Fentimans
Location	Hexham Northumberland UK
Owner(s)	Independent
Year opened	1905
Website	www.fentimans.com

Fentimans is a botanical brewery based in Hexham, Northumberland, UK.

Contents 1 History 2 Products 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

Thomas Fentiman, an iron worker from West Yorkshire, acquired a recipe for botanically brewed ginger beer in 1905, when a fellow tradesman approached Fentiman for a loan, but never repaid it.^[1] The firm became a door-to-door ginger beer sales company. During the mid-1960s the company ran into trouble, as supermarkets were taking over the door-to-door trade, and closed down. In 1988 Eldon Robson, great-grandson of Fentiman, started the business again, relaunching the brand.^[2]

The Pennsylvania-based Lion Brewery, Inc. brew and distribute Fentimans products in the United States.^[2] During 2009 there will be an investment of £190,000, for such things as converting its basement into a laboratory, for in-house product development.^[2]

The original building of Fentimans is a listed building in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. The Fentimans logo, which is built-in to the building, is based on Fearless, Thomas Fentiman's prize Alsatian, twice winner of the Crufts Obedience Test.^[1]

[edit] Products

Fentimans current products are:^[3]

• Ginger Beer
• Fentiman's Curiosity Cola
• Tonic Water
• Mandarin and Seville Orange Jigger
• Shandy
• Victorian Lemonade
• Dandelion & Burdock

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Fentimans