The Directory of UK Brewers

Cain's Brewery

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Brewery Which Operates a Taproom
AddressCain's Brewery
39 Stanhope Street
Liverpool
L8 5XJ
County (see footnote)Ceremonial
Merseyside
Shire
Lancashire
Local Authority
Liverpool

A picture of Cain's Brewery

History

Brewing was originally started here in approximately 1850 by Robert Cain & Co. In 1923 they merged with Tetley Walker Ltd and brewing was switched to the Warrington site and the brewery was sold to Higson's Brewery Ltd. Higson's themselves were taken over by Boddingtons in 1985 and the brewery was closed in 1990. However, a local company, better known for the canning of beer, GB Breweries, brought the brewery for its modern canning facilities but also quickly restarted brewing cask ales under the current name. In 1991, with an injection of cash necessary, the company became a division of Bryggerigruppen A/S, the Danish brewers then more famous for Faxe. The brewery was put up for sale at the start of 2002. The brewery and pubs were taken over by West Midlands-based food and drink company Gardener-Shaw for £3.4m at the beginning of July 2002. Went into receivership in Summer 2008, but was repurchased by the original owners. Brewing was suspended in April 2013 pending major redevelopment of the site. In May 2022 brewing restarted on site. Brewing ceased again in March 2023.

Beers Brewed

We do not maintain a list of beers brewed by each brewery. There may be a list on the brewery's own website. A crowd-sourced beer list is also available on the Untappd page for this brewery. For historical information, we suggest you also visit the brewery page on the unfortunately no longer updated Beermad.



Footnote

The information contained above was believed to be correct at the date indicated. However we accept no responsibility for any false, misleading or inaccurate information within this site. We are not Cain's Brewery and have no connection with them. This is not their official web site. If you believe any of the above information to be wrong, then let us at www.quaffale.org.uk know by contacting us.

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Last Updated : 4th July 2024 by RP