ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS HAS A FINE HISTORY AND TRADITION OF BREWING. UP UNTIL 1956 THE CULVERDEN BREWERY DOMINATED THE VIEW ALONG THE ST JOHN’S ROAD. IT HAD STOOD FOR OVER 200 YEARS AT THE TIME OF ITS CLOSURE. THE ORIGINAL ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS BREWERY, OWNED AND OPERATED BY IAN DORMON WAS LOCATED IN GRANGE ROAD, RUSTHALL AND CLOSED IN 1983.
THERE ARE NOW OVER 750 BREWERS IN THE UK MORE THAN AT ANY TIME SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
THE SUCCESS OF THE MICROBREWERY IS MUCH TO DO WITH THE INCREASING TREND OF CONSUMERS WHO DEMAND DISTINCTIVE QUALITY AND THE PROVENANCE OF TRUE LOCAL PRODUCTS INCLUDING REAL ALE. THE ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS BREWING COMPANY IS RESPONDING TO THIS RISE IN DEMAND FROM THE DISCERNING BEER DRINKERS OF KENT AND BEYOND.
