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Ind Coope Brewery

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Double Diamond Beer Glass Double Diamond Beer Glass Double Diamond Beer Glass Double Diamond Beer Glass Double Diamond Beer Glass Double Diamond Beer Glass Double Diamond Beer Glass Double Diamond Beer Glass Double Diamond Beer Glass Double Diamond Beer Glass Double Diamond Beer Glass Double Diamond Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass Long Life Beer Glass Long Life Beer Glass Arctic Lite Beer Glass Arctic Lite Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass Trent Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass John Bull Bitter Glass SKOL Beer Glass Triple A Barely Wine Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass SKOL Beer Glass

Additional Information

The roots of Ind Coope can be traced back to George Cardon, who in 1709 started brewing behind The Star Inn in Romford, Essex. In 1799 Edward Ind acquired the pub and a larger brewery was built. In 1845 Octavius Coope and George Coope joined with Edward Ind to form Ind, Coope & Co. In 1856 the company opened a much larger brewery in Burton-upon-Trent and in 1886 the company was renamed Ind Coope. In 1934 Ind Coope merged with Samuel Allsopp & Sons, one of the largest brewery companies operating in Burton upon Trent at the time to form Ind Coope and Allsopp Ltd. In 1959 The Allsopp name was dropped and the company merged once more with Ansells and Tetley Walker in 1961 to form Allied Breweries. In 1978, Allied Breweries merged with the food and catering group J. Lyons and Co to form Allied Lyons. In 1992 the brewery business side merged with Carlsberg and became Carlsberg-Tetley. In 1993 the Star Brewery in Romford was closed and demolished. In 1997 the Ind Coope Burton Brewery was sold by Carlsberg-Tetley to Bass. The following year (1998) Tetley's was fully taken over by Carlsberg and in 2004 Tetley was dropped from the Carlsberg-Tetley name. The Beer brands that did remain are now brewed under the Carlsberg Group.
Some of the Brewery's Range
John Bull -
Double Diamond - Circa 1938 in bottle, early 1960s as a Keg bitter.
Long Life -
SKOL - Introduced in 1959.
Triple "A" Barely Wine -
Arctic Lite -

Over the years the brand identity is updated and re-launched with subtle changes, a change of Logo or a new font.
Sometimes this brand update is done by the new owners after a brewery has been sold, other times just to give the brand a fresh new look on the ever growing market.

Below are some notes to help identify some of these changes and an aid to reference the year of the glass.

 Old Double Diamond Logo

Double Diamond Logo
Late 1950s early 1960s
(1953 to 1964 Shown)

 Old Double Diamond Logo

Double Diamond Logo
Late 1960s early 1970s
(1967 Shown)

 Old Double Diamond Logo

Double Diamond Logo
Late 1970s to 1980s
Old Skol Logo

SKOL
Logo & Font
Circa 1959 to 1960
In 1959, Graham's Golden Lager from the Arrol brewery in Scotland was rebranded as SKOL, for the first few years it had the name "Graham's Skol Lager".

 Old Skol Logo

SKOL
Logo & Font
Circa 1960 to 1965
In the 1960s, Graham's was dropped from the name.

 Old Skol Logo

SKOL
Logo & Font
Circa 1964 to 1970
SKOL International formed in 1964.

 Old Skol Logo

SKOL
Logo & Font
Circa late 1970s
lager in upper case

 Old Skol Logo

SKOL
Logo & Font
Circa late 1980s
John Bull Beer Mat John Bull Beer Mat

A John Bull Beer mat (W9.5 x H9.5cm). Cicra late 1980's.
In 1993 the Star Brewery in Romford was closed and demolished.

Ind Coope Beer Ind Coope Beer

An Ind Coope Better Beer mat (W9.5 x H12.7cm).
Part of a collection given to me in September 2020.
Circa 1980s

 Ind Coope Beer Mat Ind Coope Beer Mat

An Ind Coope Beer mat (W9.5 x H9.5cm).
From Vince Barney August 2021
Circa late 1970s

 Ind Coope Beer Mat Ind Coope Beer Mat

An Ind Coope Beer mat (W9.5 x H9.5cm).
From Vince Barney August 2021
Circa late 1970s

 SKOL Beer Mat SKOL Beer Mat

A SKOL Lager Beer mat (W9.5 x H9.5cm).
From Vince Barney August 2021
Circa late 1970s