Hat trick for Swannay brewery

Orkney’s Highland Brewing Company has taken both the ‘Champion Beer’ and runner up titles at the SIBA Scotland Region Beer Competition 2014.

The Swannay brewery is toasting the gold Overall Champion Beer crown for Island Hopping and silver for its Pale Ale brew. It marks a hat trick of success for the company, the third consecutive year that one of its beers beer has claimed the top title.

This year Island Hopping again took gold in the standard bitters class before being crowned champion from some 80 ales entered into the Glasgow-held event.