Shut up about Barclay Perkins

We're back with those hawking carters. It's got me thinking about something. When I was a kid, my Dad used to order beer from Da...

I  just love this article. It combines seevral of my Scottish obessions. Including the relationship between publicans and brewers in Scotlan...

Aitken, big exporter, shipped loads of beer to Australia. That's a quick summary of the story so far. But why didn't they use their ...

I've told you that Aitken was a big exporter of beer. Particularly to Australia. Well here's some evidence of that trade. Let'...

I never promised you a rose garden. No, I promised you more excruciating detail about brewing at Aitken. And here is is, not petals and thor...

I was particularly pleased to find this particular reminiscence in the Scottish Brewing Archive's Falkirk edition. It's from Arthur ...

We've learned all about the technical details of Aitken's fancy new bottling line. Now it's time to get to know the people worki...

Drinking in breweries used to be common. I doubt there was a dry brewery in the country 50 years ago. Drinking went on before, during and af...

James Aitken's bottling hall. We're learning more about it than any man ever need know. This time it's from a newspaper article ...

I feel like I'm getting to know Aitken quite well. And not just the Aitken family, but also the people who worked for them. Back in 2002...

A photo-inspired piece this time. Just some thoughts that struck me after rolling my eyes over a picture of a Falkirk pub. The pub in ques...

We're back in the old-ish Aitken's brewery. Though as you read the passage below you'll realise that it had already been greatly...

Alfred Barnard - where would I be without him? Having to make do with poorly-written newspaper reports draughted by journalists with no unde...

More gossip from Alex Young. Sort of about the Aitken family. I'd not expected this: "This I must tell you, Mrs Aitken was Fren...

Yes, more from Alex Young's letters to Charles McMaster. They're such a wonderful resource for plain old gossip. And who doesn't...