a) The Calders of Alloa – Michael Clark reveals the background of one of the great brewing families of Alloa.

b) “Raise Your Glass” reaches Alloa and Musselburgh – Allan P. Mclean reports on the progress of Brewing Heritage Scotland (SBAA).

c) The Malt Duty Petition of 1725. John Martin looks into the past, in the second of a series of articles that tells a story that relates to some of the content in the safe keeping of the Scottish Brewing Archive held by the University of Glasgow Archive Services.

d) Robert Burns Scottish Ale – John Martin and Allan McLean comment on beer links with Robert Burns.

e) The Dark Art of Marketing. Kirsty Dunsmore of Edinburgh Beer Factory explains the thinking behind the marketing strategy for Paolozzi lager.

f) A Life with Tennent’s – Part 2. Ivor Reid retired from Tennent’s in Glasgow and reminisced about some of his time there in the first part of this article in the 2016 edition of the SBAA Annual Journal. Here he returns to the theme to take up more of the story.