A BRIEF HISTORY OF ACORN BREWERY
Established in May 2003 by former chef Dave Hughes and his wife Judi, Acorn Brewery is located to the east of the Pennines in the village of Wombwell, Barnsley.
Having worked for Barnsley Brewery as Head Brewer for two years, and finding himself redundant and unemployed, Dave was left with a big decision – whether to return to his previous occupation working long hours as a chef – or to go it alone and set up his own brewery, working even longer hours. Having decided on the latter and with a lot of help from family, friends and – of course – the bank, Dave purchased a ten barrel brewplant from the Forester & Firkin brewpub in Stafford and moved it to premises in Wombwell.
Following a lot of hard work by Dave and his assistant brewer Steve Bunting, and despite some initial set backs, the brewplant was commissioned and production of Acorn Brewery Barnsley Bitter began on 4th July 2003, using the same yeast strain as the original Barnsley Brewery, founded in the 1850’s. Since then, sales have grown steadily and the range of beers has increased.
Acorn Brewery has developed a popular Yorkshire brand and is currently supplying over 300 free trade outlets and 3 national wholesalers with an average of 40 brewer’s barrels per week (over 11,500 pints per week).
There are currently three award-winning beers permanently available, as well as regular seasonal brews.
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