Wicked Hathern Brewery Visit

Having visited Langton Brewery on Monday 26^th June 2006, just two days Later on the 28^th,  17 of us descended upon The Wicked Hathern Brewery in Hathern, just north of Loughborough on the A6. Not easy to find, but we found it eventually.

On arrival we were greeted by two of the three owners, John Bagley and Sean O’Neil, John Worsfold was on holiday. After we had all been given a pint, Sean told us a few interesting facts about their Brewery. All three of them had the desire to take up their hobby on a serious note, so they set up a brewery in the garage at John Bagley’s house. It opened on 28^th January 2000, being the first news item on the front page of The Loughborough Echo for the new Millennium.

They have a 2 ½ barrel plant and brew once or twice a week, just enough to pay for their holidays. They produce a house beer for one of their best customers, The Albion, Canal Bank, Loughborough, along with The Earl Of Harrington at Thurlston, a beer that won an award at this year’s Leicester Beer Festival.

Their beers can also be found at Hathern Post Office, Delilah Fine Foods of Nottingham, and Alexander Wines Coventry. They produce Bottle Conditioned (Real Ale In A Bottle) versions of all of their beers. One that they were particularly proud of was Golden Reign in 2002 to commemorate the Queens Golden Jubilee. Only a handful of these bottles remain and are being saved for the owners to give to their children tooo sample when they reach 18years of age.

They are currently looking for premises within Hathern to move to, expanding their 2½ barrel plant to 6 barrel. They also intend to employ a brewer once they have moved. We all had an excellent evening with Sean and John, our thanks go to them for their hospitality.

K Williams.

This page last updated: April 15, 2011

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