Felinfoel ESB Bottle

Our founder, David John, owned iron and
tinplate works around Llanelli when, in the mid-1830’s, he bought the King’s Head opposite his home in the village of Felinfoel. This was no ordinary pub but an important coaching inn. It also had a more worrying
feature. Alongside the building, which stuck out into the road, was a toll gate, which became a red rag to an angry bull. The Rebecca riots (1839 – 1843) involving the hard pressed tenant farmers, who bitterly
resented the road charges on their wagons and animals, rampaged through Carmarthenshire, destroying toll gates. Feeling was running high against
the authorities, which led David to abandon the King and renamed his tavern the Union Inn. Like most pubs of the time, The Union Inn brewed its own beer. This proved popular and soon our Felinfoel ales were being sold to other houses. As demand increased, he realised the need for a purpose built brewery. In 1878, opposite the pub, in the grounds of his house, Pantglas, he built the imposing stone brewery
astride the river Lliedi, where we still brew our beer today.