St Austell Brewery

St Austell Brewery is a family-owned brewery and hospitality company founded in Cornwall in 1851. The business began as Walter Hicks Wine & Spirits. According to the company’s account, founder Walter Hicks brewed his first pint at the Seven Stars Inn just over a decade later, laying the foundations for the brewery. The company presents its Cornish roots, independent thinking and long history as central parts of its identity. The business combines brewing with hospitality and wholesale. Its website describes a portfolio of beers, a pub estate across the South West, and a wholesale arm built around lasting partnerships. The brewery’s range includes Tribute Pale Ale, Proper Job IPA and korev lager, alongside limited-edition releases. St Austell describes its beers as rooted in Cornwall and brewed with purpose, and presents them as part of a broader offer that connects brewing with the region’s food, places and hospitality. Its pub business is concentrated in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset. The company says it operates more than 160 pubs across those counties, including locations near coastal paths, harbours and moorland, and promotes pubs with rooms and dog-friendly stays. It also highlights locally sourced food and guest experiences as part of its hospitality offer. Its website identifies Bath Ales and St Austell Wines as associated owned brands. St Austell Brewery presents itself as a regional business with ambitions that extend beyond brewing alone. Its stated priorities include supporting suppliers, developing talent, serving communities and protecting the places connected to its business. The company’s sustainability strategy, Crafting a Brighter Future, frames its work around people, communities and places, with a focus on environmental impact and building a resilient business for future generations. The company remains active and continues to promote its beers, pubs and wider hospitality experiences.

St Austell Brewery traces its origins to 1851, when Walter Hicks established Walter Hicks Wine & Spirits in Cornwall. The company identifies this as the beginning of its story and describes its early character as shaped by independence and hospitality. Its present-day identity retains a strong association with Cornwall and the South West. The company’s account says that just over a decade after the original business was founded, Walter Hicks brewed his first pint at the Seven Stars Inn. The website describes this as the event that laid the foundations for St Austell Brewery. The supplied company material does not give a more precise date for this brewing milestone, so it is best recorded as an undated early turning point rather than assigned a specific year. Over time, the business developed beyond brewing. Its current description brings together beer production, pubs and wholesale, and presents these as connected parts of a regional company. The brewery describes a pub estate of more than 160 locations in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset. It highlights pub stays, dog-friendly hospitality and food sourced locally, alongside partnerships through its wholesale arm. Its beer range includes Tribute Pale Ale, Proper Job IPA and korev lager, as well as limited-edition releases. The company describes itself as family-owned and says its roots, heritage and relationship with the region continue to shape its business. It also identifies Bath Ales and St Austell Wines as associated owned brands. The supplied evidence does not establish the dates or details of those brand relationships, so they are noted here without assigning an acquisition or formation date. In its current public-facing account, St Austell Brewery combines its heritage with an emphasis on future-focused business and community priorities. It says it supports suppliers, develops talent, serves communities and seeks to protect the places connected to its business. Its sustainability strategy, Crafting a Brighter Future, sets out a framework centred on people, communities and places, including reducing environmental impact and building a resilient business for future generations. The company remains active, promoting its beers, pubs and hospitality experiences.

• 1851

  Walter Hicks establishes the business

• First pint brewed at the Seven Stars Inn

A heritage-led, family-owned Cornish brewery and hospitality business that combines regional beers with pubs, guest stays and wholesale partnerships across the South West.

• Tribute Pale Ale

  An easy-drinking pale ale highlighted by the company as part of its beer range.

• Proper Job IPA

  A powerfully hopped IPA featured in the company’s beer range.

• korev lager

  A crisp lager included among the brewery’s featured beers.

• Limited-edition beers

  The company promotes limited-edition releases alongside its established beers.

• Sustainability strategy centred on people, communities and placesOther

• Unconfirmed

  St Austell appoints Georgina Young as brewing director[5]St Austell任命Georgina Young为酿酒总监thedrinksbusiness.com

  Reported: 2020-07-22

  St Austell appointed Georgina Young as brewing director, overseeing brewing and operations at Bath Ales and St Austell Brewery.

• 2020-07-16

  St Austell appoints Georgina Young as brewing director[6]St Austell 任命 Georgina Young 为酿酒总监morningadvertiser.co.uk

  Reported: 2020-07-16

  St Austell Brewery appointed Georgina Young as its new brewing director. She will oversee brewing and operations at St Austell Brewery and Bath Ales.

1. 1St Austell Brewery | Brewing Great Experiencesstaustellbrewery.co.uk
2. 2About Us | St Austell Brewerystaustellbrewery.co.uk
3. 3Privacy Policy - Staustell Brewerystaustellbrewery.co.uk
4. 4Our Sustainability Journey | St Austell Brewerystaustellbrewery.co.uk
5. 5St Austell任命Georgina Young为酿酒总监thedrinksbusiness.com
6. 6St Austell 任命 Georgina Young 为酿酒总监morningadvertiser.co.uk