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[[File:Brains advert xc.png|thumb]] | |||
[[File:Brains_Images_002.jpg|thumb|The Old Brewery yard in the early 1930s]] | |||
[[File:Brain compliments.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:Brain compliments.jpg|thumb]] | ||
[[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>'''S A Brain & Co Ltd'''</big> | ||
''(1) The Old Brewery, St Mary Street, Cardiff | <big>'' (1) The Old Brewery, St Mary Street, Cardiff.''</big> | ||
<big>'' (2) 60 Nora Street, Roath, Cardiff.''</big> | |||
The | <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> | |||
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. | |||
* A Gallery of images from the new [[Brain's Dragon Brewery - 16 September 2019]] | |||
* [[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 brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.''' | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Brains Cardiff (1).jpg | File:Brains Cardiff (1).jpg | ||
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''' | '''Various images of the brewery:''' | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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 New Bwy malt mill.jpg | Brains New Bwy malt mill.jpg | ||
Brains New Bwy conicals.jpg | Brains New Bwy conicals.jpg | ||
Brains | CardiffBrainsBry2006a_SP_May2006.jpg|2006 | ||
Brains Cardiff | CardiffBrainsBry2006b_SP_May2006.jpg|2006 | ||
File:Brains Adam & Eve Swansea 18.8.1975.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Brains Cardiff 31.8.1993.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
'''The Crawshay Street brewery in 2008:''' | '''The Crawshay Street brewery in 2008:''' | ||
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File:CardiffBrainsBry52_SP_18042008.jpg | File:CardiffBrainsBry52_SP_18042008.jpg | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
'''The Crawshay Street brewery in 2014:''' | '''The Crawshay Street brewery in 2014:''' | ||
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File:Brains new bry 2014 (41).jpg | File:Brains new bry 2014 (41).jpg | ||
File:Brains new bry 2014 (47).jpg | File:Brains new bry 2014 (47).jpg | ||
File:Brains Cardiff 2014 KS (35).JPG | File:Brains Cardiff 2014 KS (35).JPG | ||
File:Brains Cardiff 2014 KS (36).JPG | File:Brains Cardiff 2014 KS (36).JPG | ||
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File:Brains Cardiff 2014 KS (34).JPG | File:Brains Cardiff 2014 KS (34).JPG | ||
File:CardiffBrains84_SP_May14.jpg | |||
File:CardiffBrains85_SP_May14.jpg | |||
File:CardiffBrains86_SP_May14.jpg | |||
File:CardiffBrains87_SP_May14.jpg | |||
File:CardiffBrains89_SP_May14.jpg | |||
File:CardiffBrains91_SP_May14.jpg | |||
File:CardiffBrains92_SP_May14.jpg | |||
File:CardiffBrains93_SP_May14.jpg | |||
File:CardiffBrains94_SP_May14.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
'''Labels etc''' | |||
<gallery> | |||
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 | |||
File:Buckley label 22.jpg | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:23, 30 April 2023
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.
- A Gallery of images from the new Brain's Dragon Brewery - 16 September 2019
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:
Labels etc