JW Lees Brewery

JW Lees is a family brewery company which was founded in 1828. We are based in Middleton in North Manchester and own JW Lees Brewery, JW Lees Pubs, The Alderley Edge Hotel, The Trearddur Bay Hotel and Willoughby’s Wine Merchants. JW Lees is a sixth-generation family business which employs over 1,300 people, 140 at the Brewery in Middleton Junction, North Manchester and the rest in our 42 managed pubs, inns and hotels, as well as letting a further 105 tied pubs to our Pub Partners. Cask beer is at the heart of JW Lees and we brew eight cask ales as well as three lagers, three smooth beers, five limited edition seasonal cask ales which are available throughout at different times of the year. We also have the sole UK distribution rights for Bohemia Regent Premium Lager from the Czech Republic. Willoughby’s is our wines and spirits company and we stock over 500 wines from all over the world.