Robinson’s Brewery Ltd Ceramic Jug

Robinson's Brewery Ltd ceramic jug dating from the 1900s.

Worthington & Robinson

In 1842 Thomas Robinson became a partner with William Worthington, son of the founder of Worthington's Brewery in Burton-on-Trent, which traded as Worthington & Robinson.
The partnership remained until 1863 when it was dissolved.
In that year Thomas Robinson built the Union Street Brewery, and by 1869 it was trading as Thomas Robinson & Co.
Roninson died in 1875 and in the 1880s his brewery was purchased by James Porter, who had been brewing at the Bryan Brothers Dale Brewery in Burton-on-Trent. Brewing ceased at Dale Street and production was concentrated at Union Street.

Merger with the Myrtle Brewery in Liverpool

James Porter was also a partner in the Myrtle Brewery of Sykes, Porter & Co. in Liverpool.
In 1896 the Company was re-registered as Robinson's Brewery Ltd and the Union Street Brewery was merged with Sykes, Porter & Co.'s Myrtle Brewery with 109 tied houses.
In 1897 the Company acquired Cook Brothers Ltd's Soho Brewery in Liverpool.

Ind, Coope & Co. Ltd Takeover

In 1920 the shares of Robinson's Brewery Ltd, with its breweries and 135 tied houses, were purchased by Ind, Coope & Co. Ltd.
Brewing ceased in Burton-on-Trent and Liverpool in 1929, however Ind Coope continued to use the Cook Street site until the 1950s.
The Burton-on-Trent site was cleared between 1968 and 1970 when it became a shopping precinct.

The manufacturer's mark states - Mintons Estd 1793 England