Achievements

SBH ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS TEXT

Brewing Heritage Scotland was a Community Interest Company from 2014 to 2026 and secured funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2015. It also received support from companies and agencies in the drinks sector (see acknowledgement page).

During its lifetime it organised several exhibitions:

• The first Scottish Brewing Heritage exhibition was held at the Central Library on George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, in October 2015. It featured artefacts from many of Scotland's heritage breweries as well as a slide show of advertising material.
• The second exhibition was hosted by the Museum of Edinburgh on the Canongate and ran from March to June 2016. It included: objects advertising Scottish beers; displays describing the development of the brewing industry; recordings of memories from former brewery workers; and access to a digital archive of brewing images. It was supported by guided tours around the Canongate area highlighting the sites of former breweries.
• The third exhibition was held in Alloa, which was for many years arguably the second most important brewing centre in Scotland. It was located in the Speir's Centre and ran from November 2016 to January 2017. It was supported by talks and guided walks by brewers who worked in Alloa.
• The fourth exhibition took place in Musselburgh Museum and ran from April to June 2017. It featured artefacts and display boards recording the history of brewing in Scotland and of the contribution made by Musselburgh brewers, in particular William Whitelaw's Fisherrow Brewery and John Young's Ladywell Brewery.
• Its last exhibition was hosted by the John Gray Centre, Haddington, and ran from February to April 2019. It featured artefacts and display boards recording the history of brewing in Scotland and the contribution made by Haddington brewers. This included Alexander Howden's Nungate Brewery, Mark Binnie's New Nungate Brewery, John Martine's Sidegate Brewery, and William Shiell's Brewery Park. There was also information on the distilling and malting industries of the town.

Finally the group developed a web-site aimed at recording all the major heritage breweries in Scotland supported by images of associated brewing artefacts.

The web-site is now curated by Lomax Busines Services Limited