Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd Round Tin

Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd tin tray dating from the early 1960s. In 1960 Scottish Brewers Ltd merged with Newcastle Breweries Ltd to form Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd. At that time Scottish Brewers Ltd owned three breweries, the Fountain Brewery of William McEwan & Co. Ltd, the Holyrood Brewery of William Younger & Co. Ltd, both based in Edinburgh, and the Red Tower Lager Brewery Co. Ltd, based in Manchester. Newcastle Breweries Ltd also owned two breweries, the Tyne Brewery based in Newcastle, and the Duddingston Brewery, formely owned by Robert Deuchar Ltd, based in Edinburgh. Soon after the merger the Duddingston Brewery was closed, although its maltings continued to be used by S&N until the early 1970s. The Red Tower Brewery was renamed the Royal Moss Side Brewery in 1961. The Abbey Brewery, a dormant building once owned by William Younger & Co. Ltd, was redeveloped as S&N's new Head Office in Edinburgh. The Holyrood Brewery was closed in 1986. The Company continued its expansion and purchased the Home Brewery Co. Ltd of Nottingham, with 447 public houses, in 1986, and Matthew Brown & Co. Ltd of Blackburn, in 1987. The acquisition of Matthew Brown & Co. Ltd included the brewery of T. & R.Theakston Ltd which S&N sold back to the family in 2003. After the purchase of Courage Ltd in 1995 the Company became the UK's biggest brewer and was renamed Scottish Courage Ltd. Part of the deal included ownership of John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery Co. Ltd, the state-of-the-art Berkshire Brewery of Reading, and the Cork brewery of Beamish & Crawford Ltd, in Ireland. In 1996 the Home Brewery Co. Ltd was closed and further brewery closures included the Fountain Brewery in 2004 and the Tyne Brewery in 2005. All brewing from the Tyne Brewery was transferred to the Northern Clubs Federation Brewery in Gateshead which had been purchased in 2004. In 2006 the Company name reverted back to Scottish & Newcastle UK Ltd which purchased the Caledonian Brewery Co Ltd of Edinburgh in 2008 to replace the Fountain Head Brewery. S&N was acquired jointly by Heineken and Carlsberg in 2008 and in 2009 the Company name changed to Heineken UK Ltd. Although the Federation Brewery and the Berkshire Brewery were closed by Heineken UK Ltd in 2010, John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery, the Royal Moss Side Brewery, the Caledonian Brewery, and Cork Brewery are still operating. The manufacturer's mark states - 6 MB Made in Great Britain