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

Another trio of Watney Mann breweries. Not the most inspiring set. None of them brewed any cask in the 1970s. So, obviously, I never drank ant beer from any of them. In the 1970a. I might have drunk something from the Norwich brewery in the 1980s, when they did brew some cask.


Drybrough
Edinburgh,
London.
Founded:    1750
Closed:            1987
Tied houses:    441

Bought by Watney Mann in 1965. I don’t think their beers were the greatest. Sold to Allied Breweries in 1987 and closed immediately.

beer	style	format	OG	description
B 60/-	Pale Ale	keg	1030.8
Continental	Lager	keg	1032.8
Special Mild	Mild	keg	1034.3
Keg Heavy	Pale Ale	keg	1036.8
Export	Pale Ale	keg	1041.8

Manns
Whitechapel,
London.
Founded:    1808
Closed:            1979
Tied houses:    

Bought by Watney in 1958 to replace their Stag Brewery.

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

Morgan
Norwich,
Norfolk.
Founded:    1720
Closed:            1986
Tied houses:    450

Bought by Watney Mann in 1963. Along with the other two Norwich breweries. Brewed no cask in the 1970s, but did bring it back in the 1980s.

beer	style	format	OG	description
Norwich Bitter	Pale Ale	keg
Norwich Mild	Mild	keg