In 1882, two German Immigrants, Ivan Levinstein and Otto Isler, set forth to brew lager beer in the UK. Later their company was acquired by Robert Graesser. He aimed his sights to the export market under the Wrexham Lager ‘Ace of Clubs’ brand. In 2000 brewing in Wrexham - in the meantime the company was acquired by Carlsberg - came to a halt and the brewery was demolished.

Martin Jones MP (South Clwyd), a local retiring civil servant and ex-employee (microbiologist) of Wrexham Lager appreciated what the brewery stood for and strived to keep its memory alive at his own expense, negotiating with Carlsberg for the ownership of Wrexham Lager Brewing Company and its subsidiary brands. He managed to procure the rights to all but the Ace of Clubs brand (sold off to Scottish & Newcastle, now part of Heineken) for the modest sum of £1 and with that he set his sights on building a brewery.

The Roberts family, who run a number of local businesses in Wrexham, were interested in investing in a microbrewery as a new venture and were considering brewing ale until they came across Martin in the most ironic of places, at the local pub! Soon a deal was struck and the Wrexham Lager brand was revived once again. With a new premises in the centre of Wrexham that opened in 2011, the ex-head brewer of Wrexham Lager, Ian Dale, at the helm of brewing operations with a state-of-the-art German brew house at his disposal and a new logo to modernise the brand, Wrexham Lager can now look to the future with the aim to re-establish itself as the pride of Celts once again!