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Edinburgh-based blending studio Woven has launched Superblend, a ‘global whisky’ made up of liquid elements from Scotland, England, Ireland, Germany and the USA.

Anything made from legumes already has a head start in the green stakes, and drinks firm Ten Locks reckon that their Pod Pea Vodka will drive a new environmentally-friendly niche in the category.

Midlothian craft beer pioneers are installing Solar Photovoltaic panels across their building roofs and walls, and Carbon Capture machines to collect and bottle the CO2 produced on site.

Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company and Heineken UK have announced that the UK rights to produce and distribute the French beer brand Kronenbourg 1664 will transfer to the Carlsberg Group from 1 June 2023.

SANDY McIntyre, distillery manager at Tamdhu, is determined to raise the profile of the Speyside single malt in Scotland’s prestige outlets. 

Glasgow-based brothers Alasdair and Gordon Stevenson are on a mission to disrupt the whisky industry status quo – starting with this week’s launch of the first three of their new ‘Turntable’ range of whisky blends.

Launching to the on-trade this month, the 4.4% ABV lager is available exclusively on draught, positioned to help operators offer their customers ‘a great quality experience at an accessible price point’.

Many distilleries use one mash tun. Some bigger operators will have two. Glenfiddich uses four. 

The first wave of this new branded collection comprises three top drams from distilleries in Speyside, Islay and the Highlands, with the Speyside matured for seven years, and both the Highland and Islay whiskies matured for nine years, before bottling in Leith.

Heron chef owners  Sam Yorke and Tomás Gormley (aged 25 and 28, respectively) claim to be the youngest Scottish chefs to have won a Michelin Star