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Aberdeenshire’s mega micro - A look behind the hype at BrewDog – Part 1
By: Roger Putman
01/10/2018
From start-up in an anonymous industrial unit in Fraserburgh back in 2007 to a bulging 600,000hL brewery, a distillery, sour beer plant, cidery, over 1400 employees and 57 bars worldwide is truly phenomenal growth. Then there is a second brewery operating in Ohio and a third planned for Brisbane in Australia next year.
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New home of The Macallan - A control system engineering achievement
01/10/2018
When Elite Control Systems completed the fi nal commissioning of a turnkey software control system for The Macallan’s new distillery, it represented more than successful completion of a job. It was an engineering achievement carried out on behalf of Edrington for The Macallan, its world-renowned single malt whisky.
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Hop forward -The history of hop breeding in England
01/10/2018
At a recent event for the brewing press, the British Hop Association presented the story of the world renowned English hop breeding programme from the early 20th century to date. Here, with permission, is their history of hop breeding in England.
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A strong dark brew
By: Sophie Atherton
01/10/2018
Beer launches are ten-a-penny, so it has to be something pretty amazing to persuade me to attend one. The UK’s fi rst Trappist brewery, at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire, sounded intriguing enough to qualify. As it turned out, it was a moment of brewing history in the making and I felt lucky to be there.
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Young Scientists Symposium - Bitburg / Trier 12th – 14th September 2018
By: Dan Griffiths
01/10/2018
Over 120 delegates from across the globe travelled to Bitburg and Trier, Germany for the 6th Young Scientists Symposium.