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Crowdfund milestone

Innis & Gunn ready to reveal brewery location as fund hits £2m

Innis Gunn Edinburgh brewery
Image of the new brewery Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn is well on the way to building the largest major brewery in Edinburgh for more than 150 years as it’sRead More

Auction of collector's stash

Largest private whisky collection to raise £8 million

Macallan record sale
Iain McClune: largest collection by value The largest private whisky collection could raise £8 million when it goes on sale at an auction early next year. A Colorado businessman andRead More

Seedrs campaign

‘Pioneering distillery’ raising £1m for experimental spirit

Nc’nean distillery
Crowd plan: Nc’nean distillery An organic whisky distillery, Nc’nean, has launched a £1 million crowdfunding campaign to support the growth of its Botanical Spirit, described as a mix between whiskyRead More

Sparklingly Sober listing

Non-alcoholic fizz hopes to put sparkle into Scotmid sales

Sparklingly-Sober
Craig Strachan and Hannah Fisher with Scotmid Store Manager David Dick  The co-founders of a non-alcoholic Champagne-inspired range of drinks have secured a multi store Scotmid listing for their “SparklinglyRead More

Blitz on booze

Drinkers plan to celebrate alcohol-free Christmas

Nix West alcohol free beer
Alcohol free drinks are on the rise Drinkers are preparing a sober Christmas and New Year by ditching traditional boozy sessions in favour of no and low alcohol drinks. NewRead More

Venison in demand

Healthy eating helps Highland Game secure £2m delivery deal

Venison is growing in popularity Scottish wild venison supplier, Highland Game, has secured a partnership with the UK’s largest recipe box company, Gousto, the first time the firm has partneredRead More

China whisky contract

Scots tycoon Valentine oversees Mongolia distillery

Dave Valentine
Dave Valentine at the convention A Scottish entrepreneur’s company is to manage the building of a whisky distillery in Mongolia. Dave Valentine, owner of Forfar-based Valentine International, concluded the dealRead More

Drink launched

Drinks duo take on the giants with Scotland’s own cola

Chris-Ewing-and-Niall-Holmes
New drink: Chris Ewing and Niall Holmes A Glasgow drinks company is taking on the might of the cola giant with its own Scottish version. Former Motherwell footballer Chris EwingRead More

Whisky in good spirits

Rosebank restoration; Speyside rises; academy’s China deal

Rosebank Distillery
Whisky’s popularity continues to underpin Scotland’s food and drink sector. Restoration work has begun on the mothballed Rosebank distillery, while Gordon & MacPhail enjoyed another successful year and the EdinburghRead More

Crowfund plan

BrewDog raising funds to build distillery in US

James Watt BrewDog
James Watt: ‘We’re growing faster than ever’ (pic: Terry Murden) BrewDog has launched a third US round of its Equity for Punks and will use the funds raised to helpRead More