The History
In the 1840s Charles James Philips and James Wigan acquired Mortlake Brewery, which had existed since the 15th century.
In 1889 the brewery was acquired by James Watney & Co., which in 1898 became Watney Combe & Reid after acquiring Messrs.Combe Delafield and Co.and Messrs. Reid and Co. When Watney's Stag Brewery in Victoria, London, was demolished in 1959, the name became officially applied to Mortlake Brewery. Being the last phase of The Boat Race which refers to all the traditional local names, it is still widely referred to as the Mortlake Brewery.
The brewery became part of Scottish Courage, briefly part of Heineken and was then divested to Anheuser-Busch Europe Ltd as it produced the company's Budweiser pale lager. In January 2009,Anheuser-Busch InBev said that the company was proposing to close the Stag Brewery in 2010 as a result of a merger between InBev and Anheuser-Busch.In November 2015, it was announced that the site had been sold for £158m to Reselton – part of Singapore’s City Developments, which also bought the former Teddington Studios. The brewery closed in December 2015. Anheuser-Busch InBev said it would fully vacate the site in 2016 which could see 850 apartments built on the 22-acre location.
The Explore
This one had been on the cards for a while, So one sunny Saturday afternoon, Myself, @slayaaaa, @oakley and a non-member headed over to the opposite side of London and decided to take on the brewery. After checking out various possible entry points we actually ended up talking the simplest one, albeit a little blatant, but it worked and we were in the grounds. Now getting in the buildings was a different story, everything below 8 foot high was solidly boarded.
The first building we entered was the powerhouse which was like the rest of the site, still pretty mint with a pretty nice control room, and staircase.
Once we were done in there we made our way over the walkway into the other side of the site where we had a good mooch around the Brewhouse, the labs, the chip cellar and finally the finishing cellar.
The total cleanliness of the place was something else, all the stainless tubes and tanks are still immaculate and it was almost like walking around a brand new building.
Enjoy the pics and go visit it if you are in the area
In the 1840s Charles James Philips and James Wigan acquired Mortlake Brewery, which had existed since the 15th century.
In 1889 the brewery was acquired by James Watney & Co., which in 1898 became Watney Combe & Reid after acquiring Messrs.Combe Delafield and Co.and Messrs. Reid and Co. When Watney's Stag Brewery in Victoria, London, was demolished in 1959, the name became officially applied to Mortlake Brewery. Being the last phase of The Boat Race which refers to all the traditional local names, it is still widely referred to as the Mortlake Brewery.
The brewery became part of Scottish Courage, briefly part of Heineken and was then divested to Anheuser-Busch Europe Ltd as it produced the company's Budweiser pale lager. In January 2009,Anheuser-Busch InBev said that the company was proposing to close the Stag Brewery in 2010 as a result of a merger between InBev and Anheuser-Busch.In November 2015, it was announced that the site had been sold for £158m to Reselton – part of Singapore’s City Developments, which also bought the former Teddington Studios. The brewery closed in December 2015. Anheuser-Busch InBev said it would fully vacate the site in 2016 which could see 850 apartments built on the 22-acre location.
The Explore
This one had been on the cards for a while, So one sunny Saturday afternoon, Myself, @slayaaaa, @oakley and a non-member headed over to the opposite side of London and decided to take on the brewery. After checking out various possible entry points we actually ended up talking the simplest one, albeit a little blatant, but it worked and we were in the grounds. Now getting in the buildings was a different story, everything below 8 foot high was solidly boarded.
The first building we entered was the powerhouse which was like the rest of the site, still pretty mint with a pretty nice control room, and staircase.
Once we were done in there we made our way over the walkway into the other side of the site where we had a good mooch around the Brewhouse, the labs, the chip cellar and finally the finishing cellar.
The total cleanliness of the place was something else, all the stainless tubes and tanks are still immaculate and it was almost like walking around a brand new building.
Enjoy the pics and go visit it if you are in the area
