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Heavy Industry Brewing

Henllan, Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

ClosedIndependentHistorical brewery
Founded
2012
Closed
Year unknown
Archive ID
TB-6CVZP0M1
Last checked
2026-08-23
#Wales#UnitedKingdom#Independent#Historical

Who owns this brewery?

Independent

Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.

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From the record

Summary

Ten-barrel brewery in The Old Slaughterhouse, Denbigh Street, Henllan LL16 5AR. CAMRA marks the brewery closed. Heavy Industry Brewing Limited was incorporated in 2011, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 20 August 2020 and was dissolved on 26 August 2022. The exact last brewing date remains UNKNOWN rather than being inferred from the legal dates.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Events

  1. Heavy Industry Enters Liquidation2020-08-20

    CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION

    Heavy Industry Brewing Limited entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 20 August 2020 and was dissolved on 26 August 2022.

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The People

Behind the beer

Thomas Alistair (Tom) McNeill
Founder

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The Beer Library

Beers

77

Historical

Premium Bitter

ABV4.9%
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Nelsons Eye

Historical

Premium Golden Ale

ABV4.4%
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Nos Smoked Porter

Historical

Smoked Porter

ABV5.5%
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Dr Jekyll's Last Waltz

Historical

Speciality Beer

ABV5.5%
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Freak Chick

Historical

Premium Bitter

ABV4.5%
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On the record

Awards

  • 2017

    SILVER — Cask Premium Bitters & Pale Ales — 77

    SIBA Wales & West Independent Beer Awards

  • 2017

    SILVER — Cask Porters, Stouts, Old Ales, Strong Milds & Strong Brown Ales — Nos Smoked Porter

    SIBA Wales & West Independent Beer Awards

  • 2016

    GOLD / CATEGORY WINNER — Strong Bitter — 77

    CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain

Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.

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Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record from Tally's UK master, Pass 147. Ten-barrel brewery in The Old Slaughterhouse, Denbigh Street, Henllan LL16 5AR. CAMRA marks the brewery closed. Heavy Industry Brewing Limited was incorporated in 2011, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 20 August 2020 and was dissolved on 26 August 2022. The exact last brewing date remains UNKNOWN rather than being inferred from the legal dates.

    Tally's UK master, Pass 147 — Wales public lists, thin beers, photo rights · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-21
    Claim last checked 2026-08-21

Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Heavy Industry Brewing

Who owns Heavy Industry Brewing?
Heavy Industry Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Henllan, Wales, United Kingdom.
Is Heavy Industry Brewing independent?
Yes. Heavy Industry Brewing is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
Is Heavy Industry Brewing still open?
No. Heavy Industry Brewing has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Ten-barrel brewery in The Old Slaughterhouse, Denbigh Street, Henllan LL16 5AR. CAMRA marks the brewery closed. Heavy Industry Brewing Limited was incorporated in 2011, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 20 August 2020 and was dissolved on 26 August 2022. The exact last brewing date remains UNKNOWN rather than being inferred from the legal dates.
When was Heavy Industry Brewing founded?
Heavy Industry Brewing was founded in 2012 in Henllan, Wales, United Kingdom.
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