Wellpark Brewery
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Wellpark Brewery was founded in 1556 in Glasgow, Scotland. It is currently owned by Tennent Caledonian Breweries which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bass Brewers, itself owned by Belgian brewing company InBev (formerly known as Interbrew).
[edit] Beers
- Tennent's Lager is Scotland's best-selling lager. The lager was first brewed in 1885 by Hugh Tennent and in 1893 it won the highest award at the Chicago World's Fair. Tennent's was the first lager to be brewed in Scotland. Tennent's Lager was first sold in light blue cans which featured "lager lovelies", portraits of semi-nude women covering almost half of the can. This was abandoned in the early 90s in favour of yellow and red cans which had a copper inner lining giving the beer a coppery taste. Modern cans are silver, yellow and red and lack this distinctive copper taste. Cans that feature the lager luvlies are now considered collector's items.
- Tennent's Stout is a stout similar to Guinness.
- Tennent's Super has a higher percentage of alcohol by volume than Tennent's Lager.
- Tennent's Special
- Tennent's Velvet
- Sweetheart Stout
- Versa, a smooth lager aimed at 25+ drinkers.
[edit] Sponsorship
Tennent's is well known in Scotland for sponsoring music and sport. This includes the country's largest outdoor music festival T in the Park, T on the Fringe in Edinburgh, Triptych and T Break.
In football Tennent's sponsor the Scottish Cup, Scottish Futsal and historically the Tennents' Sixes. Tennent's is also the new sponsor of the Scotland national football team, replacing supermarket chain Morrisons. This deal was signed on October 3 2006 and came into effect in time for the European Championship qualifying victory against France on October 7 2006.
