tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post3077627129418069924..comments2024-03-28T03:54:26.782-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Aitken's Ale in Australia (part two)Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-80813260219385622452014-03-09T20:11:54.073-07:002014-03-09T20:11:54.073-07:00Thomas Aitken commenced brewing in Geelong, Victor...Thomas Aitken commenced brewing in Geelong, Victoria, Australia late in 1851. He'd been in the colony since 1842. He shifted to a brewery in Melbourne in 1853 and from there opened his large brewery in East Melbourne in July the following year. This successful brewery was purchased by the Carlton Brewery in 1905 and amalgamated to form CUB in May 1907. I'm currently writing the history of brewing in Victoria and would like to know if Thomas Aitken was related in any way to the Aitkens of Falkirk. Happy to exchange detailed information with any english brewery historians.Andrew Baileynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-12282461328432715532012-03-08T16:31:12.052-08:002012-03-08T16:31:12.052-08:00Aitkens brewery was better known as the Victorian ...Aitkens brewery was better known as the Victorian Brewery. it merged with several other brewerys in 1906 (Carlton, Foster, Castlemaine, McCrackens, Shamrock) to Form the Carlton United Brewery's. The Famous aussie beer VB stands for Victoria Brewery and was first brewed in the 1880'sBen Lawrencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-57536533554522564602012-02-16T04:06:25.647-08:002012-02-16T04:06:25.647-08:00Korev and anonymous, thanks very much for that inf...Korev and anonymous, thanks very much for that information. I'm amazed that the brewery lasted until 1983. Hell, I was there just a few years after it closed. The building is pretty obvious, too. Especially the "Victoria Brewery" sign on it.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-48565886603979434912012-02-16T03:04:49.913-08:002012-02-16T03:04:49.913-08:00Address
388-442 Victoria Parade EAST MELBOURNE
Cl...Address<br />388-442 Victoria Parade EAST MELBOURNE<br /><br />Closed 1983<br /><br />http://www.nattrust.com.au/trust_register/search_the_register/victoria_breweryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-91110290476342380402012-02-16T01:12:43.202-08:002012-02-16T01:12:43.202-08:00According to the CUB history closed in 1983
http:...According to the CUB history closed in 1983<br />http://cub.com.au/history/1980s/<br /><br />http://www.walkingmelbourne.com/building317_victoria-brewery.html<br />Address 388-442 Victoria Parade now used for apartments cheersKorevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837121239930238616noreply@blogger.com