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Trust links up with Picture Gallery
The Trust is delighted to announce that is has entered into an agreement with Mary Evans Ltd the UK’s leading historical image library with five decades of experience in supplying historical and vintage images to the editorial and design markets.The...
Merry Christmas from the Trust
Lest We Forget
Wartime Beer StoriesSoldiers with Bass crate “Christmas on the Rhine” (Ref no: 86.2652.00)“Beer is the innocent pleasure of many millions, especially among those who bear the brunt today”Quintin HoggHere’s a small selection of wartime beer stories from the breweries,...
Remember Remember
Remember, remember its the the 5th of November. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Beacon Fire This huge beacon of casks and timber on the Mount was built for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1915. Find more memories in the archives https://www.nbcarchives.co.uk...
Ideal Gifts for Christmas
Only 2 months to Christmas so now is the time to order some of these beer coasters, featuring a choice of over 250 historic beer labels. Ideal gift for the beer lovers in your life and all proceeds go to the #nationalbreweryheritagetrust. Order here:...
It’s Harvest Time
It's harvest, time to bring in the barley. Malted barley gives beer its colour, malty sweet flavour, dextrin to give the beer body, protein to form a good head, and perhaps most important, the natural sugars needed for fermentation. Find out more:...
Great new web site on H & G Simonds
If you're interested in old Brewing Companies then there is a great new web site for you. It has been set up to encourage further research, archiving and accessibility to the history of the H&G Simonds Ltd Brewery of Reading, its business at home and abroad, its...
Celebrations?
GCSE results day - hopefully a cause for celebration for many. Here are a few celebration ales that have been brewed over the years. Find more special brews and labels in the National Brewery Centre Archives at http://nbcarchives.co.uk #NationalBreweryHeritageTrust...
Protective Canopy for Vehicles
Transport played an important part in the evolution of the brewing industry. From horse-drawn drays through to more modern-day vehicles. The National Brewery Centre houses a fine collection of vehicles, that includes delivery wagons, fire trucks, a double-decker bus...
Digitisation of Archive Material
Information and images from a unique collection of historic items from Britain's brewing and pub companies are now accessible on line for the first time via The National Brewery Centre Archives: https://www.nbcarchives.co.uk/ Creation of the online National Brewery...