Records of William McEwan & Co Ltd, brewers, Edinburgh, Scotland 1741-1991
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William McEwan , the son of John McEwan , shipowner of Alloa, Scotland , was born in 1827 . He served his apprenticeship with John Jeffrey , an Edinburgh brewer, and in 1856 he established his own business, the Fountain Brewery , in Fountainbridge in Edinburgh . He quickly established a large Scottish market and in the 1860s built up a successful colonial export trade. His sister married James Younger , an Alloa brewer, and one of their sons, William, joined his uncle's business. When William Mc...