare" bottled beer. "
Based on a label I found on eBay, we now know that in 1990 Stonehenge Real Ginger Beer (ABV 6%) was also brewed there.
In 2003 it was reopened as Hidden Brewery, and alas there are no longer any Stonehenge connections so far under the new management.

Adrian Tierney-Jones at realbeer.com tells a wonderful story of a visit in 1999 to the Netheravon brewery, the one we now know as Stonehenge Ales. Although Bunces Brewery was formed in 1984 it was not until 1993 when Danish Master Brewer Stig Anker Andersen purchased the brewery that it became STONEHENGE ALES LTD.

One of our more resent additions, The Wells Bombardier's "English Heritage Days out Worth Talking About" sales campaign, includes Stonehenge as a location. While I am sure it cost them a pretty penny in licensing fees, the use of the image earned them the title of Stonehenge Collectable and a spot here.

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Highlight for Album: Stonehenge Ales Keychain & Pin Back
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Album: Stonehenge Ales Keychain & Pin Back
Last change: Feb 09, 2010
Contains: 4 items.

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Highlight for Album: Wells Bombardier Brew
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Album: Wells Bombardier Brew
Last change: Feb 09, 2010
Contains: 2 items.

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Highlight for Album: Stonehenge Real Ginger Beer.
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Album: Stonehenge Real Ginger Beer.
Last change: Feb 09, 2010
Contains: 1 item.

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Stonehenge Ales Bar Towel
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Stonehenge Ales Bar Towel

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2001 Stonehenge Best Bitter Beer
Heritage Ales Salisbury
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2001 Stonehenge Best Bitter Beer

Heritage Ales Salisbury

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Highlight for Album: Tisbury Brewery - Wiltshire
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Album: Tisbury Brewery - Wiltshire
Last change: Feb 09, 2010
Contains: 1 item.

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Highlight for Album: Bunces Brewery Stonehenge Ales Heel Stone - Netheravon & Wiltshire
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Album: Bunces Brewery Stonehenge Ales Heel Stone - Netheravon & Wiltshire
Last change: Feb 09, 2010
Contains: 1 item.

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Highlight for Album: Stonehenge Pub Clip
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Album: Stonehenge Pub Clip
Last change: Feb 09, 2010
Contains: 2 items.

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