Scotland

Scottish Tourist Board/Visit Scotland – Raising the bar!

Taste Our Best award rolled out to Scotland’s pubs and bars A Quality Assurance award scheme, designed to promote the use of Scottish produce, could see the country’s pubs and bars attracting more customers. The Taste Our Best award, a joint initiative between the Scottish Government and VisitScotland, is being extended to help build stronger […]

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Dark Island Reserve top of Great Taste Class with three Gold Stars

The Orkney Brewery’s speciality Dark Island Reserve ale has picked up three gold stars – the highest award possible – at this year’s Great Taste Awards. Regarded as the industry Oscars, The Guild of Fine Food’s annual Great Taste Awards are the UK’s largest independent evaluation of fine food and drink. Each product entered into […]

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Loch Ness Brewery makes monster signing.

Loch Ness Brewery today announced that they have convinced one of the best known faces in the UK beer scene Rob Jenner to come out of retirement and join the board as Director of Sales. “We have always known that an experienced sale director would be a necessity for our business” said Managing Director Stephen […]

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60° North shortlisted for the prestigious Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards

Lerwick Brewery’s flagship Pilsener lager 60° North has been confirmed as a front-runner for the Best Drink Award at the prestigious Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards. Supported by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), the Awards are the region’s longest-running food and drinks awards, celebrating excellence and achievement in the industry – and recognising […]

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Ossian secures Co-operative and SPAR Deals for Inveralmond Brewery

Inveralmond Brewery, an independent brewer of craft beers based in Perth, has agreed two separate distribution deals with The Co-operative and SPAR which will see their signature brand Ossian available in hundreds of retail outlets across Scotland.   Ossian has racked up numerous industry awards since it was first brewed in 1997, including CAMRA’s Supreme […]

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Scottish Brewery honours Glasgow 2014 with Commonwealth Gold

The award winning Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh has released details of the special limited edition ale it will brew this summer to commemorate the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The limited edition ale, brewed under an agreement with the Organising Committee, will be named Commonwealth Gold. It will be brewed with ingredients from around the Commonwealth […]

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Ossian and Blackfriar: Not Just Any Beer

Ossian and Blackfriar, two beers crafted by Inveralmond Brewery in Perth, are making a name for themselves as “not just any beer” in a recent deal which will see them on the shelves of Marks & Spencer stores this May. Marks & Spencer prides itself on great quality and responsibly sourced food. The company has […]

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60° North shortlisted for the the prestigious Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards

Lerwick Brewery’s flagship Pilsener lager 60° North has been confirmed as a finalist in the prestigious Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards’ Best Alcoholic Drink category. Run in partnership with the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, the Awards have been recognising and rewarding the very best in Scottish food and drink for many […]

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Broughton Ales & local legend team up for Clic Sargent

Lee Mitchell is ready to put down the pints in exchange for his old hiking boots. Lee, the Duty Manager at the Alexander Graham Bell on George Street, will head off to climb the 19,341-foot goliath known as Kilimanjaro in mid-March. With a goal to raise £5000 for the cancer charity CLIC Sergeant, Lee looked […]

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