Allied Breweries

Allied Breweries, 107 Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire

Allied Breweries, a major brewing and pub-owning conglomerate, was created in 1961 with the merger of:

• Ansells Brewery Ltd
• Ind Coope Ltd and
• Tetley Walker Ltd

Acquisitions:

• Ramsden & Son Ltd of Halifax was acquired in 1964 with 117 tied houses and was closed.
• In 1965, they acquired the 22 pubs of Blatch's Theale Brewery Ltd.
• Rose & Co. Ltd (Malton). Acquired in 1965 with 55 tied houses. Brewing ceased May 1969.
• Hemingway Ltd (Leeds). Acquired in 1967 with 5 tied houses.
• Aylesbury Brewery Co. Ltd was acquired in 1973.
• The Thomas Usher & Son Ltd estate of 214 tied houses was acquired in 1980.
• The Holt, Plant & Deakin company was established as a local brewery and pub chain in 1984, utilising old brewery names, and emphasising local traditional values.
• They acquired Drybrough & Co. Ltd in January 1987 with 187 tied houses and brewing ceased there in the same month.
• Alnwick Brewery Co. Ltd was acquired in 1987.
• The Firkin Brewery chain was acquired in 1991.

Carlsberg Brewery Ltd merged with Allied Breweries in 1992 to form Carlsberg-Tetley. The pub estate traded as Allied-Domecq, and the remaining pub estate was sold to Punch Taverns in 2000.