Yorkshire and North East England
Wharfedale Brewery
Yorkshire and North East England
Wharfedale Brewery, housed in a barn at the back of the Flying Duck in Ilkley, is the third brewery to take the Wharfedale name since the original one was founded in Wetherby as long ago as 1756.
2012 saw the third incarnation of Wharfedale Brewery as an integral part of Ilkley's first brew pub. A consortium of local businessmen set up a company called Wharfedale Brewery Limited and extensively refurbished the former Albert Inn on Church Street, a Grade II listed property built in 1709.
The pub, which is one of Ilkley's oldest buildings and is mentioned in Sir Nikolaus Pevsner’s “Buildings of England” chronicles for its architectural importance, was renamed the Flying Duck and a microbrewery was incorporated into a barn at the back.
Wharfedale Brewery was brought back to life once more and resulted in brewing returning to Ilkley town centre for the first time in well over 100 years, producing five core beers, a number of specials.
The pub, which is one of Ilkley's oldest buildings and is mentioned in Sir Nikolaus Pevsner’s “Buildings of England” chronicles for its architectural importance, was renamed the Flying Duck and a microbrewery was incorporated into a barn at the back.
Wharfedale Brewery was brought back to life once more and resulted in brewing returning to Ilkley town centre for the first time in well over 100 years, producing five core beers, a number of specials.