A duty (tax) of Two Pennies Scots per Scots pint of beer was placed on all beer brewed or sold within various towns in Scotland between the 1700s and the early 1800s. It was used to fund various local needs.
Two pennies Scots was equivalent to one-sixth of a penny Sterling. Adjusting for inflation, that is equivalent to £ in .
A Scots pint was equivalent to about of beer.
The last remaining Two Pennies Scots Acts were repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013.
Towns.
Alloa.
In Alloa, an act of Parliament was passed in 1754.
Arbroath.
In Arbroath, acts of Parliament were passed in 1738, 1763, 1787, 1808 and 1828.
Aberdeen.
In Aberdeen, acts of Parliament were passed in 1695, 1707 and 1730.
Anstruther.
In Anstruther.
Bo'ness.
In Bo'ness, acts of Parliament were passed in 1707, 1744, 1767, 1794 and 1816.
Burntisland.
In Burntisland, acts of Parliament were passed in 1720, 1747, 1777 and 1807.
Dalkeith.
In Dalkeith, acts of Parliament were passed in 1760, 1782 and 1825.
Dumfries.
In Dumfries, acts of Parliament were passed in 1717, 1737, 1762, 1787 and 1811.
Dunbar.
In Dunbar, acts of Parliament were passed in 1719, 1737 and 1764.
Dundee.
In Dundee, acts of Parliament were passed in 1707, 1731 1747, 1776, 1802 and 1827.
Dysart.
In Dysart, acts of Parliament were passed in 1696 and 1753.
Edinburgh.
In Edinburgh, acts of Parliament were passed in 1717, 1723, 1752, 1798 and 1816.
Elgin.
In Elgin, an act of Parliament was passed in 1722.
Glasgow.
In Glasgow and Gorbals, acts of Parliament were passed in 1705, 1716, 1726, 1736, 1755 and 1799.
Greenock.
In Greenock, an act of Parliament was passed in 1751.
Inverness.
In Inverness, acts of Parliament were passed in 1719 and 1738.
Irvine.
In Irvine, an act of Parliament was passed in 1736.
Jedburgh.
In Jedburgh, an act of Parliament was passed in 1721.
Kelso.
In Kelso, acts of Parliament were passed in 1759, 1780, 1802 and 1824.
Kinghorn.
In Kinghorn, acts of Parliament were passed in 1707, 1749, 1774 and 1807.
Kirkcaldy.
In Kirkcaldy, acts of Parliament were passed in 1707, 1742, 1758 and 1791.
Linlithgow.
In Linlithgow, acts of Parliament were passed in 1723 and 1733.
Montrose.
In Montrose, acts of Parliament were passed in 1720, 1734, 1769, 1795 and 1816.
Paisley.
In Paisley, an act of Parliament was passed in 1753.
Pittenweem.
In Pittenweem, an act of Parliament was passed in 1720.
Port Glasgow.
In Port Glasgow, an act of Parliament was passed in 1799.
Prestonpans.
In Prestonpans, acts of Parliament were passed in 1753 and 1758.