Both will stock each other’s ales
Butcombe Brewery has teamed up with Jeremy Clarkson’s Cotswolds pub
A Bristol brewery has joined forces with Jeremy Clarkson’s Cotswolds pub. In a first, Butcombe’s award-winning Original Ale will be available in the Farmer’s Dog pub from this week, with Butcombe also stocking Hawkstone’s Premium bottled lager in a selection of its managed pubs.
Jayson Perfect, COO at Butcombe Group said: “We met with Jeremy Clarkson’s team a while ago to help advise them before they opened the Farmer’s Dog last summer and obviously got chatting about beers and what customers love to drink. With our Butcombe Original officially the South West’s favourite beer, they were keen to get it pouring so now customers will be able to enjoy it in this fantastic pub as one of their guest ales.
Jeremy Clarkson at the opening of The Farmer’s Dog(Image: Emma Trimble / SWNS)
“Seeing as our Butcombe Original is going to be enjoyed in the Farmer’s Dog, we wanted to repay the compliment so we’ll be stocking bottles of Hawkstone’s Premium Lager in a number of our managed houses so our guests can get a taste of the great work they’re doing over at the brewery in Bourton on the Water.”
Simon Dehany, brand manager, Butcombe Group and Rob Watkins, head of managed on-trade at Hawkstone(Image: Submit)
Chris Archer, operations manager, The Farmer’s Dog says: “We’re pleased to be pouring Butcombe Original alongside Hawkstone’s full product range. No British pub would be complete without a cask ale – it’s quintessentially British.”