For a man that broke the bank at Monte Carlo, see Charles Wells (gambler)

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Charles Wells biography

The Charles Wells, after whom the brewery is named, was born in Bedford in 1842; he left school at the age of 14 and ran away to sea by boarding the frigate 'Devonshire' which was bound for India. In the late 1860s, Wells was promoted to Chief Officer when he fell in love with and proposed to a Josephine Grimbley. Unfortunately, his prospective father-in-law put paid to his plans when he announced that no daughter of his would marry a man who would be away at sea for months at a time. And so Wells, desperate to marry his sweetheart, left his sea-faring career and in 1876 established the Charles Wells Family Brewery to provide beer for the local population of Bedfordshire. 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... A selection of bottled beers A selection of cask beers Beer is the worlds oldest and most popular alcoholic beverage. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ...

History

The Charles Wells Family Brewery was founded by Charles Wells in 1876. In 1875, a two and a quarter acre site came to auction on the banks of the River Ouse as it ran through Bedford. This site contained both a coal depot and a brew house; included in the price were 35 pubs, mainly in Bedford and the surrounding area. 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Great Ouse at St Neots The River Great Ouse is a river in the east of England. ...

Wells thought that beer would always be in demand, and with the help of his father he purchased the site and began work to turn the small brew house into a fully fledged brewery which could serve the county.

As water is an essential ingredient for any beer, good quality water is needed in order to create the best beer. In 1902, Wells climbed a local hill a couple of miles from the brewery and sank his own well to tap into an underground reservoir of water, purified through layers of chalk and limestone. All Charles Wells beer is still made with water drawn from this well. 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Gelmersee is a reservoir in Switzerland. ... The Needles, part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation For other uses, see Chalk (disambiguation). ... Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ...

By 1976, exactly 100 years since the Brewery was established, the Brewery moved from it's Horne Lane site to a brand new site on Havelock Street. The move came about due to an increased demand for the companies beers, spurred on by the Breweries deal with Red Stripe brewery Desnoes & Geddes. This offered the company the chance to install the most up-to-date brewing equipment, and a state of the art Bottling line. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ...

Today, the Brewery is still in the Family's capable hands, with the fifth generation coming into the business. There are currently three members of the family who work at the brewery, all serving on the board of directors. The brewery now has an estate of more than 250 pubs across the Eastern region, and has its beers sold in bars across 23 countries through it's John Bull enterprise. World War I recruiting poster John Bull is a national personification of England created by Dr. John Arbuthnot in 1712 and popularized first by British print makers and then overseas by illustrators such as American cartoonist Thomas Nast. ...

Notable Beers

Bombardier Bitter (4.3% ABV) Bitter is a loose term for a type of beer. ... Alcohol by volume (ABV) is an indication of how much alcohol (expressed as a percentage) is included in an alcoholic beverage. ...

An award winning flagship English bitter which is described by Alastair Gilmour (British Guild of Beer Writers) as a "Superlative bitter with an unexpectedly light, fruity flavour and a mere suggestion of malt settles on the palate after a lap of honour over every curve of the tongue." Malted barley Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate and then quickly dried before the plant develops. ...

Banana Bread Beer A beer made with bananas. Available filtered and pasteurised in bottles at 5.2% abv, and unfiltered in the cask at 4.3% abv.

Eagle Bitter (3.6% ABV)

This session pint is described by award winning beer writer Alastair Gilmour as follows: "The aroma is of freshly sliced ripe apples. Its amber hue is emphasised by a tight rich head which set it up as an Ale with real credentials." Ale is an ancient word for a fermented alcoholic beverage obtained chiefly from malted barley. ...

Kirin Beer (5.0% ABV) Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd. ...

Kirin is a Japanese-style lager, brewed under licence in Bedford by Kirin's Japanese Master Brewer. The traditional Japanese recipe, which uses rice, is carefully replicated ensuring that Kirin drinkers enjoy the unique flavour sensations. Kirin is identified as "having a clean crisp refreshing taste." A half drunk pint of lager Lager is also a word with similar etymology meaning a camp, which is often used as a short form of Konzentrationslager (concentration camp). ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans. ...

Red Stripe Lager (4.7% ABV)

Red Stripe is brewed under licence and follows the authentic recipe using specially imported Yakima hops from the Washington state. "It is rooty with a fresh, earthy, aroma and a mellow, unruffled sweetness." Å‘ City seal Yakima (IPA: ) is a city in central Washington and the county seat of Yakima County, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 71,845 and a metropolitan of 229,094. ... Species Humulus lupulusL. Humulus japonicusSiebold& Zucc. ... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 18th 184,824 km² 385 km 580 km 6. ...

Cobra

Cobra is a 5% abv lager containing maize and rice. It is contract brewed for the Indian businessman Karan Bilimoria. It was first brewed in 1989 and was originally an import only beer brewed in Bangalore, India. From 1997 it has been brewed by Charles Wells. The Vidhana Soudha is the seat of Karnatakas Legislative assembly Bangalore (Kannada: ; (?) in Kannada and // in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. ...

External links

• Charles Wells
• Bombardier
• Eagle Bitter
• Red Stripe

• Cobra