Sulwath Brewers

The Brewery, 209 King Street, Castle Douglas DG7 1DT

Phone: (0) 1556 504525

Website: www.sulwathbrewers.co.uk

Sulwath Brewers is a family owned operation established in February 1996 but production had already started in the fall of 1995. Allan Henderson serves as Managing Director while Allan's father, Jim Henderson serves as General Manager and consultant. The company moved from their original location in converted farm buildings at Southerness on the Solway coast. Most of the brewery's product names are influenced by their Galloway surroundings and the name Sulwath itself is an ancient name for the Solway Estuary.

The present brew plant at Sulwath has a seven-and-a-half barrel capacity and outputs, on average, 500 gallons of beer per week. Bottle labeling and packaging are now undertaken at the brewery as well. The brewery has a visitor center with a capacity for up to fifty people. The brewery uses locally grown products wherever possible and for the most part uses hops grown in Hereford through a family connection with hop growers that have been in the business for some three generations.

Cask versions of Sulwath's products are sold in over fifty outlets and three are available in bottled format in a number of off-licenses.

Products:

Criffel Ale - OG 1044, 4.6% ABV
An India Pale Ale brewed with Maris Otter and "deeply" roasted malts along with three hop varieties providing a delicate bitterness and complex flavor. Named after the local Galloway mountain.
Cuil Hill - OG 1039, 3.6% ABV
A pale amber, light and refreshing summer/session ale with refreshing flavors of malt and hops.
Knockendoch - OG 1047, 5.0% ABV
Dark copper colored ale with pronounced malt and hop taste, named after a prominent hill near Criffel.
Galloway Gold - OG 1049, 5.0% ABV
Sulwath's first lager brewed with lager and wheat malts and continental Saaz hops for a refreshing taste with hints of citrus.
The Black Galloway - OG 1046, 4.4% ABV
A porter style beer named after the region's Black Galloway cattle. Brewed with Maris Otter and chocolate malt for a robust roasted malt flavor.
John Paul Jones - OG 1038, 4.0% ABV
Named after the founder of the American Navy that was born on the farm next to the original Sulwath Brewery site. A dark amber beer with a pronounced malt taste and hint of Hereford grown Bramling Cross hops.