Beer
Scots craft lager to debut full nutrition facts on cans
A Scottish light craft lager has announced that its new cans will feature full, food-standard nutrition facts and Vegan Society accreditation, a first for UK craft beer. Award winning Gen!us Craft Lager is a 3% lager which contains one unit of alcohol per can and only 79 calories, fewer than an apple. The new 330ml…
Read MoreBuy a beer and back the bushfire relief campaign
A Scots brewery is to raise money for Australian bushfire relief campaign this week. On Thursday, January 16, the Highlands-based Black Isle Brewery will launch their new seasonal beer, 2020 Vision, and donate £3 from every pint sold to Australian bushfire relief. Black Isle Brewery’s own bars in Inverness and Fort William, as well as…
Read MoreScots brewer to open its first alcohol-free bar
Independent Scottish craft brewer BrewDog have announced a new take on craft beer and spirits – their first bar dedicated to alcohol-free. The BrewDog AF Bar will be the world’s first alcohol free beer bar and will offer 15 taps of draft alcohol-free craft beer. The bar will open in central London today, Monday, and…
Read More#DryJanuary or #TryJanuary? You decide!
Whether you’re doing “Dry January” or “Try January”, drinks blogger Peter Ranscombe has some suggestions to hand. THE first footers have left, the steak pies have been reduced to crumbs, and the Christmas decorations are looking a little sorry for themselves; it can all mean only one thing – it’s 1 January once again. New…
Read MoreForget Christmas – think Midsummer Beer Festival!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Midsummer, as one of Scotland’s biggest and most-popular beer festivals unveils its dates for 2020. The Midsummer Beer Happening in Stonehaven will be held from Thursday June 18 to Saturday June 20 – and has ‘locked in’ dates for future years. The massive event, which attracts thousands of…
Read MoreScottish Pina Colada Pale Ale has landed in stores
Lidl has launched a brand-new Pina Colada Pale Ale, Large Hadron Colada, made right here in Scotland. Exclusively crafted for Lidl by 71 Brewing, the hazy pale ale is made with pineapple, tropical hops and a hint of coconut to create a beer like no other. The love child of a bold craft beer and…
Read MoreOver A Barrel: Lager with a heart
Peter Ranscombe explores how beer can be used as a force for good in his latest column for Cask & Still. IN MY second beer column for Cask & Still magazine – Scottish Field‘s wee whisky-focused sister publication – I shine a light on Brewgooder, which makes lager to fund clean water projects in Africa.…
Read MoreMeet Rudolph the Red Nose Rye Beer
Rudolph the Red Nose Rye Beer will go on sale in two flagship bars owned and operated by Highland hospitality business Cru Holdings in Inverness. Scotch & Rye and Bar One in Inverness will begin stocking Rudolph the Red Nose Rye Beer this week. This is the first exclusive collaboration brew from Innis & Gunn…
Read MoreYardarm launched by nation’s first alcohol free brewer
Scotland’s first alcohol-free brewing company, Jump Ship Brewing, has today launched Yardarm. The launch comes after a successful crowdfunding campaign, supported by RBS BackHerBusiness, which reached its target in only six days, raising £15,000 in total. More than 170 people backed the campaign from right across the UK and internationally. Yardarm is a crisp, lively…
Read MoreHubble, bubble, (no) soil or subtle: science meets fantasy at The Cauldron Pub
Edinburgh’s magic-themed pop-up bar has gowns, wands and even a hydroponics bay, writes Peter Ranscombe. WHEN a press release lands on my desk announcing the opening of a pub, it’s not often that it carries a disclaimer. “The Cauldron, and The Magic of Things, are broadly inspired by fantasy and science-fiction and is a place…
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