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2 unusual facts about Moorhouse's Brewery


Moorhouse's Brewery

In the 1930s the mineral water production was sold to Thwaites Brewery.

Threlfalls Brewery

Whitbread took over the entire Threlfall's Group in 1967, including the Moorhouses soft drinks company, and the Salford site became surplus to requirement in 1999.


Adamstown, Pennsylvania

Adamstown is home to the Stoudt's Brewery, Pennsylvania's first microbrewery, which was established here in 1987.

Adrian Moorhouse

Canadian Victor Davis first encountered Adrian Moorhouse at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane when Davis took gold in the 200 m breaststroke, and Moorhouse took the gold in the 100 m breaststroke.

Alhambra Theatre, Manchester

The Alhambra Theatre in Higher Openshaw, Manchester, England, was opened in 1910, part of the H. D. Moorhouse Theatre Circuit, but it had been converted to a cinema by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.

Archipelago Brewery

The Archipelago Brewery was established in 1931 and became the first commercial brewery in Singapore, started by Becks.

Ayinger Brewery

For some years, a range of beer was brewed under the Ayingerbrau name by Samuel Smith's Brewery in Tadcaster, United Kingdom.

Bachmann's Brewery

Originally named the "Clifton Brewery", it was financed in a joint venture between Antonio Meucci and Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Beck's Brewery

Beck's summer 2009 limited-edition labels were designed by the musical groups Hard-Fi and Ladyhawke (musician).

Beck's is known for its pilsner consisting of two row spring barley from the south of England, yeast, crystal water from the "Rotenburger Rinne" and Hallertau hops from southern Germany.

Becks Prime

In 1995 Beck's Brewery pressured Becks Prime, trying to get the chain to change the name so that "Becks" would be omitted.

Bedford Blues

The kit is sponsored by three companies; The front of the team shirt by Autoglass, the sleeves by Wells Bombardier and the back by Lifesure insurance.

BurnsGroupNYC

He and his team have been responsible for building brands across a wide spectrum of marketing segments and clients such as General Mills, Procter & Gamble, Kodak, Campbell Soup, Gorton's of Gloucester, Post, Pfizer, and Beck's Brewery.

Cass Peak

The original Gothic architecture railway station in Christchurch's Moorhouse Avenue, opened in 1876, was built of red brick, with stone facings from Cass Peak as architectural elements.

Charles Wells Ltd

The Charles Wells Pub Company was formed as a distinct pub estate for Charles Wells Ltd when the parent company merged its brewing operations with London's Young's Brewery to form Wells & Young's Brewery.

Charles Wells Ltd is the holding company of the Charles Wells Pub Company, a pub chain, and of Wells & Young's, a brewing company formed from the merger of the brewing operations of Young's Brewery with Charles Wells.

Cirencester Car Club

These were sponsored by Arkell's Brewery and were a great success with the top national drivers competing.

Economy of Cornwall

There are many types of beer brewed in Cornwall, including Sharp's Brewery, Skinner's Brewery and St Austell Brewery.

Elgood's Brewery

The brewery is located on the north west bank of the River Nene, west of Wisbech's town centre.

George Macfarlan

He was in partnership with William Sefton Moorhouse, prior to Moorhouse being elected Superintendent for the Canterbury Provincial Council in May 1866 for the second time, with their office located in Cathedral Square.

George Moorhouse

The first U.S. game, a 3-0 victory over Belgium on July 13, 1930 at Parque Central in Montevideo, made Moorhouse the first native-born Englishman to play in the World Cup.

Help Wanted, Male

In addition to original music by Nero Wolfe composer Michael Small, the soundtrack includes music by Alan Moorhouse (titles), Tony Kinsey and Dick Walter.

Hendon Brewery

Messrs Michell and Aldous continued at Hendon until 1920 when the site was sold to Truman's Brewery.

Jocelyn Moorhouse

Moorhouse did her HSC year in 1978 at Vermont High School where her mother taught art, which is the same high school that Gillian Armstrong attended a few years earlier.

Joseph Holt's Brewery

Edward Holt was knighted and was a Lord Mayor of Manchester in 1908.

Justin Moorhouse

Moorhouse was a salesman for many years before contacting a comedy club, the Frog and Bucket in Oldham Street, Manchester and performing a stand up comedy routine, aged 29.

London Griffins

The ground took its name from the Griffin in the logo of Fuller's Brewery, which at one point owned the land on which the stadium was built.

Meux baronets

The Meux Baronetcy, of Theobald's Park in the County of Hertford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 September 1831 for Henry Meux, head of Meux's Brewery.

Meux's Brewery

At Henry Meux's Horse Shoe brewery in St Giles in the Fields, corroded hoops on a large vat prompted the sudden release of about 7,600 barrels of porter.

Nowell Parr

Thomas Henry Nowell Parr FRIBA (1864 – 23 September 1933) was a British architect, best known for designing pubs in west London, many of them built as the "house architect" for Fuller's Brewery, as well as buildings in Brentford, where he was surveyor and then architect to the Council from 1894 to 1907.

Oldham Brewery

More recently, Robinson's Brewery bought the brand in 2006 and OB Bitter can be found on sale in some Robinson's pubs, and as a guest beer in some others.

Roger Touhy

In 1933, Capone had corrupt law enforcement officers arrest Touhy for the kidnapping of William A. Hamm, the brewery heir.

Scott Moorhouse

Despite having to miss training to concentrate on his academic studies beforehand, his results in an IWAS Series meet in Stadskanaal in the Netherlands saw Moorhouse beat his personal best with three of his throws.

Shadow Chasers

Shadow Chasers features strait-laced British anthropologist Jonathan MacKensie (played by Trevor Eve), who is blackmailed by his department head, Dr. Julianna Moorhouse (Nina Foch) of the fictional Georgetown Institute Paranormal Research Unit (PRU), into investigating a supposed "haunting" involving a teenage boy (Bobby Fite) in return for a research grant.

Sharp's Brewery

Orchard Cider (4.5% alcohol by volume) is a Cornish kegged cider manufactured in collaboration with Cornish Orchards in Duloe.

Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Baronet

Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Baronet (28 December 1817 – 1 January 1883), was head of Meux's Brewery|Meux

St. Mary's Church, Chennai

Numerous memorial-plaques and monuments exist within the church of which two, that of Sir Barry Close, who was Adjutant General to Gen. George Harris at the Siege of Seringapatam, and gave his name to Closepet, and that of Lt. Col. Joseph Moorhouse, who was killed at the Siege of Bangalore, in the Third Anglo-Mysore War, would be of particular interest to the historian.

St. Peter's Brewery

A gluten free beer, G-Free TM was launched late in 2007 and is approved and licensed by Coeliac UK.

Stewart Regan

Regan worked in the brewing industry for 16 years, employed by John Smith, Bass and latterly Coors.

Sydenham, New Zealand

Sydenham is separated from the central city by the South Island Main Trunk Railway and Moorhouse Avenue.

Truman's Brewery

It grew steadily until the 18th century when, under the management of Benjamin Truman, and driven by the demand for Porter, it expanded rapidly and became one of the largest brewers in London.

Buxton was also responsible for one of the most famous events in Truman’s history, hosting the Cabinet Dinner of 1831, when 23 members of the cabinet including the Lord Chancellor, Henry Brougham, and the Prime Minister, Charles Grey, had dinner at the brewery.

William Henry Rhodes-Moorhouse

After travelling extensively, on 15 September 1936 at Marylebone Rhodes-Moorhouse married Amalia Demetriadi, who had been approached to be screen-tested for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in the film Gone with the Wind.

William Moorhouse

William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse, nephew of the above, first airman to be awarded the Victoria Cross


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