A new packaging line, which forms part of a £5.5m investment at West Berkshire Brewery, will enable the business to offer other breweries a wealth of packaging options.

The CFT line is rated to fill 9000 330ml bottles or 12,000 330ml cans every hour with the flexibility to package a run into four different bottle varieties or three different can sizes.

The brewery will offer a minimum run of 30 hectolitres or 9090 330ml bottles, which it expects will enable brewers to trial new beers or for and customers such as restaurant chains or supermarkets to launch their own beer brands.

Beer can either be brewed for customers at the brewery, or brewed by the client and transported to the brewery for finishing and packaging.

Simon Lewis, CEO at West Berkshire Brewery, explained: “This amazing new facility is going to transform the packaging options currently available in this country to brewers of all sizes.

“Our new facilities can cater for large and small volumes with equal ease, offering unrivalled quality control and flexibility whatever the size of brew.

“For those customers interested in creating bespoke lines of beer, we will be able to work with them to create the beers that truly represent their brand, offering superb brewing, packaging and labelling facilities and quality control before and after packaging in our on-site lab to ensure consistency.

“We will be up and running by late Autumn of this year and are already receiving significant interest from potential customers – The West Berkshire Brewery has an exciting future ahead.”