• St. Peter’s Brewery’s Plum Porter.

Brewer’s two winter warmers

ENGLISH craft brewery St. Peter’s has unveiled two new fruit beers in time for the festive season.
Deeside Brewery beer tap and pint

Craft brewer secures another off-trade deal

BANCHORY-based Deeside Brewery has struck a deal with the Co-op
Bartender pouring whisky

An investment in knowledge pays

An informed team can help sell more whisky in the weeks ahead
The Flavourly range

Beers chosen at the ballot box

AN Edinburgh-based online drinks retailer has turned to its customer base to help launch a new range of beers.
Glass baubles filled with Scotch whisky

Firms branch out with baubles

TWO Scottish firms have teamed up to create a new, must-have Christmas product for whisky lovers
• The research showed that a large majority of drinkers care about what goes in their beer.

What’s on the inside counts

Survey reveals importance of natural ingredients in beer
The bottle packaged in an oak box

Three decades in the making

IAN Macleod Distillers has unveiled a special, limited release of its Glengoyne single malt

Orkney distillers are off to a flyer

When the new distillery is completed next year, production of the gin will move to Kirkwall.
Brora DIstillery

‘Lost’ distilleries to be resurrected

Confidence in Scotch whisky’s future as multiple sites to be reopened

Island rum takes to the seas

A NEW island rum inspired by an Orcadian pirate has set sail from Orkney’s first rum distillery.

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Jack Cummins
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Niall Hassard
ONLY DRAMS
Andrew Dowson
Neil Morrison
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