Any ideas?

[Delboy20]

Any ideas on this one?

[rpadam]

Any ideas on this one?
This is tough - the only trace of Tower Brand Beer I can find is a few mentions in the Daily Gleaner newspaper of Kingston, Jamaica in the 1930s where its not clear whether it was imported or brewed locally.

[Mobyduck]

This is tough - the only trace of Tower Brand Beer I can find is a few mentions in the Daily Gleaner newspaper of Kingston, Jamaica in the 1930s where its not clear whether it was imported or brewed locally.

Not really, found it here (https://picclick.de/Alter-Bierdeckel-Tower-Brand-Beer-132625810203.html) but not much help.

[Pubsignman]

Could it be from the Danish Faxe Brewery perhaps?

https://www.ebay.com.my/itm/Denmark-1960s-Faxe-Tower-Brand-Beer-Label-Export-To-USA-89mm-Tavern-Trove/201547609584?hash=item2eed2c75f0:g:wgEAAOxy~iJQ948 Q

[rpadam]

Not really, found it here (https://picclick.de/Alter-Bierdeckel-Tower-Brand-Beer-132625810203.html) but not much help.
That was also the only image on the whole internet that I could find.

[rpadam]

Could it be from the Danish Faxe Brewery perhaps?

https://www.ebay.com.my/itm/Denmark-1960s-Faxe-Tower-Brand-Beer-Label-Export-To-USA-89mm-Tavern-Trove/201547609584?hash=item2eed2c75f0:g:wgEAAOxy~iJQ948 Q
I wondered that, but the towers are so different and I couldn't find any other connection with Faxe.

[NickDavies]

How about this:

From 1934 Post Office Directory

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http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Plowman_Barrett_ad.jpg

http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Plowman,_Barrett_%26_Co._Ltd

[rpadam]

How about this:

From 1934 Post Office Directory

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http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Plowman_Barrett_ad.jpg

http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Plowman,_Barrett_%26_Co._Ltd
Could be - right era, but no logo similarity?

[oldboots]

We can rule out the Tower Brewery in Tadcaster but, the second picture of the beer mat has "Great Grimsby" in faint pencil. There was a brewery in Grimsby called Hewitt Brothers Ltd and the address given is Tower Brewery, Pasture St, Grimsby. Unfortunately I can't find a confirming logo, just a big H on the sign brackets, or text on leaded windows etc.
This one is closer but no cigar...

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The brewery and its 320 tied houses was taken over by United Breweries in 1961, which became part of Bass Charrington and the brewery was shut in 1968.

http://www.breweryhistory.com/Defunct/Pics/LincsGrimsbyMarket.htm

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=hewitts+brewery+grimsby&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwik-9Pp98DbAhUQnRQKHTjZAIkQsAQIOg&biw=1375&bih=1008

[Delboy20]

This has got some of you thinking … thanks for the efforts.
I am not sure at all but I can see what OB means with the Grimbsy connection.

[rpadam]

How about this (again 1930s, but Singapore rather than Jamaica)?

http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19300129-1.2.89.2

[NickDavies]

How about this (again 1930s, but Singapore rather than Jamaica)?

http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19300129-1.2.89.2


That would be this: bingo! Unless there was some trademark copy catting going on.

http://www.breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Royal_Moss_Side_Brewery_Co._Ltd

http://www.breweryhistory.com/wiki/images/thumb/4/4d/Red_Tower_3.jpg/1598px-Red_Tower_3.jpg

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/15887/2871123/7-2013129132459_540x360.jpg

[oldboots]

I'm still not convinced. It's not the same twin tower design as the beer mat and a different brand name.

[rpadam]

I'm still not convinced. It's not the same twin tower design as the beer mat and a different brand name.
Going back to the Kingston Gleaner in Jamaica for a minute, it was being advertised as Tower Brand Lager Beer in 1929/30 (as per the Singapore advert) but just Tower Brand Beer (as per the beermat) by 1936.

[Tris39]

Going back to the Kingston Gleaner in Jamaica for a minute, it was being advertised as Tower Brand Lager Beer in 1929/30 (as per the Singapore advert) but just Tower Brand Beer (as per the beermat) by 1936.

Perhaps the product was tweaked to suit different markets?

[Soup Dragon]

How about this:

From 1934 Post Office Directory

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http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Plowman_Barrett_ad.jpg

http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Plowman,_Barrett_%26_Co._Ltd

I think Nick is correct

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