http://www.breweryhistory.com/Defunct/BreweryIndex.htmMay be of interest. Birkenhead Brewery , some images. Don't know what else in this area as there are quite a lot to plough through.
I see the an early name in the list is Allsopp's, which reminds me of a riddle my gran used to ask: "What's the difference between ginger beer, bad beer and good beer?" Answer: Ginger beer is all pops, bad beer is all slops and good beer is Allsopp's.