[Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

[Craig Loftus]

On 14 November 2011 14:58, Ed Loach <ed at loach.me.uk> wrote:
> I just wondered whether when mapping breweries whether we are using
> name for the name of the brewery and operator for the company that
> brews there. For smaller companies they may not have named their
> brewery, so name might do for the operator. Or are we using name for
> the brewing company and addr:housename if the brewery has a name?
>
> All was going swimmingly until I tried to add Nethergate in Growler
> Brewery...

I would use name for the bricks and mortar thing, and operator for the
company irrespective of whether they have a name for their brewery or
not, this follows the style used for retail chains.

I've just come across the St Francis Abbey Brewery, which brews
Smithwick 'brand' beer (their own word), and is owned and operated by
Diageo. I'm going with:

industrial=brewery;
name=Saint Francis Abbey Brewery;
brand=Smithwick's;
operator=Diageo;

How one reconciles this with the use of the brewery tag on pubs, I
don't know. At a first guess I would think brewery=Smithwick's, for
their tied pubs as I'm guessing that is what it says on the sign.

Craig