Ruddles Brewery

Ruddles Brewery formerly G. Ruddle & Co is a former English brewery. The brand is now owned by Greene King who still brews beers under the Ruddles name in Suffolk though the current recipes are not those used at the original brewery.

The brewery was established in 1858 in Langham, Rutland but it was not bought by George Ruddle until 1912. Langham remained the home of the brewery until its closure in 1999. The company lost its independence in 1986 and passed through the ownership of Watneys and was then bought by Grolsch in 1992. The value of the brewery and brands had dropped to £4.8m when it was sold to Morland & Co in 1997. Morlands moved production to Abingdon only for that site to be closed by Greene King which took over Morlands in 2000.

The local Langham well water was said to give the beer a unique character and quality which enhanced the brewery's reputation. The difficulty in reproducing elsewhere the taste of the beers has led to the premier beer being jocularly referred to as Ruddles Counterfeit.