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Greene King plaque on the side of a pub in Sudbury, Suffolk. The brewery was founded by Benjamin Greene in Bury St. Edmunds in 1799. [3] In Richard Wilson's biographical analysis of the Greene family, he credits various family members for being able to achieve distinction in the worlds of business and banking, literature (Graham Greene, for example) and broadcasting in the nineteenth and ...
Belhaven claims to have begun brewing in 1719. In that year the burgh of Dunbar levied a local tax on brewers to fund civic improvements. Since Belhaven's site is immediately outside the limits controlled by the then Dunbar Council, and hence would be free of the 'impost' or tax, it is possible that the 1719 date records the relocation of an existing business.
The brand is now owned by Greene King who still brew beers under the Ruddles name in Suffolk, although the current recipes are not those used at the original brewery. [1] The brewery, established in 1858 in Langham, Rutland, was bought by George Ruddle in 1912. [2] Langham remained the home of the brewery until its closure in 1999.
Caledonian, Deuchars IPA (Edinburgh) RCH, East Street Cream (Somerset) Triple fff, Moondance (Hampshire) 2003 Harviestoun, Bitter & Twisted (Clackmannanshire) Brains, Dark (Cardiff) Bazens, Black Pig (Manchester) 2004 Kelham Island, Pale Rider (Sheffield) Greene King, IPA (Suffolk) Hampshire, Ironside (Hampshire) 2005
The Old Speckled Hen logo. Old Speckled Hen is a bitter beer originally made by the Morland Brewery, but now brewed by Greene King Brewery.Old Speckled Hen was first brewed in 1979 in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire in England, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the MG car factory there on 30 November 1979.
Benjamin Greene (5 April 1780 – 26 November 1860) was an English businessman, newspaper owner and the founder of Greene King, one of the United Kingdom's largest brewing businesses. [1] He later became the owner of multiple plantations in the British West Indies and supported slavery.
The Lewes Arms. Greene King decided to stop selling the locally produced Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter at the Lewes Arms in December 2006.. Harvey's brewery, which has been producing beer since 1790, is situated approximately half a mile from the pub and is a major local employer.
The 2013–14 RFU Championship kicked off on the weekend of 14 and 15 September with the "Greene King IPA Big Rugby Weekend", an extra round of matches played as three double headers at neutral grounds. [11] Thereafter, each team played the other twice on a home and away basis with the top four qualifying for the promotion phase.