Founded as Eastwood and Sanders Fine Ales' in 2002, after the amalgamation of The West Yorkshire Brewery and The Barge and Barrel Brewing Company, we renamed as Elland Brewery in 2006 and have been trading under that banner ever since. The industry has seen many micro-breweries come and go in recent years and we take great pride in the fact that we have been brewing ales that have stood the test of time and are now established locally and in the wider region. Indeed you can sample our beer all over the UK and our multi-award winning 1872 Porter has been a mainstay at hundreds of beer festivals all over the country since taking the Supreme Champion Beer of Britain crown in 2013 more of that later! Whilst it is extremely important for us to celebrate our history and longevity, earlier in 2015 we decided it was time to take a new look at our ales and settled on a few tweaks, introduced two new core beers (Helium and White Prussian) and, with the help of our friends at DMD Design in Elland, simplified the information on our pump clips to convey the important things that customers want to know when ordering a beer in a busy pub: What brewery is it? What colour is it? What does it taste like? What strength is it? …and that's your lot! No distracting pictures, no crazy descriptions, just clear and concise info to help you decide whether to buy. With the evolution of the brewery in mind, we've recently introduced 1872 Porter in keg yes I know that won't be to everyone's taste, but it is something we thought might suit the strength and taste of the beer and where it's appropriate, we're willing to change and evolve with the times. Like everything we have done and will do, it will only be done when we can be assured of providing a quality product at an affordable price for the licensee. We are proud to be a proper, independent, traditional micro-brewery. We're a small team (currently six and a half people!) and we're involved in every aspect of running a busy brewery, we all get our hands dirty helping out in racking, delivering, filling the vans, cleaning, loading the spent grain for our local farmer Dickie to feed his cattle…you'd be surprised at what a normal day involves! Going forward our aim is to be the most helpful brewery sounds simple, there may indeed be breweries with loftier ambitions - but we know that there are a lot of new ones springing up and the choice out there is as good as it has ever been. What you'll get from us is award winning cask ales, delivered in great condition, with a proper shelf life and as much help as we can give. We'll help where we can on last minute deliveries and we're long-in-the-tooth enough to take a view about most unexpected situations that arise. That should hopefully set us up for the next 13 years! Cheers.