tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post5114847643834298404..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: How Barclay Perkins bought Style & WinchRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-15945340276274045642015-04-08T07:56:03.501-07:002015-04-08T07:56:03.501-07:00One of my relatives remembers Style and Winch beer...One of my relatives remembers Style and Winch beers. I made a brew which he says is very similar. It was nice to bring back a few memories.Bonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-7930534831487959812014-03-06T12:35:44.022-08:002014-03-06T12:35:44.022-08:00Seems what remains of the brewery is http://www.th...Seems what remains of the brewery is http://www.theoldbrewery.biz/home/history - housing a number of small businesses.<br /><br />Spookily I am brewing there tomorrow (Friday 6th) on a 4 barrel plant!<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Oz (Rockin Robin Brewery)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-41059615480156182242014-03-06T04:22:36.157-08:002014-03-06T04:22:36.157-08:00Jeremy,
that's quite interesting. There were ...Jeremy,<br /><br />that's quite interesting. There were a lot of takeovers in the first couple of decades of the 20th century. It seems because times were tough for breweries then and many ended up in financial difficulties.<br /><br />Funnily enough I own a brewing log from the brewery.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-55697374326854981062014-03-06T03:41:24.823-08:002014-03-06T03:41:24.823-08:00Ron,
I must admit that I hadn't heard of Styl...Ron,<br /><br />I must admit that I hadn't heard of Style and Winch, but I did find this potted history. It very much looks as if they expanded aggressively themselves in the period leading up to the takeover. Perhaps they took on too much.<br /><br />"The Medway Brewery was built by William Baldwin in 1806. The company was known as "Baldwin and Holmes" in the 1850s, as "<br />;Holmes and Style" during the 1860s and as "A F Style and Company" from 1880. It was amalgamated with E Winch and Sons Limited, of the Chatham Brewery, Chatham, Kent, and incorporated as "Style and Winch Limited" on the 17th March 1899.<br /><br />Acquired: <br />- Henry Simmons, Style Place Brewery, Hadlow, Kent, 1905; <br />- H and O Vallance, The Brewery, Sittingbourne, Kent, 1905; <br />- Tooting Brewery, 1907; <br />- Ashford Breweries Limited, Lion Brewery, Ashford, Kent, 1912; <br />- Woodhams and Co Limited, Rochester Steam Brewery, Rochester, Kent, 1918; <br />- E Finn and Co Limited, Pale Ale Brewery, Lydd, Kent, 1921.<br /><br />The Company took a controlling interest in Royal Brewery Brentford Limited in 1922; and jointly with Royal Brewery acquired Dartford Brewery Company Limited in 1924.<br /><br /><br />http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=12825.0"Jeremy Drewnoreply@blogger.com