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Company Description: Situated on the western edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, at a crossing point of the River Avon, Ringwood's history dates back before the Domesday book. By 1811 Ringwood town was one of the largest in the district, and boasted three coaching inns, (The White Hart, Crown, and Red Lion), plus many other inns in its centre, (The Fish, Antelope, New George, Royal Oak, Star, White Lion, King's Arms, Rose & Crown, Compton Arms, Smith's Arms, Lamb and King's Head.) Besides these, there were many others on the outskirts of the town.
Beer, along with bread and cheese, was of the greatest importance in the diet of every ordinary man, woman and child. In his 'History of Ringwood' AH Kingsbury, wrote: "Such foreign beverages such as tea and coffee were great luxuries, and ale was the drink that braced a man at the outset of his day's toil and refreshed him at its close. Ringwood at one time seemed almost all breweries and malthouses. The public taste for beer was then different from now: a strong heavy liquor was loved, and tastes were not too squeamish, even the water from a horsepond was held excellent for brewing, and the leaves of bog-myrtle, so common in the Forest, were often used in the place of hops."
Four breweries and their maltings were recorded in the early 1800's and one of these was owned by Stephen Tunks, a local banker whose brewery stood on the site of the present day Ringwood Brewery. The only brewery to survive into this century was Carters of West Street which was closed in 1923 - its famous 5000 gallon vat, inside which occasional parties had been held, was dismantled and there was a lapse of fifty five years before the tradition of brewing was resumed in 1978 with the establishment of Ringwood Brewery.
