12 of the best gastropubs in Scotland Claire Daly May 30, 2019 Drink, Food But today there are plenty of great gastropubs to choose from across the country, offering delicious comfort food and cosy surroundings. Here's our pick of the best. The Scran & Scallie, Edinburgh (1...
Here’s how you can pay what you like for BrewDog beer from next month Rosalind Erskine May 30, 2019 Drink, In the News The BrewDog honesty bar scheme - Honest to Dog - will run between 3 – 9 June and it will only be available to BrewDog’s community of over 106,000 Equity Punks. With every bill that is paid for under...
Aberdeenshire craft brewers Fierce Beer launch exciting new bar in Edinburgh Sean Murphy May 27, 2019 Craft Beer, Drink, In the News Fierce Beer chose to open their first pub outside Aberdeen on Edinburgh's popular Rose Street. Disillusioned by the oil industry, Dave Grant and David McHardy packed in their day jobs to launch the brewery...
BrewDog declares ‘Punk State’ with free beer to be handed out in Edinburgh and Aberdeen Sean Murphy May 23, 2019 Craft Beer, Drink, In the News The mass-sampling mission across Europe will see visitors to the Punk State pop-up receive a BrewDog passport on arrival, which once stamped, will entitle them to a free Punk IPA. • READ MORE: Beer firm...
Natural Selection: The project that is pouring talent into Scotland’s brewing scene Sean Murphy May 22, 2019 Craft Beer, Drink A wellspring of future talent for the country’s beer, whisky and gin scenes, the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling (ICBD) at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh is one of Scotland’s biggest...
BrewDog unveils stripped back ad with metal band Meshuggah for coveted Game of Thrones slot Sean Murphy May 14, 2019 Drink, In the News Shown during a break in the fourth episode of the final season of Game of Thrones, which attracted over 17 million viewers, the commercial simply featured the word 'ADVERT', a can of its beer and a heavy...
Craft beer boom slows to a trickle as numbers of new breweries drastically drop Sean Murphy April 25, 2019 Craft Beer, Drink, In the News Using data from HMRC, the report found that there were just eight more breweries recorded in 2018 – a massive drop when compared to the 395 recorded in 2017. The total number of UK breweries reached to...
First look: BrewDog returns home to Aberdeenshire with new bar launch in Peterhead Sean Murphy March 28, 2019 Craft Beer, Drink, In the News BrewDog will open its doors in ‘The Blue Toun’ at 59-61 Marischal Street, from noon on Friday the 29th March, serving up 18 fresh kegged beers and a range of stone baked pizzas, as well as providing ...
Tickets go on sale for the Midsummer Beer Happening in Stonehaven Scotsman Food and Drink Staff March 13, 2019 Drink, In the News The Midsummer Beer Happening is set to take place from Thursday, June 20, to Saturday, June 22, in a purpose-built marquee in Stonehaven’s Baird Park. Organiser Robert Lindsay stated that they are...
A tourist’s guide to Glasgow’s best whisky, gin and craft beer experiences Sean Murphy March 11, 2019 Craft Beer, Drink, Gin, Whisky While it's indisputable that Edinburgh is Scotland's capital city, Glasgow could easily make the case for being its capital for food and drink. With the rise in popular bars, clubs and eateries over recent...
