Talk:St Austell Brewery

Tribute Ale talkpage
I have created the article Tribute Ale, but am not sure how to do the references... Also, I have linked the St Austell Brewery to it, but only by adding 'ale' onto 'Tribute'. 'Ale' should really be hidden.

Thanks for your help.RGoZ (talk) 00:09, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Is this notable enough by itself? It seems to me like it might fit better as a subsection of the St Austell Brewery article. Koumz (talk) 10:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

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Number of employees: 1,500

About: St Austell Brewery is an independent, family-owned company specialising in brewing, hospitality and wholesale. It was founded in 1851 by Walter Hicks in St Austell, Cornwall, England. The brewery’s flagship beer is Tribute pale ale. Other popular beers include Proper Job IPA and korev lager. The company acquired Bath Ales in 2016. St Austell’s Small Batch Brewery opened in 2016, located in the St Austell Brewery Visitor Centre, and is where limited-edition beers are brewed (cask and bottle). St Austell Brewery owns more than 160 pubs, inns, and hotels across the West Country and is the region’s leading wholesaler of beers, wines, spirits and soft drinks. In 2023, St Austell announced it had taken a minority share in Harbour Brewing Co.

History: History St Austell Brewery was founded in 1851 by Walter Hicks, a wine merchant and maltster from Cornwall. He began brewing at the Seven Stars Inn in St Austell, his first pub. In 1867, he purchased the freehold of the London Inn, where he established a modern steam brewery. The building, Tregonissey House, still stands in St Austell town centre today. In 1893, he built a new Victorian Tower Brewery on Trevarthian Road, overlooking St Austell Bay. In 1911, Walter’s son, Walter Junior, died in a motorcycle accident in Helston. Walter Hicks returned to the helm of the business at the age of 82 until his death in 1916. He was succeeded by his daughter, Hester Parnall. Hester had a significant influence on the business, shaping it into what it has become today by expanding its hospitality offering. Hester was Chairman of the company until she died in 1939. Today, St Austell Brewery owns more than 160 managed and tenanted properties across the South West. The brewery marked a new chapter in 1999 with the appointment of Roger Ryman as Head Brewer. Soon after his arrival, Roger was tasked with producing a small batch beer to mark the Solar Eclipse. The result, a pale ale named Daylight Robbery, proved an instant success and was rebranded as Tribute in 2001. Tribute remains the brewery’s most successful beer to this day. Many of St Austell’s current beers were created during Roger’s time at the brewery, including Proper Job IPA, korev lager, and Mena Dhu stout. In 2016, St Austell Brewery acquired Bath Ales in Warmley and invested in the £7 million Hare Brewery, based in Warmley, near Bristol and Bath. St Austell also launched its Small Batch Brewery in 2016. A series of Small Batch Brews are rolled out to select pubs across the South West each year, as well as limited-edition seasonal specials. Roger Ryman passed away in 2020 following a battle with cancer. Georgina Young, his long-time friend and then Head Brewer at Bath Ales, took up the reins as Brewing Director. In 2022, Georgina oversaw the launch of a brand-new cask beer, St Austell Brewery’s Anthem pale ale, which is made using 100% British ingredients. In 2023, St Austell Brewery announced it had taken a minority stake in Harbour Brewing Co, a brewery based in North Cornwall.

Breweries: St Austell Brewery has two production sites in the South West: its Victorian brewhouse, situated in St Austell, is Grade I listed and has stood at the same site since 1893. Hare Brewery, located in Warmley, between Bristol and Bath, was opened in 2018 following a multi-million investment. The St Austell site regularly brews 140,000 barrels of beer a year, with Hare producing up to 45,000 barrels.

Beers: St Austell brews a variety of cask, keg, bottled, and canned beers. They are available in pubs and supermarkets across the UK and are exported to more than 20 countries globally. St Austell Brewery’s range of beers includes Tribute pale ale (4.2% abv), Proper Job IPA (4.5% abv on keg and cask, 5.5% abv in bottles and cans), korev lager (4.8% abv), Anthem pale ale (3.8%), Hicks strong ale (5% abv), and Mena Dhu stout (4.5% abv). St Austell Brewery brews a regular stream of seasonal and limited-edition beers at its Small Batch Brewery throughout the year, both on cask and in bottles. Some of its small batch beers go on to become flagship staples; Tribute was initially brewed in 1999 to mark the solar eclipse and was named Daylight Robbery, before being reinstated and rebranded due to popular demand.

Pubs, inns and hotels: St Austell Brewery’s Pub, Inns & Hotel estate comprises more than 160 managed and tenanted properties across the South West, from the Isles of Scilly to Bath. Most of the company’s pubs, inns and hotels are located in Cornwall and Devon. There are currently 43 properties in the managed estate, which are directly operated by the brewery, with over 500 bedrooms.;

St Austell Wines and wholesale: St Austell Wines is the oldest arm of the company, which has been wholesaling wines and spirits since Walter Hicks founded the business in 1851. Water Hicks’ great-grandson, Tim Harvey, expanded the wine division significantly, joining the company in 1948. The Hicks family's involvement continued with James Staughton, great-great-grandson of Walter Hicks, who joined St Austell’s wine and spirits arm in 1980 before serving as CEO of the St Austell Brewery until 2020. St Austell holds its stock in a purpose-built bonded warehouse, enabling the company to deliver direct to order. The company has five distribution depots across the South West and is the leading wholesale drinks supplier to the licensed hospitality sector in the region, delivering beers, ciders, minerals, wines, spirits, and soft drinks to over 3,000 customers. In 2023, St Austell Brewery expanded its wholesale business into South Wales.

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