From Field to Pint
Real ale enthusiasts will be in their element at this year’s Royal Highland Show with a special bar dedicated to twenty beers from some of Scotland’s best independent breweries.
And in a comprehensive “field to pint” display, the beer trail from the farms that grow the barley, through to the maltsters, brewers and retail outlets, will be highlighted.
The man behind the story of beer and who will be running the real ale bar is David Stewart, joint managing director of D.M.Stewart Ltd who own and operate four of Edinburgh’s best-known licensed establishments - The Guildford Arms, The Abbotsford, Canons’ Gait and Leslies Bar.
With the support of SIBA Scotland (Society of Independent Brewers), a new website - DrinkScottishAle.com – is being used to promote individual beers and brewers and to feature bars which specialise in cask (real) ale.
The site will be live at the show in the new bar in the South West area of the showground, so visitors can locate good ale pubs and hotels in their own locality.
The Scottish independent breweries who will be supplying the beers are Atlas, Cairngorm, Fyne, Harviestoun, Highland, Inveralmond, Kelburn, Orkney, Stewart and Strathaven.
The “field to pint” story will embrace GrainCo, the leading farmer-owned grain marketing business and Muntons Malt, one of the UK’s leading maltsters which supplies a number of breweries in Scotland.
“The real ale sector is one of the current success stories for publicans in the on-trade,” said David Stewart. “We hope that visitors to the show will enjoy the choice and quality of Scotland’s ales and on returning home seek out the great bars specialising in these beers.”
See a full list of the ales featuring!
