Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd tin tray dating from the 1980s.<\/p>\n
The Early Years of the Knowle Spring Brewery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Timothy Taylor established his business on Cook Lane in the centre of Keighley in 1858, brewing in partnership with James Shakleton and John Naylor. Timothy Taylor Ltd Registration<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The business was registered as Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd in 1929. The manufacturer’s mark states – Salesprint Temple Group Birmingham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd tin tray dating from the 1980s.
\nThe partnership purchased its first public house, the Volunteer’s Arms, in 1859.
\nIn 1863 Timothy Taylor bought out his partners and built the Knowle Spring Brewery and maltings, with the financial assistance of his father-in-law, Robert Aked.
\nRobert Henry Taylor, the eldest son of Timothy, joined the business in 1881, and he was joined by his brother, Percy Taylor a few years later.
\nIn 1894 the Company sank a deep well, and as a result the brewhouse was extended.
\nTimothy Taylor died in 1898 leaving his sons to form a new partnership to run the brewing business.
\nIn 1911 a new fermentation vessel was built to meet the Company’s sales growth.
\nWith most of the Company’s able bodied men fighting abroad in the First World War, Robert and Percy took it turns to brew their beers.
\nIn 1928 Timothy Taylor’s won its first brewing championship award but also put the Knowle Spring Brewery up for sale.
\nSamuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd’s bid to buy the brewery was withdrawn and although brewing continued, the firm stopped its malting activities.<\/p>\n
\nRobert Henry Taylor died in 1931 and his son, Philip Taylor, who had joined the brewery in 1923, became a director. Percy Taylor became the Company’s chairman.
\nPhillips brother, Sidney Taylor, joined the business in the mid-1930s, as did their cousin, John Aked Taylor in 1937.
\nIn 1952 Philip Taylor introduced the Company’s famous Landlord Beer which became its flagship beer.
\nPercy Taylor died in 1953 and Phillip became the chairman.
\nIn 1956 the Company acquired 7 public houses from E.Parker & Co. Brewers Ltd of Haworth. This was its largest single purchase in its history.
\nTimothy Taylor’s acquired and installed a brewhouse purchased from the closed Oldham Brewery Co. Ltd in 1991, starting a 20 year investment programme to cater for Landlord beer’s growing popularity.
\nTimothy Taylor & Co. Ltd continued to win awards for the quality of its ales during every decade from its first award in the 1920s and becoming Challenge Cup Winners in 1960, 1968 and 1972.
\nIt remains as an independent brewer with 19 public houses.<\/p>\n
\nThe Knowle Spring Brewery is based in Keighley, West Yorkshire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[381],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4320","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-england-1980s","8":"first","9":"outofstock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=4320"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4320"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}