The 10th Loch Ness Beer Festival is nearly ready to start. Over 60 ales have arrived (well most of them have!) along with some lovely looking ciders from GWatkin – brand new to the Highlands we believe. Day 1 will see the official debut of the River Leven Brewery – a new brewplant installed in [...]

The nominated charity for the 10th Loch Ness Beer Festival is Breast Cancer Care Scotland. This is very important to us and hopefully it can help to show our wonderful wee sister just how special and important she is to us. In order to maximise funds for this excellent charity we shall be doing a [...]

Goodness me doesn’t time fly! It’s been a while since the last blog post but much has been happening. The 10th Loch Ness Beer Festival – can it really be the 10th one already??!! – will run from the 16th – 24th September 2011. Beer ordering is well underway and we should have some marvellous [...]

Long overdue report on the 9th Loch Ness Beer Festival. 59 Ales and 9 Ciders managed to make it on sale during this year’s Festival. The Thornbridge Brewery‘s ales did not disappoint and all, from the 3.5% Wild Swan to the 7.7% Halcyon, were excellent. As usual, all the local brews were superb and special [...]

News update on this year’s Beer Festival….. First the bad news, the Loch Ness Brewery won’t be up and running in time for the Festival. The good news is that the equipment will all be here so you can still have a look at the brewery and anticipate the first brew! There will be at [...]

As you may be aware plans have been afoot for some time to start brewing our own ale. These plans are finally coming to fruition! The bothy has been tidied up and readied for the equipment which should be arriving from ABUK in the next few weeks, hopefully allowing us to start brewing in time [...]

Plans are in full swing for this years Beer Festival. The following entertainment is confirmed :- Friday 17th September – Tipsy Laird, Saturday 18th September – Folk Night, Friday 24th & Saturday 25th September – Penny Dogs! Yes, due to their popularity, and inability to get through even a half their repertoire in a single [...]

The votes have been counted, verified and recounted just to be safe. Of the 62 ales consumed during the week a staggering 25 beers received at least one vote for BoF.  This illustrates the high standard of the brews this year. The beers which received votes are, in no particular order:- Dark Munro, Saligo, Stewart [...]

A full report will follow later this week but preliminary results are as follows :- 62 Ales sold during the week. Only Black Gold from Cairngorm didn’t quite make it on during the Festival but it sneaked on during Sunday afternoon so we will include it! 7 different ciders sold including the first appearance of [...]

It’s been an eventful start to the Beer Festival. No time for an update yesterday but I’ve managed to sneak a quick one in today. Beers we’ve said goodbye to so far include :- Red Cuillin, Trade Winds, Blessed Thistle, Crags, Crofter’s Pale Ale, Edinburgh Gold, Scapa Special, Lia Fail, Ossian, Raven, Dun Hogs Head, [...]