King and Barnes
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King and Barnes is the name of a former family owned English brewery
, based in Horsham
, Sussex
.
The company was taken over in 2000 by Hall and Woodhouse. The brewery building was sold off and demolished for housing. The pubs are now managed by Hall and Woodhouse, while the Hall and Woodhouse Badger Brewery acquired the rights to the King & Barnes brand names. The brewery's cask ales
were very popular in the local area; while King & Barnes had also gained a wider reputation for their bottle-conditioned ale
s.
In May 2001 Bill King of King & Barnes formed a small brewery in Horsham - WJ King & Co. The ex-head brewer Andy Hepworth also formed a brewery in the town - Hepworth - which as well as their own brands contract brews and bottles for other companies.
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....
, based in Horsham
Horsham
Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester...
, Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
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History
The brewery was founded around 1800 as Satchell & Co. Satchell was later bought out by the maltster, James King, and the business renamed King & Sons. In 1906, another Horsham brewer, G.H. Barnes and Co, merged with King & Sons thus forming King and Barnes.The company was taken over in 2000 by Hall and Woodhouse. The brewery building was sold off and demolished for housing. The pubs are now managed by Hall and Woodhouse, while the Hall and Woodhouse Badger Brewery acquired the rights to the King & Barnes brand names. The brewery's cask ales
Cask ale
Cask ale or cask-conditioned beer is the term for unfiltered and unpasteurised beer which is conditioned and served from a cask without additional nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure...
were very popular in the local area; while King & Barnes had also gained a wider reputation for their bottle-conditioned ale
Ale
Ale is a type of beer brewed from malted barley using a warm fermentation with a strain of brewers' yeast. The yeast will ferment the beer quickly, giving it a sweet, full bodied and fruity taste...
s.
In May 2001 Bill King of King & Barnes formed a small brewery in Horsham - WJ King & Co. The ex-head brewer Andy Hepworth also formed a brewery in the town - Hepworth - which as well as their own brands contract brews and bottles for other companies.