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No 67 – April 2026
- Cooking the Books – The Edinburgh United Breweries Scandal
- Fraoch – A Heather Ale
- Fareweel tae the Calley
- Brewing Recipes
- Beer Memorabilia
- Burton Unions Saved
- Angus Meldrum at 80
No 66 – January 2026
- Doddie Beir – Cold Town Beer
- Tennent’s Gold Mine
- Trouble at the Shore Brewery, Alloa
- The £5 Pint
- Celebrating 140 years – Tennent’s Bavarian Pilsner
- Burton Unions at Risk
No 65 – October 2025
- SBAA visit to Traquair House and Brewery
- New Book – “A History of Belhaven Brewery” – review
- Father William – trademark of Wm. Younger
- New Corporate Members – Cold Town and Barney’s Beer
- Scottish Beer Awards 2025
- Heriot-Watt Brewers
- Girls at Glenfinnan Railway Station
No 64 – July 2025
- Sir Geoff Palmer Obituary (founder of the Scottish Brewing Archive)
- Beers and labels spotted (Ola Dubh & Gillespies Nut Brown Ale)
- Early breweries in the Canongate (1773-1800)
- Pilgrimage from Australia (Tennent’s bottle recovered from a shipwreck that sank in 1868)
- When brewing vessels stopped Edinburgh. (Large fermentation vessels being delivered)
No 63 – April 2025
- Allan McLean – Obituary
- The mystery of James Aitken’s beer labels
- Crown Brewery, Dumbarton
- Broughton Brewery Awards
- Brewers in Dean Cemetery
- Beer Tray collector (largest beer tray collection in the world)
No 62 – January 2025
- They just keep popping up (Tennent’s)
- Reaching Other Parts! (McEwan’s advertisement)
- Burton Unions in Scotland (Epochal Brewery)
- Murray’s Pale India Ale
- MacAndrews Scotch Ale (Caledonian Brewery)
- Best Pub in Scotland (The Stag in Angus)
- Edinburgh Society of Brewers
- Glenfinnan Enquiry (Station Museum photo)
No 61 – October 2024
- CAMRA in Scotland since 1974 (50 years)
- Blairgowrie Brewery
- Glasgow celebration memory (Tennent’s)
- SBAA Event September – Edinburgh Historic Brewery Walk.
- By Goth (Gothenburg Pubs)
- Dundee Brewery washed up (bottle stopper find)
- The changing face of Glasgow pubs
- Scottish Beer Awards 2024
- 47 years in Scottish Brewing (Keith Lugton)
No 60 – July 2024
- SBAA visit to Newton of Falkland & Markinch
- Stephen Younger – Obituary
- Discovering the brewing collection at the University of Glasgow.
- The ‘Gothenburg’ Experiment.
- A Day’s Research (at the National Records of Scotland)
No 59 – April 2024
- Jeffrey’s – More evidence of prolific exporting from Edinburgh
- Another stopper find, this time Scottish Brewers.
- From Brewer to Poet – and thanks to the SBAA
- Caledonian Brewery Site – update
- Franconian Brewery Museum Visit (Germany)
- Old Breweries on YouTube (Old Glasgow, Old Edinburgh, Duddingston Brewery)
- Rare can on eBay (Tennent’s)
- Beer Awards 2024
No 58 – January 2024
- Edinburgh’s last major brewery (Caledonian Brewery)
- Four Men with a Plan, Three Men went to Brew (SBAA brewing at Stewart’s)
- Mystery Tennent’s Can?
- Historic Edinburgh Pub (Boundary Bar, Leith)
- Glasgow University Archive
No 57 – October 2023
- Richard Rees – Obituary
- New Zealand Earthquake reveals Scottish beer hoard
- SBAA event – Historical Brewing Walk – Edinburgh Southside
- Stoneware Bottle – Wm. Youngers Abbey Brewery “Monk Brand” Ale
- Brewing Memorabilia
- Scottish Beer Labels (website)
- William McEwan & Central Library
- Beer Awards 2023
No 56 – July 2023
- As the gate closes (Caledonian Brewery)
- SBAA Belhaven Brewery Visit
- A visit to the Scottish Brewing Archive & Discoveries made therein
- Brewery Memorabilia viewing (private collection)
- Request for yeast 1870
No 55 – April 2023
- Les Hutcheon – Obituary
- Letters to John Jeffrey & Co. 1865-1872 – Summary
- William Gray & Son of Broughty Ferry & Dundee Brewery Questions???
- Tennent’s bottle stoppers
- Analysis of 1884 Scottish Beer bottle
No 54 – January 2023
- James Aitken of Falkirk beer label – Query
- New find – Letters to John Jeffrey & Co
- Women and Beer
- Blair & Co. Alloa
- Brewing heritage for another generation – 2050 Climate Group
- Four decades down the line (Flying Scotsman)
- Thanks George – (George Douglas) steps down as SBAA committee member
No 53 – October 2022
- Queen Elizabeth II (Beer Labels that celebrate her coronation)
- SBAA Event – Historical Brewing Walk of the Canongate
- Belhaven No 1 Stout Bottle
- Roy’s Alloa East India Bottle
- Wm. Younger advert survives
- Venetia Stevenson (1938-2022) Tennent’s Sweetheart Stout
- Another “Father William” RAF Bomber of World War 2
- The McEwan Dome (City Observatory, Edinburgh)
- New book- The Little History of Scottish Brewing
No 52 – August 2022
- Murray’s Pale Ale
- SBAA event at Crisp Maltings, Alloa
- Belhaven Brewery Visitor Experience
- Old Scottish brewery bottle surfaces at auction
- Strangers Brewery, Linlithgow
- 50 Pots exhibition – Opening Evening
- Brewing in the North–East of Berlin (Pankow–Prenzlauer Berg)
- Angus Meldrum organises marketing & PR quinquennial reunion
- The Demon Drink (exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery
No 51 – July 2022
- Events for 2022
- The Brewery History Society is Fifty
- Lager brewing research in the 1880s
- The Highlanders (Bottle of McEwan’s Export)
- Brewers’ Window – St Giles Cathedral
- Arrol of Alloa
- Name the Brewery – Osprey Platform IPA (Bellfield Brewery)
- Stop Press – Archive on the BBC Scotland Nine
No 50 – April 2022
- Arrol of Alloa – a discovery by Jake Beatson
- Edinburgh’s Brewing Heritage – Central Library
- McEwan’s bottle discovered
- Beware of the “Expert”! Antiques Roadshow
- “Call for Papers” – Scotch/Scottish Ale
- McEwan’s Station Hotel (Whitley Bay)
- Name the Brewery – Boroughloch Brewery, Edinburgh
- Suffolk Saver – Strong Suffolk beer saved
No 49 – January 2022
- Heriot-Watt 200 years
- James Allan Hardie – Obituary
- First SBAA Event following Lockdown
- Jex-Blake Mosaic IPA – Bellfield Brewery
- Robert Younger Stoneware Bottle
- Name the Brewery – Palace Brewery, Edinburgh
- Nat 20 Brew – newest & smallest brewery in Scotland
No 48 – October 2021
- Cooper & McLeod in Australia
- Revolutionary Roasting of Malt
- Drybrough brewery development
- Name the Brewery – Meadow Brewery, Alloa
- Scottish Brewing Archive – Catalogues
No 47 – April 2021
- The Scottish Brewing Archive at 40
- Happy Birthday from the Archives & Special Collections Team
- The way we were, part 3 – 50 years of UK brewing
- CAMRA at 50
- Name the Brewery – Wellpark Brewery, Glasgow
No 46 – January 2021
- The way we were, Part 2 – A look back into brewing over the last 50 years
- Another Scotch or two
- Name the Brewery – Heriot Brewery, Roseburn, Edinburgh.
- The Scottish Beer Awards 2020
- Tim Dolan – Obituary
No 45 – October 2020
- The way we were – 50 years history of the UK brewing industry
- Majority Ale – Wm. Younger & Co
- Name the Brewery – Candleriggs Brewery, Alloa
- Bellfield Brewery Mural
- Sir Geoff Palmer Scholarship Award for Brewing
- Ian Donnachie – Obituary
No 44 – July 2020
- The Steeple Engine – St. Leonards Brewery
- Quick Quiz – based on recent SBAA Journal publications
- Name the Brewery – Aitken’s Brewery, Falkirk
- Our Brewers – SBAA corporate members
No 43 – April 2020
- Name the Brewery?
- Disappearing Drinks! Happy Days (Fowlers of Prestonpans)
- Over a Barrel – (The working women of WW1)
- Mr. Tennent’s now Mr. Glasgow (Donald Smith)
- Prize-fighters, Publicans, and the Home Drummond Act of 1828.
- The International Brewing Awards (McEwan’s Champion Ale)
No 42 – January 2020
- Interested in Scottish Brewing, then what about Scottish Real Ale
- Tennent’s Leading the Way
- Bellfield Brewery (venue of SBAA AGM)
- The “Father William” Lancaster bomber, No 9 Squadron RAF
- David Smeaton – Obituary
No 41 – October 2019
- Sir Geoff Palmer in Conversation at Stewart Brewing
- Happy Birthday, Belhaven (300 years)
- McEwan’s card advertisements
- Tour of Barney’s Brewery, Summerhall, Edinburgh
- A couple of bottles of Puffin
- Roll out the Barrel (Aitchison’s Brewery)
No 40 – July 2019
- Planned visit to Belhaven Brewery
- A trip to the Tennent’s Story
- ICBD 30th Anniversary
- A journey to the dark side (brewing with roasted barley)
- The Wallachia (bottles of McEwan’s recovered from a sunken wreck)
- Make mine a Magee’s (blog extract from a brewing historian)
No 39 – April 2019
- SBAA planned events for the year
- Another bottle of interest (T.Y. Paterson)
- Breweries in Peterhead
No 38 – January 2019
- The Tennent’s Story official opening
- Belhaven Brewery and its 300th Birthday
- Raise Your Glass! at Haddington
- Robert Burns – O Willie brew’d a peck o’maut
- Beer Measures from Yester Year
No 37 – October 2018
- The Scottish Beer Awards
- Obituary to Andrew Woods
- Edinburgh Craft Beer Revolution
- A short history of Scottish Brewing (a talk by Sir Geoff Palmer)
- Orkney Brewery celebrates 30 years
No 36 – July 2018
- The National Guardian (Records of the Scottish Licensed Trade)
- Curious Edinburgh (virtual walking tour including brewing)
- Desert Island Beer
No 35 – April 2018
- Cask Marque and Harvey Milne
- Women in Brewing Beer Fair, showcases Scottish Beer
- Polesden Lacey and the McEwan’s connection
Newsletter No. 68
1. Chairman's Statement Our recent visit to Seventy One Brewing in Dundee was one of our best-ever brewery visits. You can read more about it later in this Newsletter. Thank you to all who attended and enjoyed the day.The SBAA has also arranged a visit to Glasgow...
Newsletter No. 67
Newsletter Index Cooking the Books – The Edinburgh United Breweries Scandal Fraoch – A Heather Ale Fareweel tae the Calley Brewing Recipes Beer Memorabilia Burton Unions Saved Angus Meldrum at 801. Chairman's Statement Welcome to the Spring edition newsletter,...
Newsletter No. 66
1. Chairman’s Statement: Welcome to the January Newsletter, and a Happy New Year to all our members. Thank you for your continuing support. We look forward to another successful SBAA year. During the festive season, I treated myself to two fine beers: Gordon Xmas Ale,...
Newsletter No. 65
1. Chairman’s Statement: The SBAA wishes to welcome two new corporate members, Cold Town Beer and Barney’s Beer. Please see their details later in this Newsletter. Also, congratulations to our corporate members who did well at the recent Scottish Beer Awards, read...
Newsletter No. 64
1. Chairman’s Statement: The passing of Sir Geoff Palmer has been well documented in the media, and I can only add my own sentiments by saying it has been a privilege and an honour to have known him. Geoff was a quietly spoken and humble man, who often used humour in...
Newsletter No. 63
1. Chairman’s Statement: I start this Newsletter on a sombre note by mentioning the passing of Allan McLean, an active SBAA member for 20 years who contributed greatly with his knowledge of brewing history, which was vast. Please see Allan’s obituary, he will be sadly...
Newsletter No. 62
1. Chairman’s Statement: A Happy New Year to all SBAA members and hope we continue to have another successful year together in all our ventures. Lang may your lum reek. Thank you for your support and to those who attended the AGM in November which was successful...
Newsletter No. 61
1. Chairman’s Statement: Another bumper newsletter for you to enjoy with many varied articles and information. First of all, many congratulations to our corporate members who were successful at the recent Scottish Beer Awards, Belhaven Brewery and Tennent’s and in...
Newsletter No. 60
1. Chairman’s Statement: Welcome to the July Newsletter. The Newsletters are issued on a quarterly basis to coincide with the four seasons of the year, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Did I say Summer, looks like it is still to make an appearance, well here’s...
Newsletter No. 59
1. Chairman’s Statement: With Spring in the air, the SBAA are planning a number of events to be held during the year, please see Last Runnings for details. If you wish to attend any of these events, please contact Ivor our secretary to book your place so that the...
Newsletter No. 58
1. Chairman’s Statement: I would like to wish all our members a Happy New Year and to look forward to another successful year in researching and promoting the history of brewing in Scotland. Last year the SBAA lost two stalwarts with the passing of Les Hutcheon and...
Newsletter No.57
1. Chairman’s Statement: It is with deep regret to inform you that Richard Rees, committee member, has passed away following a short illness. I have known Richard from the 1970s when we both worked at Holyrood and Fountain breweries in Edinburgh. Richard proved to be...
Newsletters No.56
1. Chairman’s Statement Since the last Newsletter the SBAA arranged two outings that were well attended. At the end of April, we visited Belhaven Brewery which everyone enjoyed. More recently we visited the home of member Alastair Carmichael in Dalkeith to view his...
Newsletter No.55
1. Chairman’s Statement In the last Newsletter we briefly mentioned the passing of Les Hutcheon. Les was not only a life member of the SBAA but also an enthusiastic committee member and provided great support to the Scottish Brewing Archive for over 20 years. Les was...
Newsletter No.54
1. Chairman’s Statement A Guid New Year to all SBAA members and let us all look forward to the next 12 months and continue to build on the successes of last year. I would like to start by welcoming three new committee members, Mathew Gillies who takes over as our new...
Newsletter No.53
1. Chairman’s Statement : Happy Birthday on the 18th anniversary of Stewart Brewing.The SBAA wish to pass on our congratulations to one of our corporate members, Stewart Brewing who celebrate their 18 years anniversary. As a result they are launching their own...
Newsletter No.52
1. Chairman’s Statement Hello again and welcome to the August Newsletter. In the last Newsletter I mentioned that snow and ice had made a return in April, this time however the weather has improved. So let’s hope for some more good beer drinking weather.The SBAA made...
Newsletter No.51
1. Chairman’s Statement: A warm welcome to the April Newsletter. When I sat down to write this, I was planning to say that I hoped all members were enjoying the warm weather, however lately it has turned very cold with snow and ice making a return, so back on with...
Newsletter No.50
1. Chairman’s Statement : A Happy New Year to one and all and I hope you had a good Christmas.The last two years have proved to be difficult, however we start 2022 with more optimism than last year at this time, mainly as a result of the COVID vaccine rollout.At the...
Newsletter No.49
1. Chairman’s Statement: Welcome to the October 2021 Newsletter. The SBAA are very grateful to our members who have made a valuable contribution in providing information. Please keep this going. In the last Newsletter the SBAA passed on our congratulations to Sir...
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