Beer Guide to the 1970s (part fifty-eight)

More lovely Watney Mann breweries. Two of which closed before I started drinking. And one whose beers I drank a bit. Without being very impressed. Ushers beers were OK, I suppose. Good enough, if there wasn't anything else on cask.

I wonder what the beers from Phipps aand Tamplin were like? Had Watney phased out cask before they closed? Did they still brew some of their old brands or was it all Watney stuff?


Phipps
Northampton,
Northamptonshire.
Founded:    
Closed:            1972
Tied houses:    1,171

Site sold to Carlsberg who built a new brewery there.

Tamplin
Brighton,
East Sussex.
Founded:         1821
Closed:            1973
Tied houses:    400

Bought by Watney in 1953. 

beer	style	format	OG	description
Red	Pale Ale	keg	1037.1	replaced Red Barrel
Manns Brown Ale	Brown Ale	bottled	1030

Usher
Trowbridge,
Wiltshire.
Founded:        1824
Closed:            2000
Tied houses:    900

Bought by Watney Mann in 1960. Brewed a fair amount of cask. The brewhouse was shipped to North Korea in 2000 to become the Taedonggang brewery. 

beer	style	format	OG	description
PA	Pale Ale	draught	1031.2	light, balanced
Best Bitter	Pale Ale	draught	1038.1	sweetish, well-balanced
Thos. Usher	Strong Ale	draught	1060	dark, well hopped

 

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