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Charles Wells Ltd is the holding company of the Charles Wells Pub Company, a pub chain, and of Wells & Young's, a brewing company formed from the merger of the brewing operations of Young's Brewery with Charles Wells.〔 〕 Charles Wells Ltd was founded in 1876 by Charles Wells in Bedford, England. The Charles Wells Pub Company controls over 200 public houses in England and nine in France (under the name John Bull Pub Company).〔 〕 Wells & Young's brew Charles Wells, Young's, Courage and McEwan's beers, along with contract beers, such as Kirin Ichiban.〔 〕 ==History== Charles Wells Ltd (also known as Charles Wells Brewery and Pub Company, and previously as Charles Wells Family Brewery) was founded by Charles Wells in 1876. In 1875, a two and a quarter acre site came to auction on the banks of the River Ouse as it ran through Bedford. This site contained both a coal depot and a brew house; included in the price were 35 pubs, mainly in Bedford and the surrounding area. Wells thought that beer would always be in demand, and with the help of his father he purchased the site and began work to turn the small brew house into a fully fledged brewery which could serve the county. As water is an essential ingredient for any beer, good quality water is needed in order to create the best beer. In 1902, Wells climbed a local hill a couple of miles from the brewery and sank his own well to tap into an underground reservoir of water, purified through layers of chalk and limestone. All Charles Wells beer, and with the recent joint venture with Youngs all Youngs beers, are made with water drawn from this well. By 1976, exactly 100 years since the company was established, the brewing operation moved from the Horne Lane site to a new site, the Eagle Brewery on Havelock Street. The move came about due to an increased demand for the company's beers, spurred on by a deal with Red Stripe brewery Desnoes & Geddes. This offered the company the chance to install the most up-to-date brewing equipment, and a state of the art bottling line. The company is still in the family's hands, with the fifth generation coming into the business. There are currently three members of the family who work within the company, serving across Charles Wells Pub Company, Wells & Young's and John Bull Pub Company. Charles Wells Pub Company has an estate of more than 200 pubs predominantly based across the Eastern and Northern Home Counties regions, while Wells & Young's beers are distributed through both the Charles Wells and Young's pub estates.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Wells Ltd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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