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192<h2><span class="title-italic">About the Beacon Hotel</span><br>Our Brewery</h2><p>The Traditional Black Country Victorian tower brewery and public house was bought at auction in 1921 by Sarah Hughes.</p>
193<p>Brewing home-brewed ales until 1957 when the brewery closed. After 30 years lapse the grandson John Hughes lovingly restored the brewery in 1987, keeping the traditional art of brewing alive.</p>
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