Truman, Hanbury & Buxton & Co. Ltd
Truman, Hanbury & Buxton & Co. Ltd, Black Eagle Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London E1
The Black Eagle Brewery was built by Thomas Bucknall in about 1666 and it was acquired by Joseph Truman in 1679. Registered in January 1889.
In order to brew the increasingly popular 'pale ales', the company acquired Phillips Bros Brewery in Burton-upon-Trent in 1873. They rebuilt the brewery and brewed there until 1971. See Truman, Hanbury, Buxton (Burton).
Acquired by Grand Metropolitan Hotels Ltd in 1971; the name changed to Truman Ltd. Merged with Watney Mann Ltd from October 1974. Brewing ceased in 1989. The site remains an assortment of commercial buildings.
- List of Truman's pubs – East London, North London
- List of Truman's pubs - South East London, South West London, West London
- List of Truman's pubs – East Anglia, North of England, South Wales, South West England, Other Locations
- List of Truman's Burton Brewery pubs
- Read: Trumans and Jack The Ripper
- Read: "The Resurrection of Truman’s" by Michael-George Hemus and James Morgan
The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.
An assortment of images of the Brick Lane brewery:
A range of their products
The brewery in 1930:
The brewery in 1931:
The brewery in 1990:
The Brick Lane Brewery in 2006. Courtesy "Watneys Red Barrel":
The Brick Lane Brewery during a BHS Urban Walk in 2009:
Some Truman Pubs:
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