# Three Tuns Brewery — Bishops Castle, Shropshire

> Three Tuns Brewery in Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England scores 3.51 out of 5 — Poor, #2 in Shropshire. 32 beers tracked, mostly Pale Ale.

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Three Tuns Brewery is a brewery in Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England. We grade it Poor, with a score of 3.51 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #2 in Shropshire. Of the 32 beers we track, 51% are Pale Ale and 17% IPA.

## Rating

- Score: 3.51 out of 5
- Grade: Poor 😐 — Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.
- Ranked: #2 in Shropshire · #387 in England · #11,117 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 32

## About

The small market town of Bishop’s Castle, on the Shropshire/Welsh border, is home to the Three Tuns Brewery, a brewery with significant claims to fame.

A brewing licence at the site was first granted in 1642. Part of the existing brewery is of 17th Century origin and this would be consistent with it having been the original brewhouse, which would make it the oldest working brewery premises in Britain.

## What they brew

- Pale Ale — 51% of the beers we track
- IPA — 17% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 11% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 11% of the beers we track
- Winter Ale — 7% of the beers we track
- Other — 3% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: Salop Street, Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England
- Coordinates: 52.4944461, -2.9965837
- Website: https://www.threetunsbrewery.co.uk/

## Breweries nearby

- [Clun Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/clun-brewery-10233.md) — 3.04, Limited — Craven Arms, Shropshire — 5.2 mi away
- [Monty's Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/montys-brewery-16183.md) — 2.90, Limited — Montgomery, Powys — 8.6 mi away
- [The Shropshire Brewer](https://finding.beer/brewery/the-shropshire-brewer-34069.md) — 3.35, Poor — Shrewsbury, Shropshire — 14 mi away
- [Wilderness Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/wilderness-brewery-13687.md) — 3.72, Fine — Newtown, Powys — 14 mi away
- [Ludlow Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/ludlow-brewing-company-15442.md) — 2.97, Limited — Ludlow, Shropshire — 15 mi away
- [Swan Walters & Son](https://finding.beer/brewery/swan-walters-son-13980.md) — 3.00, Poor — Ludlow, Shropshire — 15 mi away
- [Simpson's Fine Ales](https://finding.beer/brewery/simpsons-fine-ales-15768.md) — 3.13, Poor — Leominster, Herefordshire — 20 mi away
- [Komban](https://finding.beer/brewery/komban-27168.md) — 2.76, Poor — Kington, Herefordshire — 20 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in England](https://finding.beer/breweries/england.md)

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