Wednesday 9 June 2010

Perthshire RFC charity run

Our rugby sponsorship figured in a recent charity run undertaken by members of Perthshire RFC.  Here is one of the boys proudly doing their bit!

Monday 7 June 2010

Ossian strikes gold!

Ossian has been voted Champion Golden Beer of Scotland 2010.  Beating off stiff competition from the likes of Deuchar's IPA and Pentland IPA, Ossian will now go forward to Champion Beer of Britain in August 2011.

Tuesday 1 June 2010

Seasonal changes


Our seasonal range is about to undergo a transformation. Over the past few months we have thought long and hard about developing our range, and have listened to what our customers are saying about changing beer consumer needs. Everyone has said quality is paramount, followed by consistency and choice. We hope we have given you what you have asked for.


The launch of Inkie Pinkie in June will mark the launch of our new seasonal range which will consist of Duncan’s IPA (a 4.4% IPA available February to May inclusive), Inkie Pinkie (a 3.7% summer ale available May to September), Pundie (a 5.0% strong ale available October and November) and Santa’s Swallie (a 4.3% Christmas beer available in late November and December).

These four beers will make up our seasonal offer and will be launched with striking new pump clips designed by Flock in Edinburgh. Commenting on the changes, Fergus Clark said ‘we wanted to amend our offer to reflect the changing beer consumer. Despite some old favourites taking a rest for now, our seasonal range offers our customers and the beer drinker some truly great beers that complement our permanent range of Independence, Ossian, Thrappledouser, Lia Fail and Sunburst Pilsner’. We hope you agree with Fergus and will enjoy our new stable of seasonal beers.

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Heriot Watt University students choose Inveralmond beers

The powers that be at Heriot Watt University Students’ Union have decided to make Inveralmond beers their cask ale of choice at the Riccarton Campus. As this is the home of one of the most highly regarded brewing courses in the world, it is an honour to be able to slake the thirst of those hard-working under– and post-graduates.

Crieff Round Table enjoy their visit and tour of our brewery


It was a pleasure to welcome the Crieff Round Table to our brewery during April. They seemed to enjoy their tour, and the organiser (Richard) and his guests were very fulsome in their praise of the brewery and the beers. It was kind of them, and we hope to see them again next year. We are keen to invite groups to the brewery, so if you are interested then please get in touch.

SIBA: Local beer continues to buck the trend


To kick start a regular slot for general beer market information and research we look at the continued growth of ‘local’ beer in the UK. In the Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) Local Brewing Industry Report 2010, the authors claim that optimism across the local brewing industry remains very much in evidence despite the general economic gloom. The chart below demonstrates that, although the rate of growth has slowed, the market for local beer is continuing to buck the trend of the general beer market. And it is not just the off-trade that is growing. Unlike the ‘big beer brands’ which have seen a dramatic swing towards off-trade and particularly multiple grocers, local beer has continued to grow in the bed rock of the beer business, the on-trade.

Santa’s Swallie may be bottled


Work is on-going on making Santa’s Swallie available in 500ml bottles in time for Christmas 2010. We get lots of requests, from home and abroad, to make our cask products available in bottle so we shall see what the reaction is to this venture. As mentioned, it is very much work in progress at the moment as we let our customers have a look at the label to ensure that it fulfils all the mandatory legal needs in several countries around the world, and also to find out whether they like it!

The Inveralmond Brewery announced as the main sponsor of The Scottish Real Ale Festival

This year’s Scottish Real Ale Festival once again takes place in the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh. Beginning on Thursday 24 June at noon and running through to 9pm on Saturday 26 June, the festival is a showcase of all that is good in Scottish brewing. This year we are proud to announce that The Inveralmond Brewery will be the main sponsor of the festival.

Apprentice brewers..... for a day at least


Alan and Linda Campbell from Balerno in Edinburgh bought the chance to be a brewer for a day at our brewery. They were the highest bidders at Currie Rugby Club’s annual auction, and it was a pleasure to host them here at the brewery. Under the tutelage of Ken Duncan they were shown many of the crucial aspects of the brewer’s art, and also took part in many of the more mundane but equally important tasks like cask washing. There was a fair bit of quality control activity, and the day ended with the presentation of a certificate and commerative mini-cask, and an adjournment to a local pub for a pint. A job well done by Alan and Linda! They are seen here with Fergus in the brewery and at the presentation of their reward!

Charity beer festival at Crieff Rugby Club

If you fancy a good day out and you happen to be in the Crieff area, make your way along to Braidhaugh on either Friday 11 June or Saturday 12 June for the Crieff Charity Beer Festival. Last year the organisers raised £6122 for local and national charities. With a quiz night, family fun day and lots of entertainment you can make a day of it. Oh, and beers from 9 breweries will help things go with a swing. Visit www.crieffbeerfestival.com for further details.

Perthshire tour support

Perthshire RFC have organised an end of season tour to Spain and The Inveralmond Brewery is helping them on their way with some tour shirt sponsorship. The beer was also pouring at the clubs Sportsman’s Dinner and Golden Oldies tournament and hopes are high that there will be further co-operation in the future. Club President, Bob Falconer, said “it is good to be working with a local brewery. The 1st XV have had a long and reasonably successful season including losing narrowly to Melrose in the quarter final of the Scottish Cup. This tour gives them a chance to relax and enjoy themselves before beginning again in earnest at the end of the summer”.

Inveralmond Brewery celebrates becoming a teenager!

On 14 May we celebrated becoming teenagers. It was thirteen years to the day that Fergus Clark started the first brew of The Inveralmond Brewery, and the then Lord Provost of Perth (John Culliven) conducted the official opening ceremony.