Scottish & Newcastle Breweries
"Scottish Courage"
"John Courage"
Newcastle, England
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European Breweries History: Scottish & Newcastle Breweries
Newcastle England is thought to be the first place in Britain to
brew beer. Legends aside, it is known that Newcastle's first commercial
brewery, John Barras & Company of Gateshead, was established here in 1770.
Then, in 1890, after the Gateshead Brewery was bought by the North Eastern
Railway Company, John Barras & Company purchased the Tyne Brewery and
linked up with several small breweries in North Shields, Gateshead and
Sunderland to form The Newcastle Breweries Ltd.
In 1913, the first of many extensions to the Tyne Brewery was carried out and, following the First World War, the Blue Star was adopted as the Company's trademark. Newcastle Brown Ale was first brewed in 1927 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, by Jim Porter after three years of developing this special brew. Almost immediately after its release, Newcastle Brown won the gold medals at the International Brewers' Exhibition in London in 1928. The success of the 1928 Brewers' Exhibition had to be recognized. Originally, Newcastle Brown's clear, flint, glass bottle had borne an oval label. Another loop was added at the top of the label to carry triumphant details—and the famous Figure 8 label—now known throughout the world was born. The Blue Star emblem was also added. In 1960, Newcastle Breweries joined together with Scottish Brewers to form Scottish & Newcastle Breweries, expanding Newcastle Brown Ale's access to several new markets and exporting. In 1979 Scottish & Newcastle Breweries acquired the Royal Brewery in Manchester whos products include: McEwan's Larger, Kestrel lager, Harp and Kronenbourg. In 1986, Scottish & Newcastle Breweries acquired the Home Brewery in Nottingham and in 1987 acquired Matthew Brown PLC. In 1995 Scottish & Newcastle Breweries acquired Courage and formed Scottish Courage. In March of 2000, Scottish & Newcastle announced a major partership with the French Group - Danone in terms of their beer interests, Brasseries Kronenburg in France and Alken Maes in Belgium. The partership created a major new European beer group, S&N. |
