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...

2019, Vol.19

by | Sep 30, 2019 | Index

a) The Edinburgh home of William McEwan – Eleanor Docherty takes us on a guided tour of the brewer’s former house. b) HMS Edinburgh – Bill Sneddon and John Martin look into the history of HMS Edinburgh and its unexpected beery connection. c) McEwan’s beer...

2018, Vol.18

by | Sep 30, 2018 | Index

a) Maclays of Alloa – A phoenix from the ashes – Duncan Kellock, former head brewer at Maclays, tells its story. b) The James Fleming Scrapbook – John Martin discovers a “little gem” in one of the SBA’s oldest items. c) The Tartan Club – George Douglas examines...