Glasgow gathering tackles issues around inclusivity in whisky
Making whisky more welcoming to a broader range of people was top of the agenda when SLTN held its first In Conversation With SLTN event last month.Â
Molson Coors commits £10million to Tadcaster Brewery improvements
The two-year programme of infrastructure upgrades will increase the brewery’s capacity to produce Carling, Coors, Madri Excepcional and Worthington's.
Top Brands 2023: Getting in the spirit
It wasn’t that long ago that gin seemed on track to overtake vodka as the biggest spirit in the Scottish on-trade – but gin itself has now been overtaken.
Top Brands 2023 – Scots are still thirsty for a pub pint
With a combined value of more than £880 million, beer – encompassing lager, ale and stout – is the single biggest drinks category in Scotland’s bars and pubs.Â
Scotland’s Top Brands 2023 – Tennent’s is still king of the castle
Figures provided by CGA show drinks sales through Scotland’s bars, pubs and restaurants have grown by over £200 million in the course of the past year – to £2.2 billion.Â
Heineken highlights Scotland’s greenest pubs and bars
Entrants this year include the Tigh an Truish Inn in Oban, The Red Squirrel in Stevenston, North Ayrshire, and The Village Inn in Keiss, near John O’ Groats
São Paulo World Class finals select Jacob Martin as global winner
CANADA’S Jacob Martin has been named as Diageo’s 2023 World Class Global Bartender of the Year, topping over 10,000 other elite bartenders who entered this year’s competition.
Scotland’s Crerar Hotels named as AA’s ‘Hotel Group of the Year’
The group, which has seven properties in some of Scotland’s most spectacular locations from Ballater to Inveraray, has emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic stronger than ever
Scotland’s distillery in the sky opens for business at Port of Leith
A malt whisky distillery in Edinburgh was a long nurtured ‘pipe dream’ of wine merchant Ian Stirling and finance director Paddy Fletcher – but is now ‘surreal' reality.
Despite tough conditions, Innis & Gunn posts strong financial results
The brewer has maintained its position in the off trade as Scotland’s number one craft beer brand, and in the Scottish on trade is currently the fastest growing premium lager in the Top 5.
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