Timothy Taylor's is a family-owned
regional brewery
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founded in 1858 by Timothy Taylor. Originally based in Cook Lane,
Keighley
Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish
in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.
Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of ...
,
West Yorkshire
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,
England
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. Timothy Taylor's moved to larger premises in 1863 at Knowle Spring in Keighley, where they remain.
The brewery is still family-owned and was family-run until 2014, when the Chief Executive Charles Dent retired and became Chairman.
The brewery is best known for Timothy Taylor's Landlord, the second highest-selling
cask ale in Britain, which accounts for 80 percent of output.
Beers
Landlord
Timothy Taylor's best known beer is ''Landlord'', a pale ale, 4.3%
abv
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when
cask conditioned
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, and 4.1% when sold
filtered
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in the bottle. It contains Styrian Goldings, Goldings and Fuggles
hops.
It was created for miners, to compete against local rival Barnsley Bitter. Landlord was four times Champion Beer of Britain at the
Great British Beer Festival
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. The brand attracted media attention in 2003 when
Madonna said in an interview with
Jonathan Ross that it was her favourite beer. Since then the draught beer has become more widely available throughout the country and ''Landlord'' is also being exported in bottles.
''Landlord'' is available in the brewery's own
tied pubs, and is often available as a guest ale in other pubs, especially those in Yorkshire. Bottled ''Landlord'' is available in Tesco, Waitrose, Morrisons and several other supermarkets, as well as from the brewery's webshop.
Boltmaker
Timothy Taylor's ''Best Bitter'' was renamed ''Boltmaker'' in 2012 to better distinguish it from their ale ''Golden Best''. ''Boltmaker'' won Gold in the Bitter category at the Great British Beer Festival in 2014 and was also crowned their Champion Beer of Britain 2014.
''Boltmaker'' is a Yorkshire Bitter which is 4% when cask conditioned or 4.2% when sold filtered in the bottle. It was originally bottled exclusively for Tesco shortly before winning Champion Beer of Britain 2014. In late 2015 bottled ''Boltmaker'' became available in other supermarkets such as Waitrose.
Knowle Spring Blonde
A brand new addition to the Timothy Taylor's range, a blonde beer ''Knowle Spring Blonde'', will be available from March 2017. The 4.2% easy-drinking yet complex blonde beer is the brewery's first addition to their core range since 1952. This is available in a limited number of supermarkets.
Others
A variety of other ales, such as ''Golden Best'', ''Dark Mild'' and ''Ram Tam'' (renamed ''Landlord Dark'' in 2019) may be found in Timothy Taylor's houses. ''Landlord Dark'' can be found in some supermarkets. A new French style blonde ale ''Le Champion'' was brewed specially to celebrate the 2014 Tour de France Grand Depart in Leeds. With the advent of the Tour de Yorkshire cycling event in 2015, ''Le Champion'' was brewed again in April 2015 and is being brewed again in March 2016.
Timothy Taylor's also produce an occasional special bottled ale called ''Havercake Ale''.
In the past Timothy Taylor's produced another bottled ale called ''Northerner'', bearing the advertising slogan, ''For Men of the North''. This slogan has been reinvented as "Originally brewed for men of the north, now loved by everyone" and is borne on the back of the wagons.
Brewery
The brewery is supplied with water from an
artesian well (Knowle Spring).
Only whole
hops are used for brewing.
The
yeast
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strain originally came from the Oldham Brewery.
80 percent of production is for
cask conditioned
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products. Bottling is contracted to
Robinsons Brewery
Robinsons Brewery is a family-run, regional brewery, founded in 1849 at the Unicorn Inn, Stockport, England.
The company owns around 250 pubs, mostly in North West England.
History
William Robinson purchased the Unicorn Inn from Samuel Hole ...
.
Pubs
Timothy Taylor's currently has 19 of its own
tied pubs
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in
Bingley
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Bingley railwa ...
,
Cononley
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,
Fence
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near
Colne
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The town should not be confused with the unrelated Colne Val ...
,
Haworth
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Grassington
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,
Halifax,
Keighley
Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish
in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.
Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of ...
,
Leeds
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, Malsis near
Cross Hills
Cross Hills is a village in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England that is situated halfway between Skipton and Keighley. The village is at the centre of a built-up area that includes the adjoining settlements of Glusburn, Kildwick, ...
,
Oakworth
Oakworth is a village in West Yorkshire, England, near Keighley, by the River Worth. The name "Oakworth" indicates that the village was first established in a heavily wooded area.
Oakworth railway station is on the route of the Keighley and ...
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Oxenhope
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Ripon
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,
Skipton
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Thornton and
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near
Hebden Bridge
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These are the ''Albert Hotel'' in Keighley, the ''Boltmakers Arms'' in Keighley, the ''Brown Cow'' in Bingley, the ''Burlington Arms'' in Keighley, the ''Crossroads Inn'' in Halifax, the ''Devonshire Hotel'' in Grassington, the ''Dog & Gun'' in Malsis, the ''Dog & Gun'' in Oxenhope, the ''Fleece Inn'' in Haworth, the ''Grouse Inn'' in Oldfield, the ''Hare & Hounds'' in
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, the ''Lord Rodney'' in Keighley, the ''New Inn'' in Cononley, the ''Royal Oak'' in Keighley, the ''Royal Oak'' in Ripon, the ''Town Hall Tavern'' in central Leeds, the ''White Horse'' in Thornton, the ''White Swan'' in
Fence
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and the ''Woolly Sheep'' in Skipton. All of these pubs are run by tenants, except for the ''Lord Rodney'' in Keighley and the ''Woolly Sheep'' in Skipton, which are run by Timothy Taylor's itself.
In 2015, Timothy Taylor's bought ''The Devonshire Hotel'' in Grassington and it underwent a complete refurbishment, reopening in December 2015.
References
External links
Official website
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1858 establishments in England
Breweries in Yorkshire
British companies established in 1858
Companies based in the City of Bradford
Food and drink companies established in 1858
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