Award for Llandeilo brewer
Award-winning West Wales brewer Evan-Evans has won a top prize for one of its cask ales at the world-renowned Great British Beer Festival in London.
The Llandeilo-based company was awarded a third prize for its flagship brand Cwrw in the Best Bitter category.
Simon Buckley, Chief Executive of Evan-Evans, said: “We are extremely proud to be voted one of the top brewers in the United Kingdom at this prestigious beer festival.
“To be voted one of the top three brewers of Best Bitter in the UK, out of a total of 670 brewers, is a great achievement for the brewing team in Llandeilo.
“This is the category which is most important in the industry as it represents what our everyday customer drinks.
“No other brewer in Wales won a prize, and we now feel confident that we are certainly one of the best, if not The Best cask ale brewery in the Principality.
“We offer more choice of beer than any other brewer, brands that are well brewed and with the heritage of being brewed by Wales’s oldest brewing family.
“Cwrw is fast becoming a household name in Wales. We hope to see success later in the year with the bottle version of the beer. Within five years Cwrw will be the National Drink of Wales.”
Mr Buckley, 51, added: “This year has been a great year for us at Evan-Evans, and with the development of new markets and further planned expansion into England and North America, we are set for exciting times.
“Over the next few months we will be expanding our brewery further, and developing our range of bottle and guest beers, and launching our new Forces Charity Beer, Heroes Lager.”
Cwrw is Welsh for beer.
Evan-Evans is owned by Simon Buckley, whose family have brewed in Wales since 1767, Evan-Evans has a reputation for brewing the highest quality cask-conditioned beers.
Evan-Evans is Wales’s largest specialist brewer of cask ale. The company started brewing in 2004 to produce specialist cask ales for the Welsh and national guest ale market.
A few words about the Buckley brewing tradition . . . The brewing heritage of the Buckley family stretches back to the early 19th century after the Rev James Buckley married the eldest daughter of Henry Child who had founded Childs Brewery in Llanelli. It was set up to slake the thirst of the town’s tinworkers, who were rapidly increasing in numbers.
The clergyman’s 18-year-old namesake James Buckley is today part of the seventh generation and each one before him has been directly involved in the industry. His father, Simon, was the last Buckley to brew at Llanelli before moving to London in 1984.
Buckleys Brewery had the distinction of being the only Welsh brewer to hold a royal warrant. In 1991 it became Crown Buckley when it was taken over by a subsidiary of Guinness. It was sold to Brains in 1997 and the Llanelli Brewery closed a year later.
Evan-Evans was actually founded in Llandeilo in 2003 and began brewing in 2004.
It is named after William Evan-Evans who married into the family four generations ago.
Last month Mr Buckley acquired the remains of Archers of Swindon for an undisclosed sum.
Archers, which until March this year brewed in Swindon, went into administration following a period of difficult trading.
The brewery has been acquired by the Buckley family to extend its Welsh brewing operation, and to give it access to new markets in the South West along the M4 corridor into London.
In July, Mr Buckley opened a new traditional pub in Cardiff - the first traditional pub to be built in the city for 25 years.
The £1million development in the former RAFA club in Cathedral Road represented a significant investment in the capital city for West Wales-based Welsh Estates Ltd and the Evan-Evans Brewery.
Mr Buckley was responsible for the development of the Cayo Arms in Cardiff in 2000. The pub was voted one of the top 50 pubs in the UK after its launch.
The new pub in Cathedral Road is called Y Cadno (The Fox).
Simon Buckley at the recent opening of Y Cadno.
Photo: Adam Davies.
The Llandeilo-based company was awarded a third prize for its flagship brand Cwrw in the Best Bitter category.
Simon Buckley, Chief Executive of Evan-Evans, said: “We are extremely proud to be voted one of the top brewers in the United Kingdom at this prestigious beer festival.
“To be voted one of the top three brewers of Best Bitter in the UK, out of a total of 670 brewers, is a great achievement for the brewing team in Llandeilo.
“This is the category which is most important in the industry as it represents what our everyday customer drinks.
“No other brewer in Wales won a prize, and we now feel confident that we are certainly one of the best, if not The Best cask ale brewery in the Principality.
“We offer more choice of beer than any other brewer, brands that are well brewed and with the heritage of being brewed by Wales’s oldest brewing family.
“Cwrw is fast becoming a household name in Wales. We hope to see success later in the year with the bottle version of the beer. Within five years Cwrw will be the National Drink of Wales.”
Mr Buckley, 51, added: “This year has been a great year for us at Evan-Evans, and with the development of new markets and further planned expansion into England and North America, we are set for exciting times.
“Over the next few months we will be expanding our brewery further, and developing our range of bottle and guest beers, and launching our new Forces Charity Beer, Heroes Lager.”
Cwrw is Welsh for beer.
Evan-Evans is owned by Simon Buckley, whose family have brewed in Wales since 1767, Evan-Evans has a reputation for brewing the highest quality cask-conditioned beers.
Evan-Evans is Wales’s largest specialist brewer of cask ale. The company started brewing in 2004 to produce specialist cask ales for the Welsh and national guest ale market.
A few words about the Buckley brewing tradition . . . The brewing heritage of the Buckley family stretches back to the early 19th century after the Rev James Buckley married the eldest daughter of Henry Child who had founded Childs Brewery in Llanelli. It was set up to slake the thirst of the town’s tinworkers, who were rapidly increasing in numbers.
The clergyman’s 18-year-old namesake James Buckley is today part of the seventh generation and each one before him has been directly involved in the industry. His father, Simon, was the last Buckley to brew at Llanelli before moving to London in 1984.
Buckleys Brewery had the distinction of being the only Welsh brewer to hold a royal warrant. In 1991 it became Crown Buckley when it was taken over by a subsidiary of Guinness. It was sold to Brains in 1997 and the Llanelli Brewery closed a year later.
Evan-Evans was actually founded in Llandeilo in 2003 and began brewing in 2004.
It is named after William Evan-Evans who married into the family four generations ago.
Last month Mr Buckley acquired the remains of Archers of Swindon for an undisclosed sum.
Archers, which until March this year brewed in Swindon, went into administration following a period of difficult trading.
The brewery has been acquired by the Buckley family to extend its Welsh brewing operation, and to give it access to new markets in the South West along the M4 corridor into London.
In July, Mr Buckley opened a new traditional pub in Cardiff - the first traditional pub to be built in the city for 25 years.
The £1million development in the former RAFA club in Cathedral Road represented a significant investment in the capital city for West Wales-based Welsh Estates Ltd and the Evan-Evans Brewery.
Mr Buckley was responsible for the development of the Cayo Arms in Cardiff in 2000. The pub was voted one of the top 50 pubs in the UK after its launch.
The new pub in Cathedral Road is called Y Cadno (The Fox).
Simon Buckley at the recent opening of Y Cadno.
Photo: Adam Davies.
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