Tudor Brewery
Tudor Brewery is a Welsh microbrewery based in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent.
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Overview
Tudor Brewery is a microbrewery located in Llanhilleth, in the Blaenau Gwent area of Wales. The brewery is associated with small-scale beer production and is known publicly for Black Rock Ale, which received recognition in the Campaign for Real Ale's Champion Beer of Wales competition in 2016. Available reference material provides limited information about the brewery's founding, ownership, production capacity, distribution network, leadership, and broader commercial development. Its identity is therefore best understood as that of a regional Welsh craft brewery rather than a nationally or internationally scaled brewing group. The brewery's principal documented distinction is its award success: Black Rock Ale won the CAMRA Champion Beer of Wales award in 2016. No reliable information in the supplied material establishes a complete portfolio beyond that beer, the precise date of establishment, the names of founders or executives, or the extent of its operating markets. Tudor Brewery's public-facing presence is represented by its website, tudorbrewery.co.uk, while the cited Wikipedia entry identifies the business as a microbrewery in Llanhilleth. Because the available evidence is sparse, additional details about its current activity, product range, taproom or visitor operations, distribution arrangements, and ownership should be verified against current brewery communications or authoritative business records.
History
Tudor Brewery is a Welsh microbrewery based in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent. The available historical record identifies the brewery primarily through its location, its small-scale brewing identity, and its association with Black Rock Ale. The supplied reference material does not state when the brewery was founded, who established it, how its ownership has changed, or whether it developed from an earlier brewing operation. Those details remain unconfirmed. The brewery's most clearly documented historical milestone is the success of Black Rock Ale in 2016. In that year, the beer won the Campaign for Real Ale's Champion Beer of Wales award. The recognition gave Tudor Brewery a notable place in the Welsh real-ale and independent-brewing scene, although the available sources do not provide judging details, production volumes, distribution figures, or information about subsequent awards. The result indicates that the brewery's beers were evaluated within the organized real-ale sector and that Black Rock Ale was considered a leading Welsh beer during the relevant competition year. Beyond this award, the public reference record is limited. Tudor Brewery maintains or has maintained a website at tudorbrewery.co.uk, but the supplied material does not document a full product catalogue, taproom, brewery tours, export activity, packaging formats, retail partnerships, or geographic sales footprint. It also does not identify directors, brewers, employees, investors, parent companies, or a corporate group. Consequently, the brewery should not be described as part of a larger brewing conglomerate or assigned a specific ownership structure without further evidence. Tudor Brewery's documented profile is therefore that of an independent-appearing Welsh microbrewery whose strongest recorded public distinction is the 2016 Champion Beer of Wales award for Black Rock Ale. Its subsequent status, current product range, and operational scale require confirmation from up-to-date first-party or official business sources.
- 2016
Black Rock Ale wins Champion Beer of Wales
[1]Black Rock Ale received the Campaign for Real Ale award for Champion Beer of Wales, becoming Tudor Brewery's best-documented competitive achievement.
Products and positioning
A regional Welsh microbrewery producing small-scale beers, with Black Rock Ale serving as its best-documented award-winning offering.
Ale
Black Rock Ale
Black Rock Ale is Tudor Brewery's best-documented beer. It achieved the Campaign for Real Ale's Champion Beer of Wales award in 2016, giving the product particular recognition within Wales's real-ale community. The available sources do not specify its recipe, style classification, alcohol content, packaging, or current availability.
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