By the late 19″ century there were three major breweries supplying ales and beers for public houses throughout the Three Towns’ of Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport. The Octagon Brewery was one of the many smaller ones started about 1899. It later owned many taverns throughout the ‘Three Towns’. These Pubs displayed the distinctive brewery logo of an OB within an octagon shape. Some of the bottled favourites included OB Stout Pale Ale and Indian Pale Ale No1.