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Last minute gift for a beer lover? Scotland’s Best Independent Beers revealed just in time for Christmas

The best beers in Scotland have today been revealed with the announcement of this year’s SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2024 – the UK’s leading beer competition judged by brewers, beer sommeliers and expert tasters. The winning bottled and canned beers will now go forward to fight it out with the best from across the UK […]

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Orkney Brewery and Fyne Ales take home best cask and keg beer awards at Indie Beer Scotland 2024

In a competition that showed the huge diversity of beer styles now being brewed in Scotland it was Orkney Brewery and Fyne Ales’ Origins Project that were recently named ‘Best of the Best’ at the SIBA Scotland Independent Beer Awards held at Indie Beer Scotland 2024. Orkney Brewery’s Dark Island Reserve, a 10% whisky-barrel-aged porter […]

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Is this Scotland’s best value craft beer festival? Indie Beer Scotland returns to Glasgow for 2024

Tickets are now on sale for Scotland’s biggest craft beer festival; Indie Beer Scotland returns to Clyde Rooms at Edmiston House in Glasgow on the 6th & 7th September 2024, with ticket and beer prices frozen from 2023. Featuring over two hundred different cask and craft keg beers from some of Scotland’s best independent craft breweries, plus cider & […]

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Jamie Delap of Fyne Ales named ‘Brewer of the Year 2024’ by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group

The UK’s biggest All-Party Parliamentary Group have named Jamie Delap of Fyne Ales as the 2024 Brewer of the Year at their annual awards dinner. The All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) named Delap as the winner not only for Fyne Ales’ brewing achievements, but for Jamie’s voluntary work on the Scottish Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) […]

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Buying a Christmas present for a beer drinker? Scotland’s best independent beers have just been revealed

The best beers in Scotland have today been revealed with the announcement of this year’s SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2023 – the UK’s leading beer competition judged by brewers, beer sommeliers and expert tasters.  The winning bottled and canned beers from Scotland will now go forward to fight it out with the best from across […]

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Broughton Brewery’s ‘Old Jock’ Scotch Ale and Swannay Brewery’s ‘Orkney Porter’ named Scotland’s best independent craft beers

Broughton Brewery’s ‘Old Jock’ Scotch Ale has been named Scotland’s best cask beer at the SIBA Scotland Independent Beer Awards 2023, with Swannay Brewery’s Orkney Porter being named Overall Gold being named Scotland’s best in keg.  The awards, which judge beers from across Scotland in two separate cask and keg judging sessions, take place ahead […]

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HUGE beer list revealed for Scotland’s biggest beer festival

Indie Beer Scotland is set to showcase 180 different beers from 36 Scottish breweries Scotland’s biggest beer festival has today revealed its beer list, showcasing hundreds of Scotland’s best beers from independent craft breweries in a huge variety of styles.  Indie Beer Scotland will have 180 different cask ales and craft keg beers pouring over two days […]

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Scotland’s biggest craft beer festival ‘Indie Beer Scotland’ moves to Glasgow with double number of beers

After a hugely succesful launch in Edinburgh in 2022 Indie Beer Scotland returns in 2023 at the brand-new event space ‘Clyde Rooms at Edmiston House’ in Glasgow. With double the number of beers on offer compared to 2022, Indie Beer Scotland is now the country’s largest craft beer festival, featuring over two hundred different cask and craft keg beers […]

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Scottish alcohol advertising ban could threaten small independent breweries

The ability for small Scottish breweries to start up, innovate and create a brand is under threat under the Scottish Government’s plans to restrict alcohol advertising and promotion. The far-reaching Scottish ban could end up preventing popular beer festivals from going ahead and even end tap takeovers or meet the brewer events. Whilst restricting alcohol […]

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