Liverpool

More information on the Griffin Brand trademark. McFee bought W.A.Ross in 1937 as part of the consolidation of the Guinness exporting companies and so they inherited the Griffin Brand which …

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If anybody has any idea about this label, we would be very grateful. Onno sent the image in, so I guess it was brewed by the Phoenix brewery in Amersfoort, …

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 Sim and Coventry were the forerunners of the company but we have no idea when the original partnership dissolved. Liberty Ale would imply dates of either 1918 or 1945, but …

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An early Guinness label from J.P.O’Brien, a prolific bottler and exporter who has been featured in this theme before. Once again we have to thank Dale for sending in this …

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William Adolphus Ross and his sadly unnamed brother were the founders of the business with facilities in New York, Belfast and Liverpool. I At the end of the 19th century …

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William Guinan & Co were not a major player in either the home or export markets. They did however bottle Guinness Extra Stout and Younger’s Beers as well as their …

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Another early example about which I know very little. Sorry. Salisbury Street is now a quiet residential street near Liverpool city centre. Can anybody help?

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John W Coventry seems to have bottled for the export market, but doesn’t appear to have been a bottler of Guinness or Bass. The only examples of labels from this …

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George Smith bottled in Liverpool and London. They were bought by J P O’Brien in 1909, but the Stores and Offices in Liverpool were used for a number of years …

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Another image kindly sent in by our good friend Onno which fits in very nicely with the Machen & Co label in Liverpool Bottlers #16. Again brewed by the Phoenix …

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