This part of the site is focused on the pre-1970s brewing businesses of Scotland.
In Table View you can sort by the name of a business, the year in which it started or ended, or where it was located.You can also filter by typing part of the name, place, etc. So if you are looking for a business which contains the name 'Watson', just type 'Watson' in the 'Search' box.
In Map View just click on a marker of interest and you will be provided with the dates between which a business was active and an opportunity to look at a more detailed overview. Markers will often overlap in towns and cities whic h had multiple breweries so you may have to enlarge the map to allow you to select a specific business.
Business Name | From | To | Location | View |
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Hugh Watt and Co | 1785 | 1836 | Saltcoats | View this Business |
George Paxton and Sons | 1846 | 1902 | Kilmarnock | View this Business |
James Brown and Co | 1877 | 1912 | Kilmarnock | View this Business |
McNaught and Dickson | 1898 | 1898 | Irvine | View this Business |
Catrine Brewery Co | 1867 | 1919 | Catrine | View this Business |
A M Turner | 1881 | 1898 | Newton | View this Business |
David B Young | 1864 | 1881 | Ayr | View this Business |
Charles Guthrie | 1864 | 1866 | Ayr | View this Business |
John Smith | 1840 | 1884 | Wallacetown | View this Business |
John Ramsay and Co | 1803 | 1809 | Ayr | View this Business |
Haddington Brewery Co Ltd | 1896 | 1904 | Haddington | View this Business |
James Mackell Montgomery | 1881 | 1897 | Haddington | View this Business |
Thomas Laurie | 1862 | 1865 | Haddington | View this Business |
John Martine | 1830s | 1862 | Haddington | View this Business |
James Richardson | 1859 | 1881 | Haddington | View this Business |
John Walker | 1850s | 1859 | Haddington | View this Business |
Alexander Howden | 1811 | 1840s | Haddington | View this Business |
Alexander Howden | 1806 | 1811 | Haddington | View this Business |
James H. Inglis and Co | 1853 | 1854 | Haddington | View this Business |
Ross Shiells | 1857 | 1861 | Haddington | View this Business |
William Goodall Shiells | 1847 | 1861 | Haddington | View this Business |
William Shiells | 1824 | 1847 | Haddington | View this Business |
Bernards Ltd | 1895 | 1905 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
Daniel Bernard | 1889 | 1895 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
Thomas and James Bernard Ltd | 1895 | 1960 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
Thomas and James Bernard | 1852 | 1895 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
Thomas Bernard | 1845 | 1851 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
Peter Wilson | 1843 | 1844 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
Brown and Raeburn | 1838 | 1839 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
George Bell Brown | 1823 | 1838 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
J and G Brown. | 1822 | 1823 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
David Halket | 1820 | 1822 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
Samuel and David Halket | 1810 | 1814 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
Samuel Halket | 1809 | 1820 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
Alexander Law | 1808 | 1809 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
William Murison | 1803 | 1807 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
Patrick Murison | 1794 | 1800 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
William Whitelaw and Son Ltd | 1929 | 1939 | Fisherrow | View this Business |
William Whitelaw and Son | 1870s | 1929 | Fisherrow | View this Business |
William Whitelaw | 1820 | 1870s | Fisherrow | View this Business |
Alexander Vernor | 1809 | 1820 | Fisherrow | View this Business |
Robert Vernor | 1780s | 1809 | Fisherrow | View this Business |
Thomas Vernor | 1740s | 1780s | Fisherrow | View this Business |
John Young and Co Ltd | 1891 | 1971 | Fisherrow | View this Business |
John Young and Co | 1886 | 1891 | Fisherrow | View this Business |
Thomas Millar | 1882 | 1885 | Fisherrow | View this Business |
Lawrence Lyall | 1855 | 1889 | Fisherrow | View this Business |
Scott and Lyall | 1840s | 1850s | Leven | View this Business |
William Dawson | 1840s | 1840s | Leven | View this Business |
Thomas Ballingall | 1820s | 1830s | Leven | View this Business |
David Ballingall | 1810s | 1820s | Leven | View this Business |
John Fowlis | 1800s | 1810 | Leven | View this Business |
J and G Brown | 1850s | 1926 | East Wemyss | View this Business |
James Edington | 1800s | 1847 | East Wemyss | View this Business |
William Key | 1874 | 1905 | Anstruther | View this Business |
John Russell and Co | 1839 | 1858 | Anstruther | View this Business |
David Rodger | 1817 | 1839 | Anstruther | View this Business |
James Rodger | 1795 | 1817 | Anstruther | View this Business |
James Johnston | 1780s | 1795 | Anstruther | View this Business |
James Key and Son | 1858 | 1914 | Crail | View this Business |
James Key | 1823 | 1858 | Crail | View this Business |
John Key | 1810s | 1823 | Crail | View this Business |
James Key | 1790s | 1806 | Crail | View this Business |
James Aitken and Co (Falkirk) Ltd | 1900 | 1968 | Falkirk | View this Business |
James Aitken and Co | 1823 | 1900 | Falkirk | View this Business |
John Aitken | 1740 | 1823 | Falkirk | View this Business |
Carmichael and Co Ltd | 1897 | 1905 | Auchterarder | View this Business |
Carmichael and Co | 1895 | 1897 | Auchterarder | View this Business |
John Carmichael and Co | 1872 | 1895 | Auchterarder | View this Business |
Scott and Co | 1861 | 1864 | Auchterarder | View this Business |
Robert Mailer | 1841 | 1861 | Auchterarder | View this Business |
Thomsons and Co | 1841 | 1841 | Auchterarder | View this Business |
Thomson and Garbois | 1833 | 1838 | Auchterarder | View this Business |
James Christie | 1869 | 1871 | Auchterarder | View this Business |
Andrew Christie | 1869 | 1873 | Auchterarder | View this Business |
J and A Christie | 1858 | 1869 | Auchterarder | View this Business |
James Duncan | 1895 | 1890s | Stirling | View this Business |
George Walker Duncan | 1893 | 1895 | Stirling | View this Business |
Robert McNicol | 1861 | 1893 | Stirling | View this Business |
James Burden | 1820s | 1860 | Stirling | View this Business |
J and J Miller | 1899 | 1917 | Stirling | View this Business |
Andrew Colquhoun and Co | 1865 | 1899 | Stirling | View this Business |
A McMullan and Sons | 1892 | 1920 | Kilsyth | View this Business |
John Amory | 1810s | 1818 | Denny | View this Business |
Ainslie and Co | 1898 | 1903 | Nairn | View this Business |
David Bernard Rose | 1885 | 1898 | Nairn | View this Business |
James Rose | 1881 | 1885 | Nairn | View this Business |
Hugh Ross | 1868 | 1871 | Nairn | View this Business |
James Grant | 1863 | 1868 | Nairn | View this Business |
George Hayward | 1856 | 1860s | Nairn | View this Business |
Alexander Mann | 1856 | 1860 | Nairn | View this Business |
John Carlier Tweedie | 1853 | 1855 | Nairn | View this Business |
James McGrigor | 1851 | 1851 | Nairn | View this Business |
Peter Smith | 1849 | 1850 | Nairn | View this Business |
William Mackintosh | 1845 | 1849 | Nairn | View this Business |
Donald Mackay | 1845 | 1845 | Nairn | View this Business |
A and J Young | 1810s | 1912 | Elgin | View this Business |
Alexander Young | 1800s | 1810s | Elgin | View this Business |
Robertson, Brander, Ritchie and Co | 1784 | 1800s | Elgin | View this Business |
James Sharp | 1790s | 1830 | Blackford | View this Business |
Mark Binnie and Co | 1882 | 1937 | Haddington | View this Business |
Sacell Brewery Company | 1820s | 1900s | Paisley | View this Business |
James Chep and Co | 1801 | 1820s | Paisley | View this Business |
James Harvey | 1780 | 1801 | Paisley | View this Business |
Adam Pattison | 1770s | 1800 | Paisley | View this Business |
John Aitchison and Co Ltd | 1895 | 1961 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
John Aitchison and Co | 1828 | 1895 | Edinburgh | View this Business |
Aitchison and Co | 1810 | 1828 | Peebles | View this Business |
William Ker | 1770s | 1807 | Peebles | View this Business |
Simson and McPherson Ltd | 1896 | 1961 | Melrose | View this Business |
James Simson and Sons | 1874 | 1896 | Melrose | View this Business |
James Simson | 1837 | 1874 | Melrose | View this Business |
Francis Vanhagen | 1820s | 1828 | Melrose | View this Business |
South-Western Brewery Co Ltd | 1898 | 1926 | Newton Stewart | View this Business |
W T Solomon and Co | 1860s | 1898 | Newton Stewart | View this Business |
Bryce Wright | 1855 | 1863 | Newton Stewart | View this Business |
Ludovic McLaurin | 1833 | 1854 | Newton Stewart | View this Business |
James McLaurin | 1810s | 1833 | Newton Stewart | View this Business |
David McLaurin | 1790s | 1810s | Newton Stewart | View this Business |
William Tomlinson | 1874 | 1870s | Gatehouse of Fleet | View this Business |
Thomas Campbell McKean | 1869 | 1874 | Gatehouse of Fleet | View this Business |
David Hunter | 1860 | 1869 | Gatehouse of Fleet | View this Business |
James Hunter | 1857 | 1860 | Gatehouse of Fleet | View this Business |
Andrew Kirk | 1840s | 1857 | Gatehouse of Fleet | View this Business |
John McWilliam | 1820s | 1830s | Gatehouse of Fleet | View this Business |
Mr Archibald | 1810s | 1820s | Gatehouse of Fleet | View this Business |
James Davitts | 1781 | 1806 | Gatehouse of Fleet | View this Business |
Brewery Company of Gatehouse | 1769 | 1781 | Gatehouse of Fleet | View this Business |
Guild and Co | 1894 | 1907 | Inverness | View this Business |
Guild and Wyllie | 1887 | 1894 | Inverness | View this Business |
Thornbush Brewery Company | 1853 | 1887 | Inverness | View this Business |
Francis William Loban | 1847 | 1853 | Inverness | View this Business |
William Loban | 1830s | 1847 | Inverness | View this Business |
Bathgate Brewery Company | 1867 | 1867 | Bathgate | View this Business |
Thomas Robertson | 1856 | 1867 | Bathgate | View this Business |
M Wallace | 1840s | 1856 | Bathgate | View this Business |
John Pearson and Co | 1837 | 1838 | Bathgate | View this Business |
David Cameron Ltd | 1945 | 1945 | Laurencekirk | View this Business |
David Cameron | 1884 | 1944 | Laurencekirk | View this Business |
Donald, Cameron and Co | 1876 | 1884 | Laurencekirk | View this Business |
Nelson and Co | 1871 | 1876 | Laurencekirk | View this Business |
John Nelson | 1860s | 1870 | Laurencekirk | View this Business |
William and George Little | 1810s | 1820s | Annan | View this Business |
Peter McEwan and Co | 1870 | 1871 | Annan | View this Business |
John C Wilson | 1860s | 1860s | Annan | View this Business |
James Hope | 1837 | 1841 | Annan | View this Business |
Gavin Gass | 1836 | 1842 | Annan | View this Business |
Gass and Hope | 1830 | 1836 | Annan | View this Business |
Elizabeth Gass | 1842 | 1858 | Annan | View this Business |
Andrew Little | 1800s | 1810s | Annan | View this Business |
D Bain and Sons | 1831 | 1830s | Cromarty | View this Business |
Walter Ross | 1810s | 1823 | Cromarty | View this Business |
Alexander Manson | 1798 | 1805 | Thurso | View this Business |
Gillespie, Sons and Co (Brewers) Ltd | 1944 | 1977 | Dumbarton | View this Business |
Gillespie, Sons and Co. | 1910s | 1940s | Dumbarton | View this Business |
Gillespie, Sons and Co Ltd | 1895 | 1926 | Glasgow | View this Business |
Gillespie, Sons and Co | 1889 | 1895 | Glasgow | View this Business |
Gillespie, Gray and Co | 1872 | 1889 | Glasgow | View this Business |
Alexander Gillespie | 1861 | 1872 | Dumbarton | View this Business |
John Neave and Sons Ltd | 1899 | 1911 | Dundee | View this Business |
M D Wills | 1866 | 1899 | Dundee | View this Business |
David Thomson Wills | 1858 | 1866 | Dundee | View this Business |
D S Ireland Ltd | 1892 | 1902 | St Andrews | View this Business |
D S Ireland | 1860 | 1890 | St Andrews | View this Business |
Rea Ireland | 1827 | 1860 | St Andrews | View this Business |
Ireland and Halket | 1825 | 1827 | St Andrews | View this Business |
Maclay and Co Ltd | 1896 | 1994 | Alloa | View this Business |
Maclay and Co | 1882 | 1896 | Alloa | View this Business |
J and J Maclay | 1875 | 1880 | Alloa | View this Business |
James Maclay | 1830 | 1875 | Alloa | View this Business |
R and D Sharp Ltd | 1884 | 1936 | Blackford | View this Business |
R and D Sharp | 1830 | 1884 | Blackford | View this Business |
Peter Burden Ltd | 1925 | 1931 | Stirling | View this Business |
Peter Burden | 1795 | 1925 | Stirling | View this Business |
Maclachlans Ltd | 1923 | 1966 | Glasgow | View this Business |
G and J Maclachlan Ltd | 1907 | 1923 | Glasgow | View this Business |
G and J Maclachlan | 1888 | 1907 | Glasgow | View this Business |
Coldstream Brewery Co Ltd | 1922 | 1944 | Coldstream | View this Business |
J and A Davidson (Coldstream) Ltd | 1918 | 1922 | Coldstream | View this Business |
J and A Davidson | 1820 | 1918 | Coldstream | View this Business |
Hindhaugh, Trotter and Co | 1826 | 1847 | Coldstream | View this Business |
Thomas Jopling and Co | 1810s | 1823 | Coldstream | View this Business |
Head, Jopling and Co | 1790s | 1810s | Coldstream | View this Business |
Craigellachie Brewery Co Ltd | 1895 | 1911 | Craigellachie | View this Business |
James Watson and Co | 1884 | 1898 | Ayr | View this Business |
James Watson | 1851 | 1884 | Ayr | View this Business |
Watson and Brown | 1824 | 1850 | Ayr | View this Business |
James Watson and Son | 1850 | 1851 | Ayr | View this Business |
Turners Ayr and Newton Breweries Ltd | 1898 | 1934 | Ayr | View this Business |
Thomson, Marshall and Co Ltd | 1890 | 1907 | Aberdeen | View this Business |
Thomson, Marshall and Co | 1863 | 1890 | Aberdeen | View this Business |
Smith, Irvine and Co | 1790s | 1863 | Aberdeen | View this Business |