Harveys Brewery
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wine merchant, see John Harvey & SonsJohn Harvey & SonsJohn Harvey & Sons was a wine merchant, started by John Harvey in Bristol, England in 1796, and specializing in importing Spanish and Portuguese wines. During the 1860s and 1880s, in the company's cellars John Harvey II and his brother Edward Harvey developed the world’s first cream sherry now...
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Harveys Brewery (Harvey & Son (Lewes) Ltd.) is a brewery
Brewery
A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
situated in Lewes
Lewes
Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England and historically of all of Sussex. It is a civil parish and is the centre of the Lewes local government district. The settlement has a history as a bridging point and as a market town, and today as a communications hub and tourist-oriented town...
, in the county of East Sussex
East Sussex
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As of 2008, Harvey's estate includes 50 tied house
Tied house
In the UK a tied house is a public house that is required to buy at least some of its beer from a particular brewery. This is in contrast to a free house, which is able to choose the beers it stocks freely.- Definition of "tied" :...
s, almost all in East Sussex and neighbouring counties. It distributes its main product Sussex Best, a bitter
Bitter (beer)
Bitter is an English term for pale ale. Bitters vary in colour from gold to dark amber and in strength from 3% to 7% alcohol by volume.-Brief history:...
, to many more pubs in that area.
It was under the management of John Harvey (1784–1862) that the Bridge Wharf Brewery was established on its present site by the River Ouse
River Ouse, Sussex
The River Ouse is a river in the counties of West and East Sussex in England.-Course:The river rises near Lower Beeding and runs eastwards into East Sussex, meandering narrowly and turning slowly southward...
, overlooking Cliffe Bridge, Lewes
Lewes
Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England and historically of all of Sussex. It is a civil parish and is the centre of the Lewes local government district. The settlement has a history as a bridging point and as a market town, and today as a communications hub and tourist-oriented town...
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The lack of apostrophe ("Harveys" not "Harvey's") appears to be deliberate since it is consistently lacking across all official Harveys materials.
History
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Georgian era
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brewery was rebuilt and this portion, the Tower and Brew House, dominates the scene from Cliffe Bridge. This is a beautiful example of a country brewery in Victorian era
Victorian era
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Gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
design. Behind it stands the other half of the brewery, the Georgian fermenting room, cellars and Vat House. The fermenting room and cellars structurally have remained unchanged although they now house a modern plant and equipment. The same applies to the Brew House, but the Vat House has now been converted into a modern bottling hall.
In 1984, a second brewing line was completed, doubling the production capacity from 25,000 to 50,000 barrels a year. The building for this new plant has been added in front of the Tower in a similar Gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
style, right down to the arched ironwork window.
Today, Harveys remains an independent, family company—Harvey & Son (Lewes) Ltd—with a seventh generation of John Harvey's descendants involved in its affairs.
Beers
CASK
Peripheral plasma membrane protein CASK is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CASK gene. This gene is also known by several other names: CMG 2 , calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase 3 and membrane-associated guanylate kinase 2.-Genomics:This gene is located on the short arm of...
-conditioned and bottled ales. In both cases, there is a range which is always available ("all-year"), and then a selection of "seasonal" ales.
- Cask-conditioned
- "All-year" Brews (Original Gravity / Alcohol by volumeAlcohol by volumeAlcohol by volume is a standard measure of how much alcohol is contained in an alcoholic beverage .The ABV standard is used worldwide....
)- Sussex Best Bitter (OG 1036°–1040° / abv 4.0%)
- Sussex Pale Ale (OG 1030°–1034° / abv 3.5%)
- Armada Ale (OG 1044°–1048° / abv 4.5%)
- Mild Ale (OG 1028°–1032° / abv 3.0%)
- Seasonal brews (Alcohol by Volume / Availability)
- Porter (abv 4.8% / March)
- Knots of May Mild (abv 3% / May)
- Copperwheat (abv 4.8% / June)
- Tom Paine (abv 5.5% / July)
- Southdown Harvest (abv 5.5% / September)
- Old Ale (abv 4.3% / October 1–May 1)
- Bonfire Boy (abv 5.8% / November)
- Christmas Ale (abv 8.1% / December–early January)
- "All-year" Brews (Original Gravity / Alcohol by volume
- Bottled
- "All-year" brews (Original Gravity / Alcohol by Volume)
- Blue Label
- India Pale Ale
- "All-year" brews (Original Gravity / Alcohol by Volume)
Awards
In 2005 and 2006, Harveys Best won the Best Bitter category at the Campaign for Real AleCampaign for Real Ale
The Campaign for Real Ale is an independent voluntary consumer organisation based in St Albans, England, whose main aims are promoting real ale, real cider and the traditional British pub...
(CAMRA) Great British Beer Festival
Great British Beer Festival
The Great British Beer Festival is a yearly beer festival organised by the Campaign for Real Ale . It presents a selection of cask ales and other alcoholic drinks from the UK and beyond. The festival is also home to the Champion Beer of Britain awards...
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