Let us introduce ourselves – we are Alan and Jo Waterhouse, we are ex-publicans, who also happen to enjoy the odd wee dram or two, and over the years we have developed our own collection of whisky jugs and other items of breweriana. We decided that if we like collecting them, maybe other people do too, so we started this website especially for people like us.
We do treasure our collection, although relatively speaking it's not
very big (yet), and some items on the following pages are not
for sale, but are for interest only. We have, however, duplicated some of the
items over the years and we are happy to make these available for sale to
other collectors.
We do have many more whisky jugs than we show on the website, so if there is
something you want and we don't have it displayed here then please get in
touch. We may just have the jug you're looking for.
The ceramic jugs relate mainly to various Scottish Highland distilleries (some no longer in existence in their own right), who produce wonderful malt and blended whiskies. We also have some nice items from Irish whiskey distillers.
Of interest to real ale drinkers might be our water jugs from the Tom Wood brewery in North Lincolnshire. They were very limited edition jugs and might be particularly relevant to campaign for real ale (CAMRA) members. We have several beer drinking glasses of different sizes and shapes commemorating different beers from home and abroad. We also have in our collection ceramic beer fonts (bar pump heads), which have been converted into table lamps.
With the new No Smoking legislation, ceramic advertising ashtrays are fast becoming more collectable. We have a number for sale in the Ashtray section, some of which are ideal display companions to jugs that we have for sale.
We enjoy hearing from collectors from all over the world, so please feel free to contact us and tell us about your own collection. We hope you enjoy browsing through our website. Cheers!
The website was updated on 16th September 2008 with a few new beer and lager jugs from Charringtons, Arrols, & Carling Black Label, as well as whisky jugs from Bissets, Ballantines, Glenfarclas, Sandy Mac & MacLeods. There are also some superb old copper trays on our Associated Items page.