New beer tribute to city's 'rich brewing history'

Two new beers, which aim to promote Wolverhampton's "rich brewing history", will be unveiled at a festival.

Springbanks Brewery was formed after the closure of Bank's Park and Springfield breweries, which "cast a huge doubt on the future of the city's brewing culture," the company said.

The festival is hosted by Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) at the Wolverhampton Arts Centre until Saturday.

Pete Atwal of Springbanks Brewery said: "Wolverhampton has a long and storied brewing history that spans more than 150 years, and honouring this tradition is playing a huge part in the industry today."

"Since opening earlier this year, all of us at Springbanks Brewery have been working tirelessly on launching our first beers and we are excited to be able to finally be able to present them this week."

The brewery "pays tribute to those brewers, draymen and staff who built Wolverhampton's liquid legacy that we wish to follow," Atwal added.

Banks's Brewery produced the last beer at its 150-year-old base in the city in September.

It began operations in 1875, but in October 2024 Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company (CMBC) announced it would close as part of a company restructuring.

Springbanks Brewery is the custodian of one of only two Burton Union sets, a "historic and cherished" fermentation system dating back to the 19th Century, it explained.

The brewery is based inside a listed building originally built in the 1870s for the safe and lock-maker Cyrus Price and later used by Beau Ideal Richard's Cycles.

This year's festival marks the 50th anniversary year of Wolverhampton Camra, "making this year's event particularly special," organisers said.

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