Brewery Georges & Co. Ltd.

The Changing Face of Bristol over the past 100 years including 3000 free to view photographs on-line
My Bristol Website

This non commercial 'hobby' site, has been evolving and expanding on line since 2001 and is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only.

A photographic record of 1788 - 1961 The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Ltd. 173 years of brewing

In February 1888 Georges’ became incorporated under the name of “The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Ltd.” over the following years several local breweries were acquired by the company.

1889 James & Pierce, The Bedminster Brewery

1911 R. W. Miller & Company, The Stokes Croft Brewery

1912 Messrs. Hall & Sons, The Lodway Brewery at Pill

1918 John Arnold & Sons, The Wickwar Brewery

1919 The Welton (Somerset) Breweries Limited

1923 The Bath Brewery Company Limited

1926 Slade’s Brewery, Chippenham

1932 The Ashton Gate Brewery Company Limited

1956 Bristol United Breweries Limited

In 1919 the brewery was expanded with the purchase of premises on the Counterslip previously used as a granary by Messrs. Perry & Sons. 1919 also saw the acquisition of the Talbot Hotel on the corner of Bath Street and Victoria Street which was converted into the company’s offices. By 1932 the annual output of the brewery was about 250,000 barrels and the bottling plant had the capacity to produce 100,000 bottles of beer daily, one year’s supply of hops was the produce of 500 acres and the amount of barley used was 300,000 bushels which was about half the total amount produced in Somerset.

Just before the war the company owned and controlled over 1000 public houses in Bristol and the west country. In 1961 the Bristol Brewery was taken over by Courage & Barclay Limited and was closed in 1999. Parts of the brewery complex have since been demolished and replaced with luxury flats.

72 photos | 1,094 views

items are from between 16 Nov 2007 & 01 Dec 2007.