Real Ale

One positive feature of Scotland these days is the proliferation of excellent micro (and not so micro) breweries producing a great range of real ales and bottled beers. When I lived in Glasgow most of the beer was produced in industrial quantities by Scottish and Newcastle or Tennants breweries, with only a few outlets for something better (including of course the venerable and still excellent Bon Accord). But now just in this area we have the Black Isle Brewery to the north and Cairngorm Brewery to the south, while further south we've already visited the Bridge of Allan Brewery and will be at the Stewart's Brewery in Edinburgh at the weekend. Meanwhile an increasing number of pubs have at least one real ale on tap and we've found a couple of pubs nearby in Inverness with a great range. It could almost threaten the popularity of Scotch Whisky...