Apricity: the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.

Susie dent, author and queen of Countdown’s Dictionary Corner, has said, “I’ll bring this word back if it kills me!”. We want to do our part in this quest.

The sound of ‘Apricity’ is almost as exquisite as the feeling it describes.

Apricity extra pale ale tastes almost as exquisite as the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.

If we could walk 500 miles from the Gateway to Kent to the land of our forebears, we'd arrive in Stirling, Gateway to the Highlands.  We'd need a couple of pints of heavy to quench the thirst. This would be it.

Robert James Cairns Wicks - Founder and Head Brewer
Fraser Charles Cairns Wicks - Production Manager

Yakima Chief Hops has pioneered the use of cutting-edge hop lab analysis techniques to create Cryo Pop® Original Blend - a hop blend with the power to add a true 'pop' of aromas and flavours.

When married with other citrus and tropical fruit driven hops, Cryo Pop® Original Blend delivers massive tropical, stone fuit and citrus aromas to the pale amber Rye-PA.  The addition of a large charge of Rye Malt to the grist adds spice to this complex beer.

Chocolate malt, roasted cacao nibs and natural dark chocolate makes this multi-award winning stout luscious and moreish.

Carrying Coals to Newcastle. Taking Owls to Athens. Selling Sand in the Sahara. In 2023 we had a dream: if we were to brew a beer to send it back to Germany, what would it look like? If we were Hawking Helles in the Hallertau how would it taste?

Just. Like. This.

1920s recipe Pre-Prohibition Lager.  Crisp and hoppy

Alt Ego was first brewed in February 2011 with a brewmaster from Germany and our head brewer Robert.  We have revived this beer several times over the years and this is our latest iteration.  The style is reminiscent of a sessionable Best Bitter with a German twist.

It is a Best Bitter's Alter Ego.

Brewed with only Vienna malt.  Using the same Žatec hops chosen by Dreher for his new lager we have revived this malty Vienna lager as our tribute to the City of Spies, Vienna. The first modern Vienna lager to be brewed with Haná heritage barley in 2021

The Spirit of Kent is hopped with 9 Kent hops in a total of 9 separate additions. Most of the hops are picked and dried at the National Trust’s only hop garden at Scotney Castle in Lamberhurst, Kent by hop grower Ian Strang. Ian is one of a dwindling number of noble hop growers left in Kent.

Summer Perle is brewed with the finest English Pale Ale malt. Zesty Kent first gold hops impart an orange citrus note of thick cut marmalade, Yakima valley cascade hops with floral and grapefruit, citrus notes and a spicy finish from the Hallertau Perle. This is the essence of summer drinking. Sit back, enjoy, and take it easy.

Available only during British Summer Time.

Viceroy India Pale Ale is brewed with Greensand aquifer water, English malted barley and the finest Kent grown hops. It is fermented with Westerham Brewery’s own heritage yeast culture to produce a fruity and hoppy India Pale Ale.

Grasshopper is a rich, malty red ale brewed with hops that are picked and dried at the National Trust’s only hop garden at Scotney Castle in Lamberhurst, Kent by hop grower Ian Strang. Ian is one of a dwindling number of noble hop growers left in Kent.

British bulldog is a full bodied best bitter in the Kentish Ale style, packed full of Kent hops to give this ale its distinctive aroma and satisfying flavour. Recultured yeast from the original Black Eagle Brewery recreates the flavours of Westerham Ales as they were enjoyed by Sir Winston Churchill.

Loaded with 8 USA grown hops, this West Coast style session IPA delivers a huge payload of citrus and pine flavours.

Straw yellow pilsner lager (that means lagered or matured for several weeks) hopped with Czech grown Žatec noble hops with a distinctive hop aroma and bitterness usually found in Bohemian pilsners. 

Brewed to the same strength, the same recipe and the same yeast  as the last beer of the Black Eagle Brewery that closed in 1965 after over 230 years of brewing. Rich, malty and hoppy.

The Black Brewery in Westerham brewed Audit Ale throughout the early 20th century.  Its fame was such that it was supplied to Clarence House for the beginning of the oyster season.  This Audit Ale is brewed to the same strength as that brewed in 1938.

This Double Stout is brewed to the same strength as that brewed in 1938 with Pale Malt, Chocolate Malt and Black Malt.  In the copper we use the finest Kent hops and late hop with West Kent Goldings. We also use the same yeast as used in Westerham Ales up until the brewery's closure in 1965.

We set out, in 2005, to make a winter beer that was neither weak nor tasteless and named it Godswallop.  Brewed with a blend of pale ale, aromatic and crystal malts, and six Kent hops, this is a rich, malty deep red ale for enjoying by a roaring fire.