Beamish and Crawford

Beamish and Crawford is an Irish brewery.

It was founded in 1792 in Cork by William Beamish and William Crawford. Since 2008, she is owned by the Heineken group.

History

The two founders Beamish and Crawford bought in 1792 to an existing brewery, which has been greatly expanded over the following years. The location in the Corker South Main Street ( since about 1500, according to some sources possibly) -based since at least 1650 a brewery. Thus, the Beamish & Crawford 's headquarters was at the time of closure in March 2009, the oldest brewery site in Ireland that was still in production at that.

Beamish & Crawford changed over the years hands several times - in 1962, the brewery was taken over by the Canadian company Carling O'Keefe Ltd. and sold to Scottish and Newcastle in 1995. 2008 Scottish and Newcastle in turn was taken over by the Dutch Heineken Group and the Danish Carlsberg brewery. The British and Irish business of Scottish and Newcastle is run after the acquisition by Heineken. The Irish Competition Authority gave the green light in October 2008 for the inclusion of Beamish & Crawford in the Heineken Group. 'm In December of the same year, Heineken announced that they close the headquarters of the Beamish and Crawford Brewery in March 2009 and production of the beers produced there instead in the Corker Lady's Well Brewery, are produced in the already among other Murphy's and Heineken, continue. The closure meant the end for the oldest active brewery site in Ireland and resulted in the loss of 120 jobs. After Heineken information about 40 former Beamish & Crawford employees have been transferred.

Even after the takeover by Heineken Beamish & Crawford is the only brewery that advertises aggressively in the Irish market with lower prices than the competition. The price per pint of Beamish Stout tapped or Foster's Lager was in April 2009, partly by more than a euro below the prices for other beer and Stoutsorten.

Products

The main product of Beamish & Crawford product is the Beamish Stout. It tastes a little stronger than the other two known Irish stout Guinness and Murphy's. The latter is also from Cork. There is also the less widespread variant Beamish Red - a sweet ale, which is inspired by the brands Murphy 's Irish Red and Kilkenny.

In addition to its own products, a number of international brands of beer are brewed and sold. These include Foster's, Miller and Kronenbourg 1664th