Tag: Heriot Watt University

Innis And Gunn Get Green Light For New Edinburgh Brewery

Innis and Gunns will build the first large-scale brewery in Edinburgh in 150 years. The new £20m brewery, in partnership with Heriot-Watt University, has been given the go-ahead by the City Of Edinburgh Council and will be built on a two-hectare site at the University’s research park.

As well as brewing Innis & Gunn’s flagship beers, the brewery will include a high-speed canning and bottling line, allowing the company to create all of their products under one roof.

The project will create 30 new jobs and a collaboration with the University’s School of Brewing and Distilling will see undergraduate and postgraduate students spend time on placement in the brewery.

Founder Dougal Gunn Sharp said: “I have wanted to build this brewery in Edinburgh for almost two decades and as the business has grown and gone from strength to strength, the importance has only increased.

“To have planning permission now granted at such an inspiring site is an important step forward.

“Plans for the brewery have taken a natural pause as we all continue to deal with the impacts of the pandemic, but we are committed to building the brewery when the time is right.

“Although we cannot give an exact date for breaking ground, the longer timeframe does have some positives including more options in the market for the best low-carbon equipment and technology, which have the potential to change the game in terms of energy usage in brewing and packaging processes.”

Lynda Johnstone, global director of estates and facilities at Heriot-Watt University added: “This is an exciting time for everyone involved and it’s a great honour to have the first brewery to be built in Edinburgh in 150 years located within the Heriot-Watt Research Park.

“This is a great addition to the Research Park which is already recognised internationally as a centre for high calibre science and engineering research.”

29/10/2021Tags: Heriot Watt University, innis and gunn, New Brewery

Volcan Wolf to launch across the UK

Volcan Wolf has been selected as the main beer for the launch of 2016 Natural Selection Brewing team’s brewing recipe.

The team, a collaboration between The Institute of Brewing and Distilling, Stewart Brewing and Heriott Watt University, will now start full scale production for the launch in July.

Every year, four students are selected to develop, market and sell a large-scale production brew across the UK. Since January, the students have been working on their final recipe, and brewing one-off recipes, two of which were hosted at the Edinburgh Beer Festival. Out of the two – Volcan Wolf and Flamango Galapagose – Volcan Wolf sold out so has been selected to represent the team.

“We were fortunate to have a great turn out at the events, with Volcan Wolf selling out in just a few hours,” says Tanya Kondratyuk, head of marketing for the team. “Due to the overwhelming support for Volcan Wolf, we’ve decided to proceed with this as our main brew. We will begin large scale production on May 24th and will host the launch event on July 8th at Teviot Row House in Edinburgh. The event will also include a couple of speciality brews and a barrel aged Black Berliner Weisse.”

26/05/2016Tags: Flamango Galapagose, Heriot Watt University, Heriott Watt University, Institute of Brewing and Distilling, Stewart Brewing, Volcan Wolf

New Year Honours

Brewing expert Professor Geoffrey Palmer, Scotland’s first black professor, has been knighted for his services to human rights, science and charity. The brewing and cereals expert is a professor emeritus at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University. Food writer Lady Claire Macdonald has also received an OBE. The self-taught cook who runs Kinloch Lodge on the Isle of Skye with her husband Lord Macdonald received her OBE for for services to the hospitality industry and to charity in Scotland, particularly Marie Curie Cancer Care.

07/01/2014Tags: Edinburgh, Heriot Watt University, Isle of Skye, Kinloch Lodge, Knighthood, Lady Claire Macdonald, OBE, Professor Geoffrey Palmer