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Last updated 26 November 2004
Cairngorm's beers, and Trade Winds in particular
continue to receive the accolades
Aberdeen Festival Champion Beer
Champion Beer of Scotland
Champion Beer of Britain
Traquair located in Peebleshire has launched a new
dark Scottish ale called Laird's Liquor.
Brewed to celebrate the 21 lairds of Traquair,
the longest continuously inhabited house in Scotland.
The ale has an ABV OF 6%, and as the label suggests,
Laird's Liquor is ideal for long winter nights
and plotting rebellions!!
Top Scottish microbrewers go for growth
A new force is to be created in Scottish brewing
with the merger of Orkney and Atlas breweries.
Both production sites in Orkney
and Kinlochleven will be retained.
The new venture will promote a range of
award winning ales that includes
Orkney's Raven Ale, Dragonhead Stout,
Dark Island and Skullsplitter and Atlas's
Latitude, Three Sisters, Wayfarer and Nimbus.
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Tryst Brewery
Lorne Road, Larbert, Falkirk
Scotland's latest craft brewery was launched
in December 2003. Started by John McGarva,
Tryst's Brockville Pale can be found in selected
bars in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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Heather goes forth thanks to micro buy out.
Heather Ale, founded by brothers Scott and Bruce
Williams in 1992, has had worldwide success with
beers like Fraoch, Alba, and Kelpie, brewed with
ingredients including heather, spruce needles
and even seaweed.
Now the company has outgrown its current base a
picturesque 18th-century watermill at Strathaven,
Lanarkshire, and has bought the Forth Brewery
in Alloa for a six-figure sum. At the same time it
has changed its name to Williams Brothers.
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CHAMP DOES IT AGAIN
First European beer competition, held at the
international brewing exposition
Brau Beviale in Nuremburg
Harviestoun's Bitter & Twisted
proved its world-class status
when it was declared
Overall Champion Beer at the event
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CHAMPION FESTIVAL BEER
TROON 2003
UMBEL ALE ABV 3.8%
NETHERGATE BREWERY
CLARE SUFFOLK
Click for pictures of presentation
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GEORDIE'S BYRE
Main Street AYR
Scottish Pub of the Year 2003
Click for pictures of presentation
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