Steel, Coulson & Co. Ltd tin tray dating from the 1950s.<\/p>\n
The Steel Family<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n James Steel inherited his father’s brewery on Tureen Street in Calton, Glasgow, in the 1840s. Steel Coulson & Co.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n George F Coulson joined James Steel to form the partnership of Steel, Coulson & Co. in 1865. Steel, Coulson & Co. Ltd<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n Steel, Coulson & Co. Ltd was registered in 1888. Vaux & Associated Breweries Ltd Takeover<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Vaux & Associated Breweries Ltd acquired a controlling interest in the Company in 1956 and it completed the acquisition with 16 licensed houses in 1959. The manufacturer’s mark states – Reginald Corfield Ltd Lombard Road.London.S.W.19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Steel, Coulson & Co. Ltd tin tray dating from the 1950s.
\nIn 1853 he moved his brewing operations to the Greenhead Brewery in Canning Street, Glasgow, which he purchased from Robert Struthers.
\nIn 1858 he acquired the Craigend Brewery in Canongate, Edinburgh from J. & W.Burnett.
\nThe Glasgow brewery specialised in the brewing of stouts and porters, whilst mild and pale ales were brewed in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n
\nIn 1874 Steel, Coulson & Co. sold the Craigend Brewery to Andrew Drybrough & Co. and acquired the City of Edinburgh Brewery Co.’s brewery on Abbeyhill in Edinburgh.
\nThe new brewery was renamed Croft-an-Righ, ‘The Kings Field’, Brewery.
\nin the 1880s, James Steel sold his interest in the partnership leaving George Coulson as the firm’s sole owner.<\/p>\n
\nThe firm’s famous elephant brand trade mark was registered in 1923.
\nMost of the site of the Greenhead Brewery ceased brewing in 1933 and it was leased to a few bottling companies until it was sold to James Calder & Co. (Brewers) Ltd in 1946.
\nIn 1941 the Company acquired the Sandyford Brewery of Robert Deuchar Ltd in Newcastle-on-Tyne. The brewery was closed, although it was used as stores until 1950.<\/p>\n
\nThe Croft-an-Righ Brewery ceased brewing in 1960 although Vaux continued to brew ales in the Steel Coulson name at its Park Brewery in Edinburgh until 1966.
\nThe maltings and bottling plant at the site continued to be used until 1966 when the remaining buildings associated with the brewery were demolished.<\/p>\n
\nThe Croft-an-Righ Brewery was based in Edinburgh, Lothian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[388],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5104","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-scotland-1950s","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5104"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5104"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}