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By Peter Shuttleworth
media captionBrains has brewed beer in Cardiff for almost 140 years
What pies are to Melton Mowbray or Guinness to Ireland is how the Welsh capital feels about its famous brewery. It s Brains You Want screams the slogan, but now Cardiff is in danger of losing its iconic brand after almost 140 years of brewing by the River Taff. Nothing else says Cardiff more than a pint of Brains, it s iconic to this city, said Cardiff writer and poet Peter Finch.
The 138-year-old family-owned brewery is among Wales most notable brands.
Brains Beer was on rugby shirts when Wales won two Grand Slams while Welsh rockers Super Furry Animals were pictured in front of one Cardiff s Brains bridges for their first album back in the 1990s.