The Watermill Inn and Brewing Co The Lake district pub

We have a 5 barrel craft brewery viewable from the Inn

The Watermill Inn

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Windermere Brewing Co

01539 821309

Real Ale + Real Food + Real Atmosphere = Real Pub

Our brewery is situated at the award winning Lakeland real ale pub,

The Watermill Inn. We are located in the Village of Ings,

2 miles east of Lake Windermere in the Lake District.

We use only the finest ingredients in our beers.

- Quality without compromise! -

Beers Brewed So Far

Collie Wobbles 3.7% - A Bit'er Ruff 4.1% - Wruff Night 5.0%

Paw Christmas 4.0% - Hamsters WOF 3.4% - Dogs Dinner 4.2%

Paws For Thought 4.5% - Isle of Dogs 4.5% - Ruff Justice 4.2%

A Winters Tail 4.3% - Blackbeard 3.7% - Dogth Vader 5.0% (from the dark side)

New July 2012* Windermere Blonde 4.2%

New August 2012* Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby

The dream of having our own micro-brewery, started many years ago. 1986 to be exact. My Dad ( Alan) and I, were sat at the pub 1 mile down the road from ours (it used to be traditional to drink in another Landlords pub alot!) we were planning our iminment move back home to the Lake district from Cornwood in Devon. No matter what type of pub we ended up with it had to have or have space for a brewery...................

11th May 1987 we moved into Millholme Country Hotel - a nine bedroomed guest house. Three years later we gained a full licence and on the 8th December 1990 the Watermill Inn was born. We always wanted to brew on-site but sewerage drainage had always been a problem. We campaigned for many years for mains drains for Ings village to North West Water who then became United Utilities. But they as usual, found a get out clause, we had to invest in a sixty thousand pound treatment tank to keep the pub running and of course prepare for brewing. The final piece of the eventual jigsaw was an other extention to house the kit which I bought over the web from Atlanta Georgia USA, I packed it into a shipping container in Toccoa Georgia and then unloaded it in November 2005 outside the pub with a lot of help

A massive thanks to all who push pulled and got extremely wet all day.

Originally it was housed in a Hops Bar & Grill Brew Pub in Daytona Florida. The rest as they say is history...........................

Please enjoy the photos, pump clips and tasting notes.

Cheers!

Wruff Night

5.0%

A finely balanced pale bitter, with a delicate fusion of citrus hops. A clean dry and refreshingly smooth after taste.

Ruff Justice

4.2%

A malty golden ale well balanced with caramel, light floral hops and a fresh dry finish.

A Bit'er Ruff 4.1%

A classic full-bodied golden brown best bitter, with intense hoppy bitterness in the mouth for a balanced dry finish.

Collie Wobbles 3.7%

A pale gold bitter with a slight citrus taste. A good hop and malt balance gives way to a thirst quenching dry finish

Dogth Vader 5.0%

“Come over to the dark side” a well-balanced beer with a hop, fruit and malt flavours and a dry bitter aftertaste finish. a dark, powerful may the force be with you!

Isle of Dogs 4.5%

A golden bitter with a fresh malty aroma and a distinctive citrus fruity flavour with an intense dry after taste.

Winters Tail 4.3%

A warming ruby bitter, smooth in the mouth with a subtle hint of ginger and orange, well balanced with a hint chocolate malt, perfect for a winters night.

Blackbeard

3.7%

Near black in colour, very light-bodied with its flavour dominated by malt and a bitter sweet finish.