Maclay & Co. Ltd

Courtesy Roy Denison

Maclay & Co. Ltd, Thistle Brewery, 1 Junction Place, Alloa, Clackmannanshire

Founded by 1830 when James Maclay leased the Mill Brewery. The Thistle Brewery was built in 1870 and the Mill Brewery was leased to Robert Henderson & Co. Ltd. Registered in 1897.

They closed their brewery in 1999 but continued to trade independently as a pub company. Forth Brewing Co was founded by members of staff which for a while brewed Maclay beers. All Maclay beer was then brewed by the Belhaven Brewery Co. Ltd. and the Thistle Brewery has since been demolished.

• List of Maclay & Co. Ltd. pubs

Images of the brewery:

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  1993: from the Alloa Brewery

The brewery in 1987. Courtesy Walter Dunlop

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  Mash Tun
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  Copper
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  Copper
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  Fermenter
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  Fermenter
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  Heat Exchangers
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  Malt Mill
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  Tun and Copper

Labels and Advertising

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  Courtesy Roy Denison
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  1984
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