plc industry brewing founded 1845 founder john bird fuller henry smith and john turner headquarters chiswick london united kingdom key people simon emeny chief executive michael turner non exec . chair james douglas finance richard fuller corp. affairs ian bray md beer jonathon swaine md inns products beer production output 215 000 uk barrels in fy2013 revenue 288m fy2014 divisions fuller s beer company fuller s inns website http www.fullers.co.uk fuller s brewery fuller smith & turner plc is an independent family regional brewery founded in 1845 in chiswick west london . john fuller s griffin brewery dates from 1816 ; in 1845 his son john bird fuller was joined by henry smith and john turner to give the company its full name . the company s beers include london pride . fuller s owns and operates over 380 pubs inns and hotels across the south of england . contents 1 history 2 griffin brewery 3 beers 4 pubs 5 financial information 6 notes 7 references 8 external links history edit beer has been brewed on fuller s historic griffin brewery site in chiswick since the seventeenth century . a from the original brewery in the gardens of bedford house on chiswick mall the business expanded and thrived until the early part of the nineteenth century . money problems forced the owners douglas and henry thompson and philip wood to seek a partner . 1 john fuller of neston park wiltshire was approached to see if he would inject the required amount of money . in 1829 he joined the enterprise but the partnership proved a difficult one and in 1841 douglas thompson fled to france and the partnership was dissolved . it soon became apparent that it was impossible for one man with no brewing experience to run a brewery of that size alone so in 1845 john fuller s son john bird fuller was joined by henry smith from the romford brewery of ind & smith and his brother in law head brewer john turner thereby forming fuller smith & turner . 1 griffin brewery edit the wisteria plant at the griffin brewery 2008 the first record of the griffin brewery in chiswick dates from 1816 when one of the owners of the company at the time douglas thompson acquired the name from a failed brewery meux & reid in the city of london . 2 as well as its range of beers the griffin brewery on the a4 in chiswick is famous for having the oldest wisteria plant in the uk planted in the early 19th century . 3 the public can take a guided tour of the site . 4 beers edit an assortment of fuller s bottles a selection of fuller s brands from the museum display fuller s is well known as the brewer of london pride and other award winning ales such as chiswick bitter esb and 1845 . 5 its beers are exported to about 70 countries around the world . its biggest overseas market is currently sweden . 6 its london porter has won awards including world s best standard porter and europe s best standard porter at the world beer awards 7 and champion keg of great britain . 8 fuller s 1845 has won awards including camra s champion bottle conditioned beer in 1998 . 9 in february 1995 while visiting the griffin brewery hrh prince charles added a handful of hops to a copper of 1845 . 10 fuller s vintage ale is released around christmas and has been made since 1997 . in 2002 the year of the golden jubilee of elizabeth ii fuller s added goldings hops and golden promise malt to its vintage ale . 11 past masters xx strong ale is a bottle conditioned 7.5 % strong ale based on a september 1891 entry in the brewing logs . it is made using plumage archer barley . 12 fuller s past masters double stout is a 7.4 % bottle conditioned dark and creamy stout based on an august 1893 entry in the brewing logs . it was released in 2011 and is also made using plumage archer barley . 13 fuller s 1966 strong ale was released in 2013 using a recipe from june 1966 . it is a ruby coloured ale brewed with pale ale malt goldings and fuggles hops and cane sugars . 14 fuller s brewer s reserve is a collection of four bottled beers no. 1 a 7.7 % strong ale launched in 2008 which spent 500 days in 30 year old single malt whisky casks ; 15 no. 2 an 8.2 % ale oak aged in courvoisier cognac casks ; 16 no. 3 a 9.0 % beer matured for more than two years in auchentoshan distillery whisky casks ; 17 no. 4 an 8.5 % beer matured in comte de lauvia armagnac casks for a year . 18 gales hsb horndean special bitter is a cask conditioned 4.8 % bitter . it was first brewed in 1959 ; gales was originally brewed in horndean hampshire . 19 pubs edit mawson arms chiswick lane fuller s owns and operates over 380 pubs inns and hotels across the south of england 20 with over 180 managed pubs and hotels and over 200 tenanted pubs . in 2005 fuller s added 111 pubs to its estate with the purchase of george gale & co. of horndean hampshire . the brewery tap the nearest pub to the brewery is the mawson arms a grade ii listed building . 21 financial information edit fuller smith & turner plc financial results . 6 year to june revenue million profit before tax m ebitda m earnings per share p 2014 288.0 33.5 54.5 52.14 2013 271.5 33.7 51.2 50.43 2012 253.0 28.1 47.8 41.24 2011 241.9 30.4 46.6 43.41 2010 227.7 27.1 43.6 34.73 notes edit fuller s history and heritage page states in the late 1600s . references edit a b history and heritage . fuller s. retrieved 21 may 2015 . london pride 150 years of fuller smith & turner plc 1995 battle to save historic wisteria from your local guardian . yourlocalguardian.co.uk . retrieved 2015 07 30 . find out where the magic happens at griffin brewery london fuller s . fullers.co.uk . 2015 07 17 . retrieved 2015 07 30 . browse over 50 quality beers and ales from fuller s brewery fuller s . fullers.co.uk . retrieved 2015 07 30 . a b quality service and pride every hour every day fuller s annual report 2014 . fullers.co.uk . retrieved 2015 07 30 . fuller s london porter . worldbeerawards.com . retrieved 2015 07 30 . winners from the national cask keg & bottle competition 2014 . siba.co.uk . 2014 03 12 . retrieved 2015 07 30 . champion bottled beer of britain . camra . retrieved 2015 07 30 . classic beer of the month february 2013 fuller s 1845 inside beer beer news beer reviews and beer tasting events . inside beer . 2013 01 31 . retrieved 2015 07 30 . fuller s vintage ale 2002 . ratebeer.com . retrieved 2015 07 30 . fuller s past masters xx strong ale 7.5 % inside beer beer news beer reviews and beer tasting events . inside beer . 2011 02 15 . retrieved 2015 07 30 . fullers past masters double stout england . beer pages.com . retrieved 2015 07 30 . past masters 1966 strong ale by fuller s . foodbev . retrieved 2015 07 30 . brewer s reserve no. 1 ; a strong ale with a lot of spirit fuller s . fullers.co.uk . retrieved 2015 07 30 . fuller s brewer s reserve no 2 . beer pages.com . 2010 08 07 . retrieved 2015 07 30 . fuller s brewer s reserve no. 3 9.0 % dark ale . perfectpint.co.uk . retrieved 2015 07 30 . fuller s brewer s reserve no. 4 revealed . . beerguild.co.uk . retrieved 2015 07 30 . hsb ; a popular quality english bitter first launched in 1959 fuller s . fullers.co.uk . retrieved 2015 07 30 . fuller s nationwide pubs fuller s . fullers.co.uk . retrieved 2015 07 30 . ye fox and hounds and mawson arms and nos. 112 118 . national heritage list for england . english heritage . retrieved 17 december 2013 . coordinates 51 29 14 n 0 15 02 w 51.48722 n 0.25056 w 51.48722 ; 0.25056 external links edit fuller s website brewery profile from ratebeer.com fuller s beers pivo in slovenia profile at google finance v t e london borough of hounslow districts bedfont brentford brentford end chiswick cranford feltham grove park hounslow gunnersbury hanworth hatton heston hounslow hounslow west isleworth lower feltham north feltham north hyde osterley spring grove isleworth turnham green woodlands isleworth attractions boston manor chiswick house fuller s brewery griffin park football stadium gunnersbury park and museum hogarth s house holland gardens london museum of water & steam musical museum brentford osterley park and house nt syon house tabard theatre watermans arts centre parks and open spaces crane park duke s hollow duke s meadows gunnersbury park hanworth park hounslow heath inwood park lampton park osterley park pevensey road nature reserve turnham green constituencies brentford and isleworth feltham and heston bridges barnes railway bridge chiswick bridge kew bridge kew railway bridge tube and rail stations boston manor brentford chiswick feltham gunnersbury hounslow hounslow central hounslow east hounslow west isleworth kew bridge osterley stamford brook syon lane turnham green places of worship all saints church hanworth all saints church isleworth cathedral of the dormition of the mother of god and the holy royal martyrs christ church feltham christ church turnham green church of our lady & st christopher cranford church of our lady of grace & st edward chiswick church of our lady of sorrows & st bridget isleworth church of our lady queen of the apostles heston church of the good shepherd hounslow holy trinity church hounslow st dunstan s church cranford st dunstan s church feltham st faith s church brentford st francis of assisi isleworth st george s church hanworth st john the baptist s church isleworth st john the evangelist s church brentford st joseph s church grove park st lawrence s church feltham st leonard s church heston st mary s church bedfont st mary s church osterley st michael s church chiswick st michael and all angels bedford park st michael and st martin hounslow st nicholas church chiswick st paul s church brentford st paul s church grove park st paul s church hounslow st vincent de paul osterley other topics council grade i and ii listed buildings people public art schools retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fuller % 27s brewery & oldid 742966365 categories beer in england1845 establishments in englandbrewing in londoncompanies established in 1845companies based in hounslowcompanies listed on the london stock exchangechiswickfood and drink companies established in 1845hidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutscheestiespa ol sloven inasuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 23 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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