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| Company type | PLC |
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| Industry | Hospitality |
| Founded | 1807 |
| Headquarters | Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
Key people | Daniel Thwaites (founder) Anne Yerburgh (chairman) |
| Products | Food and beverage |
| Revenue | £162.7m (2007)[1] |
| Website | http://www.thwaites.co.uk/ |
Thwaites Brewery is a regional brewery founded in 1807 by Daniel Thwaites in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, now located near Mellor in the Ribble Valley.[2] Part of the company was sold to Marston's in 2015,[3] and the original brewery was demolished in 2019.[4] Thwaites still produces beer on a smaller scale.
In 1999, the Mitchell Brewery in Lancaster closed down and was bought in part by Thwaites. Lancaster Bomber, an ale named in honour of the Avro Lancaster, has since been available from Thwaites public houses after being acquired in the takeover and is now brewed by Marston's, as is Wainwright, another Thwaites beer.[5]
The company has over 270 pubs, mainly in the North of England.
The Brewery invested heavily in nitrokeg beers in the 1990s,[6] but is now working to increase the market for its cask beers.[7] Thwaites unveiled their new craft brewery in 2011.[8]
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