Robert Cain (brewer) on board a ship carrying palm oil from West Africa. After working out his indenture Cain returned to Liverpool in 1844 where he set himself up first as a cooper and soon after, as a brewer. According to Routledge he met Ann Newall, the daughter of James Newall, a shoemaker, and they were married on 4 April 1847 in St. Philip's Church, Hardman Street, Liverpool. He began brewing around 1848 on Limekiln Lane in the Scotland Road area, but soon expanded his operation to a nearby brewery on Wilton Street and finally moved to the existing Mersey Brewery (now known
Old Brewery Quarter Old Brewery Quarter The Old Brewery Quarter, also known simply as the Brewery Quarter, is a modern mixed-use development in the centre of Cardiff, Wales, on the site of the original Brains Brewery, with entrances on St. Mary's Street and Caroline Street. S. A. Brain bought the land in 1882 but the site was already known as the "Old Brewery", the first such establishment on the site dating back to 1713. Despite an expansion in the 1980s, the site became too small for the brewery, and in 2003 Brains vacated the Old Brewery, which was redeveloped into the "Old Brewery