Eight Arch Brewing Co expands to new Dorset HQ and taproom
An expanding brewery in Dorset has signed a 10-year lease on a new warehouse which has been transformed into a production centre and tap room.
In a deal supported by property consultancy Vail Williams, Eight Arch Brewing Co signed up to 5,748 sq ft of space at Unit 1, Stone Lane Industrial Estate, Wimborne.
Following a six-figure investment in equipment and fittings, part of the ground floor has been converted into a high-tech brewery.
There’s also a taproom for customers at certain times on Fridays and Saturdays, with seating areas inside and out.
Eight Arch Brewing Co, named after the eight arches at nearby historical landmark Julian’s Bridge in Wimborne Minster, relocated from smaller nearby premises.
Founded by brewer Steve Farrell in 2015, the business behind bestselling pale ale Square Logic employs five people and distributes primarily in and around the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area.
Their new detached two-storey building, with a mezzanine floor and previously occupied by emporium Toad Hall, is owned through the commercial property arm of Harry J Palmer Ltd, a Wimborne-based property developer.
Steve said: “We’re a Wimborne brewery owned and run by a Wimborne born and bred guy and we want to continue to grow from our Wimborne home.
“This signing of the 10-year lease on our new premises underlines our long-term commitment to Wimborne.
“This is our third brewery in Stone Lane during ten years of Eight Arch, with each move prompted by growing demand for our products and because of the popularity of our taproom.
“The founding of Eight Arch represented the first time in 80 years that an independent brewery had made and sold beer in the town.
“We’ve had an incredibly warm welcome from the local community since moving in and look forward to striking up more supplier partnerships with pubs, clubs and restaurants which champion ‘buy local’ and are also looking to reduce transport emissions and costs.”
Vail Williams, which has its Dorset office in Bournemouth, advises on the commercial property interests of family-run housebuilder Harry J Palmer Ltd.
Bryony Thompson, an associate working out of Vail Williams’ Bournemouth office, said: “The vacant warehouse at Stone Lane Industrial Estate serves as the ideal expansion location for Eight Arch Brewing Co.
“Steve and his team have worked tirelessly to create bigger and better premise for their national award-winning beers and taproom.
May Palmer of Harry J Palmer Ltd, a member of Dorset Chamber, added: “It’s lovely to see new life breathed into the vacant warehouse, creating new jobs, inward investment and doing our hometown proud.”
