Who owns brains beer

It is not clear where Brains would be brewed if the brewery is closed, but Marston's has several breweries in England, including Burton-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Oxfordshire and Hampshire. Wales' biggest brewer closes pubs under new rules. Jobs warning as Welsh brewer to sell 40 pubs. Brewer confirms move from city centre.

First Brains Brewery development images. By signing up to our newsletter you agree to our terms and conditions. Sign Up. More information Close. In most cases, production of the most popular beers from these breweries was transferred to another Whitbread site. Great promises were made about the future of these beers and the efforts to recreate the taste were said to be painstaking.

Sadly, the beers all too often proved disappointing and within a matter of years they were discontinued and replaced by other Whitbread products.

Closing breweries and moving the beers to other sites has seldom enhanced a beer's reputation. There are numerous craft beer companies who use other breweries to produce their beers, sometimes moving production around according to where there is capacity.

In some cases it saves the expense of establishing their own production facility and in others it allows them to brew beer closer to target markets so saving both financially and environmentally on shipping. For instance, I've recently been sent samples from a Hong Kong brewery called Gwei-lo but these very enjoyable beers are not brewed in Hong Kong: they are brewed by Vocation in Yorkshire. It seems that, as long as there is transparency in the process, such activity is widely accepted.

He said: "We're trying to weigh up all the possibilities that are open to us. In an ideal world if we could keep brewing in the Dragon Brewery or in Wales — that would be fantastic.

That may prove to be easier said than done. The Marston's deal includes a commitment to keep serving Brains beer in its pubs and to keep the company name above the door. Where that ends up remains to be seen. But continuity of supply of Brains beer is absolutely critical for us and for Marston's. Brains was founded in Cardiff in and remains a family-run business.