James Calder & Co. (Brewers) Ltd
James Calder & Co. (Brewers) Ltd, Shore Brewery, Whins Road, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
Brewery built 1816 by John McNellan and was acquired by James Calder in 1862.
Registered 1905 as James Calder & Co.(Alloa) Ltd. Re-registered as above in 1920.
Brewing ceased in 1921 and beer was supplied by Archibald Arrol & Sons Ltd until 1951 when John Jeffrey & Co. Ltd. brewed for them after the conversion of the Alloa Brewery into a lager only plant.
Acquired by [[Northern Breweries of Great Britain Ltd] in 1960, and brewing ceased.
The original Shore Brewery has been demolished.
The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.
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