History of the Brewery

Images and text used with kind permission fromMelbourn Brothers Brewery, Stamford, Lincolnshire

It is probable that activities connected with brewing and the related industry of malting have been carried out on this site for centuries. The basis for the present brewery was established in 1825. The All Saints' Brewery was purchased by Herbert Wells Melbourn in 1869 when it was already a successful common brewery. He was soon joined by his brother, Stanley, and after having a devastating fire in 1876, the business was expanded by installing the most modern steam brewing equipment. As testimony to this traditional family brewery, they emplyed only four head brewers between 1869 and 1974 and two of those were father and son

Click on the image to see a 1968 advertisement for the brewery

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