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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.
By 1880, Worthington's IPA was challenging Bass's sales in the home market. Worthington was the third largest Burton brewer by 1888, behind Bass and Allsopp, with an annual output of 220,000 barrels per annum. [14] From 1886, Worthington began to acquire public houses, which provided a captive market for their product. [8]
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 ] By 1877, Bass had become the largest brewery in the world, with an annual output of one million barrels. [ 4 ]
He entered into partnership with John Ratcliff and in 1799 he built a second brewery at Burton. Following the Napoleonic blockade, Burton brewers needed another market, and Bass was one of the breweries to start brewing and exporting India Pale Ale (IPA). [2] Bass married Sarah Hoskins, the daughter of Abraham Hoskins of Burton and Newton Solney.
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.
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."
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 ...
Trent Brewery, the former Everards Brewery in Anglesey Road, Burton. Burton upon Trent has a long history of brewing, at one time exporting beer throughout the world and accounting for a quarter of UK beer production; emulation of Burton water in brewing is called Burtonisation. Much of the town was given over to the industry throughout the ...