Brain & Co. Ltd

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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 in Crawshay Street from Bass and moved production there.

Still brewing independently.


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


Images of the Crawshay Street brewery:

The Crawshay Street brewery in 2008:

The Crawshay Street brewery in 2014: