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SIBA SCOTLAND AWARDS 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: |
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We've put some pictures of our new brewplant being installed online; we're hoping to have it up and running this summer. Use the "brewery" link above or click here.
The Highland Brewing Company's beers will be at the CAMRA 22nd Great Grampian Beer Festival (CAMRA Aberdeen Beer Festival) from June 5-7. Please note the change of dates from the usual November!
We now have some tasting notes online - please have a read.
We've not quite managed to get our online store up and running yet but in the meantime you can order bottles of St Magnus Ale online now from OrkneyStore.com, take a look and let us know what you think - both of OrkneyStore's service and the beer!
The brewery was recently featured in The Press and Journal. Read the article here.
Dark Munro has scooped a Gold medal in the Milds category of the prestigious Small Independent Brewers Association (SIBA) National Ales Competition which was judged in Hereford two weeks ago. The results were announced late on Friday afternoon following the annual SIBA conference in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Dark Munro at 4.0 % ABV stood out against a selection of six other Milds from around the country, all of which had won top spot in their respective regional competitions. Dark Munro is a refreshing dark beer with a mere hint of hop, lots of roast malt flavour and a lingering, fruity, chocolate malt finish. The judging panel consists of experienced brewers and respected figures within the brewing industry supply chain.
Owner and brewer Rob Hill said "This is another remarkable win for Orkney's Swannay Brewery. This comes on the back of a Bronze medal in the Milds category at the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) National Winter Ales Festival in January 2008 and also winning Champion Beer of Scotland in June 2007."
Dark Munro has been selling well, with sales coming largely from word of mouth so far. The new brew plant will be on stream in the next few weeks and it is hoped to appoint a dedicated sales person to push sales forward, grow the business and fund developments at the fantastic brewery site at Swannay, Orkney. Dark Munro will also be available in bottle once the new brewery is bedded in and the flavour profiles have been matched.
The first two years brewing have been challenging, rewarding and great fun to say the least. The hard work is over and now the really hard work begins!
View the full results here.
More competition success for Dark Munro, this time at CAMRAs National Winter Ales Festival 2008 in Manchester.
Scooping a fantastic bronze in the Strong Milds/Old Ale category. Consistently a quality dark ale ask for it by name.
Rob Hill's Dark Munro has won it's second award and earned the Highland Brewing Company their first CAMRA Champion Beer of Scotland title. Further to it's gold in the SIBA Mild category, Dark Munro was voted Champion Beer of Scotland at the Scottish Traditional Beer Festival 2007.
This is great news for the still comparatively new brewery, beating off strong competition from across Scotland. Again, Rob wasn't present to receive the award so son Lewis attended the event on Edinburgh's George Street.
Sales off the back of the win have already been somewhat impressive; if you wish to stock Scotland's champion beer 2007 yourself please do not hesitate to contact us and arrange a delivery.
Related: http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=246090, http://www.orkneytoday.co.uk/news_item.asp?newsItem=1947
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