WREXHAM Lager has revealed the interesting story of how its latest beer - launched last month - took inspiration from the firm's illustrious history.

The much-loved business unveiled its 'Club Pilsener' on July 20.

That is the first beer produced by Wrexham Lager in around two years and is brewed with German premium malt.

But just how did it get its eye-catching logo and name? Well, the company has now revealed all via social media.

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Wrexham Lager has told of how the inspiration for the Club Pilsner logo stems from the 1880’s.

Original bottles of Wrexham Lager from the 1880’s were adorned with labels depicting the Wrexham Lager trade mark “Ace of Clubs”.

One the most famous labels was the “Four Aces”.

A statement from Wrexham Lager read: "It was rumoured that when Lord Kitchener entered the city of Khartoum in the Sudan, in the 1800’s, a stock of Wrexham Lager was found in the deceased General Gordon’s palace.

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PIC: The instantly-recognisable Club Pilsener logo.

"This story is supported by a letter, which was received on the 5th October 1898, at the original Wrexham Lager brewery, written by Staff Sergeant of the Army Service Corps, from a post in the Sudan, 49 miles north of Khartoum, dated the 21st September 1898.

“It reads; Gentlemen, I enclose herewith one of your labels, which was taken off a bottle found in the grounds of Gordon’s palace at Khartoum, on the 3rd September 1898. I send it as a matter of curiosity, just to let you know how far Wrexham Lager can be had. Signed. Jas Cowley, First Class Staff Sergeant Major.

"Stories like these really make us appreciate what a wonderful legacy Wrexham Lager has and what an incredible honour it is for our family to be brewing it again. We hope to do it justice.

"Many thanks to Robert Graesser, who is the great grandson of one of the early owners of the original Wrexham Lager Brewery, for contacting us and sharing all his wonderful family history."

The Wrexham Lager Beer Company Limited was first founded in 1882 by two German immigrants, Ivan Levinstein and Otto Isler, where they made bitters, ales and lagers.

In 2000, the business stopped producing Wrexham Lager products, the site was demolished and changed into a shopping outlet.

However, there was a revival of the Wrexham Larger product in 2011 with brothers Mark Roberts and Vaughan Roberts building a much smaller but successful brewery which has led to great success and even the opening of a brewery shop.