Bass Charrington Ltd

Bass Charrington Ltd

Formed in 1967 by the merger of two major brewing groups:

Bass, Mitchells & Butlers Ltd and Charrington United Breweries Ltd

After the merger, the company owned ca. 11,000 pubs.

• In 1967, they acquired Bent's Brewery Co. Ltd of Liverpool and Stone with 514 public houses. Both breweries closed.

• They acquired Joule & Sons Ltd of Stone in 1968 with 214 pubs. Brewing ceased September 1972.

• William Hancock & Co. Ltd of Cardiff was acquired in 1968 with 505 tied houses and became Welsh Brewers and then Bass Wales. Hancock's brewery was sold to Brain & Co. Ltd in 1999.

• William Stones Ltd of Sheffield were acquired in 1968 with 257 tied houses. Brewing ceased in 1998.

• Hewitt Brothers Ltd of Grimsby was closed on 19th April 1968.

• Catterall & Swarbrick of Blackpool was closed in 1971.

• In 1973, they opened a massive modern brewery at Preston Brook, Runcorn, but closed it in 1993. See: Bass Charrington Ltd (Runcorn).

• In 1974, they closed Massey's Burnley Brewery Ltd.

• In September 1979, they acquired the former Harp Lager brewery in Alton. See: Bass Brewing (Alton).

• John Jeffrey & Co. Ltd, Heriot Brewery, Edinburgh was closed in 1992.

• Hope & Anchor Breweries Ltd, Hope Brewery, Sheffield was closed in 1994.

The brewery complex at Burton on Trent in 1991. Courtesy Walter Dunlop

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