Who owns brains brewery

Just a few weeks later, doubts were raised over the brewery itself — a new site that only officially opened in — with the suggestion that, moving forward, Brains beers could be brewed elsewhere — even in England. Swallowing my initial sadness at this news, I found myself considering once again the concept of provenance in beer and whether it still held any sway in the modern world.

The Campaign for Real Ale kicked up a hell of fuss back in the s when local beers that had been around for decades were bought by big national companies and promptly discontinued to be replaced in pubs by an inferior product produced in a distant brewery, with no regard whatsoever for the preference of the customer.

In most cases, production of the most popular beers from these breweries was transferred to another Whitbread site. Great promises were made about the future of these beers and the efforts to recreate the taste were said to be painstaking. Sadly, the beers all too often proved disappointing and within a matter of years they were discontinued and replaced by other Whitbread products.

Closing breweries and moving the beers to other sites has seldom enhanced a beer's reputation. There are numerous craft beer companies who use other breweries to produce their beers, sometimes moving production around according to where there is capacity. In some cases it saves the expense of establishing their own production facility and in others it allows them to brew beer closer to target markets so saving both financially and environmentally on shipping.

For instance, I've recently been sent samples from a Hong Kong brewery called Gwei-lo but these very enjoyable beers are not brewed in Hong Kong: they are brewed by Vocation in Yorkshire. Jobs warning as Welsh brewer to sell 40 pubs. Brewer confirms move from city centre.

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