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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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'''An assortment of images of the current brewery'''
'''Images of the Crawshay Street brewery:'''
 
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Brains New Bwy malt mill.jpg|The new brewery
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Brains New Bwy conicals.jpg|The new brewery
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Brains New Bwy.jpg|The new brewery
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Brains Cardiff New.jpg|The new brewery
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'''The Crawshay Street brewery in 2014:'''


'''An assortment of images of the brewery taken in 2014'''
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Revision as of 12:20, 11 June 2017

Brain compliments.jpg
Letterhead 1962
Letterhead 1981

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.


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.

The second brewery was built in 1914 at 60 Nora Street, Roath.

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.

Still brewing independently.


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


Images of the Crawshay Street brewery:

The Crawshay Street brewery in 2014: