Thomas Salt and Co

Thomas Salt and Co. was a brewery that operated in Burton upon Trent, England, between 1774 and 1927; over 150 years.

He sold out to Salt just before the Napoleonic Blockade, which led to a dramatic decline in beer exports.

[2] Burton brewers had exported large quantities of beer to the Baltic, importing in exchange timber and iron to make the barrels.

The company’s workforce grew from 194 in 1861 to 400 in 1888 making it one of the major breweries in Burton behind Bass, Worthington, and Samuel Allsopp & Sons.

In the difficult trading conditions in the first decade of the 20th century, Salts were by 1906 unable to pay interest on shares[8] and tried to effect a merger with Allsopps and the Burton Brewery Company.