Breweries to watch out for in 2014
Last year, right at the beginning of January, I posted a list of breweries to watch out for in 2013. Looking back, the overall pick to take that next step (Cromarty Brewing Co) had a terrific year, and pretty much all of the other choices also produced fantastic beer. Despite the pressures of the recession […]
Dead Metaphor Launches 17/10
Just a quick reminder – if you’d like to be amongst the first people to sample Dead Metaphor (and the first people in Scotland, certainly), it will be officially launched tomorrow night, Thursday 17th, at 7pm in BrewDog Edinburgh. Head down to the Cowgate and chat to me about the beer, the reasons behind it, […]
Ellon – a look around the new BrewDog brewery
Following the brewday that Rob from Hopzine.com and myself had been on last weekend at the original Fraserburgh plant, we then travelled the thirty miles or so to Ellon, for a look around the new BrewDog brewery. It’s instantly, hugely different. Despite being in a dip in the road, the external tanks become visible pretty […]
What will Williams Brothers’ £1m bottling expansion mean?
Over the weekend, news broke in the Herald that Williams Brothers brewery are expanding, and increasing the scope of their Alloa bottling plant to the tune of £1 million. This seven-figure investment sum increases their capacity by 60%, and will see Williams Bros produce over 8 million bottles a year, or 41,600HL (all figures from […]
New Scottish Brewery – Top Out Brewing Company
At the start of the week, following on from my visit to Stewart Brewing in Loanhead, I also managed to stick my head through the door at their new, near, neighbours – Top Out Brewing Company. Top Out’s gunmetal-grey corrugated unit is only a few minutes’ stroll away from Stewarts’ black hangar, and (of course) […]
Stewart Brewing’s new home
New breweries always have a sense of excitement around them. This is partly down to the attitudes of the people involved, of course, as they rush around with an infectious, can-do approach, creating on-the-spot solutions to the countless problems that arise (expected or not). Walking around these new facilities, you pick up on that – […]
