Brains (SA Brain & Company Ltd) is a regional brewery founded in 1882 in Cardiff, Wales by Samuel Arthur Brain. The company owns over 250 pubs across South Wales, Mid Wales, the West Country and particularly in Cardiff. The company took over the Llanelli brewery Crown Buckley in 1997, and the Hancocks Brewery in 1999, moving to its current location, behind Cardiff Central Station, in 2000. The Old Brewery, in Cardiff City Centre, has been develop...
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Brains (SA Brain & Company Ltd) is a regional brewery founded in 1882 in Cardiff, Wales by Samuel Arthur Brain. The company owns over 250 pubs across South Wales, Mid Wales, the West Country and particularly in Cardiff. The company took over the Llanelli brewery Crown Buckley in 1997, and the Hancocks Brewery in 1999, moving to its current location, behind Cardiff Central Station, in 2000. The Old Brewery, in Cardiff City Centre, has been developed into a modern bar and restaurant complex.
The company produces a range of beers under the Brains, Buckleys and Hancocks brand names.
Brains use shirt sponsorship for the Welsh rugby union team and the Celtic Crusaders as part of their marketing strategy.
The company was founded in 1882 by Samuel Arthur Brain and his uncle Joseph Benjamin Brain, when, due to the owners' debts, they acquired The Old Brewery in Cardiff from Thomas Brothers. A portion of the structure had existed since 1713, and brewing had been carried on there since at least...
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