CARDIFF · S.A. BRAIN & CO.
140 YEARS IN
THE MAKING
The Old Brewery is not a renovation. It is a reawakening — of one of Cardiff's most significant industrial sites, and the story of a city that has always played hard.
THE STORY OF A BUILDING
1882
S.A.BRAIN & CO. IS FOUNDED
Samuel Arthur Brain establishes the Old Brewery on St. Mary Street. Cardiff is booming — coal, shipping, industry. The brewery feeds a city in full momentum.
1897
EXPANSION ACROSS SOUTH WALES
Brains becomes the brewery of Welsh working life — present at every match, every occasion, every celebration. The Old Brewery grows to meet the city that never stopped drinking its beer.
1955
A CARDIFF INSTITUTION IS CEMENTETED
S.A. Brains' legendary bitter becomes the unofficial drink of Welsh rugby culture. Poured at every pub near Arms Park on international days. A liquid connection between city and sport.
1999
PRINCIPALITY STADIUM OPENS
Cardiff becomes a world rugby capital. The Millennium Stadium, later Principality — changes the scale of what Welsh sport means. The city's ambition shifts permanently upward.
2026
THE OLD BREWERY OPENS ITS DOORS AGAIN
The Victorian brickwork. The original signwriting. The industrial bones — all preserved. All electrified with stadium grade AI sports technology. The past and the future, in one building.
THE BUILDING