Monty’s Brewery is the home of brewers of great Welsh beers.
The brewery is a fully accredited, SALSA Plus Beer production facility.
But what does that mean?
Russ Honeyman one of the founders alongside his wife Pam comments:
“It is an honour that is derived from a lot of hard work and dedication to everything that goes into making the beers that we hope you enjoy. To be awarded the SALSA plus beer standard, we have to show excellence not only the brewing but also the bottling of our beers. We have to show that all our staff have exceptional knowledge of their part of the process but also have impeccable hygiene and cleaning standards. This ensures that our beers match or exceed a quality requirement of SALSA industry specific auditors who have worked alongside and in association Cask Marque. So each bottle of beer is excellent and the process has no contamination or cross contamination, where we look after waste control, but also ensure that the ingredients we have to buy in to make the beers are of the highest quality and standards.”
Producing beers of many styles, with a focus on gluten free beers the brewery prides itself on its range having won many awards. Brewing a beer everyone can enjoy!
With such high standards to meet to keep that accreditation Monty’s Brewery’s beers are brewed with sustainability in mind. Being based just a short distance from the ancient castle town of Montgomery, on the Powys – Shropshire border, the brewery was founded in 2008.
With Monty’s Brewery taking its sustainability responsibility to REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE and RECOVER very seriously. Here are just some of the things that are done.
REDUCE…
- water usage within the refined cleaning regimes which makes sure that they don’t use too many chemicals, or too much rinse water.
- energy usage by maximising energy recovery to heat water.
- energy usage by adding extra insulation to the cold and warm rooms.
- use of plastic shrink wrap by using pallet collars where possible.
- no plastic is used in the online packaging of Monty’s products.
REUSING…
- cardboard boxes by re-badging where possible.
- casks. Of course casks have always been recycled filled sent out, returned, cleaned, filled and reused.
RECYCLING…
- all glass, plastic and cardboard that cannot be used elsewhere.
- grain into milk! Having taken the sugars and flavours out of the grain which leaves the proteins – Cows are very efficient at turning this into milk.
- waste beer (the bits that are too yeasty for our human taste) goes into beef. A herd of Wagyu cattle have a few pints of Monty’s and then a nap!
RECOVER…
- excess products have been used to make gin, chutney, Christmas puddings and beef jerky.
- hot water to be used for cleaning or the next brew.
Monty’s Brewery currently has two gluten free beers, Dark Secret and Masquerade, with a new recipe in development. Both totally different in character and taste. Wanting to make beers for everyone to enjoy, they produce their gluten free beers with barley and then remove the gluten. These are Wheat Free too.
Every batch is then sent off for independent analysis and tested to ensure it meets UK and EU standards which are <20ppm. All Monty’s beers have come back <10ppm which is the lowest level of accurate testing used.
Monty’s Brewery produce a range of beers from Stout to bitter in cans bottles and kegs. They also produce occasional beers for special occasions such as Navigation Ale when working with the nearby Shropshire Union Canal Society raising funds for the recent restoration of the canal’s historic tramway.
Tel: 01686 668933
Web: www.montysbrewery.co.uk
Instagram: @montysbrewery
Twitter: @MontysBrewery
Facebook: @montysbrewerywales
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