Brewery

St Austell Brewery

St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Dossier

Who they are

Independent Cornish family brewer founded in 1851, and an acquirer in its own right — it bought Bath Ales in 2016. A craft-to-craft owner rather than a multinational, the same shape as Steam Whistle buying Beau's.

The Umbrella

Breweries in the archive (1)

Warmley, Somerset, United Kingdom

Bath Ales

Bought in 2016 by St Austell — a Cornish family brewer trading since 1851, not a conglomerate. The archive filed this as macro-owned for years, which told you a Somerset ale brand had been swallowed…

Brewery-ownedGem · 4.8%