George Shaw Brewery

Commissioner in Glazebury, Cheshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2022

Contact
342 Warrington Road, Glazebury, WA3 5LA, England
0044 7952 418160
Description
The brewery was founded at the beginning of the 19th century and first registered as the Bedford Brewing & Malting Co Ltd in 1866; Bedford being a suburb of Leigh. William Shaw was brewer and manager and later owner of the brewery and his son George inherited the company in 1899. The name was changed to George Shaw and Co Ltd in 1902. In 1931, when they owned about 300 pubs, the company was bought by Walker Cain Ltd, brewing had ended by 1933.

However, Walkers continued to brew up to six of the George Shaw brews well into the 1960's. It is our intention to deliver these brews back to the marketplace in the next few years.

The ambition is to return the brewery back into Leigh, create employment and have the brewery run as a cooperative for the people of Leigh.

The company was relaunched in 2022. Beers were initially brewery at 4Ts in Warrington, but in 2024 this was moved to Dunham Massey Brewery.
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Martinsh

6.6
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Pale Ale from George Shaw Brewery 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Cask at Swan and Railway, Wigan. Pours a hazy golden amber with a small foamy cream head and good lacing. There’s oranges and hops in the aroma plus hints of caramel. In the mouth it starts off slightly bitter with a creamy texture. The bitterness increases but not to a huge extent. Flavour has malts, traditional hops, citrus, marmalade and a hint of treacle. Finish is slightly dry and bitter. This is reasonable.

Tried from Draft at Swan & Railway on 03 Sep 2025 at 13:15

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Olut

6.6
Olut (21769) reviewed Golden Ale from George Shaw Brewery 9 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
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Leigh, where this beer hails from by proxy used to have a railway station until it closed in this month in 1969 - once used by a quarter of a million people in its heyday the town has since been reliant on road travel links. Thankfully they've managed to get this out of the Greater Manchester town to be enjoyed, and it is an enjoyable light texture but not thin golden ale.

Tried from Cask at Baum on 24 May 2025 at 13:48

WingmanWillis

6
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Miner's Ale from George Shaw Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tried from Cask at Wigan Central on 15 Mar 2025 at 16:03

eurosoba
eurosoba (18570) ticked Premium from George Shaw Brewery 3 years ago

Tried on 28 Oct 2022 at 11:40

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