Breweries · South West England
St Austell Brewery
Cornwall's biggest brewery (1851), home of Tribute.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–1.5 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round (indoors)
About
St Austell in Cornwall (1851) is the largest brewery in the south-west and the home of Tribute Pale Ale. The Kerry Building Visitor Centre runs tours of the brewery, the bottling line and the cooperage. Owns a chain of pubs across Cornwall and Devon.
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From the Wikipedia article
St Austell Brewery is a brewery founded in 1851 by Walter Hicks at St Austell, Cornwall, England.
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Background
History
Originally named Walter Hicks & Co: brewers and wine merchants, the brewing company was renamed St Austell Brewery and significantly expanded by his daughter Hester Parnall (1868–1939), who became a director in 1911. She took over running the company on her father's death in 1916 (her husband Thomas Parnall, having died in 1915), and added nearly 80 pubs and hotels to the brewery's holdings, becoming known for "ruling the company with the grace of a duchess combined with the aplomb of a successful businessman". The brewery's flagship beer is Tribute Ale, which accounts for around 80% of sales. Other popular ales include Proper Job, Tinner's Ale and Duchy Bitter. On 1 July 2016 St Austell…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.3389, -4.7906
- Address
- Market House Market Hill, St Austell, PL25 5QB
- Established
- 1851
- Official site
- www.staustellbrewery.co.uk
Sources
- manual: st-austell-brewery (manual)
- wikipedia: St Austell Brewery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Austell Brewery?
- St Austell Brewery is in South-West England, United Kingdom.
- When was St Austell Brewery built?
- Built or established in 1851.
- Who owns St Austell Brewery?
- St Austell Brewery is owned by | num_employees = 1900.