"Which beer produced by Thwaites is advertised as ""Beer worth walking for""?"
"its beers permanently to other breweries. This proved prescient; the core beers were contracted out to Marston's and the latter company bought the top two (Wainwright's and Lancaster Bomber) and the bulk of Thwaites' beer business in March 2015 for £25.1m. Marstons will continue to supply Thwaites pubs with beer under a long-term contract whilst Thwaites will contionue to produce (much reduced) volumes for its own pubs by retaining its microbrewery facility. In May 2018 ,a group of travellers broke into the Blackburn brewery and caused thousands of pounds of damages. Thwaites produce a wide range of quality cask ales"
"site of a tool hire depot. In 2007, to commemorate their 200th anniversary, Thwaites Brewery launched a special range of beers including its Christmas beer, ""Elma's Pound"", in recognition of Elma Yerburgh's generosity. The beer (4.9 per cent ABV), was described as a ""full-bodied, auburn coloured beer (which) boasts bittersweet flavours with a spicy aromatic finish"". In the history of Thwaites Brewery written by Jehanne Wake, published in 2007 to mark the 200th anniversary of its foundation, John Yerburgh dedicates the book to his grandmother:She guided the brewery through years of difficulty and two world wars as well as ones"
"in 1952, it is Marston's flagship brand, selling 150,000 hectolitres in 2010. It is the only beer to use the oak Burton Union System so that it is fermented in wood; the ingredients are mineral enriched Burton Water, malted barley, and Fuggles and Goldings hops. Wainwright is one of the company's best-selling beers and is brewed at the Banks’s Brewery in Wolverhampton. It is a 4.1% ABV golden ale named in honour of the famous fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. Marston's acquired the brand from Thwaites in 2015. In 2016, the Thwaites branding was dropped and the beer was"
"May 2011. The newly adopted logo is based on vintage designs from the 19th century, but for the first time in the brewery's history, the famous shire horses which have been part of the emblem for almost 200 years have been dropped from its design. Thwaites Brewery Thwaites Brewery is a regional brewery owned by founded in 1807 by Daniel Thwaites in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The firm still operates from its original town centre site, although the original brewery was demolished in 2011, and part of its beer business was sold to Marston's in March 2015. Today, Thwaites still produces"
"Dark Ale The new Quarterly Favourites range features the most popular beers from the 2011 Signature Ale range and includes: • Triple C – 4.2% ABV blonde ale • Fine Rain – 4.1% ABV golden ale • Half Nelson – 4.4% ABV pale ale • Crafty Devil – 4.3% ABV ruby ale Thwaites Wainwright has been the official sponsor of Lancashire County Cricket Club since 2005. The Thwaites logo has undergone several changes since the brewery's foundation. The traditional logo was simplified to a gold and red emblem featuring the shire horses on the top and remained in use until"
"Thwaites Brewery Thwaites Brewery is a regional brewery owned by founded in 1807 by Daniel Thwaites in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The firm still operates from its original town centre site, although the original brewery was demolished in 2011, and part of its beer business was sold to Marston's in March 2015. Today, Thwaites still produces beer but it in much smaller quantities as it only sells to its own estate of pubs, inns and hotels. In 1999, the Mitchell brewery in Lancaster closed down, and was bought in part by Thwaites. Lancaster Bomber has since been available from Thwaites public"
"in 1807. Based at the Star Brewery in Blackburn, Thwaites now owns an estate of around 270 pubs, a small but growing group of characterful coaching inns known as Thwaites Inns of Character and six four-star full service regional hotels and spas, which traded under the Shire Hotels banner until 2016 when they were brought under the Thwaites brand. In addition, Thwaites supplies a full range of drinks to many independently owned pubs, clubs and restaurants in the North of England and beyond and a wide range of bottled beers to most major supermarkets. Having reached a historic milestone in"
"Hydes Brewery. In January 2014, the company made the wrong kind of national headlines. Thwaites' proposed closure of its Star Brewery and 60 brewing redundancies led to staff temporarily switching off the H, I and E in the company's brewery sign to spell ""Twats"". Thwaites' inability to select an alternative site for its brewery and to conclude a deal to sell its site to Sainsbury's received criticism in many areas including the local press and brewing industry. The Tandleman blog suggested that apart from the beers produced in the renowned Crafty Dan craft brewery, Thwaites would contract out production of"
"During the 1960s Thwaites public houses were in abundance across the town and Daniel Thwaites' ales had become popular throughout East Lancashire. 1966 saw the opening of the new £5.5m Brewery and brewhouse followed in 1972 by a new £3m bottling plant, considered to be 'the last word in bottling complexes.' Huge numbers of people and group tours came to see the brave new world of brewing at the new Star Brewery. The '70s and '80s saw the purchase of Yates & Jackson of Lancaster and Thwaites winning the first of its two Champion Beer of Britain awards, bringing national"
"including the core range and limited edition Signature Ale range which was launched in 2011. 2012 saw the introduction of the Quarterly Favourites range featuring the four most popular beers from the 2011 Signature Ale range. The following four core beers have been brewed by Marston's since 2014. In March 2015 Marston's bought all rights to Wainwright and Lancaster Bomber and a short-term licence to use the Thwaite's brand. Thwaites first introduced the Signature Ale range in 2011. Following the success Thwaites had 12 guest ales lined-up for 2012 as follows: • Old Dan – 6.5% ABV old ale •"
"publicity for Thwaites but would be financially advantageous against the backdrop of rising fuel costs. On May Day in 1960 the first two shire horses were led out of the smart new Thwaites stables. The return of horse transport was a great success and the people of Blackburn soon grew used to sharing the magnificent brewery horses with the rest of the country. In 2016, Thwaites acquired a third horse that has been named Gunner to celebrate 13 Guns, a beer produced by the company. 2010 marked fifty years of the reintroduction of horse-drawn deliveries after they ended in the"
"named after her. Her name was also commemorated in ""Elma's Pound"", a beer specially brewed by Thwaites Brewery for Christmas 2007 to celebrate their 200th anniversary. She was born at Addison Lodge in Addison Road, near Holland Park, London, the daughter of Daniel Thwaites (1817–1888) and his wife, Eliza Amelia (née Gregory) (1824–1907). An older brother, Edward, was born on 20 March 1861, but died in the August of the same year. Daniel Thwaites had taken control of the family brewery business in 1858 following the death of his father and the retirement of his brothers. In London on 8"
"years time will improve the brewers operational efficiency and signals Thwaites' continued commitment to brewing quality ales. At the end of 2011, Thwaites installed a new 200k craft brewery within the Star Brewery in Blackburn named 'Crafty Dan'. Featuring three new fermenters, Crafty Dan enables Thwaites to create up to three new beers a week as well as one off brews to mark special events. In 2016, as part of a drive to bring all parts of the business under a single brand, it was renamed Thwaites brewery. In January 2012, Thwaites agreed to purchase the free trade interests of"
"Daniel Thwaites Daniel Thwaites (1817 – 21 September 1888) was an English brewer and a Conservative Party politician from Blackburn in Lancashire. He owned what is now Thwaites Brewery, and sat in the House of Commons from 1875 to 1880. He was the son of Daniel Thwaites (1777–1843), an excise man who in 1807 had become one of the three partners of the Eanam Brewery in Blackburn, and sole owner of the business in 1824. The younger Daniel inherited the business in partnership with two of his brothers, and became sole owner in 1857. At the 1874 general election, he"
"course around Stornoway and Lews Castle. Since 2003, the Hebridean Brewing Company has sponsored and produced a beer specifically for the Hebridean Celtic Festival. The music festival aims to celebrate the Celtic culture of Scotland as well as the Isle of Lewis. The beer that the brewery has made for the annual event is called the ""Celtic Festivale"". The Hebridean Brewing Company uses various 'Food and Drink' exhibitions and festivals as a method of promoting their brands of beer and ale. Most notable among them are: The brewery produces the following six regular beers: The ""Berserker"", named after the Viking"
"the capability to produce bespoke beverages, that is brewed to the purchases liking. One of the best known examples of this was ""Brakes Fluid"" made to celebrate Leamington F.C.'s (nickname ""The Brakes"") FA Cup run in 2005. In 2003 a special brew ""Old Warwick"" was produced to raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind something which is now an ongoing process. Nine beers are available in barrells. All WBC drinks are approved of by CAMRA the British Campaign for Real Ale. There are currently three pubs run by the company, the first of which was purchased in 2000 and"
"Local brewer and pub retailer Daniel Thwaites has been based in Lancashire since 1807. Born in 1777, Daniel Thwaites first began brewing in Blackburn in 1807 when he joined the 'Eanam Brewery' in partnership with local businessmen, Edward Duckworth and William Clayton. At the age of 31, Daniel married Edward's daughter Betty, who later inherited her father's share of the company following his death in 1822. In 1824, the Brewery became the sole property of 'Thwaites' when William Clayton sold his remaining share of the company to Daniel. Daniel and Betty Thwaites went on to have twelve children, four sons"
"houses after being acquired in the takeover. Lancaster Bomber is now brewed by Marston's, as is Wainwright, the other top-selling Thwaite's beer. The company has over 270 pubs, mainly in the North of England but reaching from the North Lakes area down to Solihull & Leicestershire. It also has six four-star Hotels & Spas and eight Inns of Characters The brewery invested heavily in pasteurised keg beers, especially those powered by nitro in the 1990s. However, it is now working to increase the market for its cask beers. Thwaites unveiled a new craft brewery in December 2011 named ""Crafty Dan""."
"Spectrum Yarns - one of a small number of remaining textiles businesses in the Colne Valley, once a major centre for wool and yarn. There are several traditional public houses in Slaithwaite, including the Commercial, the Shoulder of Mutton, the Swan, and the 'Silent Woman' which came to the attention of the world media on 23 September 2007, when a man walked into the pub and ordered a pint of beer a few minutes after he had murdered his son and attacked his daughter with a knife. Alternative dining and drinking venues are the Little Bridge, Vanilla Bean, Om Is"
"and sign-writing shop. Wadworth Brewery Wadworth is a brewery company founded in 1875 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, best known for their 6X beer brand. Wadworth & Co. was founded in 1875 when Henry Wadworth purchased the Northgate Brewery in Devizes. It was not long before they exceeded their capacity at the Northgate Brewery and in 1885 they moved premises to a new facility close to their original site. Since then, the brewer has been a major influence on the economy of Devizes and a major provider of ale in the south of England. The present Northgate Brewery is a tower"
"the company acquired Henry Shaw & Co., which owned the New Brewery in Salford (in the centre of Blackburn) and had a strong presence in Darwen. Following the merger, Shaw's chairman, Sir John Rutherford, former M.P for Darwen became a director and substantial shareholder in Thwaites, becoming vice-chairman in 1924. At the same time, Thwaites bought the James Pickup Wines & Spirits Company, thus enabling them to expand their sales of wines and spirits. In May 1927, Thwaites acquired the Fountain Free Brewery, based in Rishton, together with its 11 tied houses. Yerburgh was known for her ""careful attention to"
"Aynsworth Thwaites, John Thwaites, and was trade supplier of movements to many well known historic clockmakers including Dutton, Dwerrihouse, Ellicott and Vulliamy and in more recent times well known retailers including The Franklin Mint, Asprey and Garrards. During its ownership by FW Elliott Ltd it also made movements under the Elliott brand. John Thwaites was a clockmaker at the beginning of the 17th century and from this extended family Aynsworth Thwaites founded the business now known as Thwaites & Reed in Rosoman Street, Clerkenwell, London in 1740, and continued there until 1780. Thereafter the firm traded from Bowling Green Lane."
"Beer in Wales Welsh beer is beer brewed in Wales. At least as early as the 6th century, the Druidic legendary person Ceridwen is associated with cauldrons and intoxicating preparations of grain in herbs in many poems of Taliesin, particularly the ""Hanes Taliesin"". This preparation, ""Gwîn a Bragawd"", is said to have brought ""science, inspiration and immortality"". The Welsh Triads attribute the introduction of brewing grains barley and wheat to Coll, and name Llonion in Pembrokeshire as the source of the best barley, while Maes Gwenith in Gwent produces superior wheat and bees. The ""Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"" for 852 records a"
"base on Oxford Street. In 1842, he left to establish his own company at 18 Blackman Street in The Borough; it later moved to 61-2 Borough High Street. His religion led Thwaites into municipal affairs. He was a Strict Baptist and preached at several locations including the Surrey Tabernacle (where he was Deacon for sixteen years), St Mary's Newington Butts, St Paul's Deptford and St Saviour; this led to opportunities to be a churchwarden and Guardian of the Poor. He became known for his work with the local community and was Chairman of the Guardians. Thwaites also acted to support"
"sulphate brings out the hops—see Burtonisation. Much of the open land within and around the town is protected from chemical treatment to help preserve this water quality. The town is still home to seven brewers: The Bass Museum of Brewing—renamed the Coors Visitor Centre after Coors took over the brewery—continued until June 2008. This was reopened in 2010 as the William Worthington Brewery and its ales—including Worthington Red Shield, White Shield, and ""E"", are primarily sold through the on-site Brewery Tap outlet. A by-product of the brewing industry, figuratively and literally, is the Marmite factory in the town: Marmite being"
"the cause, as well as forming an official partnership with Prostate Cancer UK. Two Fingers Brewing Co.'s first beer, Aurelio, went on sale to the public in January 2014. Notable retailers have included Tesco, Ocado, Morrisons, Jamie’s Italian, and Club Gascon, the Michelin-starred restaurant. Two Fingers Brewing Co. currently sells one beer, called Aurelio, but have stated ambitions to expand their range, giving each beer a man’s name that describes the characteristics of the drink. Aurelio is a Latin man’s name meaning golden, due to that beer being a golden ale. Aurelio is a 4.8% alcohol by volume golden ale,"
"for real ale) newsletter. The half page spread advert consisted of the company listing five of its beers and ales, including its new ""Seaforth Ale"". The Hebridean Brewing Company sponsors the ""Sail Hebrides Maritime Festival"". A boating festival that focuses on yachting and sailing. The company specifically supports the festival by sponsoring a rowing boat race where teams of three compete against each other in and around the Isle of Lewis for the Hebridean Brewing Company Prize. The firm also sponsors the Stornoway Running and Athletics Club. Including its 'Half-Marathon' (Approx. 13 miles) which takes place on an on-road off-road"
"and sold in Marks and Spencer stores. Other products include: St Austell Brewery St Austell Brewery is a brewery founded in 1851 by Walter Hicks in St Austell, Cornwall, England. The brewery's flagship beer is ""Tribute Ale"", which accounts for around 80% of sales. Other popular ales include ""Proper Job"", ""Tinner's Ale"" and ""Duchy Bitter"". On 1 July 2016 St Austell Brewery acquired Bath Ales. In March 2017 a multi-million pound investment in a new brewery and larger bottling and canning facilities at Bath Ales was announced. Chief executive, James Staughton, described the rationale of the investment as ""We needed"
"plants across Canada and in Baldwinsville, New York Alexander Keith's career as a politician, and the brewery's and Nova Scotia's Scottish heritage are used to market the beer. In 2002, the mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Peter Kelly, included an invitation to visit Halifax in each case of beer. In the mid-2000s, Keiths ran a series of television advertisements showing a beer-obsessed Scotsman, sporting mutton-chops and wearing a thick grey wool sweater and kilt. This character warned other bar patrons in an exaggerated Scottish brogue that they should not spill a drop of their Alexander Keith's ale. The ads"
"Wadworth Brewery Wadworth is a brewery company founded in 1875 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, best known for their 6X beer brand. Wadworth & Co. was founded in 1875 when Henry Wadworth purchased the Northgate Brewery in Devizes. It was not long before they exceeded their capacity at the Northgate Brewery and in 1885 they moved premises to a new facility close to their original site. Since then, the brewer has been a major influence on the economy of Devizes and a major provider of ale in the south of England. The present Northgate Brewery is a tower brewery opened in"
"with flakes of coconut; and Uncle Joe's Mint Balls, traditional sweet mild mints manufactured in Wigan since their inception in 1898. Vimto and Tizer are soft drinks invented in Manchester in 1908 and 1924 respectively. Boddingtons is a bitter developed in Manchester and promoted as the ""Cream of Manchester"" in a popular 1990s advertising campaign credited with raising the city's profile. The Greater Manchester Campaign for Real Ale is a branch of the national Campaign for Real Ale, an advocacy group that supports, promotes and preserves the beer and drinks industry, and recognising outstanding venues with awards; The Nursery in"
"open for public tours and tastings. The Boston Brewery tour is free, and only guests 21 years of age and older are allowed to sample on the tour. Samuel Adams beer has gained attention in the media for its various beers. In a list of ""Best Christmas/Winter Beer in Each State"", Samuel Adams' Fezziwig brew won in the state of Massachusetts. Additionally, Samuel Adams brewery itself was named the best brewery in all of Massachusetts according to a Yelp-based Buzzed article. Samuel Adams (beer) Samuel Adams is the flagship brand of the Boston Beer Company. The brand name (often shortened"
"also produce an occasional special bottled ale called ""Havercake Ale"". In the past Timothy Taylor's produced another bottled ale called ""Northerner"", bearing the advertising slogan, ""For Men of the North"". This slogan has been reinvented as ""Originally brewed for men of the north, now loved by everyone"" and is borne on the back of the wagons. The brewery is supplied with water from an artesian well (Knowle Spring). Only whole hops are used for brewing. The yeast strain originally came from the Oldham Brewery. 80 percent of production is for cask conditioned products. Bottling is contracted to Robinsons Brewery. Timothy"