thestig
11-05-2011, 08:59 PM
This was an organised visit with nicola 1981. Big thanks you to the people who made it possible :thumb
Fedration brewery was open in 1929
In order to keep pace with demand for its beer, the Fed installed a new brew house in 1957 that cost £450,000 and which was capable of producing 7,500 barrels a week and 50,000 bottles.
The brewery moved with the times in every way. In the 1960s, as more and more clubs opened, commercial brewers attempted to muscle in on the Fed’s trade by offering a new type of beer to clubs — tank beer
In 1980, the Fed was on the move again to a custom-built site at Dunston on the Gateshead side of the Tyne. The new brewery cost £20m and at its peak produced 10,000 barrels a week.
The decline and eventual sale of Dunston to Scottish & Newcastle in 2004 was the result of massive changes in the fabric of social life in Britain. Industry went in to sharp decline as both Tory and New Labour Governments decided financial services would form the basis for the country’s financial future. Mining communities disappeared and many clubs went with them.
Scottish and Newcastle announced closure of the Tyne Brewery on 22nd April 2004, in order to consolidate the brewing of beer and ale in the Federation Brewery site in Dunston, Gateshead, which was to pass to S&N with their £7.2m purchase of the Federation Brewery. This purchase and consolidation at Dunston created the new brewing company, Newcastle Federation Breweries.
The last production run of Newcastle Brown Ale came off the Tyne Brewery line in May 2005. Pre-production trial brews were conducted at Dunston to ensure there was no change in its distinctive taste after the move.
On 13th October 2009 it was announced by Scottish & Newcastle that it planned to close the Dunston brewery in 2010, moving production of Brown Ale to the John Smiths Brewery in Tadcaster.
It was comfirmed in 21st April 2010 the brewery was closing end of May 2010.
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Fedration brewery was open in 1929
In order to keep pace with demand for its beer, the Fed installed a new brew house in 1957 that cost £450,000 and which was capable of producing 7,500 barrels a week and 50,000 bottles.
The brewery moved with the times in every way. In the 1960s, as more and more clubs opened, commercial brewers attempted to muscle in on the Fed’s trade by offering a new type of beer to clubs — tank beer
In 1980, the Fed was on the move again to a custom-built site at Dunston on the Gateshead side of the Tyne. The new brewery cost £20m and at its peak produced 10,000 barrels a week.
The decline and eventual sale of Dunston to Scottish & Newcastle in 2004 was the result of massive changes in the fabric of social life in Britain. Industry went in to sharp decline as both Tory and New Labour Governments decided financial services would form the basis for the country’s financial future. Mining communities disappeared and many clubs went with them.
Scottish and Newcastle announced closure of the Tyne Brewery on 22nd April 2004, in order to consolidate the brewing of beer and ale in the Federation Brewery site in Dunston, Gateshead, which was to pass to S&N with their £7.2m purchase of the Federation Brewery. This purchase and consolidation at Dunston created the new brewing company, Newcastle Federation Breweries.
The last production run of Newcastle Brown Ale came off the Tyne Brewery line in May 2005. Pre-production trial brews were conducted at Dunston to ensure there was no change in its distinctive taste after the move.
On 13th October 2009 it was announced by Scottish & Newcastle that it planned to close the Dunston brewery in 2010, moving production of Brown Ale to the John Smiths Brewery in Tadcaster.
It was comfirmed in 21st April 2010 the brewery was closing end of May 2010.
http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i396/davidburnitt1/Fed%20brewery/IMG_5723.jpg
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