Who owns Drygate?
Drygate is owned by C&C Group (Ireland, LSE: CCR), which has owned the brand since 27 February 2025.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: C&C Group plc Annual Report 2026 (year ended 28 February 2026). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- C&C Group plc reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇪 Ireland, Dublin
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Glasgow
- Founded
- 2014
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Ale
- Parent ticker
- LSE: CCR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Drygate
Drygate is a craft brewery beside the Tennent's Wellpark Brewery in Glasgow that first mashed in during 2014. It occupies a converted box factory under a roof of seven peaks and runs a 24-hectolitre brewhouse and a smaller studio brewery. Its core beers include Seven Peaks Session IPA and Disco Forklift Truck Mango Pale Ale. C&C held 49 per cent of Drygate Brewing through a joint venture until 27 February 2025, when it acquired the remaining 51 per cent.
Ownership timeline of Drygate
Where Drygate sits in C&C Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by C&C Group
C&C Group controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Bulmers (1935)
- Innis & Gunn
- Magners
- Orchard Pig
- Outcider (2017)
- Tennent's (1885)
Other brands in ale, and who owns them
The 62 brands in ale on Brandtree belong to 32 owners. The largest is Duvel Moortgat, with 7; C&C Group has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Birrificio del Ducato | Duvel Moortgat | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Bishops Finger | Shepherd Neame | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Farsons Blue Label | Farsons | 🇲🇹 Malta |
| Lagunitas | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Franziskaner | AB InBev | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Avery Brewing Company | Mahou San Miguel | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Fuller's London Pride | Asahi Group | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Dogfish Head | Boston Beer | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: C&C Group
C&C Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: CCR.
C&C Group is a drinks company with its registered office in Dublin that makes, markets and distributes beer, cider, wine, spirits and soft drinks across the UK and Ireland, and calls itself the number one distributor to hospitality in both markets. It brews Tennent's at Wellpark in Glasgow and makes Bulmers and Magners cider in Clonmel, and it reported net revenue of €1,569.8 million in the year to 28 February 2026. Its Matthew Clark and Bibendum wholesale business sells many brands it does not own.
🇬🇧 Drygate and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Drygate among them.
- Badger — Hall & Woodhouse 🇬🇧
- Balblair — ThaiBev 🇹🇭
- Beefeater — Pernod Ricard 🇫🇷
- Bishops Finger — Shepherd Neame 🇬🇧
- Bombay Sapphire — Bacardi 🇧🇲
- Boost — A.G. Barr 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Drygate?
The parent company of Drygate is C&C Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Ireland.
Is Drygate British or Irish?
Drygate originated in the United Kingdom in 2014, but it is owned today by C&C Group, which is headquartered in Ireland. So Drygate is a British-origin brand under Irish ownership.
Since when has C&C Group owned Drygate?
C&C Group has owned Drygate since 27 February 2025.
Is Drygate still owned by C&C Group?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Drygate is still owned by C&C Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] C&C Group plc Annual Report 2026 (year ended 28 February 2026) — C&C Group plc, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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