Quote ="Backwoodsman"I think it's wonderfully ironic the way the whole drinking ,brewing industry has evolved.
When I was a kid growing up in Leeds there were several small breweries , all supplying local pubs.
From memory,they were hemingways , heys, byb and the two large breweries tetleys and whitbread. They have all vanished , obviously there is a rise in small brewers, such as osset,rudgate and a whole host of others.
[uYou can imagine a situation a few years from now when some of these successful brewers expand, the huge brewing conglomerates like Heineken will no doubt buy them and the whole process will have come full circle.[/u
Living just out side Tadcaster I use several Sam Smiths pubs, with the odd foray into York to the bluebell pub, or the swan on bishopthorpe road in York.
Both of these pubs have a good selection of real ale, my favourite is the Saltire blonde , the beer that is not the female variety.'"
Maybe not, Sharp's who brew Doombar - mentioned above - in Rock opposite Padstein in Cornwall, is now owned by the Coors group. But they have invested in the brewery to allow it to continue & expand it's real ale production.
