Whitbread & Co. Ltd tin tray dating from the late 1960s.<\/p>\n
Foundation of the Hythe Brewery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The brewery was founded on High Street in Hythe by James Pashley in 1669. Mackeson’s Milk Stout<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Mackeson’s Milk Stout was introduced in 1909 to celebrate the 240th anniversary of brewing in Hythe. Whitbread & Co. Ltd Takeover<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In the same year the Company, with over 100 public houses, was taken over by Whitbread & Co. Ltd. The Hythe Brewery Closure<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n It continued to be brewed at Hythe until 1968 when the brewery was closed. Interbrew UK Own the Mackeson’s Brand Name<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n After several mergers and acquisitions, the Mackeson’s brand name is now owned by Interbrew UK a subsidiary of AB InBEV. Whitbread & Co. Ltd tin tray dating from the late 1960s.
\nIt was acquired by two brothers, Henry Mackeson and William Mackeson, in 1801.
\nWhen William Mackeson died in 1821 he left his widow and nine children destitute. Henry Mackeson supported them thereafter.
\nIn 1848 the partnership, which included six members of the Mackeson family, was dissolved leaving Henry Mackeson as the sole owner of the business.
\nHenry died in 1860 and he passed a thriving business to his son, Henry Bean Mackeson.
\nLike his father, Henry Bean Mackeson ran a successful business until his death in 1894.
\nThe Company was registered as Mackeson & Co. Ltd in 1900.
\nHenry Bean Mackeson’s sons, Henry and George, embarked on a programme of modernisation, investment and expansion.
\nThey purchased land, built hotels, and built a new maltings with its own railway sidings in Canterbury.
\nIn Hythe, the brewery was upgraded with latest technology and a telephone line was added.
\nIn 1907 Mackeson & Co. Ltd acquired the Sun Brewery of Humphrey E De Trafford in Littlebourne.<\/p>\n
\nIt was patented and licensed to breweries across the country.
\nThe beer was launched with a new booklet which claimed that the beverage gave drinkers ‘energy, stoppped distension, fulness, indigestion, prevented rheumatism, and was ideal for nursing mothers and invalids’. The claims were entirely unproven.
\nMilk Stout was a runaway success and demand soon outstripped the brewery’s capacity to supply it.
\nIn 1919 the Company purchased the Moor Brewery of Charlotte Wicken in Hawkhurst.
\nDespite the success of Milk Stout, the grim years of the First World War had taken its toll on Henry and George and they decided to sell the business.
\nThe Company was acquired by H.& G.Simonds Ltd in 1920 which sold it to Jude, Hanbury & Co. Ltd in 1929.<\/p>\n
\nDuring the 1930s Mackeson’s Milk Stout was promoted by stressing the advantages for women’s health.
\nIn 1934 the registered office of Mackeson & Co. Ltd was transferred to Chiswell Street Brewery in London.
\nWhitbread’s employed an advertising agency to promote the Milk Stout brand to women, and by 1939 it accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s production.
\nThe name was changed to Mackeson’s Stout in 1942 and after the Second World War it was sold in bottles.
\nBy 1955 demand for Mackeson’s Stout was so high that Whitbread’s was forced to subcontract 20% of its bottling production.
\nBy 1960 Mackeson’s Stout accounted for half of Whitbread’s sales.<\/p>\n
\nThe brewery was demolished for housing but the offices remain on the High Street.
\nThereafter, brewing of Mackeson’s was relocated to Fremlins Ltd in Maidstone until the end of 1972, when it too was closed by Whitbread & Co. Ltd.
\nIn 1971 Mackesons Stout was first manufactured in cans.
\nSince 1972, Mackeson’s has been contract brewed at Tennant Brothers Ltd Exchange Brewery in Sheffield, Young & Co.’s Brewery Ltd in Wandsworth, the Castle Eden Brewery in County Durham, Ridley & Sons Ltd in Chelmsford, Whitbread’s own Samlesbury Brewery in Lancashire, J.W.Cameron & Co. Ltd in Hartlepool, and until recently Hyde’s Anvil Brewery Ltd in Manchester.<\/p>\n
\nIt is still brewed in the UK, USA and Trinidad, and imported into Hong Kong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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