James Key was the owner of the Crail Brewery and in 1858 he expanded the business through the acquisition of the Anstruther Brewery of John Russell & Co for £1,150.
He put his eldest son, John Melville Key, in charge of the Anstruther Brewery until John's death in 1874. The Anstruther Brewery was then managed by a second son, William, who inherited the brewery on James's death in 1886.
Location: Anstruther
Active: 1858 - 1886
Status: Transferred
The Anstruther Brewery was on Burial Brae, and consisted of a group of buildings organised around a courtyard.
Books and periodicals
Gibb, F. The brewers and breweries of Fife. Stirling: Lomax Press, 2012.
