Tring Brewery FAQs

A few helpful hints and tips for the curious drinker

Bright beer contains virtually no yeast. Most of our beer is sold in this format as customers can just collect and drink it immediately. Rough beer contains yeast and needs to be left stationary overnight for the yeast to settle. The main advantage of rough beer is that it lasts a little longer once opened, 99.9% of our customers don’t like the idea of waiting though!!

Bright beer has a shelf life of 7 days unopened. Once opened we advise consuming in 3-4 days irrespective of the container type. Rough beer will last longer if stored under the correct conditions, however once open we again advise that it is consumed within 3-4 days. If you’re struggling, get some friends round.

All our beers are brewed using a combination of malted barley, roasted barley, wheat and sometimes rye or oats. At present they all contain glutens.

We are pleased to offer a range of vegan suitable brews which are unfiltered and unfined. Our core range of vegan beers are Raven King IPA, Lunardi’s Pale and Alchemist Lager (Alchemist Lager is only vegan on draught at present, not in glass bottles), these are available in bottles and draught (keg) to takeaway, often complimented by seasonal vegan keg beers also (please check beer allergen data + contact us direct for seasonal vegan keg availability).

Like many other breweries we use a product called isinglass finings to help our core range cask beer clarify. Finings are produced from the swim bladders of fish, the active ingredient being collagen. This product would normally remain bound with yeast sediment in a barrel but as it is used in the brewing process is often seen as not suitable for vegans.

Yes we do brew a lager, with authentic lager yeast and premium hops from Germany and the Czech Republic. Alchemist – it’s liquid gold!

Whilst we don’t produce our own cider, mead or spirits, we are proud to stock a number of both local and independent producers through the brewery shop. These brands include The Chiltern Cider Company (Great Missenden), Lilley’s Cider, Severn Cider, Dunkertons Cider, Gwynt y Ddraig Cider, Wye Valley Meadery, Puddingstone Distillery (Tring) and Courtyard Distillery (Tring).

Both minipins (18 pint) and polypins (36 pint) will clear overnight. For firkins (72 pints), they are best left for 24 hours. We do not sell rough beer in sizes smaller than this.

We supply you with a tap, stillage (support) and spile (to vent the cask). In return, we will ask you for a £100.00 deposit (per set of cask + equipment) which will be returned to you once the cask and equipment has been returned to the brewery.

Instructions on setting up a firkin can be found here.

Our drays are unable to fulfil non-trade deliveries.

If you are unable to visit the brewery, we can send draught beer, bottled beer, merchandise, snacks, spirits, ciders and more to you via courier – delivery fees applicable (draught beer can only be couriered in 5 litres sizes and under). Simply place your order online or over the phone. Orders taken by 1pm will delivered the following day to mainland UK. Any orders placed on Friday before 1pm will arrive the following Monday.

Draught beer orders are packaged with a shelf-life of one-week unopened (and then three-to-four days once opened). For all draught beer courier orders, delivery will only be fulfilled on weekdays to ensure freshness. All draught orders placed on Friday/Saturday/Sunday will be sent out Monday for delivery on Tuesday or shortly thereafter. One litre, two litre and three litre sizes will be packaged in one litre increments to ensure maximum freshness – our five litre size will be packaged in a presentation mini-keg.

Regrettably, our conventional 1L/2L/3L containers are not reusable as they are not durable enough to withstand high temperature container sterilisation, though they (along with our 5L metal mini-kegs) can be recycled at home or made into clothing, more packaging and even cars. When disposing of 18 and 36 pint polys, please separate the plastic inner from the cardboard outer.

We are excited to stock growlers, which are stainless steel refillable beer containers, available in one litre or two litre sizes. Our branded, matte-finished growlers are infinitely reusable, keeping beer both cool and fresh.

The team at Tring Brewery shop will happily refill any glass or stainless steel container clearly marked at one or two litres, which we can rinse and then decant into. We do request all containers be rinsed before they are brought into the brewery shop, and we do reserve the right to refuse the refill of any unsuitable containers.

All instructions on storing beer to enjoy it at it’s best can be found here.

There are many pubs that stock our beer on a permanent basis, but on an hour by hour basis we don’t know if the beer is flowing from the pumps. We’d hate to point you to a pub only for you to find the beer has either just run out or is a few hours away from going back on. There are also many pubs out there who take our beer on rotation alongside other breweries. Whilst we know when it might have been delivered, again we can never exactly know when it might have gone on the bar.

Want to find Hertfordshire’s new independent, premium lager? We regularly update a map of Alchemist Lager stockists HERE.

Yes. Death or Glory, Side Pocket for a Toad, Ridgeway, Tea Kettle Stout, Drop Bar, Colley’s Dog, Pale Four, Raven King, Lunardi’s and Alchemist Lager are usually available in bottles.

We do not produce a dedicated low/no-alcohol option at present, though we do occasionally brew ‘table beer’ styles (3-3.5%) within our small batch brewing range.

Our lowest ABV beer on draught is Side Pocket for a Toad (3.6%), or lowest ABV beer in bottle is Ridgeway Bitter (4.0%).

We’re pleased to confirm that both our on site shop and brewery tours are wheelchair accessible. There is a ramp at the entrance to the brewery shop, and another from the brewery shop into the brewhouse where our tour talks are conducted.

We’re pleased to confirm that our on site brewery shop is dog friendly.

Due to the chemicals used in the cleaning of our brewhouse flooring, and the nature of the brewhouse as food-production environment, the brewhouse (where Tring Brewery tours are conducted) cannot accommodate dogs or other animals.

If you require an assistance dog and are looking to learn more about the brewery, please do get in contact on 01442 890721 or email [email protected].

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