Scottish breweries in 1928

This is unbelievable. I was sure that I'd posted this a long, long time ago*. I'd already created the map and everything. Never mind. I've done it now.

By 1928, there were only 4 towns in Scotland with more than one brewery: Edinburgh, Alloa, Glasgow and Dundee. Though in Dundee both breweries were owned by the same firm, Ballingall. The Scottish brewing industry was becoming increasingly concentrated in Edinburgh and, to a lesser degree, Alloa. Of the 41 breweries in the table, 19 were in Edinburgh and 6 in Alloa. And, with the exception of Tennent in Glasgow and Aitken in Falkirk, most of the breweries outside the two main centres were pretty small.

What should I do first, map or table? Let's go with map, shall we? It shows clearly the concentration of breweries in the central belt between Edinburgh and Glasgow.




View Scottisn breweries in 1928 in a larger map


Next there's the table. A word of warning, there are a couple of breweries missing. William Murray's second brewery in Duddingston, for example, the North British Brewery. Also Robert Younger's brewery in Duddingston.

Scottish breweries in 1928
Devanha Brewery Co. Ltd.		Aberdeen.
Archibald Arrol & Sons Ltd.	Alloa Brewery	Alloa.
Blair & Co. (Alloa) Ltd.	Town head Brewery	Alloa.
Maclay & Co. Ltd.	Thistle Bry.	Alloa.
Geo. Younger & Son Ltd.	Meadow & Candleriggs Breweries	Alloa.
Jas. Calder & Co.(Brewers) Ltd.	Shore Brewery	Alloa.
Robt. Knox	Forth Brewery	Cambus, Alloa.
A. & J. Davidson		Coldstream.
McLennan & Urquhart Ltd.	The Brewery	Dalkeith.
G. & J. Maclachlan Ltd.	Castle Brewery	Duddingston, Edinburgh.
Wm. Murray & Co. Ltd.	Craigmillar Brewery	Duddingston, Edinburgh.
T. Y. Paterson & Co. Ltd.	Pentland Brewery	Duddingston, Edinburgh.
Robt. Deuchar Ltd.	Duddingston Brewery	Duddingston, Edinburgh.
Drybrough & Co. Ltd.	Duddingston	Duddingston, Edinburgh.
Ballingall &  Son Ltd.	Park and Pleasance Breweries	Dundee.
Robt. Younger Ltd.	St. Anns' Brewery	Edinburgh
John Aitchison & Co. Ltd.	Holyrood Road	Edinburgh.
T. & J. Bernard Ltd.	Edinburgh Brewery	Edinburgh.
A. Campbell, Hope, &  King Ltd.	Argyle Brewery	Edinburgh.
Edinburgh United Breweries Ltd.	Bell's Breweries	Edinburgh.
John Jeffrey & Co.	Heriot & Roseburn Breweries	Edinburgh.
Geo. Mackay & Co.	St. Leonard's Brewery	Edinburgh.
Wm. McEwan & Co. Ltd.	Fountain Brewery	Edinburgh.
Steel, Coulson, & Co. Ltd.	Croft-an-Righ Brewery	Edinburgh.
C. Vaux & Sons Ltd.	Caledonian Brewery	Edinburgh.
Wm. Younger & Co. Ltd.	Abbey & Holyrood Breweries	Edinburgh.
Gordon & Blair (1923) Ltd.	Craigwell Brewery	Edinburgh;
J. & J. Morison	Commercial Brewery,Canongate,	Edinburgh.
Thos. Usher & Son Ltd.	Park Bry.	St. Leonards, Edinburgh.
Jas. Aitken & Co. (Falkirk) Ltd.	The Brewery	Falkirk.
John Young & Go. Ltd.	Ladywell Brewery	Fisherrow, Edinburgh.
Steel, Coulson, & Co. Ltd.	Greenhead Brewery	Glasgow
Hugh Baird & Co.	Great Canal Bry.	Glasgow.
J. & R. Tennent Ltd.	Wellpark Bry.	Glasgow.
M. Binnie	The Brewery	Haddington.
Wm. Whitelaw & Son	Fisherrow Bry.	Musselburgh, near Edinburgh.
South Western Brewery Co.		Newton Stewart.
Gordon & Blair (1923) Ltd.	Home Brewery	Parkhead, Glasgow.
J. Wright & Co.	18 North Methven Street	Perth.
Heslop & Son	Errol Street	Peterhead.
John Fowler &  Co. Ltd.		Prestonpans, near Edinburgh.
Source:
"Brewers' Almanck 1928"

Great. No need for much in the way of words. Not that I've any great shortage of them. But, you know, I'm a lazy git.

Next I'll be taking a closer look at the breweries in Duddingston.




* I've just noticed that I did, back in October last year. Oh well, I've added the table of breweries this time. Justification enough for repeating the map.