Wychwood Brewery
Brewery of Witney
1841 The first sizeable brewery in Witney was founded by John Williams Clinch,
1920/30s Clinch's Brewery won numerous awards.
1961 The brewery was sold to Courage. Clinch's Brewery was closed shortly after.
1983 The Clinch's site was purchased by Paddy Glenny, an English brewer who had trained in Germany. Paddy christened it The Eagle Brewery - later changing this to Glenny Brewery.
1985 Chris Moss joined thus doubling the workforce.
1988 The brewery was asked to brew a special celebratory wedding beer for a local landlord for his daughter's wedding. Chris Moss created Hobgoblin.
1990 Paddy Glenny sold his shareholding to Ian Rogers, a regional manager of Halls of Oxford, the brewery’s biggest customer. The partners set about creating a chain of 40 real ale pubs tied to brewery
1990 The Eagle was re-named the Wychwood Brewery
1996 The first Hobgoblin beer in bottles were produced.
1997 Wychwood Brewery was producing nearly 30,000 barrels a year
2000 Establishment of Refresh UK plc
2002 The pubs were sold off. Following the closure of Brakespear's Brewery in Henley on Thames, and a £1 Million redevelopment of the Wychwood Brewery site, it now incorporates a separate Brakspear brewhouse and fermenting room, using much of the original Brakspear equipment from Henley
2008 Marstons acquired Ryland Thompson and its subsidiaries, of which Refresh UK plc was the trading arm, which owned Wychwood Brewery.