Everything about Anchor Brewery Southwark totally explained
The
Anchor Brewery, Southwark, was situated off
Southwark Bridge Road and had its main entrance on Park Street, Southwark.
History
The brewery was established in
1616 by James Monger and for many years was a relatively small concern. In the
18th century it was owned by the Thrale family, who were friends of the
lexicographer Dr.
Samuel Johnson.
In
1781 the brewery was taken over by Messrs. Barclay and Perkins, who turned it into the largest brewery in the world, producing over 330,000 barrels a year in
1815.
A fire broke out at the brewery in May
1832, destroying many buildings and resulting in considerable rebuilding of the site, which turned it into something of a visitor attraction. Visitors included the
Prince of Wales, the
German statesman Otto von Bismarck,
Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte,
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, the
Austrian general Julius Jacob von Haynau, who was attacked by draymen while touring the brewery in
1850, and the
Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi in
1864.
In
1955 Barclay Perkins merged with
Courage. In
1981 the buildings were demolished and the land sold for housing, though the brewery tap, the Anchor Tavern, remains.
The brewery was famous for its Russian Stout, which continued to be brewed by
Courage and later Scottish & Newcastle until 1993.
The nearby
Anchor Terrace was built after the fire of 1832 for senior employees of the brewery and stands on top of
William Shakespeare's original
Globe Theatre.
Anchor Brewery shouldn't be confused with
Anchor Brewhouse, also in
Southwark.
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