tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post8561549371958053710..comments2024-03-29T05:24:30.793-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Fermentation at George Younger in the 1880'sRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-57214123283506988722012-01-10T11:39:20.950-08:002012-01-10T11:39:20.950-08:00The Candleriggs brewery was the third largest in S...The Candleriggs brewery was the third largest in Scotland behind William Younger and William McEwan (a relative of the Alloa Youngers) of Edinburgh.<br /><br />The Pony Brand label shown is interesting - it was a non alcoholic (very low alcohol in fact) beer brewed at the time the Temperance Society was at it's strongest, just after World War One.<br /><br />Youngers had bought the old Bass Crest Brewery in 1919, from Bass of Burton, who had bought out the ailing firm the previous year in order to finally resolve the trademark issue which had earlier caused litigations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-24990618785668066432011-09-25T17:06:59.543-07:002011-09-25T17:06:59.543-07:00I've now looked at the site of Younger's C...I've now looked at the site of Younger's Candlerigg Brewery. It's not very big. Not when you think of it as being in the top ten breweries in the country, considering that Bass was being described as a city of beer. Perhaps they didn't have room for union sets?Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.com