Prestonpans Beer : pressed tin sign issued by John Fowler & Co. Ltd. : Prestonpans Brewery : East Lothian : c.1920
A fine pressed tin sign issued by the old Prestonpans Brewery company of John Fowler & Co. Ltd., founded in c.1720 and registered as a company in 1865. This local brewery on the coast of Haddingtonshire, now East Lothian, was acquired by Northern Breweries in 1960 and closed in 1962. Their most famous product "Fowler's Wee Heavy" or "Twelve Guinea Ale". This was latterly brewed by Tennent Caledonian Brewers as a bottled beer at their Glasgow brewery.
Prestonpans Beer : pressed tin sign issued by John Fowler & Co. Ltd. : Prestonpans Brewery : East Lothian : c.1920
A fine pressed tin sign issued by the old Prestonpans Brewery company of John Fowler & Co. Ltd., founded in c.1720 and registered as a company in 1865. This local brewery on the coast of Haddingtonshire, now East Lothian, was acquired by Northern Breweries in 1960 and closed in 1962. Their most famous product "Fowler's Wee Heavy" or "Twelve Guinea Ale". This was latterly brewed by Tennent Caledonian Brewers as a bottled beer at their Glasgow brewery.