Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) Ltd ceramic ashtray dating from the 1930s.<\/p>\n
The Old Brewery Origins<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The Old Brewery was established as the Backhouse & Hartley Brewery, Tadcaster, in 1757. John Smith’s Death Splits the Business<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n On his death, John Smith left his personal estate in equal shares to his brothers Samuel and William. The Success of Samuel Smith<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n Such was the buoyancy of the brewing trade at that time, that Samuel was able to re-equip the Old Brewery and run it as a competitor of the established John Smith’s. Both continued to flourish. The manufacturer’s mark states – Regicor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) Ltd ceramic ashtray dating from the 1930s.
\nIn 1847 John Smith purchased the Old Brewery.
\nSmith’s timing was fortuitous as Pale Ales were displacing Porter as the public’s most popular style of beer, and Tadcaster’s hard water was perfect for brewing these ales. The prosperity of the 1850s and 1860s, together with the arrival of the railways, enabled John Smith to steadily expand his business.
\nIn 1873 he purchased a piece of land on which he built a brewery of considerable grandeur.
\nSadly John Smith died in 1879 and he did not see the completion of his magnificent brewery on High Street, which opened in 1883.<\/p>\n
\nSamuel continued to run the Old Brewery, whilst William took over the running of the larger brewery next door.
\nUnder the terms of John’s will, the Old Brewery would pass to the heirs of his brothers.
\nWilliam was unmarried and had no descendants, so as soon as his own brewery was complete, he transferred the stock, equipment and trade name from the the old brewery to the new one.
\nWhen William died in 1886, his nephew Samuel Smith inherited an almost empty building. William’s other nephews, Henry Herbert Riley and Frank Riley inherited the new brewery.<\/p>\n
\nIn 1923 the Company was registered as Samuel Smith Old Brewery Ltd.
\nThroughout the 20th century Samuel Smiths traded successfully but remained a much smaller Company than its neighbour.
\nThe Company is now the oldest brewer in Yorkshire operating over 200 public houses including rural, suburban, inner-city, and city-centre establishments.
\nThe firm has retained its shire horses which still deliver beer in and around Tadcaster.
\nSamuel Smiths distributes its bottled beers to the USA and Norway.
\nManaging Director, Humphrey Smith, continues to court controversy due to his frugal branding strategy, and treatment of his landlords and customers.
\nThe Company is still brewing independently.<\/p>\n
\nThe Old Brewery is based in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[265],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5255","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-ashtrays","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5255","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=5255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5255"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5255"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}