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Wiki Brewery, an Alexandria, Virginia brewing facility was founded by Andrew Wales in 1770. George Washington frequently purchased beer from Wales Brewery. History
Investment by the Welsh Development Agency has helped establish a large number of breweries in Wales in recent years. [9] [10] In the 1930s, Felinfoel Brewery was the first brewery in the UK to produce and sell beer in cans. [11] The largest brewer and packager of beer in Wales by far is the Budweiser Brewing Group (BBG) Brewery in Magor.
Andrew Wales was born in Scotland in about 1737. He arrived in the Colonies before 1765 and held a position in John Mercer's Marlborough Brewery from 1765 to 1769. He rose to the position of brewmaster after a previous brewmaster failed to produce quality beer.
Wrexham Lager is a brewery in Wrexham, north-east Wales, that has produced alcoholic drinks for more than 120 years. A new hi-tech brewery opened in 2011 in the heart of Wrexham, after the original closed in 2000. The original brewery was demolished between 2002 and 2003. Only the historic building in which brewing started still remains.
Felinfoel (pronounced / v ɛ l ɪ n v ɔɪ l /) is a small village and electoral ward on the River Lliedi on the northern border of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, with a population of about 2,000. The Felinfoel Brewery, home of Double Dragon Ale, is the oldest in Wales. It was the first brewery outside the US to sell beer in cans. [1]
Wales has a long history of alcohol production, but distillation came in the Middle Ages. The first evidence of stills in Wales dates to the 4th century AD. [8] "The Great Welsh Warrior" Reaullt Hir is said to have distilled chwisgi from braggot brewed by the monks of Bardsey Island in AD 356.
View of the Old Brewery Quarter, showing the old brewery clock on the redeveloped 1887 premises. The Old Brewery Quarter, also known simply as the Brewery Quarter or the Brewery ¼, is a modern mixed-use development in the centre of Cardiff, Wales, on the site of the original Brains Brewery, with entrances on St. Mary's Street and Caroline Street.
Border Breweries had its roots in a small operation at the Nag's Head public house in Wrexham, which was run by the Rowlands family between 1834 and 1874. It was subsequently acquired by Henry Aspinall - who named it the Wrexham Brewery and expanded it substantially - before being taken over by Arthur Soames, who entrusted his 21-year-old son Frederick with management.