St. Austell Brewery Co. Ltd tin tray dating from the 1960s.<\/p>\n
Walter Hicks<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1851 founder Walter Hicks mortgaged his farm to set up a new family business in St. Austell. Walter Hicks & Co. Ltd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In 1910 the business was registered as Walter Hicks & Co. Ltd. The St. Austell Brewery Co. Ltd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Walter Hicks & Co. Ltd merged with Christopher Ellis & Son Ltd of Hayle in 1934 forming the St. Austell Brewery Co. Ltd. Brewing ceased at Hayle in the same year. The manufacturer’s mark states – Reginald Corfield Ltd Lombard Road. London. S.W.19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" St. Austell Brewery Co. Ltd tin tray dating from the 1960s.
\nWalter started as a modest wine merchant and maltster before leasing the Seven Stars Inn on East Hill in St. Austell in 1863 where he learnt to brew.
\nIn 1867 Walter purchased the freehold of the London Inn where he established a modern steam brewery. The building still stands as Tregonissey House.
\nThe business rapidly outgrew its original site, leading to its relocation on Tregonissey Lane in 1893, where the St. Austell Brewery remains today.<\/p>\n
\nTragedy struck in 1911 when Walter’s son, also named Walter, died in a motorcycle accident. Walter had been running the brewery and his death forced his father to return to the business at the age of 82.
\nIn 1914 Walter Hicks & Co. Ltd acquired T Henwood & Sons of Padstow. The brewery was closed in the same year. Walter ran the brewery until his death in 1916 when his was succeeded by his daughter, Hester Parnall.
\nHester was a driven businesswoman with a fierce reputation. It was she who grew the business and shaped its future.
\nShe was Chairman of the Company until she died in 1939.
\nIn 1923 the Company purchased the North Cornwall Brewery Co. Ltd of Poundstock with 2 public houses.<\/p>\n
\nIn 1943 St. Austell Brewery Co. Ltd purchased 6 of the tied houses of Sydney Hatch of Penryn.
\nIn 2001 the Company’s Head Brewer, Roger Ryman, rebranded a pale ale called ‘Daylight Robbery’ to ‘Tribute’ bitter, which is now the Company’s flagship beer.
\nBath Ales Ltd brewery, with its tied houses, was purchased in 2016. Here the Company invested in the Hare Brewery, a state-of-the-art production site that was opened in 2018.
\nIn the same year St. Austell’s Small Batch Brewery became the centrepiece of its Visitor Centre.
\nRoger Ryman died in 2020 and he was succeeded by Georgina Young who had been Head Brewer at the Bath Ales Brewery.
\nSt. Austell Brewery Co. Ltd is still brewing independently with 190 pubs, inns and hotels spread across the West Country.<\/p>\n
\nThe brewery is based in St Austell, Cornwall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[379],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5416","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-england-1960s","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\/5416","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=5416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5416"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5416"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}