Topimo said:Technicalities on breweries and beers aside, we can at least all agree that "the midlands" doesn't actually exist.
The North is a region, but moreso a state of mind.
That makes it complicated: 3 (or 4) Southern breweries, 3 German brews, 2 Midlands, 2 Northern (although thwaites still separate), 2 American, 1 Scottish, 1 Spanish & 1 Japanese...Badlad said:It owns six breweries and brands including Marston's, Banks's, Jennings, Ringwood, Brakspear, Wychwood, Courage, McEwans, Wainwright, Shipyard and Bombardier. It also distributes under licence Estrella, Erdinger, Warsteiner, Kirin, Founders and Kaltenberg.
Badlad said:According to the 'pedia
Marston's is a British brewery, pub and hotel operator. It operates 1,568 pubs in the UK,[3] and is the world's largest brewer of cask ale.[4] 80 per cent of profits come from the pubs division. It was known as Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries plc until 2007 when it rebranded as Marston's.
mch said:Badlad said:According to the 'pedia
Marston's is a British brewery, pub and hotel operator. It operates 1,568 pubs in the UK,[3] and is the world's largest brewer of cask ale.[4] 80 per cent of profits come from the pubs division. It was known as Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries plc until 2007 when it rebranded as Marston's.
I think that Wikipedia is way out on that date. When I lived in Whitwick in Leicestershire from 1976-1982 my local was a Marston's pub - they even ran a coach trip to Marston's brewery in Burton-on-Trent