Heartland
master brummie
There was a time when brewing was often conducted on the premises of the public house and these establishments were known as retail breweries. In Birmingham there was an association that looked after their interests. Some retail brewers came to develop larger brewing establishments that became breweries that supplied various public houses and beer houses.
The Birmingham Brewery closed down at the time of a change in the industry where companies were established to supply malt, hops, wines, spirits and tobacco to the retail trade. A former partner in the Birmingham Brewery, Edwin Hooper, became a director of the Birmingham Malting Company in 1873, which had intentions to improve the malting business at Heaneage Street, formerly conducted by John Tompson. The other directors were William Hales Pridmore, Corn Merchant, Birmingham, Alfred Minshull, Birmingham, Chairman of Licensed Victuallers Association and William Griffiths, Gough Road, Birmingham, Chairman of the Retail Brewers Association. A later director of this concern was Valentine W Blake, a Birmingham Surgeon. This company was evidently formed as a supplier to the retail brewing trade and changed its name to the Birmingham, Brewing, Malting & Distilling Company Ltd in 1878. In addition to supply the company leased or owned public houses and can be grouped amongst those in the trade that included the full spectrum of the brewing business
In 1880 the Birmingham Brewery, Malting & Distilling Co Ltd was wound up and shares were transferred to the Kirkstall Brewery Co Ltd.
The Birmingham Brewery closed down at the time of a change in the industry where companies were established to supply malt, hops, wines, spirits and tobacco to the retail trade. A former partner in the Birmingham Brewery, Edwin Hooper, became a director of the Birmingham Malting Company in 1873, which had intentions to improve the malting business at Heaneage Street, formerly conducted by John Tompson. The other directors were William Hales Pridmore, Corn Merchant, Birmingham, Alfred Minshull, Birmingham, Chairman of Licensed Victuallers Association and William Griffiths, Gough Road, Birmingham, Chairman of the Retail Brewers Association. A later director of this concern was Valentine W Blake, a Birmingham Surgeon. This company was evidently formed as a supplier to the retail brewing trade and changed its name to the Birmingham, Brewing, Malting & Distilling Company Ltd in 1878. In addition to supply the company leased or owned public houses and can be grouped amongst those in the trade that included the full spectrum of the brewing business
In 1880 the Birmingham Brewery, Malting & Distilling Co Ltd was wound up and shares were transferred to the Kirkstall Brewery Co Ltd.
