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Craigwell Brewery

Beers Brewed at Craigwell Brewery

12 October 2007

Got an e-mail this morning from Iain Russell the Scottish Brewing Archivist at Glasgow University. He’s going to look out some information about Craigwell Brewery, but he says: We have some black and white photos of the brewery in the archive, and a short (1 and a wee bit pages!) history of the firm post [...]

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History of Craigwell Brewery – Gordon & Blair/ John Blair

11 October 2007

Doing a search on the internet of  ’Craigwell Brewery’ turns up an article in the Scottish Brewing archive, which can be accessed here: http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/sba/sbacolls/gb.html John Blair is quoted as the builder of the Craigwell Brewery in 1822, and this article on Scottish Brewing history mentions his associations with Holyrood (http://www.scottishpubs.co.uk/scotbeers/monk.htm)

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Old Brewery Garden, Nether Craigwell, Calton Road, Edinburgh EH8 8DR

11 October 2007

Dave Fiddimore, who has lived at Nether Craigwell since the conversion to residential properties in 1987, was on duty on the weekend of 5 May 2007 at the entrance to the Garden of Nether Craigwell which was open to the public at the ‘Open Gardens Day’ – Organised by the Cockburn Association in partnership with [...]

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Researching history of Craigwell Cottage

10 October 2007

Craigwell Cottage at 16 Nether Craigwell, Edinburgh is one of 22 dwellinghouses which were formed when old industrial buildings were converted to housing in 1987. On 26 April 2007 Sandcastle Holidays (Scotland) Ltd purchased the cottage at 16 Nether Craigwell with the intention of using it for holiday letting. Susan McNaughton of Sandcastle Holidays had [...]

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