Welsh brewery Brains has revealed is new brewing facility and support centre will open for production in Cardiff in early 2019.

The site, which is based 1.5 miles from the city centre, will house the brewery’s head office and support centre from May/June 2018.

John Rhys, chairman of Brains, explained: “We are delighted to have secured our new home, which represents an exciting new chapter in our 135-year history of brewing and hospitality retailing from our Cardiff base.”

Brains chief executive, Scott Waddington, added: “Courtney House offers us the ideal facility to construct a modern, fit-for-purpose new brewery, in addition to developing the first floor into a high-quality office space.

“With a contract now in place, our effort will turn to the interior design of the building, which we will enhance for our own purposes and use to establish the Brains culture in our new home.

“We are finalising our plans for the brewery, which presents a real opportunity for full modernisation and readying the business for the future.”

The current Brains Brewery site in Central is likely to include a multi-storey car park, a 12-storey office block, a hotel and potentially a university campus.

Rhys added: “To complement our proposed new brewery and head office in Pacific Business Park, we also envisage developing a new venue within the existing brewhouse building alongside the famous Brains chimney at Crawshay Street, which would encompass a pub, microbrewery and visitor attraction, to showcase our iconic Welsh brand in a prime city centre location.”