Question: H & G Simonds Ltd was a brewery founded in Reading, Berkshire, England in 1785 by William Blackall Simonds, eventually the firm became part of Scottish & Newcastle who sold the brands to Wells & Young's Brewery, was formed in October 2006 from the merger of the brewing operations of which organization, and Young's Brewery?

Context articles: Starobrno Brewery
Charrington Brewery
Simonds Brewery
Christian Moerlein Brewing Co.
Cains Brewery
William Blackall Simonds
George Blackall Simonds
Wells &amp; Young's Brewery
Statue of George Palmer
Gunther Brewing Company

Starobrno Brewery (in Czech: Pivovar Starobrno) is a Czech brewery located in the city of Brno.
 It was built as a successor of the brewery founded in 1325, as a part of Cistercian convent.
 The brewery was named "Starobrno Brewery" only in the second half of the 19th century.
 In 2009, Starobrno Brewery produced more than one million hectoliters of beer.
 The same year, the brewery merged with the Royal Brewery of Krušovice and became a part of the Dutch brewing company Heineken.
Charrington Brewery was a brewery company founded in Bethnal Green, London in the early 18th century by Robert Westfield.
 In 1766, John Charrington joined the company, which then traded as Westfield, Moss & Charrington from the Anchor Brewery in Mile End.
 It merged with United Breweries of London in 1964 to become Charrington United Breweries, then, after acquiring a number of other breweries, it merged with Bass Brewery in 1967 to become the largest UK brewing company, Bass Charrington, later simply Bass plc.
 The brewing operations of the company were bought by Interbrew (now Anheuser-Busch InBev) in 2000, while the retail side (hotel and pub holdings) were renamed Six Continents.
 In 2003 Six Continents split into a pubs business, now known as Mitchells & Butlers, and a hotels and soft drinks business, now known as InterContinental Hotels Group.
H & G Simonds Ltd was a brewery founded in Reading, Berkshire, England in 1785 by William Blackall Simonds.
 The company amalgamated with Courage & Barclay in 1960 and dropped the Simonds name after ten years.
 Eventually the firm became part of Scottish & Newcastle who sold the brands to Wells & Young's Brewery in 2007 and closed the Reading brewery three years later.
Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. is a private beer company that began production in 1853 in Cincinnati, Ohio by German immigrant Christian Moerlein.
 Before closing its doors in 1919 as result of prohibition, Christian Moerlein was among the ten largest American breweries by volume.
 In 1981, the brand was revived by the Hudepohl Brewing Company as a "better beer" a precursor to the current craft beer category and is considered a pioneer craft beer of today's craft beer movement.
 In 1999, Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing Co. sold out to a group of out-of-town owners, a sale that included the famed Christian Moerlein craft beer brand.
 In 2004, Greg Hardman a Cincinnati resident purchased Christian Moerlein, as well as 65 other historic Cincinnati brands, returning local ownership to Cincinnati in a move that included a plan to return Cincinnati's grand brewing traditions.
 The four phase plan was, 1) return the local ownership of Cincinnati's great beer brands to Cincinnati; 2) build their base of sales to; 3) open local brewing operations in the heart of Cincinnati's historic Brewery District and; 4) open a World-class Moerlein Lager House on the banks of the Ohio River to act as a signal that beer is back in Cincinnati.
Cains is a brewery in Liverpool, England, founded in 1858 by Robert Cain.
 The company merged with Peter Walker & Son in 1921 to form Walker Cains.
 Peter Walker & Son had a large brewery in Warrington so sold its Liverpool brewery to Higsons in 1923.
 Boddingtons of Manchester took over in 1985.
 In 1990 Whitbread acquired Boddington's brewing operations and closed the then Higsons Brewery in 1990.
 It was reopened by GB Breweries, who became part of Bryggerigruppen in 1991, and in 2002 was sold to Gardener-Shaw for £3.4 million.
William Blackall Simonds (1761–1834) was a brewer and banker in the English town of Reading.
 He founded both Simonds' Brewery, a component of today's Wells & Young's Brewery business, and J & C Simonds Bank, one of the precursors to Barclays bank.
George Blackall Simonds (6 October 1843 – 16 December 1929) was an English sculptor and director of H & G Simonds Brewery in Reading in the English county of Berkshire.
Wells & Young's Brewery (Wells & Young's Brewing Company) was formed in October 2006 from the merger of the brewing operations of Charles Wells Ltd and Young's Brewery.
 Charles Wells initially had a 60% stake and Young's 40%.
 In 2011, Charles Wells took full control when it bought Young's 40% stake.
 Wells & Young's is now responsible for brewing, distributing and marketing Charles Wells' and Young & Co's brands at the Eagle Brewery in Bedford.
The statue of George Palmer stands in Palmer Park, in Reading, Berkshire.
 The statue, by George Blackall Simonds, was unveiled in 1891, though it was originally in Broad Street and only later moved to Palmer Park.
 The statue has been classed Grade II Listed monument since 14 December 1978.
Gunther Brewing Company is a historic brewery building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
 The site comprises 15 masonry buildings.
 The main structure is a five-story brick "L"-shaped Romanesque Revival-style brew house with a two-story brick ice plant built about 1910 and one- and two-story boiler room.
 Additional brew houses built in 1936 and 1950 are also on the property.
 The Tulkoff Factory and Warehouse was built about 1964.
 It was home to the George Gunther, Jr.
 Brewing Company, founded in 1900.
 By 1959 it was the second largest brewery in Baltimore, when it produced 800,000 barrels per year and employed approximately 600 people.
 Hamm's Brewing Company bought the Gunther Brewing Company in 1960.
 Later acquired by the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company in 1963, the plant was closed in 1978.
 The Tulkoff company briefly used the factory for their sauce products at the conclusion of all brewing operations.