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Wrekin Ales

Wrekin Ales

The Wrekin Brewery was founded in Market street in Wellington in 1870 by Mr Thomas Taylor. The company passed to the ownership of the Murphy family in the 1920's. By the time O.D.Murphy / Wrekin went out of business in the late 1960's they owned over 200 tied houses. These were sold off to Greenall Whitley of Warrington's subsidiary, The Shrewsbury and Wem Brewery Co. As Greenall underwent structure changes in the 1990's including the closing of the Wem brewery the pubs got split between several of the new pub Co's and many now offer a much better choice of real beers than the did in the past.

Some signs of Wrekin's existence can still be found from the legend "the famous Wrekin ales" painted on outside walls to jugs and mirrors inside.

All Nation's Coalport Rd Madeley.

By the Mid 1970's the All Nations was one of only a handful of UK pubs still brewing it's own beer, and although it did eventually close in the late 1990's, it wasn't until micro brewery's had once again become common place giving us back the local ales the likes of Greenall's ,Courage, Whitbread and the rest had tried there best to destroy with the likes of Watneys Red Barrel and all the other processed beers.

The All Nations beer's are now brewed by the Worfield Brewery (at the All Nations) and start at £1.60 a pint !

The Pub its self as received a very sympathetic modernisation and as not lost its caricature ie. no TV or Music and if it raining you will need your coat - the toilets are out in the yard !