St Austell Brewery
St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom · Est. 1851
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Why this matters
A massive, family-owned regional brewer in the southwest, producing undisputed pub classics like Tribute.
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Beers
Tribute
Year-RoundCornish Pale Ale
Brewed with Cornish Gold malt and originally released to mark the 1999 solar eclipse, which was best seen from Cornwall. It stayed.
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Year-RoundEnglish IPA
An English brewery making a genuinely American-hopped IPA in 2006, well before that was a settled idea in Britain.
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Common questions about St Austell Brewery
- Who owns St Austell Brewery?
- St Austell Brewery is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
- Is St Austell Brewery independent?
- Yes. St Austell Brewery is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was St Austell Brewery founded?
- St Austell Brewery was founded in 1851 in St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
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