Saturday, September 27, 2008



This is the Cascade Brewery, established in 1824 by a man called De Graves. It was initially a mill, but they saw more possibilties with beer. Mount Wellington is just off the picture to the left, and that is where they did, and still do today, get the clear spring water. DeGraves actually left London due to the fact that he owed a lot of money, the authorities eventually caught up with him and he served 9 years in jail or as they say here gaol. His buddy meanwhile did all the work setting the factory up and by the time DeGraves was released he was a rich man.

1 comment:

Wonder Woman said...

Interesting how a man verses a woman ends up at the end of their "sentencing"...Sad.