HUSKY HEAVY EXPORT ALE

HERE WE HAVE AN ARTICLE FROM 20th SEPTEMBER 2006 EDITION OF "THE SCOTTISH DAILY EXPRESS", IT SHOWS AN ARTICLE ABOUT A HIGH PRICE THAT WAS REACHED ON EBAY FOR A 44 YEAR OLD FULL CAN OF BEER. IT ALSO MADE THE LOCAL EDITION OF THE SCOTTISH TV NEWS.

THE CAN WAS LOOKED ON AS BEING "RARE". AFTER BEING BREWED BY YOUNGER'S OF ALLOA FROM 1958 THE BRAND WAS MOVED TO THE HERIOT BREWERY IN EDINBURGH WHEN UNITED CALEDONIAN BOUGHT OVER THE ALLOA BREWERY IN 1963. THE BRAND BECAME SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS DUE TO THE POPULAR "PIPER EXPORT" THAT THE BREWERY HAD BEEN PRODUCING SINCE 1962. TWO DIFFERENT BRANDS OF EXPORT WERE TOO MUCH AND THE "HUSKY EXPORT" WAS PHASED OUT VERY QUICKLY.  CANS LIKE THIS ONE WITH THE EDINBURGH BREWERY SHOWN ARE THEREFORE PRETTY RARE.