Titanic Brewery opening a new eco pub

Titanic Brewery has become among the first breweries to install cutting edge equipment to chill its beer and provide heat for customers.

The Staffordshire brewer has teamed up with Geo Bar as part of the development of the Sun Inn, Stafford, which opens to the public on Thursday (22 July).

The Geo Bar heat recovery system takes excess heat created by pubs’ chilling equipment – which is usually expelled outside the building and lost - and uses it to heat water, either for direct use or in the heating system.

As well as saving money on energy bills, the Sun Inn will save 34,230kg of C02 emissions every year - the equivalent of 750 journeys from Stafford to London and back in a family car, or planting eight football pitches of rain forest.

Keith Bott, Managing Director of Titanic Brewery, said: “We are among the first in the country to install this energy saving system and the very first new pub to do so.

“It fits in with our philosophy of helping to conserve energy where possible to help the environment. We support the movement towards localism, buying local food for our pub customers where possible to cut down on food miles.”

The Sun Inn is Stoke-on-Trent based Titanic’s fifth pub and the fourth to open in the last three years.

With each pub employing around 20 full and part time staff, the company has created 80 new jobs since 2007.

“The Sun Inn has been renowned for its fine beer and warm hospitality over many years and we are delighted to be given the chance to restore that tradition,” commented Keith.

“As a Stafford lad, it is also good to be able to do something to help the town’s economy which has inevitably been hit by the recession and to restore a building - which had been boarded up- on the Stafford town centre street scene.”

Titanic Brewery has signed a deal with one of the country’s most prominent beer brands to supply the Sun Inn.

Pilsner Urquell, produced by Miller Bands, will be available in the Sun Inn.

Keith added: “We are delighted to be associated with Pilsner Urquell, a quality brand which mirrors the fine real ale and good local food available in the Sun Inn.”

Source: Howle Communications