 The temperance movement remained a strong influence though, and when new breweries were set up, the outcry led to the Welsh Sunday Closing Act in 1881, an act that forced the closure of public houses in Wales on a Sunday.Wales' passion for beer remained; the Wrexham Lager Beer Company opened in 1881, as the first lager producer in Britain.The Felinfoel Brewery made a deal with the local tin works and became the first brewery in Europe to put beer in cans.