Editing Webster's Brewery (section)

{{short description|Brewery in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England}}
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{{Infobox company
| name             = Webster's Brewery
| logo             =
| type             = [[Brewery]]
| predecessor      =
| successor        =
| foundation       = 1838
| founder          = Samuel Webster
| defunct          = 1996 (brewery) Brands ongoing
| location_city    = [[Halifax, West Yorkshire]]
| location_country = England
| locations        =
| area_served      = United Kingdom
| key_people       =
| industry         = [[Brewing]]
| products         = [[Pale ale]], [[stout]], [[lager]]
| production       = 1.3&nbsp;million [[barrel (unit)|barrel]] brewery capacity (included lager and Wilsons production (1990));<ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite web |url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/50860/pages/3497/page.pdf |title=Gazette article|website=www.london-gazette.co.uk |access-date=2021-09-29}}</ref> 40,000 barrels (2007)<ref name="ReferenceB">Alcoholic Drinks: Euromonitor from trade sources/national statistics.</ref>
| revenue          = £100&nbsp;million (1990)
| owner            = Silvan Brands Ltd
| num_employees    = ~600 (1982)<ref>A non-profit trade body and professional institute for agencies in the UK's media and marketing communications industry, 1982, p. 52.</ref>
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}}

'''Webster's Brewery''' ('''Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd''') was a brewery founded in 1838 by Samuel Webster which operated at the Fountain Head Brewery in [[Halifax, West Yorkshire]], England. Webster's Green Label, a [[mild ale|light mild]], and Yorkshire Bitter gained national distribution after the company was taken over by [[Watney Mann]] in 1972. Throughout the 1970s it was known for the advertising slogan: "Drives out the northern thirst".

The brewery was closed with the loss of 400 jobs in 1996.  Following its acquisition by [[Courage Brewery]] in 1990, Courage moved operations to Berkshire brewery as they bought the brewery to obtain the Budweiser and Holsten pils packaging contracts. After the brewery's closure, Webster's beers were initially brewed at the [[John Smith's Brewery]] in [[Tadcaster]] before moving to the Thomas Hardy Brewery at [[Burtonwood]] in 2004. Silvan Brands have owned the company since 2003 when they acquired it from [[Scottish & Newcastle]].