Joseph Holt's Brewery
Joseph Holt is a brewery in Manchester, England founded in 1849. Holt's claims to be the only brewery still selling beer in hogsheads - 54 gallon barrels.
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[edit] History
Joseph Holt, the son of a weaver,[1] was born in 1813 in Unsworth, a textile village north of Manchester. He began work in Manchester as a carter in Harrison's Strangeways Brewery. In 1849 he married Catherine Parry, who helped him finance a small brewery behind a pub on Oak Street, Manchester.[1]
In 1860, he purchased the current brewery site on Empire Street, Cheetham.[1] His reputation in Manchester endures; in 2007, readers of the Manchester Evening News voted him "People's Champion" in the "Greatest ever Business Leaders" awards.[2] In 1882, Joseph passed control of the breweries to his son Edward, by which time he had established a chain of 20 public houses; he became Sir Edward Holt and Lord Mayor of Manchester in 1908. Edward died in 1928 and the company was passed to his son, Edward; it is still in the hands of the same family.[1] For more than thirty years, Peter Kershaw, a former rackets and real tennis champion and a notoriously frugal man, was chairman of the brewery.[3] His son, Richard Kershaw, the great grandson of the original founder,[1] joined him on the board in 1980 and, since the death of his father in 2000,[3] is the Chief Executive.
There are 127 Holt's pubs in Greater Manchester.[1][clarification needed]
[edit] Products
Holt's public houses offer a selection of Holt's draught, bottled and canned alcoholic beverages.
- Draught
- Joseph Holt's Bitter
- Joseph Holt's Mild
- Joseph Holt's Smooth (Nitrokeg bitter)
- Joseph Holt's Black (Nitrokeg mild)
- Joseph Holt's Crystal
- Joseph Holt's Crystal Cold
- Joseph Holt's Diamond
- Bottled
- Humdinger
- 1849
- Touchwood
- Maple Moon
- Sixex
- Thunderholt
- Fifth Sense
- Two Hoots
- Bitter
- Canned
- Holt's Bitter
- Holtenbrau
Holt's is one of only a few remaining UK breweries able to supply their beers in Hogsheads[4], the largest barrel size, carrying 432 pints (54 gallons) and weighing roughly 660 lbs when full.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Moore, Sheryl (18 April 2006). "Joseph Holt". Manchester Evening News. http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/business/s/210944_joseph_holt. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ "Free Holt's beer with the M.E.N". Manchester Evening News. 4 October 2007. http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/entertainment/s/1018551_free_holts_beer_with_the_men. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Peter Kershaw". The Daily Telegraph. 15 July 2000. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1348555/Peter-Kershaw.html. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ Anon. "Joseph Holt Brewery, Manchester, United Kingdom". Net Resources International. http://www.foodprocessing-technology.com/projects/holtbrewery/. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
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