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Venue reopens as The Perch after £120,000 facelift

Daniel McNally (left) and brother Finbarr are the new owners of The Perch restaurant on Hanover Street (pic: Terry Murden, DB Media Services)   Edinburgh restaurant The Dogs, a popularRead More

Big promotion unveiled

Richardson steers £200,000 gin campaign

Boe gin
A food and drinks industry veteran is behind a £200,000 advertising campaign which hopes to capture a slice of the lucrative gin market. Andrew Richardson, a director at Stirling-based VC2Read More

New chapter for brand

Macleod invests £10m-plus in Edinburgh Gin distillery

Edinburgh Gin Distillery high res
Artist’s impression of new distillery   Ian Macleod Distillers is investing well in excess of £10 million in a new distillery for Edinburgh Gin in the capital’s old town.  ItRead More

Brewer revisits 2015 pledge

Innis & Gunn to bring brewing home to Edinburgh

Dougal Sharp
Dougal Sharp (centre): ‘It feels like we have come home’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Brewing group Innis & Gunn is to build a brewery in Edinburgh, revisiting a pledge itRead More

Plan to rais £30,000

‘Overwhelmed’ rum distillers turn to crowd funding

Matugga Distillery, Jacine & Paul Rutasikwa at rum distillery
Jacine and Paul Rutasikwa: responding to spirits fanatics   An overwhelming response to the launch of Scotland’s first rum distillery has prompted the couple behind it to launch a £30,000Read More

Tighter regulation planned

Fish farms facing relocation after clean-up report

Julie Hesketh-Laird
  Julie Hesketh-Laird: ‘We share SEPA’s vision’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Tough new measures to control the environmental damage caused by the salmon industry will see a number of fishRead More

Expansion into whisky and rum

BrewDog hires Diageo veteran for spirits production

David Gates BrewDog
Craft brewer BrewDog has hired a spirits veteran to oversee the company’s plans to extend into whisky and rum distilling. David Gates, who held senior roles at Johnnie Walker distillerRead More

A taste of Africa

Matugga Distillery ready to produce rum in Scotland

Matugga Distillery, Jacine & Paul Rutasikwa at rum distillery
Rum do: Jacine and Paul Rutasikwa intend to bring a flavour of Africa to Scotland   The first rum distillery in Central Scotland – Matugga Distillers – is ready to startRead More

Brewer's clean water campaign

Brewgooder says ‘pay what you want’ to help poor

Brewgooder low res Honesty Box copy
Cleaning up: Brewgooder aims to provide clean water   Scottish beer brand Brewgooder is inviting drinkers to pay what they want for a six-pack of lager as part of itsRead More

Price changes with index

BrewDog opens bar with FTSE tracking beer

BrewDog Canary Wharf
Sharing a new idea: beer price fluctuates with price of stocks    Scottish brewer BrewDog is launching its first bar in London’s Canary Wharf financial district with an ale thatRead More