On Friday, 15th April, at the All-Weather Vase Day we officially began our relationship with Arena Racing at Lingfield Park. The first Pilgrim pint was pulled by none other than the Chairman of Arena Racing, David Thorpe and we look forward to many more pints to follow...

On the rather apt date of Friday, 1^st April, Adrian and the DMRC cycle team left Stanford Hall in Loughborough to take on 1000 miles in 9 days and reach Monaco.

It was an incredible challenge to take on and we couldn’t be prouder to say that they did it!

Day one was emotional, as they were waved off by their friends and family and sent on their way with a guard of honour.

Day two saw them all make a pit stop in Reigate and enjoy a fabulous lunch and a talk from our brewer, John. We were all so pleased to be able to see them all and give them a good send off. Thank you to all of you who came down.

From Reigate they headed to Newhaven ready to make the crossing into France where the enormity of the task really started to hit home. The weather played its part and on day three it was so cold many of the team’s water bottles had frozen!

Adrian kept us all up to date with his daily video diaries. You can find these in either of our Facebook or...

Many of you will already know about our longstanding relationship with the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC), firstly at Headley Court and now at their state-of-the-art facility, Stanford Hall in Loughborough.

They are a volunteer led charity that provides funding to support serving military patients “Helping those who serve their country” being their tag line. They rely heavily on donations and fund-raising activities and this year a group of cyclists will be taking on “Peddle to the Principality”

On 1st April (a date that seems apt) Adrian will be joining the team from the DMRC to attempt the Peddle to the Principality challenge, a cycle from Loughborough to Monaco. This will be by far the hardest challenge he will have taken on and it will involve cycling a total distance of 1,500 kms with hill climbs totalling 14,000 meters, all in 9 days. Adrian has been training 5 to 6 days a week for the last few months and is feeling fit and strong enough for the challenge...

Pilgrim Brewery first started brewing on 8th January 1982 and we couldn’t be prouder to be the oldest independently owned craft brewery in the Southeast, including London.

Throughout 2022 we are going to be celebrating this milestone with special offers and events. So please keep a close eye on our website and our social media pages to be kept up to date.

In the meantime, have you got any memories of Pilgrim Brewery over the last 40 years or any old images or photos? We would really love it if you could share these with us.

Please send to kelly@pilgrim.co.uk or use #40yearsofpilgrim when posting on any of our social media platforms...

For centuries, Reigate Heath was a wild and lawless place, where smuggling and highway robbery were rife. The stark outline of the gallows on Galley Hill, served as a reminder to convicted felons that justice would be served. Some say that rum smuggling on the Heath continues to this day.

Within sight of the old hanging hill, sits our brewery, the oldest independently owned craft brewery in London and the Southeast. Taking inspiration from our location, we’ve blended our beer with rum at the distilling stage, to produce a unique gold spiced rum, delivering an authentic taste of local history and all the drama of Galley Hill.

Tasting Notes:

Created using Progress Best Bitter and traditional molasses, this rum produces a vanilla, caramel aroma with a burnt chocolate after-note. The malts deliver a smoothness of character together with butterscotch and biscuit after-tones...

Marlu IPA – A delicious combination of tangy exotic fruit and deep flavoured antipodean hops. A smooth texture followed by bursting notes of refreshing peach, passion fruit, mango, and pineapple. A hoppy one.


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