Underrated Breweries No 5: Highland Brewing Company

The Highland Brewing Company is one of my favourite breweries north of the border, Rob and his son produce some cracking ales which is no surprise really when Rob has been brewing for over 28 years and brewed in some great breweries across the UK. Based on the beautiful island of Orkney they are also known as […]

New Years Eve beers in York

Posted on January 8, 2011 by andyMogg in Beer Stuff, Black Sheep Brewery, Highland Brewing Company, Roosters, Thornbridge, York Brewery 4 Comments

Unsure what to do during the day on new year’s eve and with the other half at work myself and Dave managed to swing some cheap train tickets to York so I decided to dig out the map I made for 2009’s trip with Mark from Real Ale Reviews add a couple of new pubs […]

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Meet the Brewer: Rob Hill (Highland Brewing Company)

Posted on November 11, 2010 by andyMogg in Highland Brewing Company, Meet The Brewer No Comments

This Week’s Meet the Brewer comes from Rob Hill courtesy of @Highlandbrewlew on twitter! They make some fab ales and are great craic on twitter so please try their beers if you see them. What is your Brewery name? We have an identity crisis: the company is the Highland Brewing Company Ltd; the brewery is […]

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Highland Brewing Company – Scapa Special (4.4%)

Posted on March 5, 2010 by andyMogg in Beer Reviews, Breweries & Pubs, Highland Brewing Company 3 Comments

Scapa Special was part of the selection of beers I got from Highland Brewing Company, It wasn’t a beer I had heard much about but when I started to look into it it was a beer that interested me quite a lot, mainly because of the mix of hops used in brewing it but the […]

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Highland Brewing Company : Orkney Blast (6%)

Posted on February 8, 2010 by andyMogg in Beer Reviews, Breweries & Pubs, Highland Brewing Company 1 Comment

Orkney Blast was another one of the beers that Lew sent me in exchange for some chilli chutney and it was possibly the one I was looking forward to most after all The beer boy (Zak Avery) him self seemed to rate it when he tried it a while back The first thing that catches […]

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Highland Brewing Co – St Magnus Ale (4.5%)

Posted on January 17, 2010 by andyMogg in Beer Reviews, Breweries & Pubs, Highland Brewing Company 3 Comments

Highland Brewing Co are a micro brewery based on Orkney, I got chatting to Lew on twitter and we arranged a little swap – some of his (and his dad’s) beer for some of my winter chilli chutney. Before I knew it 4 bottles of rather tasty looking ale had landed on my doorstep waiting […]

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