"Ridley's Brewery Ridley's Brewery is a defunct brewery. It was founded in 1842, and was located in Hartford End, Essex. In August 2002 the company bought out the Tolly Cobbold brewery. Then, in 2005 Ridley's was bought by Greene King for £45.6 million closing its operations at Hartford End and Braintree and dropping of rivaling beers to their own brands. Ridley's Old Bob continues to be produced by Greene King at Bury St. Edmunds. Ridley's was officially T. D. Ridley & Sons Ltd. It started as a water mill at Hartford End and from that it developed a flour milling"
"and is buried at Highgate Cemetery. He was married twice: first in 1803 to Mary Maling and then in 1805 to Catherine Smith with whom he went on to have seven sons and six daughters including: Benjamin Greene Benjamin Greene (5 April 1780 – 26 November 1860) was the founder of Greene King, one of the United Kingdom's largest brewing businesses. Born in Oundle and apprenticed at Whitbread, Benjamin Greene initially founded a brewing business in 1801 with John Clark in Bury St Edmunds. Then in 1806 he dissolved that partnership and established a new venture with William Buck at"
"of Britain in 1997. Greene King have now inverted the horseshoe emblem on Ruddles branding. Ruddles Brewery Ruddles Brewery (G. Ruddle & Co) was a brewery in Rutland, England. 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. The brewery, established in 1858 in Langham, Rutland, was bought by George Ruddle in 1912. Langham remained the home of the brewery until its closure in 1999. The company lost its independence in 1986 and passed into the ownership of Watneys,"
"brewed by Morland's of Abingdon to commemorate the MG factory in the town. It continues to be brewed by Greene King along with several complementary beers. Sources and further reading: Abingdon-on-Thames Abingdon-on-Thames , known just as Abingdon between 1974–2012, is an historic market town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England. Historically the county town of Berkshire, since 1974 Abingdon has been administered by the Vale of White Horse district within Oxfordshire. The area was occupied from the early to middle Iron Age and the remains of a late Iron Age and Roman defensive enclosure lies below"
"Desert Ryeder (4.8% rye beer) and High & Dry (5% dry hop lager). Greene King's ongoing business expansion has sometimes been the subject of criticism. As a result of its active acquisition policy, it has come to be known by beer protesters as Greedy King. The growing consumer reaction to Greene King buying out smaller breweries was demonstrated towards the end of 2006 when a pub in Lewes, East Sussex started a well-publicised protest against Greene King for removing the locally produced Harveys Sussex Best Bitter from sale, while continuing to sell other guest beers. In January 2014, popular Manchester"
"business and in 1887 it merged with Frederick William King's brewing business to create Greene King. Greene King has grown via mergers and acquisitions, including Rayments Brewery (1961), the Magic Pub Company (1996), Hungry Horse (1996), Morland Brewery (1999), Old English Inns (2001), Morrells (2002), a large part of the Laurel Pub Company (2004), Ridley's Brewery (2005), Belhaven Brewery (2005), Hardys and Hansons (2006), the Loch Fyne fish restaurant chain (2007), Cloverleaf (2011), Realpubs (2011), the Capital Pub Company (2011) and the Spirit Pub Company (2015). The Spirit acquisition, where Greene King bought Spirit for £773.6m, took the total number"
"Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, () commonly referred to as Bury, is a historic market town and civil parish in the in St Edmundsbury district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Bury St Edmunds Abbey is near the town centre. Bury is the seat of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich of the Church of England, with the episcopal see at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. The town, originally called Beodericsworth, was built on a grid pattern by Abbot Baldwin around 1080. It is known for brewing and malting (Greene King brewery) and for a British Sugar processing factory, where"
"pub The Lass O'Gowrie, voted ""Best Pub in Britain"" at the Great British Pub Awards in 2012, closed after landlord Gareth Kavanagh was forced out in an argument over rent. Having lost 40% of their trade after the BBC moved to Salford, Kavanagh had won a rent reduction at an independent tribunal before being forced out by the brewery. Greene King has also been criticised for removing many traditional and historic pub signs as part of rebranding schemes. In March 2016, Greene King won Best Managed Pub Company (51+ sites) at the 2016 Publican Awards. Greene King's chief executive, Rooney"
"hotels: There is a visitor centre next to the brewery, and tours are run regularly throughout the week. The brewery has an exhibition of pub sign artwork by George Taylor, who designed over 250 such signs for Greene King pubs. Greene King has been supporting apprenticeships since 2011 through its award winning Greene King Apprenticeship Programme. Since launch, the scheme has welcomed some 9,000 apprentices. In 2016, Greene King launched the Get Into Hospitality Programme in partnership with The Prince’s Trust. The aim of the programme is to address the skills and experience gaps that prevent unemployed people from getting"
"Broadwood, Festive and the seasonal Old and Christmas Ales. The last member of the King family involved in the company brewed in Horsham at W J King & Co (Brewers) and now brews at Firebird Brewery in Rudgwick. There are three other small brewers currently operating in Horsham: Hepworth's is run by a former head brewer at King & Barnes, and Welton's, a company who were formed in Capel, Surrey, about fifteen years ago, and have been in Horsham since 2004, and Kissingate Brewery (http://www.kissingate.co.uk/Welcome.html). The town has grown steadily over recent years to a population of 55,657. This has"
"Baggins may have been based on Tolkien's observation of Mayor Ben Bilboe of Bilston in The Black Country, who was a Communist and Labour Party member from the Lunt in Bilston. But the scholarly evidence for this is still questionable. The Black Country is notable for its small breweries and brewpubs which, unlike most in Britain, continued brewing their own beer alongside larger breweries which opened in the Industrial Revolution. Small breweries and brewpubs in the Black Country include Bathams in Brierley Hill, Holdens in Woodsetton, Sarah Hughes in Sedgley and the Old Swan Inn (Ma Pardoe's) in Netherton. They"
"Nottingham town centre. Their beers are sold in local pubs, with one of the first regular customers being The Waggon and Horses in Bleasby. Other customers include the Three Tuns in Eastwood, the Larks Nest in Nuthall, and Guitar Bar in Sherwood Rise, the Flowerpot in Derby and the Dewdrop in Ilkeston itself; it is also distributed nationally. For the opening ceremony of the new premises in Giltbrook, a special stronger version of Evolution was produced, called Revolution. Hickling says he spent months trying to think of a name for the enterprise, and then the idea of ""blue monkey"" came"
"Green, West Sussex, for an undisclosed sum. Fuller's owns and operates over 380 pubs, inns and hotels across the south of England, with over 180 managed pubs and hotels, and over 200 tenanted pubs. In 2005, Fuller's added 111 pubs to its estate with the purchase of George Gale & Co. of Horndean, Hampshire. The ""brewery tap"" (the nearest pub to the brewery) is the Mawson Arms, a Grade II* listed building. Fuller's Brewery Fuller's Brewery (Fuller, Smith & Turner plc) is an independent, family-run regional brewery, founded in 1845 in Chiswick, West London, England. John Fuller's Griffin Brewery dates"
"south Reading is the Green Park Business Park, home of Symantec UK (previously in Whitley), many Cisco offices and Thames Water and to the south is the former Berkshire Brewery (closed on 2 April 2010 by Heineken UK, which was the largest brewery in Europe) and Verizon UK. Borland UK, Interserve and Mabey Group, the bridge manufacturer, are in Twyford and Cawston Vale is in Hurst. Magal Engineering make clutches and power steering systems at Woodley. Bang & Olufsen UK is in Winnersh; Reliance High-Tech (prisoner custody) is next to the Winnersh Triangle railway station off the A329(M) near Symbol"
"on to Greene King in 2002. The Lion Brewery was converted into luxury apartments in 2002. The Taylor family of Loughborough had a bell-foundry in Oxford between 1786 and 1854. Outside the city centre: Oxford has numerous major tourist attractions, many belonging to the university and colleges. As well as several famous institutions, the town centre is home to Carfax Tower and the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, both of which offer views over the spires of the city. Many tourists shop at the historic Covered Market. In the summer punting on the Thames/Isis and the Cherwell is"
"which operates the White Lion, Norwich and the Devonshire Arms, the Haymakers and the Queen Edith, all in Cambridge. Milton Brewery Milton Brewery is a brewery in the village of Waterbeach, located about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Cambridge, England. Milton Brewery moved in July 2012 from the neighbouring village of Milton. The brewery was established in June 1999. Its first beer, named Pegasus, has won several awards including Joint Bronze in the 2012 CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain Best Bitter Class. In 2006 the brewery created the Pegasus Cup which is awarded to the Cambridge University college boat"
"The Greyhound in Newcastle-under-Lyme, The Royal Exchange in Stone, The Sun Inn in Stafford, The Roebuck in Leek, The Hollybush in Seighford, The Cheshire Cheese in Buxton and The Olde Kings Arms in Congleton. The Titanic Brewery has won many awards, often awarded by CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale), from the 1990s to the present day. The Titanic Brewery's bottled Stout beer's first award was Gold in the 1994 Guardian Bottled Beer of Britain, and more recently it won first place in the CAMRA West Midlands Beer of the Year 2009 (Stout Category). Titanic's Iceberg Beer won its first"
"of its bond obligations. There were 120 Taylor Walker pubs, mostly in West and Central London which competed with Nicholsons. The name is taken from the Taylor Walker brewery founded in 1730 in Stepney. Following the Greene King takeover the Taylor Walker brand was retired with pubs being brought under the Greene King brand. Spirit's other brands were Chef & Brewer, Fayre & Square, Flaming Grill, John Barras, and Original Pub Company. In addition, Spirit Pub Company operated Wacky Warehouse, the UK’s largest soft play and activity centre brand, and Good Night Inns, a group of hotels next to their"
"or draft keg; 4.8% ABV]. Shepherd Neame manufactures this beer in Britain and exports it to Europe. A bock style beer is also brewed. These are served on draught in the brewery's pubs and receive more frontage than non-brewery brands. The brewery owns around 330 pubs and establishments, mostly in Kent, but extending across the South East of England. These are predominantly tenanted public houses situated in towns and villages. The brewery also manages its own chain of hotels, including The Royal Albion in Broadstairs and The George Hotel in Cranbrook, Kent. The brewery's own brands are typically given prominence"
"Lewes Arms controversy The Lewes Arms controversy involved a dispute between the Greene King Brewery and the regulars of the Lewes Arms pub in Lewes, East Sussex, England from 2006 to April 2007, when the brewery withdrew from sale a local beer. The dispute prompted a change in Greene King's policy that may well have repercussions for other pubs that have lost the right to sell local beers. One of the Greene King directors (Mark Angela) left the company amid a shake up of all Greene King houses in which the managed house operations were split into two divisions. Greene"
"and ale in the Federation Brewery site in Dunston, Gateshead, which was to pass to them with their £7.2m purchase of the Federation Brewery. The purchase and consolidation at Dunston created the new brewing company, Newcastle Federation Breweries. The last production run of Brown Ale in Newcastle came off the Tyne Brewery line in May 2005. Pre-production trial brews were conducted at Dunston to ensure no change occurred in its taste after the move. The Tyne Brewery site was bought by a consortium of Newcastle University, Newcastle City Council, and the regional development agency One NorthEast, as part of the"
"& Co was acquired by another Leith distiller and blender, Macdonald & Muir, and production of green ginger wine was transferred to Broxburn, West Lothian. Macdonald & Muir had acquired the Glenmorangie Distillery in 1918 and renamed itself The Glenmorangie Company in 1996. In 2007, it sold the brand to the present owners, Halewood International. Preserving its links with Leith, John Crabbie & Company Limited is in the present day a dormant company with a company address in Mitchell Street, Leith. However, production of Crabbie's ginger beer takes place in Liverpool, England. Crabbie's alcoholic ginger beer is 4.0% alcohol by"
"director of the Greene King Brewery, established by his great-grandfather, Benjamin Greene, in 1799. He also once bested his famous brother Graham in a writing contest to parody the novelist's writing style in the ""New Statesman"". Greene was knighted in 1964. He was married four times: to Helga Guinness, Elaine Shaplen, Tatjana Sais and Sarah Grahame. He had two sons by each of the first two marriages. He died in Westminster, London, of cancer, aged 76. In 2008 Greene was played by Hugh Bonneville in the BBC drama """". This focused on Greene's conflict with Whitehouse (played by Julie Walters)"
"extinct. The town is now a harbour and market community; old sail-powered Thames barges are repaired, rebuilt and moored along the creekside. Kent is the centre of hop-growing in England, being centred on nearby Canterbury and Faversham has been the home of several breweries. The Shepherd Neame Brewery was officially founded in 1698, though brewing activities in Faversham pre-date this. The brewery claims to be the oldest in Britain and continues to be family-owned. The Rigden brewery was founded in the early 18th century by Edward Rigden. It subsequently merged with the Canterbury-based George Beer in 1922 to become George"
"bottles by supermarkets and off licences (off-trade) than in pubs (on-trade). Marston's Brewery and Greene King are the two largest brewers of premium cask and bottled beers, having grown by acquisition. Shepherd Neame Brewery is the largest family-owned brewery. Gin has been popular in England since the late 17th century and is mixed with tonic water, ice and a slice of lemon. Pimm's No. 1 Cup, a gin-based drink containing a mixture of herbs and liquors, is used to make punch for summer social events. The rise of micro-distilleries in England at the start of the 21st century led to"
"20th century was for breweries to run their pubs directly, using managers rather than tenants. Most such breweries, such as the regional brewery Shepherd Neame in Kent and Young's and Fuller's in London, control hundreds of pubs in a particular region of the UK, while a few, such as Greene King, are spread nationally. The landlord of a tied pub may be an employee of the brewery—in which case he/she would be a manager of a managed house—or a self-employed tenant who has entered into a lease agreement with a brewery, a condition of which is the legal obligation (trade"
"or to refurbish it, and be required as a term of the loan to observe the solus tie. A growing trend in the late 20th century was for the brewery to run their pubs directly, employing a salaried manager (who perhaps could make extra money by commission, or by selling food). Most such breweries, such as the regional brewery Shepherd Neame in Kent, which claims brewing lineage back to 1698 and Young's in London, control hundreds of pubs in a particular region of the UK, whilst a few, such as Greene King, are spread nationally. The landlord of a tied"
"King decided to stop selling the locally produced Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter at the Lewes Arms in December 2006. Harvey's brewery is approximately half a mile from the pub and is a major local employer. The 220-year-old pub in the centre of the town had been acquired by Greene King in 1998. The seasonal Harvey's ales were withdrawn in 2004 but the Best Bitter remained on sale because of its popularity - outselling Greene King's cask ales by a factor of 4 to 1. The decision to finally withdraw the Best Bitter turned into a public-relations disaster. A petition of"
"Fort St George In England The Fort St George In England is the oldest pub on the River Cam in Cambridge, England. The Grade II listed timber framed building on Midsummer Common dates in part from the 16th century, and although ""much altered and enlarged over the years, still has considerable charm. Especially notable is the snug to the right of the main entrance which has some wonderful ancient panelling and a good tiled floor."" The pub is owned by the Greene King brewery. The unusual name of the pub, commonly abbreviated to just 'Fort St George', but, now better"
"Sherrard's Green Sherrard's Green is a village and a suburb of Malvern, Worcestershire, England, situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Great Malvern, the town's centre, and about from the Malvern suburb of Barnards Green. The village comprises a number of council and private housing estates and a small modern C of E church, and a Tesco convenience store that opened in 2011 on the site of a former pub, The New Gas Tavern. Services are provided from Great Malvern railway station located in Avenue Road, Malvern, about away with direct services to Worcester, Hereford, Birmingham, Oxford and London."
"Ridley's continued to brew in Chelmsford, is likely to become extinct since Greene King are unlikely to continue brewing it. Greene King was the main sponsor of Ipswich Town F.C., which was established by the Cobbold family. In the 1930s the Tollemache brewery underwent a large expansion, taking over the Cambridge Star Brewery and building a number of mock-baronial pubs, mostly in Ipswich. The ornate style, and the scale of the expansion, led to their being known as ""Tolly Follies"". They were based on the design of the Tollemache stately home, Helmingham Hall. Most survive, though some, notably The Golden"
"Queen in 1977 and refurbished for 2012. The old Carnegie Library, established in 1905 in Leeming Street, was used from 1976 as an arts and performance centre. Mansfield was originally the home of Mansfield Brewery, once the largest independent brewer in the United Kingdom. The brewery was acquired by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries for £253 million in October 1999, with production of the Mansfield range of ales moving to other parts of the country. The brewery's assets were later sold to Pubmaster Ltd and the site of the brewery is available for redevelopment. In the 1980s, Mansfield Bitter was advertised"
"summer, which includes a tasting of the beers they produce. The brewery building is made of Cotswold stone. Cotswolds Brewing Co. produces gin, which is a favorite alcoholic drink of Emma Keene. Due to legal reasons, the distill their gin at Thames Distillers Ltd. in London. The gin is made with hawthorn berries, verbena, and lime. Cotswold Brewing Co. Cotswolds Brewing Co. is a microbrewery in Cheltenham, England in the United Kingdom. Aside from beer, they also produce vodka and gin. Cotswolds Brewing Co. was founded in 2005 by Emma and Rick Keene. The couple started the brewery to focus"