in february 2004 scottish & newcastle announced the closure of the fountain brewery. production costs at fountainbridge had become twice as high as those at the company's lowest-cost brewery in tadcaster, north yorkshire. it closed in june 2005, with the loss of 170 jobs. production of mcewan's draught beers was transferred to the caledonian brewery with cans of "mcewan's export" being produced at john smith's brewery in tadcaster. the mcewan's and younger's brands added around 50,000 barrels to the production of the caledonian. the last regular batch of the cask-conditioned version of mcewan's 80/- was brewed in 2006 after annual production dropped below 10,000 barrels, although the beer made a brief return in june 2011 and has since been brewed seasonally by w&y. "mcewan's lager" was reintroduced in 2009.