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Scottish & Newcastle plc was a brewing company headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, which expanded from its home base to become an international business with beer volumes growing almost tenfold. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Heineken and Carlsberg in 2008 and its assets split between them.
Newcastle Brown Ale is a brown ale, originally brewed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. [2] It was launched in 1927 by Colonel Jim Porter after three years of development. The 1960 merger of Newcastle Breweries with Scottish Brewers afforded the beer national distribution, and UK sales peaked in the early 1970s. [ 3 ]
In 2008, Heineken acquired the UK assets of Scottish and Newcastle which included the Caledonian Brewery. [6] In May 2022, Heineken announced the proposed closure of the Caledonian Brewery with an agreement in principle for Belhaven Brewery to brew its Scottish brands. [7] In October, JLL was appointed to market the site.
The controlled explosion is the first to happen in Newcastle since 2008, when Sir Bobby Robson pushed the button to destroy the old Scottish and Newcastle Brewery.
Broughton Ales beer range. This is a list of breweries in Scotland.Beer has been produced in Scotland for approximately 5,000 years. [1] The Celtic tradition of using bittering herbs remained in Scotland longer than the rest of Europe.
William Younger (brewery), an Edinburgh-based brewery that was part of Scottish Brewers, later Scottish & Newcastle, now a brand of Wells & Young William Younger I, whose son Archibald Campbell Younger named the eponymous brewery for him; Sir William Younger, 1st Baronet, of Auchen Castle (1862–1937), Scottish politician
By 1989 the brewery had a production capacity of 1.2 million barrels per annum. [70] Scottish & Newcastle used the John Smith's Brewery to brew many of its ale brands. [71] In 2004, a new £24 million bottling facility was opened in 2004, described as the most modern bottling facility in Europe. [72]
T&R Theakston is a British brewery in Masham, North Yorkshire and the sixteenth largest brewer in the United Kingdom by market share. It is the second largest under family ownership, after Shepherd Neame, [citation needed] and is known for its Old Peculier beer. [1] The brewery is one of the few remaining in the UK to have an in-house cooperage.
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