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Peter Chamberlain
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 Hardy & Hansons
replied on: 3/4/2005 8:14:22 AM
Robert
Just a suggestion a trip round the Brewery might be interesting to the members of the History Society next year
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This message was updated on 9/17/2005 6:53:17 AM by RMMee

 Hardy & Hansons
replied on: 10/5/2003 2:06:50 AM
The following is taken from the website of the Chesterfield and District Campaign for Real Ale:

Hardys and Hansons
From: InnSpire - Issue 1 – May 1996

We are to run a series of profiles on all the breweries who supply beer in our region, the first being Hardys & Hansons of Kimberley, Nottingham.

Hardys and Hansons were initially two competitive breweries situated across the road from one another. Hardy's Kimberley brewery was established in 1832 and expanded onto the current site in 1857. Meanwhile in 1847 a second brewery, Hanson's was formed. In 1930 the two family-run businesses combined forces.

The great great grandson of the original founder of Hanson's brewery, Richard Hanson, is the current Chairman and Managing Director of Nottingham's last independent brewery, while other members of both families sit on the main board.

The old Hanson's brewery has been demolished and the maltings closed but they still brew by time-honoured traditions and do not pasteurise their beers. Despite extensive use of modern control systems the process is still very much 'hands-on' and uses open fermentation vessels.

The brewery owns more than 250 managed and tenanted public houses of which 200 serve real ales. Their pubs include 'Ye olde Trip to Jerusalem', reputedly the oldest inn in England. There are around 100 tied houses in Derbyshire with 9 entries in the 1996 Good Beer Guide, of which 4 are in the Chesterfield region. These are; The Chesterfield Bowl (the only 10 Pin Bowling Alley to make it into the GBG), The Three Stags' Heads at Darley Bridge, The Bell at Cromford and The Boat House at Matlock.

After evaluating market trends and listening to feedback from landlords and customers, Kimberley Classic was introduced in 1990. This year Hardys and Hansons are to launch a series of six guest seasonal beers. The first is Raging Rooster, a 4.2% ABV bitter. This is a pleasantly dry beer with a distinct dark oak colour. Others in the series include a stout and a pale lager style beer. To ensure individuality different yeast strains as well as malt and hop varieties are to be used.
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 Hardy & Hansons
replied on: 10/3/2003 8:27:59 PM
It would be good to read any reminiscences of the Kimberley Breweries, and their tied-estate (however far from Kimberley).

When did Hardy & Hanson merge? (I think they were separate brewieries to begin with).

Is there any published material on the subject?
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