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LOSAB at the University of St Andrews

LOSAB is believed to mean the Loyal Order of St Andrews Brewers, it is generally considered that the society was founded at approximately the same time as the university. The reason for its foundation is unclear, it has been said that it was due to religious upheaval, although an intermittent ale supply might be a more fitting reason. Perhaps also it began solely as a consortium of local brewers in order to further their fiscal ideals. What is clear now though is that it is divorced from any original meaning and that it lies within the realm of students. Its history is as murky as its founding with very little known, some believe that its documents were destroyed in a fire, others that they are very tight with their security and employ a professional to keep this so, there is a dissenting group thought that believe that it has simply never kept records. This lack of record keeping has however done nothing to stem the tide of rumours that abound within the student community at St Andrews university. Its modern day existence has been attested to by the student newspaper the Saint who ran an alleged expose on the society.