Harvey's Brewery

John Harvey started brewing as a seasonal sideline activity in Bear Yard, opposite the current brewery, by about 1820. With his sons, John Harvey acquired the current Bridge Wharf Site in 1838. The brewery was rebuilt in 1881 by Messrs Card & Son of Lewes from the designs of eminent brewery architect William Bradford. The brewery has been in the custodianship of John Harvey's descendants since 1790, with five family members from the seventh and eighth generations working here today. Still a privately owned limited company, Harvey's has no shares marketed for external investment.

Quoted from harveys.org.uk, in Harvey's Brewery's own words. We have not edited it and we do not vouch for it.