St Andrews’ ladies gather for a Burns fundraiser at The Adamson

The Adamson's Burns Ladies Lunch raised £8150 towards the £80,000 needed to restore the Castle Sands open-air seawater pool

Free beer for gingers at the Wee Vault Taproom over Burns Weekend

Vault City is offering free half pints of Iron Brew Sour or Fiery Ginger to redheads at The Wee Vault taproom over Burns Weekend

Showcasing food and drink with provenance and a ‘good story’

There was plenty of quality and creativity on show at Scotland’s Speciality Food & Drink Show, held this week at the SEC in Glasgow.

Manorview shares £135,766 of its profits with team members  

“We’ve been sharing profits for seven years now, and to date over £968,000 has been shared fairly with our committed team.”

Aberdeen grants blanket licensing extension for World Cup matches

Aberdeen's licensing board agreed that licensed premises can remain open until half an hour after each of the Scottish Team’s matches

Rosebank Distillery serves up a 31 Year Old dram fit for a King

HM The King was in Scotland for a reception at The Palace of Holyroodhouse, accompanied by the First Minister John Swinney

Gastropub couple put their heart and soul into The Boar’s Head

“Everyone was like: ‘you’re buying a derelict boozer in the middle of Fife at the height of Covid?’ And we were: ‘yeah! It’s going to be great!’”

Belhaven Brewery relaunches Twisted Thistle IPA with refreshed recipe

Belhaven's revival of Twisted Thistle follows its introduction of Belter 4% ABV golden lager, which landed in Scottish pubs last September

Highland hotels unite to back ‘Help Out Hospitality’ campaign 

The national campaign hopes to bolster the industry by mustering special deals to lessen the usual post-festive drop in business

Molson Coors weighs into the stout wars with Caffrey’s Black

Caffrey’s Black Stout has been launched at 3.4% ABV, below the 4.2% of Guinness and its challenger, Heineken UK’s Murphy’s at 4.0%

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