Island Hopping from Swannay brewery has been named the best beer in Scotland by judges at the SIBA Independent Beer Awards last night, hosted by Drygate Brewery in Glasgow. The awards, run by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), are unique in that the majority of judges are brewers themselves from independent craft breweries across […]
Two well-known brands in the Highlands to resurrect another well-known brand! The Loch Ness Beer brand has been rescued by a partnership between two well established Highland businesses – Cobbs Group Loch Ness and Cairngorm Brewery. The brand which won the “Best Branding/Design” award at the UK Beer marketing awards last month is now firmly […]
Music and craft beer are set to prove a winning combination as Perthshire-based craft beer maker Inveralmond Brewery gets ready to back the new season of performances and events in Perth Concert Hall. As Perth’s Autumn and Winter entertainment programme from Horsecross Arts gets underway, Inveralmond will be offering samples of its top beer brand, […]
New research shows 1 in 3 people would visit restaurants more often if they served a range of independent craft brewed beer New independent research released by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) shows that more than 1 in 3 people would visit restaurants more often if they served a range of craft brewed […]
If a gathering of lions is referred to as a pride, and a group of baboons is a flange, what then do you think is the collective noun when a collective of Scottish Independent Brewers all find themselves in the same bar? It would have been handy to know on Thursday (14th April), as that […]
An investment of £200,000 is being made in Black Wolf Brewery to provide the brewery with a new state of the art bottling line. The brewery is buying the line from Cime Careddu, a long established Italian manufacturer, through Willis European Limited (www.williseuropean.com) who are their sole UK agents. The new bottling facility will have […]
Restaurant Martin Wishart on the Shore, Leith, recognises the importance of beer and food pairing and as a result has added craft beer ‘Lerwick IPA’ by Lerwick Brewery to their menu this month. The Restaurant was opened by Martin Wishart in 1999 and gained its much coveted Michelin Star in 2001, to which it has […]
Scottish and Welsh breweries have beaten out England in SIBA’s National Beer Awards competition. Loch Lomond Brewery’s Southern Summit took home Gold in the cask Supreme champion category of the competition, seen by many as the pinnacle of brewing excellence in these ‘brewers choice’ awards, with Wales’ The Waen Brewery Lemon Drizzle winning Silver and […]
A total of 21 beers from Scotland have been selected for a place in the Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) National finals taking place at BeerX, SIBA’s flagship event. There will be a total of 8 cask beers, 9 ‘small pack’ (bottled and canned) beers, and 4 craft keg beers in the competition, with the […]
Inveralmond Brewery, one of Scotland’s leading craft beer producers, has come up with a way to make its products more accessible than ever to pub and restaurant owners. Through a deal with online ordering and distribution company EeBria Trade, Inveralmond hopes to satisfy a growing demand for its award-winning craft beers whilst making the ordering […]