Gales Brewery
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George Gale & Co. Ltd is an old brewery situated in Horndean, on the edge of Waterlooville, near Portsmouth in Hampshire, England.
It makes the nutty HSB (Horndean Special Bitter) and the newer Gales Bitter. It takes its water from its own well situated under the brewery which is fed from the South Downs, and the yeast and 'liqour' (local water used for brewing), coupled with the local brewing style, produce beers with a sparse head, quite dark in colour.
In late 2005 the Chiswick brewery Fuller, Smith and Turner (Fullers) bought Gales for £91.8 million. It has raised fears as to the future of Gales' Horndean brewery and some of its beers, and CAMRA launched a campaign to encourage Fullers to continue production of the full Gales line at Horndean. However, in January 2005, Fuller's began cutting jobs at the Horndean brewery, and it was announced on the 27 February 2006 that the brewery would close at the end of March 2006, although distribution and warehousing would continue in the area.
Once the brewery closes, production of the main Gales brands — HSB, Butser, Festival Mild and Prize Old Ale — will be brewed at Fullers' Chiswick brewery, with some other beers brewed on a seasonal basis. However, production of Gales Bitter would cease due to customer preference for London Pride.