Beer was brewed in the Strath before whisky was distilled !
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It is not generally known that the brewing of ale or beer was carried out in the Strath long before they started to produce the uisge beatha or whisky . According to Porteous , it was in 1275 that Luke , son of Theobold of Petlandy near Fowlis Wester , gave to the Abbot and Convent of Inchaffray “ the brew house of the whole land of Petlandy with the rights of the brew house “ Oats were the principal grain grown in the Strath in the 13 th Century and it was written about Scotland as a whole that “ From the multitude of brewhouses with which every division of the Kingdom appears to have been studded , from the Royal manufactories of ale down to those in the towns, burghs , baronies and villages , it is evident that this beverage must have been consumed in great quantities “ We cannot be specific as to when brewing first commenced in Crieff . Reference to documentation concerned with the aftermath of the 1745 Uprising in Strathearn is informative . Produce