Anthony Teasdale owned the Dun Cow from 1804. From 1826 Anthony acted as agent for Reid & Co, porter brewers from London. In the late 1840s his son William took over the public house and 18 half-barrel brewhouse. The Dun Cow was destroyed by the fire of 1854.

John Taylor started with Benjamin Ward as an ale and porter merchant in High Friar Street, with premises under a music hall and lecture theatre. In 1843 the partnership was dissolved. Taylor began brewing at the Beeswing at Gallowgate, producing up to 26 half-barrels of beer per brewing. He went bankrupt in 1853.

Robert Stafford Stevenson ran the Albert Brewery from around 1847 until the mid 1850s. The brewery stood close to the cattle market and was had four dwelling rooms. It could produce 20 half-barrels of beer per brewing.

John H. Robertson was licensee and brewer from the late 1820s until 1857.

John Strachan operated the Barras Bridge Brewery in premises rented from the Barras Bridge Timber Yard and Sawmills. He went bankrupt in 1862. Thomas Robinson, son of a Newcastle wine merchant, took over under James Robinson & Son. He died in 1881 but his partners continued at the brewery until 1890. The building was converted into a horse and carriage repository. Thomas Robinson was a councillor from 1859 and was mayor of Newcastle two times.

George Redshaw was licensee and brewer here from 1847 until 1862, when the pub closed due to Quayside improvements. The small brewery could produce 8 half-barrels at each brewing.

Peter Rae brewed here in the 1850s. The inn closed in 1872.

Jane Saint Ormston brewed here in the 1860s. By 1865 Thomas Oxer had taken over. He left in 1872 and the inn became an eating house.

Robert Charlton Moore was landlord and brewer here from 1846 to 1859. The pub closed in 1879.

Joseph Mitcheson built the Brunel Street Brewery in 1860. He worked there until around 1874. An advertisement of 1872 described his "good, wholesome, and genuine samples of Newcastle Mild Ale". Robert Emmerson later took the premises over and converted it to housing in 1885.