LAIRD'S ALE
Full length video
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Title: LAIRD'S ALE
Reference number: 6837
Date: 1975
Sound: sound
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 5.54 mins
Description:
Overview of the small brewery run by Peter Maxwell Stuart, 20th Laird of Traquair. [see also ref. 6838]
Peter Maxwell Stuart died in 1990 and his daughter now runs the brewery.
Traquair House is the oldest inhabited castle in Scotland, 29 miles South of Edinburgh in the Scottish Borders.
Shotlist: View towards Traquair House through Bear gates, zoom (0.10) Gvs ext, House, peacock, river Tweed, Bear gates (0.40) crest on house gates, gates open to front of House (0.50) int. bedroom, Peter Maxwell Stuart, 20th Laird of Traquair, folding sheet (1.10) gvs ext. House, Laird walks towards brewery outbuilding with deerhound at heel (2.09) Gvs int brewery as Laird and estate workers brew ale; sparging; Mash Tun; (3.40) Laird's daughter helps with the wort cooling process (3.52) Laird personally labelling bottles (4.19) talking head Laird to camera as interviewer tests ale (5.07) Laird carrying case into minivan; c/u van sign "Traquair House Ale"; van drives off; v/o mentions outlets and the Campaign for Real Ale (5.54) (212ft)