.Brewery's 120-year history: + TIME was called on Wrexham Lager in 2000 after being brewed in the town for more than 120 years, +The buildings occupied by the brewery were mostly demolished between 2002 and 2003. +Only the historic building in which brewing began still remains. +The brewery was opened in 1882 by German immigrants trying to recreate their local lager. +Sales were slow to pick up as the people of Wrexham were then used to ale as their staple drink. +However the fortunes of Wrexham Lager were reversed when its owners purchased the Cross Foxes public house in Abbott Street in 1922. +When a rival local brewery shut down Wrexham Lager was able to expand. +The company was bought out by Ind Coope of Burton upon Trent. Wrexham Lager and Ind Cooper later joined with Ansells and Tetley Walker to become Allied Breweries. +In 1992, Allied merged with the Danish Carlsberg group and the resulting company became Carlsberg-Tetley. They ran the Wrexham Lager brewery until it closed. +Attempts were made to buy the brewery as a going concern before it was demolished but failed. +Former Clwyd South MP Martyn Jones bought the original name and building for £1 in 2001. Ever since, local activists have hoped brewing may continue from this listed building, at least on a small scale. The Central Retail Park has been built on the site of the former unlisted buildings.