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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 ...
Greene King, is situated in Bury St Edmunds, as is the smaller Old Cannon Brewery. Just outside the town, on the site of RAF Bury St Edmunds, is Bartrums Brewery, originally based in Thurston, and to the north is the Brewshed brewery, located in Ingham.
In 2000 Morland and Co plc was sold to Greene King brewery. [7] This led to the closure of the Abingdon brewery and the transfer of production to Bury St. Edmunds. The Morland's sign, showing an artist with his palette, commemorated George Morland who was a noted artist and painter. "Artist's Keg" bitter was also brewed during the 1980s and 1990s.
The workers brew and distribute Greene King’s products including IPA, Old Speckled Hen and Abbot Ale. Greene King brewery staff to strike as union blasts firm’s ‘greed’ Skip to main content
Benjamin Greene was born on 5 April 1780 in Oundle. He apprenticed at Whitbread, a British multinational hotel and restaurant company. Greene initially founded a brewing business in 1801 with John Clark in Bury St Edmunds. [1] Then in 1806 he dissolved that partnership and established a new venture with William Buck at the Westgate Brewery. [1]
Edward Greene (17 August 1815 – 5 April 1891) was an English brewer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1865 and 1891. Greene was the son of Benjamin Greene , a West Indies Slave owner , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] who established the Greene King brewery in Bury St Edmunds in 1799. [ 3 ]
The Old Cannon Brewery is a brewpub in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK. [1] They have a roster of regular cask ales that are produced year round, as well as several popular seasonal beers that are produced at certain times of the year. It is one of two breweries in Bury St Edmunds, the other being the Greene King Brewery.
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 Old Speckled Hen is a bitter beer originally made by the Morland Brewery, but now brewed by Greene King Brewery.Old Speckled Hen was first brewed in 1979 in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire in England, to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.