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Bass Brewery (/ ˈ b æ s /) was founded in 1777 by William Bass in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. [2] The main brand was Bass Pale Ale , once the highest-selling beer in the UK . [ 3 ] By 1877, Bass had become the largest brewery in the world, with an annual output of one million barrels. [ 4 ]
Burton was already a thriving brewing town with several breweries exploiting the growing export beer trade via the Trent Navigation and Hull to the Baltic ports in Russia, mainly Saint Petersburg. [4] He established the Bass Brewery and catered mainly for the domestic market, but in 1784 he started to export ale directly to Russia. [5]
The National Brewery Centre (formerly the Bass Museum of Brewing and later the Coors Visitor Center) was a museum and tourist attraction adjacent to the Bass Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The centre celebrated the brewing heritage of Burton and
Bass was known as the father of Midland cricket and was a member of the Northern Counties team which played against the M.C.C. at Burton in 1841. [7] In the heyday of brewing in Burton, many brewery companies had their own cricket teams. The Brewery Cup was established around 1894 by the Burton Breweries Cricket Association. [8]
Bass was born at Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire, the son of Michael Thomas Bass, who had expanded the brewery founded by his father William and made it a major exporter to Russia. Michael's mother, Sarah Hoskins, was the daughter of Abraham Hoskins, a prominent Burton lawyer. [2]
Burton is the largest site followed by Tadcaster. Shobnall Maltings provides the malt for all their UK sites and many other breweries in the UK. Also Burton Brewery houses the National Brewery Centre (formerly Coors Visitor Centre); within the museum complex is the White Shield Brewery, this brews all special and limited run beers and also is ...
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, ... is located on Wellington Road. The maltings were built by the Bass Brewery, which was taken ...
Bass was the son of William Bass, a carrier from Leicestershire, who founded the brewery in 1777. [1] After his father's death in 1787, Michael ran the brewery with his brother William until he took sole control in 1795. He continued to develop the Baltic trade with Russia and North Germany, exporting via the River Trent and Hull.