The Regent Road brewery was founded in 1835 and purchased by William Groves and his son’s friend Arthur Whitnall in 1868. By 1899, when the company was registered, they had amassed nearly 600 pubs. The company was taken over by Greenall Whitley in 1962, as part of that company’s expansion plan.. Closure came in 1972. In later years the reputation of their beers, which were the bedrock of the company’s initial expansion, began to suffer.
I have tried to get these labels in some sort of chronological order. 1930s through the wartime reduction in size to the 1950s. I believe the ‘red rose’ trademark was introduced in the 1940s.
Groves & Whitnall Special Pale Ale v1
Groves & Whitnall Special Pale Ale v2
Groves & Whitnall Special Pale Ale v3
Groves & Whitnall Special Light Ale v4
Groves & Whitnall stopper labels
Groves & Whitnall Brown Ale
Groves & Whitnall Dark Amber v1
Groves & Whitnall Light Amber v1
Groves & Whitnall Light Amber v2
Groves & Whitnall Barley Wine
Groves & Whitnall C Ale v1
Groves & Whitnall C Ale v2
Groves & Whitnall Extra Strong Ale v1
Groves & Whitnall Extra Strong Ale v2
Groves & Whitnall Extra Strong Ale v3
Groves & Whitnall Coronation Ale
Groves & Whitnall C Ale v3
Groves & Whitnall Dark Amber v2
Groves & Whitnall Light Amber v3
Groves & Whitnall C Ale v4
Groves & Whitnall C Ale v5
Groves & Whitnall Dark Amber v3
Groves & Whitnall Dark Amber v4
Groves & Whitnall Light Amber v4
Groves & Whitnall Light Amber v5
