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[[File:RhymneyChrisGoodair_1978.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Chris Goodair: at the Station Hotel, Brecon Road, Abergavenny]]
[[File:Rhymney brewery trade mark zc.jpg|thumb|The company Trade Mark]]
[[File:WhitchurchCrownHotel2011aa_BHK_Mar2011.jpg|thumb|Crown Hotel, Whitchurch, Herefs, 2011]]
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[[File:Rhymney brewery trade mark zc.jpg|thumb|The company Trade Mark]]


<big>'''Rhymney Breweries Ltd''', ''Rhymney, Caerphilly.''</big>
<big>'''Rhymney Breweries Ltd''', ''Rhymney, Caerphilly.''</big>
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'''Courtesy Paul Hathaway'''
'''Courtesy Paul Hathaway'''
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File:Rhymney Brewery PH (1c).jpg
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File:Rhymney labels RD zmx (8).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Rhymney labels RD zmx (8).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Rhymney labels RD zmx (9).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Rhymney labels RD zmx (9).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
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'''Some Rhymney premises'''
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File:RhymneyChrisGoodair_1978.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Chris Goodair: at the Station Hotel, Brecon Road, Abergavenny, 1978
File:PontlottynLordNelson2012_BHK_Sep2012.jpg|Lord Nelson, Pontlottyn, 2012
File:RhymneyFit4Living2012aa_BHK_Jun2012.jpg|Fit 4 Living, Rhymney, 2012
File:AbercarnCommercialInn2014_AHooker.jpg|Commercial Inn, Abercarn, 2014
File:LlanigonHollybush01_AHooker_Aug2010.jpg|Hollybush, Llanigon, near Hay-on-Wye, 2010
File:LlanigonHollybush03_AHooker_Aug2010.jpg|Hollybush, Llanigon, near Hay-on-Wye, 2010
File:ClodockCornewallArms2011bb_Jun11_BHK.jpg|Cornewall Arms, Clodock, Herefs, 2011
File:ClodockCornewallArms2011bbb_Jun11_BHK.jpg|Cornewall Arms, Clodock, Herefs, 2011
File:ClodockCornewallArms2011aa_Jun11_BHK.jpg|Cornewall Arms, Clodock, Herefs, 2011
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Revision as of 14:47, 23 September 2024

The company Trade Mark
Crown Hotel, Whitchurch, Herefs, 2011

Rhymney Breweries Ltd, Rhymney, Caerphilly.

Founded 1839 by William Copeland, Chairman of the Rhymney Iron Co. to supply beer to their employees.

Control of the parent company passed to the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd. in 1920 and the brewery became a separate company which was registered as Andrew Buchan's Breweries Ltd on 9th October 1929 to acquire the businesses of Andrew Buchan & Co. and Griffiths Brothers Ltd of Blaina.

Crosswell's Cardiff Brewery Ltd was acquired by Andrew Buchan's Breweries Ltd of Rhymney in 1938 and brewing ceased there in 1947.

The name was changed as above on 25th May 1959. Acquired by Whitbread & Co. Ltd in January 1966. Brewing ceased in 1978.


An assortment of images of the brewery


Courtesy Paul Hathaway


Labels, etc


Some Rhymney premises