The Highland Brewing Company

ABERDEEN BEER FESTIVAL
Thursday, June 4 2009

The Highland Brewing Company is proud to be sponsoring the Aberdeen & North East Beer Festival. Running from Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 June at Pittodrie Stadium, be sure to call in and sample the range of 90 Real Ales, including ours! www.aberdeencamra.co.uk

THE ABBOTSFORD BEER FESTIVAL
Thursday, May 21 2009

The Abbotsford, Edinburgh, is currently running a ten day festival of our ales. From May 21 - 31, you can enjoy Orkney Best, Scapa Special, Dark Munro, St Magnus Ale and Orkney IPA. Buy four pints over the ten days and you'll receive a special prize - no excuse not to enjoy them all! Responsibly, of course. www.theabbotsford.com

SWANNAY BREWERY IN THE SUN
Saturday, May 16 2009

Where our award-winning ales start their journey. Next time you're passing, pop in and say hi!

NAIRN'S FIRST BEER FESTIVAL
Friday, February 27 2009

The Braeval Hotel, Nairn, will soon be hosting the town's first Beer Festival from 20 - 22 March. There will be 30 ales on offer from both Scotland and England; including our Scapa Special, Orkney Best and Dark Munro. Live music, entertainment and accommodation deals are available with 10% discount for card carrying CAMRA members. See www.braevalhotel.co.uk for full details.

ORKNEY IPA TASTING NOTES
Monday, February 23 2009

Take a look at the tasting notes for our increasingly popular (sold nine gallons in one hour and ten minutes!) Orkney IPA.

Next up, Orkney Porter (9% ABV) - keep checking the beers section. Cheers for now!

FASTEST SELLING BEER – EVER
Sunday, February 8 2009

We are pleased to announce that our Orkney IPA (4.8% ABV) has become The Newcastle Arms’s fastest selling beer ever, at their most recent beer festival. The beer was on sale alongside twelve other beers and sold out in an amazing one hour and ten minutes! Their previous record was one hour and thirty minutes – and that was a free bar at a wedding! This is simply great news and confirms our beers are of exceptional quality and highly enjoyable.

Thanks to The Newcastle Arms for their continued support and also to everyone who buys our beer.

THE CASTLE TAVERN FESTIVAL
Wednesday, October 15 2008

Dark Munro has been awarded beer of the festival at the annual Castle Tavern Beer Festival, Inverness. Real ale maestro George Maclean, the owner of The Castle Tavern, said Dark Munro was voted top beer from a range of 42 ales over the week long festival. Thanks to all who voted for Dark Munro! Read about The Castle Tavern here.

CAMRA GBBF 2008 - AWARDS
Tuesday, August 5 2008

Scapa Special scoops silver in the Best Bitter category and Orkney Blast grabs a bronze in Strong Bitters. The Great British Beer Festival 2008 was judged at Earls Court, 5 August, by a panel of brewers, beer writers and journalists.

Last year we had Scapa Special and Orkney Best in the running to no avail. This year we had an amazing four beers in for judging: Dark Munro, Orkney Best, Orkney Blast and the flagship Scapa! Any recognition at this level is warmly welcomed and is something to build on for the future.

Get down to your local and ask for our beers by name!

SIBA SCOTLAND AWARDS 2008
Monday, June 30 2008

More great awards news! The SIBA Scotland awards 2008 took place at the Scottish Traditional Ale Festival in Edinburgh on the day after the Champion Beer of Scotland competition with a different panel of judges. Fantastically, for the second year in a row Dark Munro has won the Milds up to 4.0% category!

Highland Brewing Company's placings:
Milds up to 4.0% - Dark Munro - Gold Medal
Strong Ales over 5.6% - Orkney Blast - Gold Medal
Premium Bitters 4.6 - 4.9% Orkney IPA - Silver Medal
Overall competition - Orkney Blast - Silver Medal

The Munro & the Blast now go forward to the SIBA National Competition in 2009 with the other regional category winners.

Watch this space for news next year!

CHAMPION BEER OF SCOTLAND AGAIN!
Thursday, June 19 2008

For the second year in a row The Highland Brewing Company has been voted CAMRA Champion Beer of Scotland, this time with our flagship pale ale, Scapa Special. Amazingly, Orkney Best was also placed third in the competition. The results were judged and announced at the Scottish Traditional Beer Festival held at the Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh, 19 June 2008. This is yet more great news for the brewery - we just can't wait to get our bigger brewplant completed and brewing so we can brew even more fantastic ales! We hope you keep enjoying our ales as much as Dad enjoys brewing them! Links: http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=279502

Overall winner (click to enlarge) Third place (click to enlarge)