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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. 48
1. Chairman’s Statement Let me start by congratulating Sir Geoff Palmer, who has been appointed the new Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University. For those who don’t know, Sir Geoff is not only a renowned scientist and a human rights activist, but was also responsible for...
Newsletter No. 47
1. Chairman’s Statement Hope all is well with everyone during these troubled times. With the roll-out of the COVID vaccine, there is room for optimism, by looking forward to a brighter future later this year. This year marks an important landmark for anniversaries,...
Newsletter No.46
1. Chairman’s Statement :I am sure everyone is pleased that 2020 is now behind us and we all look forward to 2021 with an air of optimism, so let me start by wishing you the very best. Although things look bleak at this moment, I believe this year can only get better...
Newsletter No.45
1. Chairmans Statement Welcome to the October Newsletter and I hope you are all well. This year has proved to be difficult for us all, but lets hope, 2021 brings with it more of a normality or as near as possible to that. Although many of us have not been able to...
Newsletter No.44
Chairman’s Statement: I don’t think I need to remind you of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has affected our way of life, in a way that no one could have predicted. I don’t like to dwell on this, but instead to have more happier thoughts. As a member you will know...
Newsletter No.43
Keep Calm and Keep Safe Chairman’s Statement: It certainly is a different world just now. I read recently that this current situation is akin to the nations feelings during the World Wars. One good thing that has come out of all this, it has brought the nation...
Newsletter No.42
1. Interested in Scottish Brewing, then what about Scottish Real Ale? If you are looking at the SBAA newsletter then the chances are you are interested in Scottish Breweries, but what about the products they produce, and in particular their real ales? You have...
Newsletter No.41
1. Sir Geoff Palmer in Conversation at Stewart Brewing As part of the Midlothian Science Festival, Stewart Brewing held an event titled Sir Geoff Palmer OBE in Conversation. Sir Geoff was joined by former student, Steve Stewart, co-founder of Stewart Brewing to...
Newsletter No.40
Planned visit to Belhaven Brewery In our first newsletter of 2019 there was a short article that highlighted the fact that Belhaven Brewery is celebrating its 300th anniversary this year. It would be fitting for the SBAA to support Belhaven by arranging a visit to see...
Newsletter No.39
The Tennent's Story Experience Wednesday 5th June 11.30am Meeting at the entrance to The Tennents Story at the Wellpark Brewery, Glasgow. Lunch at Drygate, 1:00pm. If you would like to attend, please contact John Martin - martin.j7@sky.com Thanks go to Sara for...
Newsletter No.38
The Tennent’s Story official opening: On November the 21st 2018 the new “The Tennent’s Story” experience officially opened at Wellpark Brewery in Glasgow. The event was the climax of almost three years work initially inspired to save some of the rich history and...
Newsletter No.37
The Scottish Beer Awards: The Scottish Brewing Archive Association attended the Scottish Beer Awards at the end of September with the purpose of making the SBAA better known to many of the Scottish brewers that were attending and also to highlight what we have to...
Newsletter No.36
The National Guardian: The National Guardian is one of the best reference periodicals of the Scottish Licensed Trade. It includes the well known Glasgow and Edinburgh wine & spirit merchants, brewers and members of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association...
Newsletter No.35
“View from the Chair” It would appear that winter is over and the joys of spring are now with us. I am pleased to announce that the SBAA have made a donation of £500 to Heriot-Watt University to honour Harvey Milne. The donation is to be awarded to the highest...
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