Oakhill Brewery - The Original Oakhill Brewery

The Original Oakhill Brewery

In its heyday it was a major producer most famous for Oakhill Invalid Stout. In 1904, due to its large volumes of production (between 2,000 and 2,500 barrels per week), the brewery even constructed its own railway to take barrels of Oakhill Invalid Stout to the Somerset & Dorset Railway in nearby Binegar. Until the railway's construction, the brewery had used a Wallis & Stevens traction engine to deliver their barrels to the station. Production continued until at the brewery until the advent of World War I sent it into decline. The brewery was destroyed by fire in 1924, and subsequently taken over by Courage Brewery. While brewing itself stopped in 1938, the malt sheds remained in use.