Robert Cain (brewer) his mother's maiden name is listed as Mary Kirk (died 1864). The story of the life of Robert Cain and Cains Brewery is told in Christopher Routledge's 2008 history of the brewery, "Cains: The Story of Liverpool in a Pint", which unpicks many of the mythologies that have developed around the Cain family. Many of these mythologies seem to date back to the 1920s and 1930s, when Cain's sons William Cain and Charles Nall-Cain were given titles in the British honours system, and centre on the idea that the brewery's founder had a background in the Irish gentry. Such a
Sarah Hughes Brewery 1951. Subsequently, her son, Alfred operated the brewery until 1957 when brewing ceased. It was reopened in 1987 by a grandson of Sarah Hughes. The brewery is situated at 129 Bilston St, Sedgley, West Midlands. It is attached to the Beacon Hotel which acts as the brewery tap. Sarah Hughes Brewery The Sarah Hughes Brewery is a brewery sited at Sedgley in the Black Country region of England. The brew house dates from the Victorian era. It was bought by Sarah Hughes in 1921 and brewed until 1957. The brewery re-opened in 1987. The Beacon Hotel and brew house dates