Interbrew shows its commitment to cask beer . . . stop laughing at the back there!

Actually you can't really say that recently Bass was being produced in the brewery that has been its home since the 1700s. Bass production has moved around quite a bit in recent decades, from the old burton unions to the newer Bass brewery that replaced them, then on into the ex Ind Coope brewery (formerly the home of DBA) and now down the road to Marstons.

Furry nuff that production of Bass has changed (from Unions to conicals now, I'm guessing? and as a hop-merchant told me a few years back, from using good English ale hops, to buying whatever is cheapest on the international market!) but as to moving production itself - I thought it had stayed pretty much on the same site?

AFAIK Bass bought the neighbouring Station Street brewery (in 1997 from Carlsberg-Tetley, the former Ind Coope & poss. Allsopps brewery?) & simply expanded the Bass brewery over the enlarged site (i.e. broadly speaking the beer has been brewed on the same site)?

A quick google search didn't confirm or deny this. Anyone have an answer?

BTW, in answer to Paul, yes I agree that big companies putting money into promoting cask ale & encouraging quality is a good thing, (doing so while also closing down cask ale breweries is IMO less good ;~)

cheers MikeMcG.

Hydes were contracted to reproduce exactly the "quality" of Boddies bitter. AIUI they have done that, and people can't tell the difference. Some hope that once the quality "restriction" ends, they might attempt to reproduce the Boddies bitter of old which some of us fondly remember. I guess it's too much to ask for them to reproduce the infinitely superior mild though...

Brian