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Cheers all round as £400k boost sees brewery return to Bradford city centre

The brewing industry has returned to Bradford City Centre for the first time in more than 50 years, as the new Bradford Brewery development invests a total of £400k in its return.

Bradford Brewery has started brewing on site after installing its brewplant in the renovated factory building which has been transformed into the brewery and Brewfactory pub, at a cost of £85k.

The total cost of the whole development is around £400k It is part-funded by a Bradford City Centre Growth Zone grant.

The Growth Zone is the council’s £35 million initiative to attract businesses back into the city centre and to equip the local community with the skills they need to get the jobs.

The grants are mainly for restoration of historic buildings, capital expenditure and equipment among other things.

Bradford Brewery’s first beer, The Origin, is a 4.2% dry-hopped Pale Ale which will be available when the venue opens to the public next week.

The 10-barrel brewplant was manufactured by Oban Ales in Fort William, Scotland, using components sourced from 19 different countries. It will be capable of producing around 16,000 pints a week.

The seven 6ft-tall stainless steel vessels, weighing 250kg each, were transported from Scotland to Bradford in a race against time during heavy snow affecting the north of the UK.

Managing director Matthew Halliday said: “We can literally taste our dream coming to fruition now – after nearly two years of planning and hard work.

“Yorkshire has a proud tradition of brewing and we’re now looking forward to putting Bradford on the map once again for producing some of the best beers in the country.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .