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Bottles of Bass beer for sale at a liquor store in Iizaka, Fukushima, Japan From 2000 to 2005, Bass was produced under licence by Molson Coors in Burton, in the original Bass brewery. When Coors' licence to brew draught Bass came to an end in 2005, a new licence was awarded to Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries plc (later Marston's plc ), which ...
At the end of 2017, there were a total of 7,450 breweries in the United States, including 7,346 craft breweries subdivided into 2,594 brewpubs, 4,522 microbreweries, 230 regional craft breweries and 104 large/non-craft breweries.
Griesedieck Beverage was renamed the Falstaff Corporation and survived Prohibition by selling near beer, soft drinks, and cured hams under the Falstaff name. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Falstaff Brewing was a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange , which was rare for a brewing industry in which families closely guarded their ownership.
By 1961 a consortium of brewers, Courage, Scottish & Newcastle, Bass, Mitchells & Butlers and Guinness, grouped together as Harp Lager Ltd to brew and market the beer. [4] [5] Courage's Alton Brewery was rebuilt to produce the lager in Great Britain. [2] By 1964, the product was being sold on draught and led in its category for sales.
The Kingsbury name and label originated during the Depression as a near-beer because of the ban on alcohol during Prohibition. Following the end of Prohibition, the brewery was issued U-Permit No. WIS-U-734, allowing the resumption of brewing operations. In 1933, Kingsbury Pale and Kingsbury Ale began to be produced. [1]
Increasing demand saw it also brewed at other Bass breweries from the 1970s onwards. The beer's popularity reached its apex in 1992 when it was the country's highest selling bitter, selling over a million barrels. [3] The beer has been lauded as "one of Sheffield's most famous exports". After the Cannon's closure production was continued elsewhere.
Worthington & Co merged with its major Burton rival Bass in 1927. Until the 1960s the Worthington brand, in bottled form, ranked alongside Bass and Guinness as one of only three beers with nationwide distribution. However, bottled beer sales declined as keg beer grew in popularity throughout the 1960s, and the Worthington brewery closed in 1965.
In 2015, the company produced close to 62,000 barrels of beer. [6] The following year, 75,000 barrels were produced. [9] The beer is produced with a traditional German-style brewing system. [11] Since 2016, the company began to release both the Vienna Lager and the Eight Point IPA in 12-ounce cans. [12]