Craft Brewers Score a Hole in One at This Week's Scottish Open
Windswept Brewing Company, the award-winning Lossiemouth
microbrewery run by two former RAF pilots, has been selected by organisers of
the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open 2016 as the only craft beer to be
featured at the golfing event next week.
Windswept was approached by organisers in May 2016 and will
be selling four craft beers throughout the tournament. The Blonde and Wolf
beers will be on draft, and single hop beers Typhoon and Tornado will be on
offer in bottles, giving golfers and fans the chance to try out a range of
flavours.
The microbrewery's presence at the Open is the most recent
of many successes for the Lossiemouth company. In May 2015, Windswept was
picked up by upmarket retailer Waitrose and a deal to supply the Co-op soon
followed.
The brewery aims to double its annual production from 1500
to 3000 hectolitres and increase staff numbers from 12 to 17 within the next
two years. Showcasing its award-winning ales at national events like the
Scottish Open helps raise the company's profile in Scotland and
internationally.
Next week the Windswept team will be loading 1300 pints
worth of cask and bottled beer into its delivery truck and will be on standby
to provide fresh supplies throughout the Open; the brewery is located only 40
minutes away from Castle Stuart Golf Links.
Nigel Tiddy, managing director of Windswept Brewing Company,
said: “We're a really small brewery, so this is a fantastic opportunity for us
to let golfers and fans from across Scotland in on the secret.
“We're an excellent match for the Scottish Open this year,
as the golf courses across the north east of Scotland are undoubtedly windswept
for most of the year.
“The Scottish Open's organising team's decision to source
and supply a local, quality craft beer should be applauded.”
Peter Adams, director of international championships at the
European Tour and the Scottish Open said: “The Scottish Open travels around
Scotland every year and we always look for ways to work with local suppliers
and producers; it makes sense to showcase the very best a region has to offer.
“Windswept's hand-crafted products are the epitome of the
quality and inventiveness that the Scottish craft beer sector is known for. I'm
sure our golfers and spectators will be interested in finding out more.”
“We were keen to offer our golfers and spectators the chance
to experience Windswept's hand-crafted, high quality ales.
Since 2014, Windswept has secured investment of around
£250,000 to support future growth. The brewery recently took its bottling
operations in house, which has had a huge impact on its expansion potential.
Windswept Brewing Company is now focused on increasing its
distribution in the central belt of Scotland and the rest of the UK, and is
also intent on increasing its export business.
Windswept Brewing Company's beers will be on sale at the
Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open 2016, 6-10 July 2016, at Castle Stuart
Golf Links, near Inverness.
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