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Tags: DRAM issue 360, DRAM Magazine, October20202017 Award Winners In Full
DRAM Lifetime Achievement
Linda Johnston – Auchrannie Hotel & Resort
BII Customer Service Award
Atlantic Bar & Brasserie, Glasgow
Bright Signals Social Media Award
Highly Commended: Driftwood, Glasgow
Winner: Manorview Hotels & Leisure Group, Howwood
Critics’ Choice Casual Dining Award
The Swan In, Eaglesham
Diageo Social Responsibility & Community
The Clovenfords Hotel, Galashiels
Disaronno Cocktail Bar of the Year
The Bon Vivant, Edinburgh
DRAM Dog Friendly Pub of the Year
Saint Luke’s & The Winged Ox, Glasgow
Flow Entrepreneur of the Year 2017
Colin Blair – Buzzworks Holdings
Gordon & Macphail Award for Success
Bill Costley – Costley & Costley, Troon
Inverarity-Morton Wine by the Glass Award
Vroni’s, Glasgow
Kopparberg Independent Bar of the year
Bag O’Nails, Glasgow
Makar New Bar of the Year
Finsbay, Milngavie
Molson Coors Craft Beer Bar of the Year
Bier Halle, Glasgow
Open Ear Country Pub of the Year
Winner: The Old Mill Inn, Pitlochry
Highly Commended: Uplawmoor Hotel, Uplawmoor
Sunday Mail Pub Spy Pub of the Year
The Birds & Bees, Stirling
Scottish Bar and Pub Awards Renovation of the Year
Angels Hotel, Uddingston
Tennent’s Quality Award
Hamilton’s, Edinburgh
Wee DRAM Whisky Bar
The Keys, St Andrews
Wm Grant & Sons Bar Apprentice of the Year
James Marchant-Wink – Rabble, Edinburgh
Sunday Mail Pub of the Year
Saint Luke’s & The Winged Ox, Glasgow
Tags: Angels Hotel, Bag o Nails, Bill Costley, Buzzworks, Disaronno, DRAM Magazine, Finsbay, Glasgow Hilton, Koppaberg, Makar, Molson Coors, Rabble, Scottish Bar and Pub Awards 2017, St. Luke's, sunday mail, William Grant & SonsGlasgow Pips Edinburgh for Most Gongs at Scottish Bar and Pub Awards
Scotland’s licensed trade celebrated in style at the Scottish Bar and Pub Awards on August 15th after the crème de la crème of the industry picked up industry gongs at the event held at The Glasgow Hilton, Glasgow
Glasgow pipped Edinburgh for the number of gongs given out with Saint Luke’s, Atlantic Bar & Brasserie, Vroni’s, the Bier Halle and Bag O’Nails all receiving accolades. However Edinburgh bars Bon Vivant and Hamilton’s flew the flag for the capital city. The Bon Vivant is Scotland’s Disaronno Cocktail Bar of the Year while Hamilton’s picked up the Tennent’s Quality Award.
Ayrshire businessmen Bill Costley of Costley & Costley and Colin Blair of Buzzworks were applauded by the guests as Bill received the Gordon & MacPhail Award for Success while Colin picked up the accolade Flow Entrepreneur of the Year. Meanwhile Arran’s Linda Johnson of Auchrannie was given a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Renfrewshire-based Manorview Hotels won the Bright Signals Social Media Award while Eaglesham pub The Swan was voted best for Casual Dining.
Galashiels was represented by The Clovenfords Hotel which won the Diageo Award for Social Responsibility and Community having opened a village shop in the pub.
Saint Luke’s in Glasgow was not only the favourite Dog Friendly Pub in Scotland but it also picked up the coveted Sunday Mail Pub of the Year Mirror, after judges deemed it the very best out of all the winners.
Stirling’s The Birds & Bees was given the top award in the category Sunday Mail Pub Spy of the Year.
Uddingston business Angels Hotel won the award for the best Renovation of the Year for its incredible make-over, and Bag O’Nails in Glasgow won the Kopparberg Independent Bar of the Year accolade. Vroni’s won Inverarity-Morton Wine by the Glass award and Atlantic Bar & Grill won the BII Customer Service Award. The Bier Halle team in Glasgow received the gong for Molson Coors Craft Beer Bar.
Whisky Bar of the year was hotly contested with The Keys in St Andrews the worthy recipient and the Country Pub of the Year title was won by The Old Mill Inn in Pitlochry. Makar Gin New Bar of the Year was presented to Milngavie establishment Finsbay.
The William Grant Bar Apprentice of the Year went to James Marchant-Wink of Rabble in Edinburgh.
The Awards, which were established 22 years ago, are the longest running honours for the Scottish licensed trade. They are run by industry publication DRAM. Said Publisher, Susan Young, “It’s great to see the standard of Scotland’s bars and pubs. They are a real credit to our hospitality industry. Well done, everyone.”
Photographs will be available from Thursday online at dramscotland.co.uk. If higher resolution images are required contact 0141 221 6965.
Tags: Angels Hotel, BII, Bill Costley, Bright Signals, Buzzworks, Colin Blair, Diageo, Disaronno, DRAM Magazine, Edinburgh, flow, Glasgow, Glasgow Hilton, Gordon & MacPhail, Inverarity Morton, Kopparberg, Makar, Molson Coors, Open Ear, Pub Spy, Scottish Bar and Pub Awards 2017, St. Luke's, sunday mail, Tennents, wee Dram, William Grant & SonsTHE FAMOUS GROUSE EXPERIENCE LAUNCHES ROVING DRAMMOLIER
The Famous Grouse Experience at Glenturret Distillery in Crieff, Scotland’s oldest working distillery, has launched a new ‘Roving Drammolier’ service, claiming title to the world’s first female ‘Drammolier’, a professional whisky expert. Despite its heritage, whisky has no specific term for a trained and knowledgeable whisky professionals and, over the years, has relied on terms such as ‘expert’, ‘consultant’ or ‘ambassador’. The team of Roving Drammoliers will travel to events all over the world, but the team will be based at The Famous Grouse Experience in Crieff, and headed up by The Famous Grouse’s Global Brand Ambassador Lucy Whitehall.
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Glasgow-based West Brewery is one of 32 companies to receive grant support from the The Scottish Government under the latest rounds of food and drink funding
West’s parent compay, Heidi Beers has received £1.85 million towards expansion plans that will support 18 new employees and see all production move to a new facility in Scotland, relocating the 70% of their operations currently based in Germany. Heidi will source 92% of their barley from Scotland, while they will launch a new low-alcohol lager.
Petra Wetzel, of Heidi Beers Ltd trading as WEST Brewery, said, “WEST is proud to create premium lagers and wheat beers that showcase the best of Scotland and this grant will finally enable us to build our brewing centre of excellence right here in Glasgow.”
Aberdeenshire-based Brewdog will also receive £551,000 towards a new brewery in Ellon, in a move that will create 16 new jobs and enable them to relocate to Scotland production that takes place in England and Belgium.”
All awards are subject to confirmation of eligible expenditure. Both Heidi and Brewdog are signed up to the Portman Group’s Code of Practice for socially responsible advertising. Adherence to this Code is a condition of the FPMC grant scheme.