Maclay & Co Ltd Alloa brass collar

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Name/Title

Maclay & Co Ltd Alloa brass collar

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.468

Description

Maclay & Co Ltd Alloa Beer barrel brass collar

Context

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.

Category

Breweries and Brewing

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Location

* Untyped Location

C11S2