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 and was merged with Watney Mann Ltd in 1974. Name changed to Truman Ltd in 1971. 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 Burton Brewery pubs
Images of the Brick Lane brewery:
An assortment of images of the Brick Lane Brewery taken in 2006. Courtesy "Watneys Red Barrel".
An assortment of images of the Brick Lane Brewery taken during a BHS Urban Walk in 2009. Courtesy Steve Peck.
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