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After a failed attempt at a merger with Thomas Salt and Co and the Burton Brewery Company in 1907, [2] Allsopp's fell into the hands of the receivers in 1911. The receiver, Sir William Barclay Peat , brought in John J. Calder, a 45-year-old experienced brewery manager from Alloa in Scotland to revive the business.
In order to differentiate themselves from other brewers, Worthington labelled their beers with alphabetical letters: their Burton Ales were called G, F and D, their light dinner ale was labelled M. [12] Worthington E was an India Pale Ale, a competitor to Bass Pale Ale. [13] By 1880, Worthington's IPA was challenging Bass's sales in the home ...
Bass Brewery (/ ˈ b æ s /) was founded in 1777 by William Bass in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. [2] The main brand was Bass Pale Ale, once the highest-selling beer in the UK. [3]
IPA became a popular product in England. [18] Some brewers dropped the term "India" in the late 19th century, but records indicated that these "pale ales" retained the features of earlier IPA. [19] A pale and well-hopped style of beer was developed in Burton-on-Trent in parallel with the development of India pale ale elsewhere. Previously ...
In 1827, Burton Cricket Club was formed through the influence of Abraham Bass, son of brewer Michael Bass. Bass was known as the father of Midland cricket and was a member of the Northern Counties team which played against the M.C.C. at Burton in 1841. [7] In the heyday of brewing in Burton, many brewery companies had their own cricket teams.
The brewery was founded in 1751 as Clay's Brewery by Joseph Clay I (1726-1800), [1] who came originally from Merrybower, near Derby. Some time before Joseph Clay I died in 1800, his son Joseph II (1756-1824) took over the business, and was described in The "British Directory" of 1791 as one of the famous "nine common brewers of Burton-on-Trent."
The Burton Brewery Company was one of the largest brewers in Burton upon Trent, England in the 19th century. The company was founded in 1842 by Henry and Thomas Wilders, who came from a family of tanners. They built their brewery on their leather-working premises in Burton High Street.
Worthington's White Shield (5.6% ABV) was an India pale ale (IPA) available principally in bottle conditioned form. [2] [3] [4] [5]White Shield was first brewed by the Worthington Brewery in Burton upon Trent in 1829, primarily for export to the British Empire.