LAST MONTH BREWDOG OPENED A NEW BREWERY AND JOHN SMITH’S LOWERED ITS ABV… SO THERE IS PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO BEER. SUSAN YOUNG REPORTS. Beer, for years the bastion of Scotland’s pubs, has had its difficulties over the past few years. But it is not all doom and gloom, far from [...]

Jason Caddy dusts off the DRAM file marked ‘Beers’ and takes a look at the impact of craft beers on the market. A decade ago Madonna no less was routinely snapped, pint of Timothy Taylor in hand, and the world braced itself for a cask ale revival. But even the Mistress of Reinvention couldn’t mesmerise [...]

Belhaven Brewery, one of Scotland’s oldest breweries, has launched an new permanent cask ale Belhaven IPA.  Belhaven’s Head Brewer George Howell says: “Belhaven IPA, our new cask ale is an exciting new development for us. Consumers are buying in to the fresh, natural and crafted nature of cask ale. As cask is one thing drinkers cannot [...]