2021, Vol.21

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...
Newsletter No.49

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...

Historic Brewery Walk

September 2021 We were blessed with a warm evening for our first event since the Covid 19 crisis. Fifteen SBAA members took part in a historical brewery walk covering the ABBEYHILL area of Edinburgh. John Martin , our guide for the evening , came well prepared with a...

2020, Vol.20

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...
Newsletter No. 48

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...