Beer

An aerial shot from 2022 shows how much the festival has grown as well as its stunning location.

14 amazing photos of 15 years of FyneFest beer and music festival

The heritage barley that’s making ‘forgotten’ beer and whisky possible

The average adult gets just 90 minutes of personal time a day, yet most spend it watching TV or scrolling social media rather than pursuing hobbies

Brits believe they’re too old to take up a new hobby by the age of 49

Levenbank whisky distillery

West African grain introduced to new whisky series at Levenbank

Vault City Bake Off beers

Scottish brewer creates Bake Off inspired dessert beers

Nima serving potatoes

The best new cookbooks for autumn - from Roving Haggis to easy Italian

The unique 'sail through' Scottish chippy that you can paddleboard to

Nicholas Muirhead of the Scottish Leather Group

Five historic Scotland 500 using innovation to drive growth

Year 2 999g Legal Limit Smoothie sour

Fruit beer trend boosts Edinburgh brewer to ‘record’ production

Tia Chela’s tacos

Award-winning chefs to bring Tia Chela Mexican to Edinburgh

These days, beer doesn't necessarily have to be alcoholic (Picture: Justin Sullivan)

Have you tried 'zebra striping'? How non-alcoholic beer is catching on Scotsman comment

Distilled festival

Spirit of Speyside Distilled drinks festival returns for 10th anniversary

Competition watchdog 'should probe dominance of big brewers'

The Tartan Army has taken over Boston

Tartan Army's charm offensive of USA sets up tourism boom back home

TRNSMT 2026: Price of pint and bar prices for weekend music festival

No Scotland, No Party: Katharine Hay celebrated her birthday in style with the Tartan Arm

Watch as Katharine Hay celebrates her birthday with the Tartan Army

Stella Artois is launching a Wimbledon themed beer (Image made with AI)

Stella Artois launches strawberries and cream Wimbledon themed beer

Wise Bartender’s Summer Discovery Pack includes 20 alcohol-free drinks designed for summer gatherings and bank holiday weekends

£40 alcohol-free summer drinks pack arrives for the heatwave

Fountain Brewery workers Harry Traunter, John Smith and Tom Owens celebrate in March 1989 after a planned merger by the Australian company Elders IXL with Scottish & Newcastle Breweries fails

29 photos from the 70s and 80s, celebrating the nation's breweries

The Harviestoun tap-room event is taking place this month

Scots brewery event returns with fan-fave beer & 'bold' street food

Scottish brewery bucks industry gloom with £500,000 growth plan and new beers

Jo Stewart from Stewart Brewing

Meet the woman behind Scottish beer favourites Stewart Brewing

Job losses and closures as Innis & Gunn taken over

Scores of bars are to close with nearly 500 staff being made redundant after the £33m acquisition of BrewDog by the US firm, Tilray Brands. Picture: PA

Analysis Rise and fall of BrewDog leaves Equity Punk investors with hangover

All BrewDog bars closed for day as firm looks to complete sale

Fyne Ales brewery on the banks of Loch Fyne during the annual Fynefest festival of beer and music

‘Best yet’ line-up for Scots festival that's beer lovers' Glastonbury

Loch Lomond brewery and distillery launches six-figure crowdfunding expansion

Morrisons will deliver a lavish meal for two to your door just in time for Valentine's night

Morrisons £15 Valentine’s dine-in deal returns with luxury dishes

Forty years ago, the price of a pint was measured in pence, not pounds (Picture: Jack Taylor)

A nation awaits for a hero to arise and save us from £10 pints Scotsman comment

Brewdog's personalised cans have arrived just in time for Valentine's Day

Personalised BrewDog beer cans launch just in time for Valentine’s Day

The Scotsman's Westminster Correspondent Andrew Quinn interviewing SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn

Flynn's Westminster allies hoping to follow his lead to Holyrood

Scotland kick off their Six Nations campaign in Rome.

An eating and drinking guide to the 2026 Six Nations

I had a peek behind the scenes of Edinburgh's future best pub Gaby Soutar

BrewDog Distilling Co. is launching its first rum casks for sale as part of annual auction with Whisky Hammer

BrewDog to close Aberdeenshire distillery & cease making spirits

Jack Law, Alan Cumming and Conall Law with some of the Wasted Degrees beers that have been made for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

Alan Cumming teams up with brewers to launch new beer in his name

I helped choose Scottish distillery’s first whisky - & you can too

The index ranks resorts based on a combination of factors, including the cost of lift passes, equipment hire, accommodation, transport and the average price of a beer, as well as accessibility from the UK.

Balkan resort with £1 beers is Europe’s most affordable ski resort

Pictured: Elliot Lamb (Cold Town Beer), Ewan Jones (Aldi) Paul Bradley Paul Thompson (Doddie Foundation)

Aldi launches Doddie Beir ahead of Six Nations - to raise funds for charity

Steve Lewis and Margo Macnab of Burnside Brewery

Brewers 'most proud of our alcohol-free beer' as production ramps up

18 per cent of those born in January have postponed their birthday plans to another month altogether.

1 in 3 adults with a January birthday have abandoned birthday plans

Picture: Wild Eve

17 alcohol-free drinks to try this dry January - including beers, gin and fizz

iGulu's F1 machine is as simple as using a pod coffee machine - just pop some ingredients in, let it brew for a few weeks, and your beer will be ready

The iGulu F1 home-brewing machine makes craft beer at home a doddle
The iGulu F1 promises pub-quality pints at home with almost no effort required — but getting hold of one is the hardest part

Sonya Mitchell of Jump Ship Brewing

Scotland’s first non alcoholic brewery raises £300,000 in crowdfunding

Scottish brewery recalls festive beer over 'potential health risk'

The 12 ales are all hand-picked from independent breweries

Huge saving on this real ale advent calendar - we've tasted it

Dougal Gunn Sharp, Founder and Head Brewer at Innis & Gunn, and Jamie Allsopp, Director at Allsopp's and a direct descendent of the brewer's founders, at Innis & Gunn's Brewery in Perth. They opened a bottle of 150 year-old Allsopp's Arctic Ale for the first time to mark the 150th anniversary of the 1875 arctic expedition it was brewed for.

What 150-year-old bottle of 'world's rarest' beer tastes like

Rare bottle of Arctic beer to be opened after 150 years to revive brew

Brewdog's 2025 Advent calendar is a real festive treat for beer lovers

Sneak preview of Brewdog's 2025 Advent calendar – 24 beers and extras

These photos capture life at some of the UK's most famous lost breweries

34 nostalgic photos capture life at UK's lost breweries

Crowds at a previous incarnation of Edinburgh Oktoberfest.

7,000 litres of beer and thousands of bratwurst destroyed after storm

I'm in love with this irresistible new Edinburgh seaside restaurant Gaby Soutar

Scran Taybeh Brewgooder beer

Scran season 9: Brewed in solidarity - Taybeh and Scotland

I visited an Edinburgh luxury hotel for the most decadent treat Gaby Soutar

Enjoy Bavarian beer and four-star luxury for less than £400 with this fabulous deal

Four-star Oktoberfest break with hotel and flights now just £399

This Scottish pub has been named among the UK's 16 best watering-holes.

'Superb' pub with 150 years of history crowned as Scotland's best

Lonkero at Summerhall Courtyard

'Drink of the summer' to takeover Edinburgh Festivals venue courtyard

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