The Titanic Brewery is an independent producer of
bottle conditioned
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and
cask ales in
Burslem
Burslem ( ) is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Tunstall, Fenton, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent form part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is often referred to as the "mother town" of Stoke on Trent.
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,
Stoke-on-Trent,
England
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.
Titanic's beers are generally notable for their light colour, low malt, and high hop content, giving a very dry bitter taste, although Captain Smith's and some of their seasonal beers are dark and malty, though still extremely hoppy. Their seasonal ranges also include lighter and fruity ales such as 2019 seasonal beer, Kiwi Fleet, which is made with
New Zealand hops.
History
The brewery was founded in
Burslem
Burslem ( ) is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Tunstall, Fenton, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent form part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is often referred to as the "mother town" of Stoke on Trent.
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,
Stoke-on-Trent, in 1985 by brothers Keith and Dave Bott, and takes its name from the ill-fated steam liner
''Titanic''. It is in honour of its captain
Edward Smith Ed, Eddie, Edgar, Edward, Edwin, and similar, surnamed Smith, may refer to:
Military
* Edward H. Smith (sailor) (1889–1961), United States Coast Guard admiral, oceanographer and Arctic explorer
* Edward Smith (VC) (1898–1940), English recipien ...
(who came from Stoke-on-Trent) that the brewery is named.
One of the owners, Keith Bott, was formerly the chairman of
SIBA Siba or SIBA may refer to:
Places
* Siba, Luocheng County, Guangxi, China, a town
* Siba State, a princely state of India until 1947
* Siba subdistrict, Basra Governorate, Iraq
* Šiba, a village in Bardejov District, Slovakia
* Siba Castle, ...
, the Society of Independent Brewers.
Products
Its 'Fleet' range of beers include:
* Plum Porter (4.9%
abv
Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as ABV, abv, or alc/vol) is a standard measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage (expressed as a volume percent). It is defined as the number of millilitres (mL) o ...
)
* Titanic Mild (3.5% abv)
* Steerage (formerly Titanic Best Bitter) (3.8% abv)
* Anchor ABV (4.1% abv)
* Iceberg (4.1% abv)
* Titanic Stout (4.5% abv)
* White Star (4.5% abv)
* Captain Smith's Strong Ale (5.2% abv)
All of these, bar the Mild are available in bottles from the brewery, the brewery tap, and supermarkets. They produce over 4 million
pints
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every year.
Titanic have also branched out into distilling their own
gin.
Pubs
Titanic Brewery presently runs eight
pub
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s in North Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Oxfordshire: The Bull's Head in
Burslem
Burslem ( ) is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Tunstall, Fenton, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent form part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is often referred to as the "mother town" of Stoke on Trent.
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, The White Star in
Stoke
Stoke is a common place name in the United Kingdom.
Stoke may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
The largest city called Stoke is Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. See below.
Berkshire
* Stoke Row, Berkshire
Bristol
* Stoke Bishop
* Stok ...
, The Greyhound in
Newcastle-under-Lyme, The Royal Exchange in
Stone
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, The Sun Inn in
Stafford, The Roebuck in
Leek, The Cheshire Cheese in
Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.[Oxford
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and the Old Poets Corner in
Ashover
Ashover is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. It is in the North East Derbyshire district of the county. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,905. It sits in a valley, not far from the tow ...
.
Café bars
Titanic Brewery also runs eight 'Bod' café bars in the Staffordshire area: in
Alsager
Alsager ( ) is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located to the north-west of Stoke-on-Trent and east of Crewe. The town's population was 13,389 at the 2021 census.
''The Mere'' is a ...
,
Lichfield
Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west o ...
,
Matlock,
Newport,
Stafford,
Stoke-on-Trent railway station,
Stone
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and
Trentham.
Awards
The Titanic Brewery has won many awards, often awarded by
CAMRA
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is an independent voluntary consumer organisation headquartered in St Albans, England, which promotes real ale, cider and perry and traditional British pubs and clubs. With just under 155,000 members, it is ...
(the Campaign for Real Ale), from the 1990s to the present day.
The Titanic Brewery's bottled
Stout beer's first award was Gold in the 1994 Guardian Bottled Beer of Britain, and more recently it won first place in the
CAMRA
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is an independent voluntary consumer organisation headquartered in St Albans, England, which promotes real ale, cider and perry and traditional British pubs and clubs. With just under 155,000 members, it is ...
West Midlands Beer of the Year 2009 (Stout Category).
Titanic's Iceberg Beer won its first award in 2002, achieving Gold in the CAMRA Champion Beer of the West Midlands category, and again more recently achieved first place in the CAMRA West Midlands Beer of the Year (Speciality Category).
References
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Companies based in Stoke-on-Trent
Privately held companies of the United Kingdom
RMS Titanic
Food and drink companies established in 1985
Breweries in England
British companies established in 1985
1985 establishments in England