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Brewers of Burton. Trent Brewery, the former Everards Brewery in Anglesey Road, Burton. Burton upon Trent has a long history of brewing, at one time exporting beer throughout the world and accounting for a quarter of UK beer production; emulation of Burton water in brewing is called Burtonisation.
In 2001 helped by his family, John Mills established the Tower Brewery, continuing in the long tradition of brewing in Burton on Trent. Over a period of nine months and with a lot of hard work, John and his father Geoffrey converted the handsome water tower, in which the brewery is now based.
There are two reasons for Burton being the first choice for brewers. First, the water: Due to the water’s hardness and mineral content which is formed on its journey through the Trent valley, this is ideal for brewing pale ale.
Historically in British brewing, regional and local beer styles were heavily influenced by local water profiles. London’s high alkaline water was found to be suited to brewing darker beer styles like porters and stouts whereas Burton-on-Trent’s calcium sulphate rich water became famous for accentuating hops flavour and bitterness in pale ales.
1 lip 2004 · One of them is Burton-upon-Trent, a town of 50,000 in west-central England. How did Burton become a world brewing capital? The main reason is, literally, something in the water. The area’s water supply, which percolates up through gypsum beds, is rich in calcium and magnesium.
1 maj 2021 · We shall start with the most famous and obvious choice: brewing. Marston’s and Bass started life benefiting from Burton’s high sulphate content in the water. Burton water also has the highest calcium content of any major brewing region, the highest magnesium, and low levels of sodium and bicarbonate. A complicated calculation but is the ...
1 mar 2007 · Burton-on-Trent stands in a broad river valley carved out of ancient rock, covered with layers of sand and gravel up to sixty feet deep. Water has trickled through these beds for tens of thousands of years, depositing minerals in the gravel and sandstone.
