2025, Volume 25

by | Dec 2, 2025 | Index

Contents 5) Professor Emeritus Sir Godfrey (Geoff) Palmer KT OBE John Martin remembers the pioneering professor 11) Home brewsters Rachel Kulp writes on female homebrewers 15) The Old Engin Oil and Ola Dubh story Stuart Cail describes the origin of Harviestoun’s...

2024, Volume 24

by | Jan 22, 2025 | Index

Contents 5) George Younger, exporters to the worldNick Drew examines what export labels can tell us 13) The story of beer boatsSea was an important route for beer exports, as John Martin discovers 17) Imperial Russian StoutJohn Martin looks at possible Scottish...

2023, Vol. 23

by | Mar 21, 2024 | Index

Contents 5) Lagering of beer: art, science, myth? Jim Murray discusses the gap between industrial and traditional lager brewing 18) Tennent’s beers 1830-31 Edd Mather digs in the archives 24) Brewery water wells Bill Williamson and John Martin look at brewery...

2022, Vol.22

by | Jan 19, 2023 | Index

5) The first known description of brewing Scottish ale?John Reade unearths an early account 9) Memories of Heriot Brewery 1974-1992Graeme Fisher reminisces about Tennent Caledonian’s Edinburgh facility 29) Some Scottish brewing records, 1871-1903Edd Mather...

2021, Vol.21

by | Jan 19, 2022 | Index

5) Last days of HolyroodA picture essay of Younger’s Holyrood Brewery shortly before closure, by its production manager Les Hutcheon 13) The McEwansEleanor Docherty looks into the family history of the McEwan dynasty 39) The temperance movementJohn Martin examines the...

2020, Vol.20

by | Jul 6, 2021 | Index

a) Coopers’ tools and their uses b) How times have changed c) Recollections of an Alloa brewery hand d) Drumdryan Brewery: the Georgian years e) From the Royal Fleet Auxiliary to Courage & Co. f) The Frolic beer story: or, the China connection g) Beer galore...