Robert Cain (brewer) as the Robert Cain Brewery or Cains Brewery) on Stanhope Street, Liverpool in 1858. At the same time as he was developing his brewing business, Cain also made shrewd property deals and ran a hotel near to the brewery on Stanhope Street; as the company grew it expanded by buying out smaller brewers and taking control of their pubs. Cain became one of Liverpool's most successful businessmen with a passion for using the most modern techniques and equipment. He expanded the brewery several times, most notably in 1887 and in 1900–1902, when the landmark redbrick part of the brewery was
Wharfedale Brewery "Hall of Fame". The new brewery, currently produces three cask ales and pasteurised bottled ales, Wharfedale cask ales are sold predominantly in the Flying Duck, the brewery's brewery tap and in local hostelries throughout Wharfedale. The bottled beers are available for purchase via the brewery's website, direct from the brewery and in shops and restaurants throughout Yorkshire. Wharfedale Brewery Wharfedale Brewery is a brewery situated in Ilkley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Two, now defunct, breweries in Yorkshire have previously used the Wharfedale name; first in Wetherby in the 1756 and