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The museum closed on 30 June 2008 but the attractions were mothballed in the hope that the museum could be reopened at a later date. [3] A steering group was established to investigate reopening the museum. [4] [5] The museum reopened as the National Brewery Centre on 1 May 2010 and was officially reopened by The Princess Royal on 21 September ...
Sited next to the brewery, the Bass Museum of Brewing (later renamed the Coors Visitor Centre & The Museum of Brewing), was Burton-upon-Trent's largest tourist attraction until closed by Coors in June 2008. A steering group was established to investigate re-opening, [34] [35] and the museum was relaunched in May 2010 as the National Brewery ...
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 ...
Museum of Cannock Chase: Hednesford: Cannock Chase: Multiple: website, local history, coal mining, turn-of-the-century miner's cottage, 1940s room, toys National Brewery Centre: Burton upon Trent: East Staffordshire: Industry: History of brewing, brewing artifacts, vintage vehicle collection, working steam engine Newcastle Museum & Art Gallery ...
Production of ale had grown to 340,000 barrels in 1860 and to almost a million barrels in the late 1870s. By 1881, the company had three breweries and 26 malthouses covering 145 acres (0.59 km 2) in Burton upon Trent. The company was Britain's biggest brewery and was one of its best known companies.
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."
They built their brewery on their leather-working premises in Burton High Street. It grew remarkably quickly and was the third largest brewery in 1861 with 297 employees. The company also had maltings in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. [1] Along with many other breweries Burton Brewery Co. was in financial difficulties in 1907.
The Burton Cooper is a 1977 statue by James Walter Butler currently located in Coopers Square shopping centre, Burton upon Trent. The statue commemorates the close connection of the town to the trade, which was key to Burton's brewing industry. Originally situated outdoors, the statue was relocated inside the centre when it was refurbished in 1994.