Watney Combe & Reid - The Stag Brewery

The Stag Brewery

The Watney family were the main partners in the Stag Brewery, Victoria, for much of the 19th century. In 1837 James Watney became a partner in the brewery, followed by his sons James and Norman in 1856. On his death in 1884, the brewery became a private limited company.

In 1898 the company acquired Messrs. Combe Delafield and Co. and Messrs. Reid and Co., and was subsequently known as Messrs. Watney Combe and Reid. When the Stag Brewery in Victoria was demolished in 1959 the name was transferred to Mortlake Brewery.