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Welcome to Dhillon's Spire Bar

Here at Dhillon’s Spire Bar we want one thing – to bring you the most beautifully crafted drinks in Coventry. We’ve built a bar team with over 40 years combined experience behind the bar and our cocktail menu uses every bit of this knowledge.

Our team have created a selection of bespoke cocktails, with recipes that have been meticulously designed to bring out the unique flavours of each component. We use the freshest ingredients to craft unique-in-house syrups and infusions and pair these with premium spirits to create an unforgettable cocktail experience in one of Coventry’s most historic buildings.

At Dhillon’s Spire Bar, you'll find love and meticulous care put into every drink, whether it's one of our very own beers designed by our Head Brewer, Pedro, a famous Spire Bar cocktail, or your favourite spirit paired with ingredients that bring out its best qualities. We've assembled our bar team for one reason: their passion for making and serving drinks of all varieties.

We also offer some of Coventry’s premier street food from our sister bar, the Sky Blue Tavern, delivered fresh to your table, as well as putting on events all through the week.

Dal Dhillon | Pedro Oliveira
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Our History

“Dhillon’s Brewery is an award-winning microbrewery situated in Coventry, the heart of the Midlands. We specialise in beautifully crafted beers with a slight hint of madness! Founded in 2015, we set out with one goal in mind – To Keep It RE’ALE.”

Following his passion for beautifully crafted beer, our commander-in-chief, Mr Dhillon was joined by our head brewer Pedro, who brought years of experience in brewing and by our brand manager Gordon, who took over the ales and marketing; then, the journey commenced.”

It gives us great pleasure to bring the excitement and enthusiasm of Dhillon’s Brewery to the City Centre, in one of the City’s most iconic buildings that has evoked so many memories.

Dhillon’s Brewery Taphouse is open every Friday from 5pm till late. We are also open for all Coventry City FC home fixtures. Please head to our Facebook page for more information.

For all brewery tour enquiries please email office@dhillonsbrewery.com or visit www.dhillonsbrewery.com

Our Philosophy

Dhillon’s Spire Bar focuses on comfort, quality and community. We take great pride and care when creating our menus and beverages – following our core philosophy of producing exciting crafted ales using a combination of traditional and modern brewing methods.

Beautifully crafted ales with a slight hint of madness.

Our Aim

At Dhillon’s we wish to offer our personal rendition of beverages and cuisine with an innovative take on traditional methods, always fine produce upholding the legacy of our shared heritage. Moreover, we regard it as a personal challenge to help bring about a revival of Ale and let its distinctive flavours and particular regional character brighten up the world.

The Story of the Christchurch Spire

These walls tell a tale of noble generosity, royal tyranny, war and resilience... oh, if these walls could talk!

The story of the spire begins in the early 13th Century, when the Earl of Chester, Ranulf de Blondeville, authorised Franciscan monks to erect a monastery on his Cheylesmore Manor estate – the land beneath your very feet. This monastery became known as Greyfriars, named after their grey robes.

In 1234, King Henry III gifted timber to build the monastic Greyfriars church and the estate was enlarged again in 1289 when more land was gifted to the monastery by, Roger de Monalt, Earl of Chester.

As a landmark building even in its day, the Greyfriars Church, which would have likely stood as a simple wooden structure, became the resting place of the very first Mayor of Coventry, John Ward in 1348.

The construction of the tower you see before you didn’t begin until 1359 when the Black Prince allowed the monks to take stone from his quarries. The newly constructed tower and spire formed the centre of the Church of Greyfriars.

Let’s jump to nearly 200 years to the tyrannical Tudor. In the 16th Century, when Rome rejected King Henry VIII’s second divorce, he set to create the Church of England and the Friary became victim to the dissolution of the monasteries and demolished in 1542. Thankfully the tower and spire were spared.

A few years later, the spire atop the tower was blown down during a storm, and the top of the tower was remodelled without a spire.

The lone standing spire was later restored in the 17th and 18th century serving a number of purposes throughout the years, including a storehouse and a pigsty until 1829, when the Christchurch was built around it.

The Christchurch stood for little over 100 years until it was raised to the ground during WWII and the intense bombing campaign by Nazi Germany on 10 April 1941. Once again, the tower and spire survived and the site was restored in 1970 by the Coventry Corporation.

This spire stands today as a daily reminder of Coventry’s heritage, standing at 211 feet, it’s the shortest of the three spires of the iconic Coventry skyline.

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