John Smith's Brewery
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John Smith's is a British brewery founded in 1847 by John Smith at Tadcaster in North Yorkshire when he bought an older brewery. The brewery is currently owned by Scottish & Newcastle.
Beers
The company brews Courage Directors, Websters Yorkshire Bitter and John Smith's Bitter / Extra Smooth, among other brands.
It is best known for John Smith's Yorkshire Bitter, which is the leading brand of bitter in the United Kingdom. It owes this success partly due to its recent marketing campaign starring popular comedian Peter Kay and developed by the Scottish & Newcastle marketing team who are also responsible for Foster's lager advertising. John Smith's Bitter is so successful it is in the top 10 beers of Britain competing with usually far more popular lagers. The overwhelming majority of sales of John Smith's is of the Extra Smooth pasteurised and filtered version, served from pressurised kegs, rather than the more traditional version served by pubs from casks. Therefore most John Smith's Bitter produced is not in fact real ale altough a cask version is regularly enjoyed in Yorkshire pubs and beyond.
Brewery
A new brewery was built in 1884.
The original old brewery was left to John Smith's nephew who set up the Samuel Smith Brewery.
Sponsorship
John Smith's sponsors the Grand National. John Smith's is the biggest commercial sponsor of horse racing in the UK. One of the first races they sponsored was the John Smith's cup at York in 1960. Now in its 47th season, it's the country's oldest commercially sponsored race.From Brighton on the south coast to Perth up in eastern Scotland, there are a total of 90 John Smith's No Nonsense races spread across 27 courses throughout the UK.
Availability
John Smith's beers are available all over the UK as well as in numerous pubs all over Europe.External links
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