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* The company make '''Tennent's Lager''' and '''Tennent's Super'''. | * The company make '''Tennent's Lager''' and '''Tennent's Super'''. | ||
==See Also== | |||
* [http://www.tennents.com/lda.php] Tennents Official Website | |||
==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennents] Wikipedia | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennents] Wikipedia | ||
* Trademarked. A History of Well-Known Brands - from Aertex to Wright's Coal Tar by David Newton. Pub: Sutton Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-0-7509-4590-5 | * Trademarked. A History of Well-Known Brands - from Aertex to Wright's Coal Tar by David Newton. Pub: Sutton Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-0-7509-4590-5 |
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of Glasgow
- 1740 Hugh and Robert Tennent founded a brewery business in Glasgow.
- 1769 John and Robert Tennent, Hugh's sons, were running the family business under the company name of J. and R. Tennent.
- 1790s The business expanded when the Tennent family purchased the neighbouring brewery of William McLehose, and renamed the 5-acre site Wellpark Brewery.
- 1881 Hugh Tennent, the great-great-grandson of the original Hugh Tennent, created the first lager brewed in Scotland, Tennent's Lager.
- 1884 Hugh Tennent gained control of the company.
- 1963 Company was acquired by Charrington United Breweries, and later became part of the Belgian Interbrew group.
- 2000s It is currently owned by Tennent Caledonian Breweries which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bass Brewers, itself owned by Belgian brewing company InBev (formerly known as Interbrew).
- The company make Tennent's Lager and Tennent's Super.
See Also
- [1] Tennents Official Website
Sources of Information
- [2] Wikipedia
- Trademarked. A History of Well-Known Brands - from Aertex to Wright's Coal Tar by David Newton. Pub: Sutton Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-0-7509-4590-5