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[[File:Brains_Images_002.jpg|thumb|The Old Brewery yard in the early 1930s]]
[[File:Brain compliments.jpg|thumb]]
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[[File:Brain Cardiff 1962.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1962]]
[[File:Brain Cardiff 1962.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1962]]
[[File:Brain Cardiff 1981.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1981]]
[[File:Brain Cardiff 1981.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1981]]
[[File:Cardiff 31 August 1993.JPG|thumb|Courtesy Roy Denison]]
<big>'''S A Brain & Co Ltd'''</big>
<big>'' (1) The Old Brewery, St Mary Street, Cardiff.''</big>
<big>'' (2) 60 Nora Street, Roath, Cardiff.''</big>
<big>'' (3) The Cardiff Brewery, PO Box 53, Crawshay Street, Cardiff CF10 5DS.''</big>
<big>'' (4) Dragon Brewery, Pacific Road, Pacific Business Park, Cardiff CF24 5HJ</big>


<big>'''S A Brain & Co Ltd'''</big>


''(1) The Old Brewery, St Mary Street, Cardiff.''
Founded 1713 and was acquired by SA Brain in December 1882.  
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''(2) 60 Nora Street, Roath, Cardiff.''
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''(3) The Cardiff Brewery, PO Box 53, Crawshay Street, Cardiff CF10 5DS.''


Registered 12th April 1897 with 74 public houses.


New brewery built 1914 at 60 Nora Street, Roath. This was demolished in 1995 and in 1999 they bought the old [[William Hancock & Co. Ltd]] Brewery from Bass and moved production.


The Old Brewery was founded in 1713 and was acquired by S A Brain in December 1882. Registered 12th April 1897 with 74 public houses.  
Still brewing independently, though site redeveloped with production at the new Dragon Brewery, Pacific Road.  


The second brewery was built in 1914 at 60 Nora Street, Roath.
'''[[List of S A Brain & Co Ltd pubs]]'''


The Roath brewery was demolished in 1995 and in 1999 they bought the former [[William Hancock & Co. Ltd]] Brewery from Bass and moved production there.
'''The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.'''


Still brewing independently.
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'''The remains of the St Mary Street brewery in Cardiff City Centre'''
'''The remains of the St Mary Street brewery in Cardiff City Centre'''
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Brains Cardiff Old b&w.jpg|The old brewery
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'''An assortment of images of the current brewery'''
'''Various images of the brewery:'''
 
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Brains Roath bb.jpg|Roath
Brains Roath aa.jpg|Roath
Brains Roath.jpg|Roath
Brains New Bwy.jpg|Roath
Brains Cardiff New.jpg|Roath
Brains W70.jpg  
Brains W70.jpg  
Brains Roath bb.jpg  
Brains New Bwy malt mill.jpg
Brains Roath aa.jpg  
Brains New Bwy conicals.jpg
Brains Roath.jpg  
CardiffBrainsBry2006a_SP_May2006.jpg|2006
Brains New Bwy malt mill.jpg|The new brewery
CardiffBrainsBry2006b_SP_May2006.jpg|2006
Brains New Bwy conicals.jpg|The new brewery
File:Brains Adam & Eve Swansea 18.8.1975.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
Brains New Bwy.jpg|The new brewery
File:Brains Cardiff 31.8.1993.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
Brains Cardiff New.jpg|The new brewery
File:Brains cask conditioned 31.8.1993.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Brain's.jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Brains labels RD zmx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Brains labels RD zmx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Brains labels RD zmx (3).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Brains labels RD zmx (4).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Brains labels RD zmx (5).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Brains labels RD zmx (6).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Brains labels RD zmx (7).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
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'''The Crawshay Street brewery in 2008:'''


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'''An assortment of images of the brewery taken in 2014'''
 
'''The Crawshay Street brewery in 2014:'''
 
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Revision as of 11:35, 3 June 2020

Brains advert xc.png
The Old Brewery yard in the early 1930s
Brain compliments.jpg
Letterhead 1962
Letterhead 1981
Courtesy Roy Denison

S A Brain & Co Ltd

(1) The Old Brewery, St Mary Street, Cardiff.

(2) 60 Nora Street, Roath, Cardiff.

(3) The Cardiff Brewery, PO Box 53, Crawshay Street, Cardiff CF10 5DS.

(4) Dragon Brewery, Pacific Road, Pacific Business Park, Cardiff CF24 5HJ


Founded 1713 and was acquired by SA Brain in December 1882.

Registered 12th April 1897 with 74 public houses.

New brewery built 1914 at 60 Nora Street, Roath. This was demolished in 1995 and in 1999 they bought the old William Hancock & Co. Ltd Brewery from Bass and moved production.

Still brewing independently, though site redeveloped with production at the new Dragon Brewery, Pacific Road.

List of S A Brain & Co Ltd pubs

The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.


The remains of the St Mary Street brewery in Cardiff City Centre


Various images of the brewery:


The Crawshay Street brewery in 2008:


The Crawshay Street brewery in 2014: