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Tally's take
The character
Scottish brewing runs from heather ales reconstructed from Pictish recipes to the loudest company in modern British beer. BrewDog turned Ellon into an international brand and then into a cautionary tale about what independence means once the capital arrives. Out in Orkney and the Highlands the breweries are small, remote and unbothered by any of it.
Edinburgh4Glasgow3Ellon1Dunbar1Alloa1Munlochy1Leith1Aberdeen1Cairndow1Alva1Dundee1Quoyloo1Loanhead1Galashiels1Innerleithen1Inverness1
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The breweries
21 in this scene
Counts here are the length of this list, not an estimate. For why a brewery you know might be missing — closures, shared roofs, contract brands, ownership exclusions — see how we count.
