Belhaven Brewery
Dunbar, East Lothian, United Kingdom · Est. 1719
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Why this matters
Scotland's oldest working brewery, now heavily commercialized and fully owned by the Hong Kong-backed Greene King group.
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Timeline
- 2005Bought by Greene King
Greene King completes its £187 million purchase of Scotland's oldest working brewery in November 2005. Greene King itself was then bought by Li Ka-shing's CK Asset Holdings for £4.6 billion in October 2019, so Belhaven — brewing at Dunbar since 1719 — is now ultimately owned from Hong Kong.
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Beers
Belhaven Best
Year-RoundScottish Ale
Brewed in Dunbar since 1719 on a site with its own well. Scotland's best-selling ale, at a strength that assumes you are having more than one.
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How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 1719Founded
- 2005Bought by Greene King
Greene King completes its £187 million purchase of Scotland's oldest working brewery in November 2005. Greene King itself was then bought by Li Ka-shing's CK Asset Holdings for £4.6 billion in October 2019, so Belhaven — brewing at Dunbar since 1719 — is now ultimately owned from Hong Kong.
Today the chain tops out at CK Asset Holdings.
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Sources
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Belhaven Brewery is controlled by Founder / family.
CK Asset Holdings — AGM Circular · CK Asset Holdings · 2026-04
PrimaryHigh reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-05Reviewed 2026-08-05
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Belhaven Brewery
- Who owns Belhaven Brewery?
- Belhaven Brewery is owned by CK Asset Holdings. Belhaven Brewery is based in Dunbar, East Lothian, United Kingdom.
- Is Belhaven Brewery still independent?
- No. Belhaven Brewery is owned by CK Asset Holdings and is no longer independent.
- When was Belhaven Brewery acquired?
- 2005. Greene King completes its £187 million purchase of Scotland's oldest working brewery in November 2005. Greene King itself was then bought by Li Ka-shing's CK Asset Holdings for £4.6 billion in October 2019, so Belhaven — brewing at Dunbar since 1719 — is now ultimately owned from Hong Kong.
- When was Belhaven Brewery founded?
- Belhaven Brewery was founded in 1719 in Dunbar, East Lothian, United Kingdom.
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