Who owns Ghost Ship?
Ghost Ship is owned by Adnams (the United Kingdom, AQSE: ADB).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Adnams plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Adnams plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Southwold
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Southwold
- Founded
- 2010
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Ale
- Parent ticker
- AQSE: ADB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Ghost Ship
Ghost Ship is Adnams' best-selling beer, a citra-hopped pale ale with elderflower, citrus and gooseberry notes, named for tall tales of ghostly ships off the Walberswick shore. The Ghost Ship family also includes a session IPA, Double Ghost IPA and a 0.5 per cent alcohol-free version, brewed after a de-alcoholisation plant was installed in 2018.
Ownership timeline of Ghost Ship
Where Ghost Ship sits in Adnams
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Adnams brand portfolio (4) →
Other brands owned by Adnams
Adnams controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
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.
| 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: Adnams
Adnams is a publicly listed company headquartered in Southwold, United Kingdom. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as AQSE: ADB.
Southwold, Suffolk brewer, distiller, wine merchant, retailer and pub and hotel operator. It is a public limited company incorporated in England (registered number 00031114) with a registered office at Sole Bay Brewery, and publishes annual accounts and a shareholder scheme on its own site. Its Copper House Distillery opened in 2010. It also sells Bitburger beer from Germany, which is another company's brand and is not recorded here.
🇬🇧 Ghost Ship and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Ghost Ship is not one of 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 Ghost Ship?
The parent company of Ghost Ship is Adnams, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Ghost Ship British?
Yes. Ghost Ship originated in the United Kingdom in 2010 and its owner, Adnams, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Ghost Ship still owned by Adnams?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Ghost Ship is still owned by Adnams. 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] Adnams plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — Adnams plc, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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