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The Breweries of Old Edinburgh

In Edinburgh there are a lot of old brewery buildings still standing, some going back to the 18th century when large purpose-built breweries started to take over from the small-time brewers in the city's closes and wynds. These structures have now been repurposed and today are used mostly for housing. Their appearance as fine examples of our industrial heritage is an utter joy to behold. Of course, the very big question is: why is this the case? What is so very different between the two great cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow that sees Glasgow have only one partial remains of an old brewery while every turn of a corner in Scotland's capital city seems to bring into view yet another old brewery and a wonderful old structure? Is it the case that Edinburgh cares more for its industrial heritage and architecture, or is it just down to the use of a better quality of sandstone that has managed to stand the test of time? Starting on the site of McEwan's Fountain Brewery at Gilmore Park - an area that is now unrecognisable with most of the brewery now demolished and replaced with housing - we then wander down the closes leading off the Royal Mile to discover the location of 16th century brewers of beer. From there we are literally tripping over a vast array of brewery buildings, from the Heriot Brewery in the Grassmarket to the Argyle Brewery in the Cowgate, William Younger's Holyrood and Abbey breweries; the breweries of Croft-an-Righ, North Back of Canongate, and the Boroughlough Brewery by The Meadows. What is probably the very first purpose-built brewery in Edinburgh is then visited. It sits by The Pleasance, and can be seen on an old map of 1765. But even here it wasn't just one brewery; there was also Forrest's Brewery and the Pleasance Brewery, possibly both one and the same. The whole city is quite simply blossoming with old brewery buildings that, while no longer brewing beer, have now seen a new lease of life, and their very existence contributes greatly to the reason why Edinburgh is now a World Heritage Site. NOTE - I missed out a few websites that I should have mentioned in the video credits. These are 'Curious Edinburgh', breweryhistory.com, Lucy Jackson and The National, Scottish Brewing Heritage.