Brampton Brewery is housed in industrial buildings formerly used by East Midlands Electricity. Here seen is the party of Wakefield CAMRA festival workers.
This is the brewery's hospitality bar. The brewery's beer range is described on their website. Note in particular Wasp Nest also inscribed on a brick, also the Aspire pumpclip next to the carry-out jug: Aspire, a pomegranate beer, was top specialty beer at Walefield Beer Festival 2008
Centrepice of the beautifully fitted out reception area is the diorama of Chesterfield. The muscular arm on the brewery's crest is holding a brick hammer; there were several brickworks in the locality.
a useful bit of spare space for this and that
a restored sign for the original Brampton Brewery which closed half a century ago after being bought by Warwick's & Richardson of Newark.
Head Brewer Chris Radford stands in front of the Derbyshire flag telling us the history of brewing at Brampton.
Wakefield CAMRA Chairman Mark Goodair holds up a plaque to mark the success of Brampton Aspire (a pomegranate beer) as top speciality beer at the 2008 Wakefield Beer Festival. Head Brewer Chris Radford clutches a certificate commemorating the branch visit.
one of three large fermenters
photo taken through an outside window, probably of the fermenters
This is a preserved Chesterfield Corporation Leyland Panther with a dual entrance East Lancs body. These single deck vehicles are much rarer than the ubiquitous Leyland Atlanteans with which they share much of their running gear.
This side view of the Leyland Panther's East Lancs low floor body suggests that no two windows are exactly the same size.
Hey bus fans, look at the backside on that. This is the bus which is used on many of the Brampton Brewery Club's outings, and it lives on the same industrial estate.
Opposite the brewery premises stands the former Chesterfield Corporation Tramways depot.
Above the brewery bar are sample bricks from two local, long disappeared brickworks. This one's from the Brampton Brickworks.
Above the brewery bar are sample bricks from two local, long disappeared brickworks. This one's from the Wasp Nest Brickworks. The name lives on in Brampton Wasp Nest, a 5.0% beer. (see photo no.2)
