Your memories: Distinctive aroma that meant you were home

By The Newsroom

Published 23rd Jun 2012, 13:00 BST

ONE of the Capital’s oldest distilleries has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently, as the legionnaires’ crisis saw the North British Distillery close down operations.

For Leigh Jones, 56, a hospitality worker from Leith, the distinctive aromas from the Capital’s breweries are synonymous with happy memories.

“I used to live out in the country with my parents when I was growing up, and one of the things I always remembered was the distinctive smell from the breweries whenever you drove past.