THE news that Scottish craft beer giants Brewdog have sold a 22 per cent stake in their business to private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners was undoubtedly the biggest story in craft beer for some time, not just in Scotland but globally.
AS winter begins to give ground to spring, thirsty bar-goers across Scotland may begin to notice a change in their palette. Cravings for hearty stouts with high alcohol contents, to keep the chills of winter at bay, might give way to desires for more zesty and reinvigorating flavours.
ASK anyone what Scotland’s national drink is and you will invariably receive one of two answers: whisky or Irn-Bru. However, over the past several years a number of innovative breweries have forced a once-neglected drink into the conversation, and that’s beer.
VETERAN rocker Sir Rod Stewart has apologised for making what appeared to be a video parody of a beheading in the desert similar to those filmed by Daesh.
NOMINATIONS for Rector of Glasgow University close today with a wide range of candidates having already declared.
Deacon Blue frontman Ricky Ross has launched the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund’s (SCIAF) annual Lent appeal.
IN many ways Havana is a city preserved in amber. The popular image of the city is one of elegant but aged cars, and pastel-coloured paint peeling from cracking walls.
