Lion Brewery Co

[1] For over a hundred years, the brewery shipped its heavily-hopped ales to trading posts and ports across the seas[citation needed].

[3] The original Lion Brewery was built on the southbank of the River Thames on Belvedere Road, next to Hungerford Bridge.

[4] During the 19th century and under the Goding family, Lion Brewery supplied beer that was shipped by sea from Britain to trading outposts throughout the empire[citation needed].

In order to survive the gruelling six-month journey, brewers such as Lion Brewery had to increase the strength and quantity of hops in the beer to help preserve it for the long voyage[citation needed] Ales were thus shipped out from London in vast quantities by companies such as the East India Company, and later became known India Pale Ale (IPA).

Just before the building was demolished, King George VI ordered that it be preserved, along with its surviving sibling lion which stood over one of the brewery gates.