Breweries · North West England
Robinsons Brewery
Stockport's Victorian family brewery (1838) — Old Tom, Trooper, Iron Maiden.
Gerald England — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–1.5 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round (indoors)
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Robinsons (1838) at the Unicorn Brewery in Stockport is the family Greater Manchester brewery best known for Old Tom strong ale and Trooper (the Iron Maiden-collaboration ale). Brewery tours of the original Victorian site run year-round.
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From the Wikipedia article
Robinsons Brewery is a family-run, regional brewery, founded in 1838 at the Unicorn Inn, Stockport, Cheshire, England. The company owns around 250 pubs, mostly in North West England.
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Background
History
William Robinson purchased the Unicorn Inn from Samuel Hole on 29 September 1838. His eldest son George brewed the first Robinsons Ale there in 1849. In 1859, Frederic Robinson took over from George and bought a warehouse to the rear of the inn to expand brewing capacity. As a result, Robinsons ale became available at pubs around the Stockport area. To control the quality of ale sold, Frederic began to purchase public houses. From 1878 until his death in 1890, Frederic established twelve pubs which exclusively served his ale. This was the beginning of what was to become an estate of over 300 pubs across the North West of England and North Wales. The Unicorn Brewery still rests on the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.4108, -2.1547
- District
- Stockport
- Parish
- Stockport, unparished area
- Postcode
- SK1 1ES
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stockport
- Established
- 1838
- Official site
- robinsonsbrewery.com
Sources
- manual: robinsons-brewery-stockport (manual)
- wikipedia: Robinsons Brewery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Robinsons Brewery?
- Robinsons Brewery is in North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode SK1 1ES), in the parish of Stockport, unparished area.
- When was Robinsons Brewery built?
- Built or established in 1838.
- Who owns Robinsons Brewery?
- Robinsons Brewery is owned by Frederic Robinson Ltd.
- How do I get to Robinsons Brewery?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SK1 1ES. It sits within the Stockport parliamentary constituency.