James Watson & Son took over the running of the Ayr Brewery in 1850 when the partnership of Watson & Brown was dissolved.
James Watson senior died shortly after in 1851, and the business then passed to his son, James Watson junior.
Location: Ayr
Active: 1850 - 1851
Status: Transferred
The Ayr Brewery was built by the partnership of Watson & Brown in 1833 on land formerly owned by the Dominicans on Mill Vennel, later known as Mill Street.
The site was cleared in the 1970s and is now occupied by housing.
Books and periodicals
Close, R. The forgotten breweries of Scotland: Turner's Ayr and Newton Breweries Ltd. Scottish Brewing Archive Newsletter, 1987, 10, pp.10-12.
Hume, J. R. The industrial archaeology of Scotland, 1: The Lowlands and Borders. London: B. T. Batsford, 1976.
