2004, Vol.6

a) Belhaven Brewery – Scotland’s Oldest Surviving Brewery – by Neil Spake.

b) The Scottish Micro Scene – by Gavin D Smith.

c) Prestonpans Brewery – Fowler’s – from Noted Breweries of Great Britain & Ireland 1889-91 by Alfred Barnard.

d) Emil Westergaard at Fountain Brewery – Extracts from letters in the archive regarding his previous employment as scientific expert to William McEwan & Co Ltd at Fountain Brewery in Edinburgh from 1898-1906 – by Alma Topen.

e) Book Review – British Brewing in Old Photographs by Gavin Smith.

f) A Nip and a Chaser – Gavin D Smith looks at the relationship between beer and whisky

g) Photo Corner – Fountain Brewery.

h) Two Scottish Brewing Poems.

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