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Dunbar, Belhaven, Brewery Lane, Belhaven Brewery

Brewery (18th Century)

Site Name Dunbar, Belhaven, Brewery Lane, Belhaven Brewery

Classification Brewery (18th Century)

Canmore ID 57608

Site Number NT67NE 136

NGR NT 66562 78387

NGR Description Centred NT 66562 78387

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Dunbar, Belhaven Brewery
View of entrance
Dunbar, Belhaven Brewery
View of entranceDunbar, Belhaven Brewery, Stables
View of old stablesBottling Plant. Interior. Bulk glass depalletiser.Bottling Plant. Interior. View  from north west of the pasteuriser. Two conveyor lines feed the filled and capped bottles into the two levels of the pasteurisation machine. This view shoes the upper level and the quide rails which feed the bottles onto the accumulation table and onto the conveyor.Bottling Plant. Interior. Detail view of Simon bottle filler. The bottle has already been rinsed. The bottles are then filled and move onto the crowner and thence to pasteurisation process.Bottling Plant. Interior. Detail view of Krones cold glue labelling machine (Prontomatic model).Belhaven Brewery. View from west of spent draff from brewing process being collected in a trailer.Belhaven Brewery. View from west of fermentation and conditioning area.Belhaven Brewery. View from south of keg handling and dispatch area.
Belhaven Brewery, Brewhouse. Interior. View of  the copperBelhaven Brewery, Brewhouse. Interior. View of the copper.Belhaven Brewery, Process Hall, ground floor. Interior. The beer is pumped from the conditioning and secondary fermentation vessels to the filtering and chiller area. Yeast is also removed from the vessels shown as part of the continuous filtering of the beer.Belhaven Brewery, Process Hall, ground floor.  Interior. Dual purpose vessel, plug for removing trubacious waste from beer.Belhaven Brewery, Process Hall, ground floor. Interior.  Flow Plate 2.Belhaven Brewery, Process Hall, ground floor.  Interior. Dual purpose vessel, plug for removing trubacious waste from beer.Belhaven Brewery, Filter House, ground floor. Interior. View of carbon dioxide unit.. Control room to right.Belhaven Brewery, Filter House, ground floor. Interior. View of carbon dioxide unit.. Control room to right.Belhaven Brewery, Filter House, ground floor. Interior. View of  filter.Belhaven Brewery, Filter House, ground floor. Interior. View emergency shower.Belhaven Brewery, Kegging Hall. Interior. View of kegging lane control panels.Belhaven Brewery, Kegging Hall. Interior. View of pasteuriser.Oblique aerial view of Belhaven Brewery, taken from the NW.View of office block from SW.General view from N.Interior.
View of wooden fermenting tanks.Bottling Plant. Interior. View from east of conveyor, looking towards the bulk glass de-palletiser.
Bottling Plant. Interior. View  from east of Simon crowner (left) and filler on the right.Interior view of Bottling Plant, Belhaven Brewery, Dunbar. Detail view of Simon crowning (bottle capping machine).Bottling Plant. Interior. View of conveyor belt and printer (quality codes such as date, best before dates etc). The bottle inspector is beyond..Bottling Plant. Interior. View from north east of Involvo packing machine at west end of bottling plant.Belhaven Brewery. View from east of former kilns with maltings behind. The older of the three is on the right.Belhaven Brewery. View from east of former kilns with bottling plant on left.Belhaven Brewery. View from south of keg handling and dispatch area with kegging plant behind.Belhaven Brewery. View from south east of bottling plant to left and carbon dioxide and nitrogen towers on right. The former grain drying kilns are on the right with the former maltings behind.Belhaven Brewery, Brewhouse. Interior. View of mash tun.Belhaven Brewery, Brewhouse. Interior. View of fermenting tanks. The three 100 barrel tanks are on the lefy (installed 1970-1) and the two 150 barrel tanks are on the right. The paraflow is obscured by the stairs.Belhaven Brewery, Brewhouse. Interior. View of SDV 1 (sugar dissolving vessel).Belhaven Brewery, Process Hall, ground floor. Interior. View of bottom of dual purpose vessel.Belhaven Brewery, Filter House, ground floor. Interior. View of filter.Belhaven Brewery, Kegging Hall. Interior. View of pasteuriser.Belhaven Brewery, Kegging Hall. Interior. Detail view of a kegging line control panel.Belhaven Brewery, Kegging Hall. Interior. Detail view of water tank .Oblique aerial view of Belhaven Brewery, taken from the E.Dunbar, Belhaven, Brewery Lane, Belhaven Brewery, NT67NE 136, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoGeneral view of chimney and glass houses.General view of malting kilns from SE.General view of malting kilns from S.General view of malting kilns from SE.Dunbar, Belhaven Brewery; Interior
View of water wheelDunbar, Belhaven Brewery, Brewhouse
General ViewBottling Plant. Interior. Detail view of Simon crowning (bottle capping machine).Bottling Plant. Interior. Detail of bottling 'menu board' on the west wall.Bottling Plant. Interior. Detail view of Involvo packing machine at west end of bottling plant. This packs up labelled botlles into cardboard packs prior to all printing and barcode labelling application.Belhaven Brewery. View from west of brewhouse range (left), hospitality range and process hall (right).
Belhaven Brewery. View from west of keg handling and dispatch area.
Belhaven Brewery. View from south of bottling plant with bright beer tanks 4 and 5 (steel) with 1, 2 and 3 beyond.Belhaven Brewery. View from east of bottling plant with bright beer tanks (BBT) 1, 2 and 3 with the steel tanks 4 and 5 behind.Belhaven Brewery. View from north west of laboratory  building. This was formerly the garage and cart shed. Note the steeply pitched roof.Belhaven Brewery. View from south of current visitor reception. This was formerly the smithy.Belhaven Brewery, Brewhouse. Interior. View of four roller Porteus mill.Belhaven Brewery, Process Hall. Interior. View process hall/ tun room, detail of control panel.Belhaven Brewery, Filter House, ground floor. Interior. View of filter with chiller behind. Green heat exchanger to right.Belhaven Brewery, Filter House, ground floor. Interior. View of heat exchanger and centrifuge.Belhaven Brewery, Filter House, ground floor. Interior. View of flow panel to process hall.Belhaven Brewery, Kegging Hall. Interior. View of water tank and beer holding tank from north east.Belhaven Brewery, Kegging Hall. Interior. Detail view of a kegging line control panel.Oblique aerial view of Belhaven Brewery, taken from the ENE.General view from NW.Interior.
View of maltings drying floor.Interior.
View of outer vaults in brewery cellars.Detail of office block window and stature on N gable.View of smithy from N.Dunbar, Belhaven Brewery, Brewhouse
General ViewDunbar, Belhaven Brewey, Brewhouse
General ViewDunbar, Belhaven Brewery; Interior
General ViewBottling Plant. Interior. Bottling line between bulk glass de-palletiser and rinser from westBottling Plant. Interior. Bottling line between bulk glass de-palletiser and rinser from westBelhaven Brewery. View from east of former kilns with maltings behind.Belhaven Brewery. View from south of keg handling and dispatch area with kegging plant behind.
Belhaven Brewery. View from west of workshop area..Belhaven Brewery. View from north east of storage area.Belhaven Brewery, Brewhouse. Interior. Detail of mash tun.Belhaven Brewery, Brewhouse. Interior. View of copperBelhaven Brewery, Brewhouse. Interior. View of fermenting tanks. Alfa Laval Paraflow (heat exchanger).Belhaven Brewery, Process Hall, ground floor. Interior. Flow Plate 1. This controls the pumpignof wort and beer from one part of the brewery to another.Belhaven Brewery, Filter House, ground floor. Interior. View of filter, chiller and heat exchanger from east.Belhaven Brewery, Filter House, ground floor. Interior. View of heat exchanger from east.Belhaven Brewery, Filter House, ground floor. Interior. View of filter.Belhaven Brewery, Kegging Hall. Interior. View of kegging lane control panels.Belhaven Brewery, Kegging Hall. Interior. View of kegging lines from west. There are six lanes.General view of main block from NE.Bottling Plant. Interior. View of bright beer tank pumps Flow Board from tanks 1-5 which are displaced along the S wall of the bottling plant. .Bottling Plant. Interior. View  from south of Simon crowner and filler.Bottling Plant. Interior. Detail view of Krones cold glue labelling machine (Prontomatic model).Belhaven Brewery. View from east of former kilns with maltings behind. The left hand kiln (late 19th century) has a later access door punched through the SE wall.Belhaven Brewery. View from east of brewhouse range.
Belhaven Brewery. View from west of current laboratory. This was formerly the cart shed/ garage. Note the steeply pitched roof.Belhaven Brewery, Brewhouse. Interior. View of mash tun and grain elevator.Belhaven Brewery, Brewhouse. Interior. View of  mill.Belhaven Brewery, Brewhouse. Interior. View of mash tun.

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Dunbar
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT67NE 136.00 centred 66562 78387

NT67NE 136.01 NT 66538 78328 Bottling plant

NT 665 783 A watching brief was undertaken in May 2002 at Belhaven Brewery during the excavation of foundations for a new warehouse development. The site had been surfaced to a depth of c 350mm with hardcore. Underlying this was a wide variety of discontinuous soils which had been extensively disturbed. Previous brewery activity was evidenced by a rich black peaty midden at a depth of c 700mm, comprising waste hops subsequent to the brewing process. This was overlain in part by a scatter of cobbles and a layer of redeposited clay. No archaeological features or deposits pre-dating the brewery were threatened by the development.

Report deposited in the NMRS.

Sponsor: John Thorburn (Construction) and Sons Ltd.

S Mitchell 2002.

The brewery of Messrs. Dudgeon and Co Ltd (Mr Hunter) contains structural remains of three periods, having originated in 1719 and been burned in 1814 and 1887. It is also suspected that at least one feature may be still earlier, as the site is believed to be have been occupied by the monks of May. Today, however, the whole plant is completely modernised, and it is consequently impossible to do more thn note a few items in isolation.

The main Beer Cellar is an original feature and part of the footings of its NW end survived the fires. The masonry is large, rough, red-sandtone rubble. Internally the cellar measures 55 feet 6 inches by 25 feet. Fron its SE end there are two small barrel-vaulted cellars, continuing the same axis; the SW one is 13 feet long, 10 feet 6 inches wide and from 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet 3 inches high, the floor being of concrete and laid out on a slight slope. The interior is plastered and whitewashed, but the masonry of the vault seems to be rather rough. A door at the far end of this cellar leads to another , possibly of mediaeval date, on the same axis but wider and of different construction. This is now 19 feet 6 inches long, but its brick end suggests that it was originally longer; its width at the springing-end is 16 feet 6 inches and its present height 7 feet 3 inches. The walls are of large rubble, and the vault is very neatly made of small voussoir slabs. A chute 3 feet wide with an arched top 3 feet 6 inches above its sill slopse down through the lower part of the vault on the SW side, its outer end being blocked.

Elsewhere in the complex is a brick chimney intaken from a squre masonry base, and it is believed to date from 1887. It is round, and bound with iron bands in four places; short of the top there is a string-course and at the top, a moulded cornice.

A Graham 1965-6, visited 25 August 1965.

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Publication Account (1966)

The brewery of Messrs. Dudgeon and Co Ltd (Mr Hunter) contains structural remains of three periods, having originated in 1719 and been burned in 1814 and 1887. It is also suspected that at least one feature may be still earlier, as the site is believed to be have been occupied by the monks of May. Today, however, the whole plant is completely modernised, and it is consequently impossible to do more thn note a few items in isolation.

The main Beer Cellar is an original feature and part of the footings of its NW end survived the fires. The masonry is large, rough, red-sandtone rubble. Internally the cellar measures 55 feet 6 inches by 25 feet. Fron its SE end there are two small barrel-vaulted cellars, continuing the same axis; the SW one is 13 feet long, 10 feet 6 inches wide and from 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet 3 inches high, the floor being of concrete and laid out on a slight slope. The interior is plastered and whitewashed, but the masonry of the vault seems to be rather rough. A door at the far end of this cellar leads to another , possibly of mediaeval date, on the same axis but wider and of different construction. This is now 19 feet 6 inches long, but its brick end suggests that it was originally longer; its width at the springing-end is 16 feet 6 inches and its present height 7 feet 3 inches. The walls are of large rubble, and the vault is very neatly made of small voussoir slabs. A chute 3 feet wide with an arched top 3 feet 6 inches above its sill slopse down through the lower part of the vault on the SW side, its outer end being blocked.

Elsewhere in the complex is a brick chimney intaken from a squre masonry base, and it is believed to date from 1887. It is round, and bound with iron bands in four places; short of the top there is a string-course and at the top, a moulded cornice. Visited 25 August 1965.

A Graham 1965-6.

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