Harveys (brewery)
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| Industry | Brewing |
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| Founded | 1790 |
| Founder | John Harvey |
| Headquarters | Lewes, England |
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Area served
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South East England |
| Products | Beer |
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Number of employees
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73 |
Harvey's Brewery is a brewery in Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Harvey's estate includes 48 tied houses, mostly in Sussex, and several in London, Royal Oak, Southwark, The Cat's Back, Wandsworth and The Phoenix, . It sells and distributes its main product, Sussex Best Bitter, to other pubs and social clubs in South East England.
John Harvey (1784–1862) established the Bridge Wharf Brewery on its present site by the River Ouse, overlooking Cliffe Bridge.
In 1880, part of the original Georgian brewery was rebuilt: the Tower and Brew House visible for example from Cliffe Bridge. This is an example of a country brewery with a facade in a rustic Neo-Gothic design of the Victorian era, a listed building at Grade II*. Behind it stands another half: the Georgian fermenting room, cellars and Vat House. The fermenting room, Brew House and cellars have not changed in layout and dimensions, although reinforced and their contents have evolved. The Vat House was converted and expanded into the modern bottling process.
The current yeast strain was introduced in 1957 from the John Smith's Brewery.
In 1984, a second brewing line was completed doubling production capacity from 25,000 to 50,000 barrels a year. The building for this plant has been added in front of the Tower in a similar Gothic style, such as an arched ironwork window.
In 2016, after many years of keg beers being absent from the brewery's portfolio, a limited range of them was introduced.
Also in 2016 the company made its first entry into the canned beer market with a range that included its flagship Sussex Best Bitter.
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