Good news for beer fans in Swindon. The town's local brewery Arkell's is able to make more of its ales and beers than it has ever been able to before.

The business, which recently celebrated 175 years of brewing, has bought and installed four gleaming new tanks to make more of two new beers, a keg lager and an American style pale ale called Voyager

Head brewer Alex Arkell told Business & Innovation magazine “There is a change in the industry at the moment. Keg, filtered beer sales are up, against the more traditional ales which we are known for.

“While we are still selling and making great volumes of our cask ales, we are seeing a tremendous growth in our new beers and, specifically, our keg lager. We are able to brew a very good lager using Cotswold ingredients, but to meet demand and future-proof the brewery we’ve made this great investment."

The new tanks will also aid the production of Voyager, the new pale ale.

Mr Arkell said“Voyager was first released only in bottles last year The beer was so popular we made the decision to brew it on draught as well, and so far it’s been as much of a hit in the pubs as it was at home."