Timothy Taylor & Co. Limited is delighted to announce the appointment of Emma Gilleland as Operations Director with effect from the 15th September. Emma is currently Director of Production at Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company, prior to which she was Brewing Director for three years, and had an illustrious career at Marston’s spanning over 25 years during which time she held roles as Director of Brewing, Director of Supply Chain and Head Brewer. Emma is a highly experienced business leader and brewing professional and was the first woman to be awarded the All-Party Parliamentary Brewer of the Year in 2014.
Andrew Carter, Chief Executive Officer of Timothy Taylor’s said “I am delighted that Emma will join our executive leadership team, bringing strong brewing and operational leadership capabilities into the business to build on the great work that has been done by Kevin Smithson during his time in the Operations Director role. We wish him well on his impending retirement. Timothy Taylor’s will continue to invest in brewing quality, our £9m capital programme in the Knowle Spring brewery is well advanced and our business remains focussed on growing our leadership position in the cask ale market and brewing the highest quality cask ales, which our consumers and customers love!”
Emma Gilleland said “I am very excited to be joining the executive leadership team at Timothy Taylor’s as Operations Director. I am looking forward to leading the operational team to further build on the success of Landlord and the beer portfolio that is underpinned by the passion for exceptional quality.”
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In 1858 Timothy Taylor began brewing beer in Cook Lane in the West Riding town of Keighley. He struck upon a successful formula and in 1863 set up and built a larger brewery on the Knowle Spring where the Company has remained ever since.
The brewery remains in the Taylor family and is now the last independent brewery of its type left in West Yorkshire. This independence enables Taylor’s to survive as one of the few brewers still brewing true cask ales in the same way it has always done.
The unique taste of Timothy Taylor’s beers can’t be put down to any single thing. It’s the result of years of hard work, skill and doing things the hard way because it makes the difference. Taking extra time, care and pride in traditional, hands-on brewing and making no compromises when it comes to ingredients.
Our brewers have 100 years of experience between them and oversee every brew. The finest grade barley, Golden Promise, is used along with Taylor’s unique water from the Knowle Spring, whole flower hops from expert growers and the unique strain of Taylor’s Taste yeast. All for that taste of Taylors.
Landlord is one of the most awarded beers in Britain and has won both CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain and the Brewing Industry Awards Gold Medal four times. It is now the UK’s number one cask ale by value and volume and has excellent rate of sale. Source: CGA On Trade, 12 w/e 22/2/25.
Timothy Taylor’s own eighteen characterful pubs in Yorkshire, and Michelin starred The White Swan in Fence, Lancashire. Taylor’s on the Green serves as the managed brewery taproom in Keighley and our managed pub, The Woolly Sheep, in Skipton has just undergone an extensive refurbishment. The remaining pubs are run by excellent tenants who are part of the Timothy Taylor’s family with some having been at the helm for decades.
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