Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

tsk, dicki, burton was the seat of english beer excellence once upon a time; it's only when inbev and coors got their teeth into the established breweries that pishwater was started to be brewed. to whit, a proud roll-call:

"Here follows a roughly chronological list of known brewers and brewing companies in Burton:[3] This lists owners rather than breweries because a brewery is a building - some brewers had more than one brewery and brewery buildings sometimes changed hands. In addition to companies started from scratch in the town, there were also pre-existing brewers from outside Burton who moved into the town in the 1870s.
Benjamin Printon 1708 - bought by James Musgrave 1729
James Musgrave (and sons) 1729 - bought by John Greaves 1803
Samuel and William Sketchley c1741- bought by Benjamin Wilson 1790
Benjamin Wilson 1743- bought by nephew Samuel Allsopp 1807
Joseph Clay c1751- passed to Thomas Salt 1813
Charles Leeson c1753-1800
William Worthington 1760- bought by Bass 1927
Thomas Morecroft
Thomas Dicken
William Bass 1777- bought by Coors 2000
Henry Evans 1790 - settled on son-in-law William Worthington
John Walker Wilson -1790
Hill and Sherratts c1780 –partnership dissolved 1820, bought by Lewis Meakin 1822
John Greaves 1803- went bankrupt 1815 – run by Mason and Gilbertson by 1830
Samuel Allsopp 1807- merged with Ind Coope 1934
Thomas Salt 1813- acquired by Bass 1927
Lewis Meakin 1822- acquired by Charrington 1872
Charles Hill
Mason and Gilbertson 1830-
John Marston 1834- merged with Thompson 1898
Saunders 1837-
Burton Brewery Company 1842- bought by Worthington 1915
Ind Coope 1856 - went into receivership in 1909 and merged with Allsopp in 1934
Charrington (Head & Co) existing London brewer 1872 - ceased brewing in Burton 1926
Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co existing London brewer 1873-1971
Mann, Crossman & Paulin existing London brewer 1874 - merged with Watney 1958
Peter Walker 1876- acquired by Bass 1923
Sydney Evershed pre 1880- merged with Marston Thompson 1909
John Thompson pre 1880- merged with Marston 1898
John Bell & Co. pre 1880- bought by Thomas Salt 1901
Henry Boddington & Co existing Manchester brewer - bought by Everard 1892
James Eadie 1854 - Bought by Bass 1933
Thomas Sykes 1881- taken over by Everard 1898
William Everard existing Leicester brewer 1892-1985
Marston and Thompson 1898- merged with Evershed to form Marston Thompson Evershed 1909
Marston Thompson Evershed 1909-1999 bought by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries PLC The Marston's Brewery also produces Bass under licence from InBev
Coors Brewers Limited - Bought from InBev in 2000. UK arm of Molson Coors Brewing Company a brewery from the United States
Burton Bridge Brewery, a local company
Tower Brewery, a new microbrewery
Cottage Brewery, based in the Old Cottage Inn

Other brewers existing in 1880 included the following:[4]
Bindley & Co
Bowler Bros
Carter Victoria Brewery
Clayton & Co
Cliff & Co
Cooper & Co
Edwin Dawson & Co
Richard A. Eddie
Green & Clarkson.
Frederick Heap
Frederick C Hill
Pegge & Co
James Porter & Sons
Robinson & Co
A.B. Walker & Co.

A further three brewers are listed in 1898:
Beard Hill & Co
Burton & Lincoln Brewery
Trent Brewery Co"

it's the water, drawn from the local aquifers, which are fed from the surrounding hills, that gives burton water it's unique qualities that help the brewing process, hence the term burtonization, for enriching water with minerals found in burton's catchment.

tldr - don't disrespeck burton!