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Thwaites Brewery is a regional brewery founded in 1807 by Daniel Thwaites in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The firm still operates from its original town centre site. A variety of cask ales, draught beers, lagers and ciders are produced in Blackburn or imported from Europe by Thwaites. In 1999, the Mitchell brewery in Lancaster closed down, and was bought in part by Thwaites. Lancaster Bomber has since been available from Thwaites public houses after being acquired in the takeover. Thwaites also has a hotels division, which is called Shire Hotels.
The company now has over 350 pubs in the North of England reaching from the North Lakes area down to Solihull & Leicestershire.
Daniel Thwaites also have a significant free trade and off trade business. Many of their cask beers are available in bottles from major supermarkets on a national basis.
The brewery invested heavily in pasteurised keg beers, especially those powered by nitro in the 1990s, however is now working to increase the market for its cask beers Thwaites unveiled a new craft brewery in December 2011 named "Crafty Dan".
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