a b c Arnot, Chris (22 November 2012). Britain's Lost Breweries. Aurum Press. p.137. ISBN 978-1-78131-002-1 . Retrieved 8 August 2013. The highest selling Tetley product is Smoothflow, a nitrogenated 3.6% ABV ale served at 8°C (46°F). It is available in kegs and cans with a widget. It is sold overseas as Tetley's English Ale. [24] The same beer, but not nitrogenated and without the widget in the can, is sold as Tetley's Original. [25] Beers [ edit ] Tetley's Original (left), Smoothflow (right) designs used during the 1990s and 2000s A Tetley's Cask beer pump in Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

Tetley's was established in 1822, by an ambitious young man called Joshua Tetley, with his experience in the family malting business and the belief in its motto ‘Quality Pays'. After nearly two centuries of perfecting the brewing process, the name Tetley's is synonymous with smooth, tasty beer created from a perfect combination of traditional and modern brewing techniques. During the 1980s Tetley benefited from the increase in sales of cask ale. An impartial customer survey in the 1980s concluded that Tetley had achieved an almost irrational level of customer support, particularly in West Yorkshire, in part because of traditional loyalty, partly because of highly effective television campaigns such as the Tetley Bittermen, and also because of a consistently high quality product. [12] The brewhouse was updated in 1984. [11] A pint of Tetley Cask Pattinson, Ron (23 September 2018). "Tetley's beers in 1848 – 1849". barclayperkins.blogspot.com . Retrieved 23 September 2018. Aroma: a pretty typical sweet English malt profile - toffee and butterscotch. Definitely stronger on the nose than I would have expected for 3.6% ABV. Sadly not, Tetley’s is made with malted barley which is a source of gluten. Some brewers try to claim that the levels of gluten in their beer are so low that the beer can be considered virtually gluten-free. That is not the case here. If you are a coeliac or are gluten-intolerant then Tetley’s is not the beer for you! Is Tetley’s Vegan?

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The Leeds Brewery was closed in 2011, and demolished in 2012, with production contracted out by Carlsberg to breweries in Wolverhampton, Tadcaster and Hartlepool. Tetley still sponsors Leeds Rhinos Rugby League club. Imperial – Originally created for the Teesside market, and at one point was advertised as "Teesside's favourite pint". It was launched nationally as a premium 4.3% cask ale in 2002. It used three separate yeasts and had eight months of development, but the variant has since been withdrawn. [30] It continues as a pasteurised ale in kegs. a b c d "Leeds Online – Leeds Tetley Brewery: Past, Present and Future". Archived from the original on 22 November 2012 . Retrieved 18 December 2012. Mutch, Alistair (6 December 2005). Strategic and Organizational Change: From Production to Retailing in UK Brewing 1950–1990. Taylor & Francis. p.97. ISBN 978-0-203-00824-9. There are many objects and records from the Tetley Brewery that have survived. The Tetley gallery holds a collection of hundreds of items relating to the history of the brewery, including artworks and artefacts, such as paintings, silverware and furniture, tools, and commemorative beers. A selection of original pub signs and bottles from the collection is displayed in a case on the ground floor, next to the bar and restaurant. [46]

a b c "Donny Drinker: Issue 111, Autumn 2011" (PDF). p.29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013 . Retrieved 19 August 2013.

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Pattinson, Ron (16 August 2012). "Tetley Pale Ales 1868". 16 August 2012 . Retrieved 16 August 2012. The alcohol content of Tetley’s Smooth Ale is very low, just 3.6% abv. This is the same alcohol percentage as their mild and just 0.1% lower than their original bitter. If you want a stronger version of Tetley’s you have to go for their Imperial (which is 4.1%). Is Tetley’s Gluten-Free? Brown, Mark (28 November 2013). "Tetley brewery in Leeds reopens as modern art gallery". The Guardian . Retrieved 1 December 2013.

Aftertaste: the flavours drop away slowly without much in the way of bitterness. Still that lingering sweetness from the malts - not cloying, still quite pleasant but also light. Later in 1960 they merged with Walkers of Warrington to form Tetley Walker. Tetley Walker owned over one thousand tied houses in Yorkshire alone and a further two thousand outside the county. [2] In 1961 Tetley merged with Ind Coope and Ansells to form Allied Breweries, then the world's largest brewing conglomerate. [1] During the 1960s the brewery employed over a thousand workers. [3] A new brewhouse was built in 1964. [11] By the 1970s half of Leeds' pubs were owned by Tetley. [1] During the 1970s Tetley's was Britain's largest cask ale brewery, producing 1 million barrels a year. [11] In 1978 Allied merged with J. Lyons to form Allied Lyons.

The brewery's closure was announced in 2008. A Carlsberg spokesman said, "It is an old brewery and the one in Northampton is bigger and modern." [ citation needed] In December 2010, production of Tetley's cask products was transferred to Banks's brewery in Wolverhampton. Tetley Smoothflow will be brewed by Coors in Tadcaster and Tetley keg Dark Mild, Mild and Imperial will be brewed by Cameron's of Hartlepool. [17] The final brew took place on 22 February 2011. [7] Lager production was transferred to Northampton. Despite protests that Tetley Cask brewed in Wolverhampton would taste different, the new beer has been greeted with a warm reception. [18] [19] Brewery [ edit ] The Leeds branch of the West Yorkshire Archive Service hold an extensive collection of Tetley's Brewery records under 'Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd.' The collection relates mainly to the history of Tetley's Beer at the Leeds Brewery, but also includes records of companies that were incorporated into Tetley's such as Whitaker and Company Ltd, Leeds and Wakefield Breweries Ltd and Allied Breweries Ltd. The collection contains records relating to the Brewery staff, production and sales, brewing journals, books and experimental brew reports, photographs of the brewing process and public houses, and Tetley's promotional material. [47] In 1993 Allied Lyons sold a 50 per cent stake in the company to Carlsberg. The brewery opened a museum on 19 March 1994. [13] The attraction proved popular; however, redevelopment of the land surrounding the brewery led to the attraction's closure on 7 April 2000. The building is now bars and restaurants. [14] By 1996, sales of Tetley Bitter were overtaken by sales of John Smith's, and the product has retained the number two ale position ever since. [15] This is largely attributed to Tetley's ineffective marketing campaigns. [12] In 1998 Tetley's was fully taken over by Carlsberg. In 2004 Tetley was dropped from the Carlsberg-Tetley name. [16] The company is now called Carlsberg UK Limited and is a part of Carlsberg AS group. In 2006, Tetley's sold 185million pints of beer in pubs. In the same year, the brewery's dray horses, which had made beer deliveries to pubs around Leeds, were retired. [16] a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o R. G. Wilson, ‘Tetley, Joshua (1778–1859)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, October 2007; online edn, January 2008 accessed 19 March 2014 The Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd collection also includes records of the 7th West Riding of Yorkshire Rifles Volunteers formed in 1860. The Tetley Brewery played an important role in the creation of the Leeds Rifles as manyof their employees were recruited. At the outbreak of the First World War, 261 of Tetley's men joined the services, and of those, 25 were killed and 55 were wounded. They also lost 20 of their shire horses during the War. [47] See also [ edit ]