Cains Brewery Cains Brewery Cains is a brewery in Liverpool, England, founded in 1858 by Robert Cain. The company merged with Peter Walker & Son in 1921 to form Walker Cains. Peter Walker & Son had a large brewery in Warrington so sold its Liverpool brewery to Higsons in 1923. Boddingtons of Manchester took over in 1985. In 1990 Whitbread acquired Boddington's brewing operations and closed the then Higsons Brewery in 1990. It was reopened by GB Breweries, who became part of Bryggerigruppen in 1991, and in 2002 was sold to Gardener-Shaw for £3.4 million. The brewery closed in June 2013 with
Cain and Abel exclaims at Cain's birth, "I have gotten a man through an angel of the Lord." According to the "Life of Adam and Eve", Cain fetched his mother a reed ("qaneh") which is how he received his name "Qayin" (Cain). The symbolism of him fetching a reed may be a nod to his occupation as a farmer, as well as a commentary to his destructive nature. He is also described as "lustrous", which may reflect the Gnostic association of Cain with the sun. Cain is described as a city-builder, and the forefather of tent-dwelling pastoralists, all lyre and pipe players, and