Old Photograph Brewery Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a Brewery in Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow was once home to some major breweries, the earliest being Anderston Brewery, established in 1760, John Struthers' Greenhead Brewery, established prior to 1760, as well as the famous Scottish lager brewing firm of J & R Tennent and the Wellpark Brewery established in 1740. Through the efforts of these breweries Glasgow became well known for the quality of its brewing of Porter, equalling that of the Porter brewers in London, England. Tennent then began the brewing of lager beer culminating in the building of a dedicated lager brewery that opened in 1891. Other breweries came and went during the 19th and early 20th centuries such as the Barrowfield Brewery, established prior to 1825, the Home Brewery at Parkhead, established prior early 1860s, Petershill Brewery at Springburn, established prior to 1887, and Machlachlan's Castle Brewery, established in 1889, at Maryhill who moved brewing operations to Edinburgh in 1907 and then closed the Glasgow brewery.



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