List of breweries in Scotland

Main article: Scottish beer

This is a list of breweries in Scotland. Beer has been produced in Scotland for approximately 5,000 years.[1] The Celtic tradition of using bittering herbs remained in Scotland longer than the rest of Europe. Most breweries developed in the central Lowlands, which also contained the main centres of population. Scottish brewing reached a peak of 280 breweries in 1840. The merger of breweries led to changes, the higher hop content of some of the beers allowed them to travel better than previous products thus creating a higher quality product for export.[2] Edinburgh and Alloa in particular became noted centres for the export of beer around the world. By 1920, there were only 62 brewers left. The decline continued so that by 1960 there were only 26 and by 1970, they had dropped to just 11.[2]

At the end of the twentieth century, small breweries had begun to spring up all over Scotland and the decline was reversed. The CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2015 states that Scotland is home to 80 breweries. Many of the breweries creating world-class and award-winning beers.[3]

Operational breweries


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Defunct breweries

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Champion Beer of Scotland

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "A Brief History Of Scottish Brewing".
  3. "10 great craft beers to try while you’re in Scotland".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "The beer list for Glasgow Real Ale Festival 2015". Glasgow Real Ale Festival.
  5. "The Alpha Project".
  6. "Andrews Ales Cummertrees Pale Ale".
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "SIBA Scotland Region Beer Competition 2013".
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "SIBA Scotland Region Beer Competition 2014".
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "SIBA National Cask, Bottle, Keg Beer Competition 2015".
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Scots brewery numbers soar in last year".
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Beyond BrewDog: 10 Scottish Beers You Need To Drink". 13 Feb 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "5 upcoming Scottish craft beer breweries". Scotsman. 4 March 2015.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "CAMRA - Champion Beer of Scotland".
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "SIBA National Beer Competition 2014".
  15. 1 2 "CAMRA - Champion Beer of Britain".
  16. "Fyfe Brewing Company".
  17. "International Beer Challenge 2014 - Brewer of the Year - UK".
  18. "Odyssey Brothers".
  19. "Old Worthy Brewing Company".
  20. "Sugar Pine Brewing Company".
  21. "Records of Alice Brewery plc, Inverness, Scotland".
  22. "Scottish Brewing Archive - Collections - Devanha Brewery Co Ltd, brewers, Aberdeen, Scotland". gla.ac.uk.
  23. "Bitter whiff Tales of the city: GLASGOW".
  24. "Scottish brewery to close".
  25. "Fury at closure of Scottish brewery.".
  26. Champion Beer of Scotland Winners - CAMRA

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