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Brewery in Broughton, Scottish Borders
Broughton Ales is a small independent brewery based in Broughton, Scottish Borders, Scotland.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Broughton Ales is a small independent brewery based in Broughton, Scottish Borders, Scotland.2
The business was started by James Collins and David Younger in 1979 in a building in Broughton that had previously been an abattoir. The company became insolvent in 1995, and was taken over by Giles Litchfield; in 2015 it again came under new management. In 2018 more than 60% of its beer was for bottling; it also produced some cask ales.
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