{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox brewery | name = Daniel Batham and Son | logo = | image = Delph Brewery sign on The Unicorn, 145 Bridgnorth Road, Wollaston - geograph.org.uk - 988512.jpg | caption = | location = Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England | coordinates = {{coord|52.4758|-2.1265|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | owner = | opened = {{start date and age|1877|df=yes}} | production = | website = {{URL|http://www.bathams.co.uk}} | active_beers = {{brewbox beer|name=Bathams Best Bitter|style=Best bitter}} {{brewbox beer|name=Bathams Mild Ale|style=Mild}} | seasonal_beers = {{brewbox beer|name=Bathams XXX|style=Strong ale}} }}
'''Bathams''' is a brewery in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England established in 1877 in a former slaughterhouse.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/pubs/8480244/West-Midlands-pub-guide-The-Vine-Brierley-Hill.html | title=West Midlands pub guide: The Vine, Brierley Hill | publisher=The Telegraph | date=28 April 2011 | accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref> The brewery is described by the CAMRA ''Good Beer Guide'' as "A classic Black country small brewery". It produces three cask conditioned beers, Best Bitter (4.3%), Mild (3.5%) and XXX (6.3%), a Christmas special. The Best Bitter won its highly contested class at the Great British Beer Festival in 1991.<ref>{{cite web | title= Awards| url=http://www.bathams.co.uk/our-brews/awards/ | publisher=Bathams Brewery | accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref> Bottled versions are also available at Bathams pubs.
The Brewery is currently run by brothers Tim and Matt Batham, having been in the Batham family for five generations.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/beerhunter-visit-traditional-brewery-use/story-28042160-detail/story.html | title=Beerhunter: A visit to a traditional brewery where they still use hogsheads | publisher=Derby Telegraph | date=25 October 2015 | accessdate=8 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026181537/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Beerhunter-visit-traditional-brewery-use/story-28042160-detail/story.html | archive-date=26 October 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> It is one of few breweries that still use 54-gallon hogshead casks.
Bathams owns twelve pubs in the Black Country and West Midlands:<ref>{{cite web | title=Pub List| url=http://www.bathams.co.uk/pubs/bathams-pub-list/ | publisher=Bathams Brewery | accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref> *The Britannia Inn, Sedgley, Dudley *The Bird in Hand, Oldswinford, Stourbridge *The Fox and Grapes, Pensnett, Brierley Hill *The Lamp Tavern, Dudley *The King Arthur, Hagley, Stourbridge *The New Inn, Wordsley *The Plough and Harrow, Kinver *The Plough Inn, Shenstone (near Kidderminster) *The Royal Exchange, Stourbridge *The Swan Inn, Chaddesley Corbett *The Unicorn, Wollaston, Stourbridge *The Vine, Brierley Hill. The Home of Batham's Beer, also known as the Bull & Bladder.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Vine Inn | url=http://www.bathams.co.uk/pubs/the-vine-inn/ | publisher=Bathams Brewery | accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web |url=http://www.bathams.co.uk/ |title=Bathams Brewery – The Finest Real Ales |publisher=www.bathams.co.uk |accessdate=2009-12-27 }} *{{cite web |url=http://petebrown.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/in-search-of-black-country-legend.html |title=Pete Brown – In Search of a Black Country Legend |date=13 April 2012 |accessdate=2012-06-20 }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.bathams.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/bathams-history-small.pdf |title=The History of Batham's Black Country Brewers |accessdate=2017-06-08 }}
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Category:Breweries in England Category:British companies established in 1877 Category:Food and drink companies established in 1877 Category:Companies based in the West Midlands (county) Category:Brierley Hill
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