I've absolutely no idea what any of their beers were like. Doubtless better than the stuff churned out by Runcorn.
Bent
Liverpool,
Merseyside.
Founded: 1810
Closed: 1975
Tied houses: 514
Bought in 1967 by Bass Charrington, soon after its formation. One of the breweries closed to make room for Runcorn.
| beer | style | format | OG | description |
| Red Label Stout | Stout | bottled | 1045.2 |
Case
Barrow-in-Furness,
Cumbria.
Founded: 1860
Closed: 1972
Tied houses: 60
Bought by Hammond's United Breweries Ltd. 1959. One of the smallest breweries operated by Bass Charrington.
Catterall & Swarbrick
Blackpool,
Lancashire.
Founded: 1871
Closed: 1971
Tied houses: 104
Bought by Northern Breweries in 1961.
The above is an excerpt from my latest book, "Keg!".
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Beer is still brewed in part of the old Bent's Brewery in Stone, Staffs by Lymestone Brewery
Bents seem an interesting brewery, and some great info on them and wonderful beer labels on the Brewery History Society pages. Any recipes available? King Hal Pale Ale, Old Tom, and the Imperial Stout look super interesting - although the Coronation Ale, Yeoman Ale, and the Special Gold Bitter sound great too. And a brown ale. What a line up!
https://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php/Bent%27s_Brewery_Co._Ltd
What sort of stout was red label stout.
Oscar
Ron has a couple of tables that feature Red Label Stout in his 2015 series on bottled stout in the 1950's - OG, FG, ABV etc. - two versions from 54 and 59 (I googled Bents Red Label Stout)
And an advert from 1957 came up as well that describes red label stout as 'Sweet! Strong! Delicious!'
Interesting that they brewed an imperial stout.
Oscar
So milk stout.
Oscar
Ron, are you going to come back to this great series? So far as I can see you haven't finished Bass Charrington, there is still M&B and Charringtons to go, then there is Courage, Watney Mann, Whitbread, S&N and Guinness and their various subsidiaries still to go.
I had been intending to leave there as I've finished and published "Keg!:. Sort of as an incentive to buy the book. Anyone else interested in seeing it continued?
Yes, keep it up!
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