January 2024 marks the 15th anniversary of Monty’s Brewery, which has been brewing in the same location at Hendomen since its inception, back in 2009, and is still going strong.

Monty’s Brewery was founded on the outskirts of the historical town of Montgomery in 2009 by husband-and-wife team Russ and Pam Honeyman.

Monty’s is now one of the leading breweries throughout Wales and is also one of the very few SALSA accredited breweries.

To help with the celebrations, Monty’s has released a very special beer called Monty’s XV. 

With only 500 bottles brewed, it won’t be hanging around for long.

However, not all of it was bottled as enough was kept back to fill a Bourbon barrel from a Welsh distillery which was then left in the beer store to do its stuff.

In November, Monty’s decided that it was time to bottle the batch from the barrel, which was very much a team effort, bottling it by hand like Monty’s did all those years ago.

Russ Honeyman, Commercial Director at Monty’s, said: “We had a great time. It brought back so many memories, and we think we have produced something very special indeed.” 

The 15th anniversary year of 2024 has already started off well for Monty’s who have exported a trailer full of cask beer to Sweden, and are are releasing two new beers in their Monty’s range - an ESB and a new Gluten Free beer, a Red IPA, with both being available by the end of January.