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Inveralmond Brewery Main sponsor of SRAF 2010 and the programme |
| Launched in Perth in 1997 to become the Fair City's first brewery in over 30 years and recently re-located to a larger 30 barrel plant. Their five regular beers have won many awards with Lia Fail being named as SIBA SCOTLAND SUPREME CHAMPION in 2006 especially worthy of note. |
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Stewart Brewing Sponsor of the festival glasses |
| Edinburgh's local independent brewery has operated just outside the city by-pass at Loanhead since 2004. They brew 6 regular ales and Edinburgh Gold was a worthy winner of the award SIBA SCOTLAND SUPREME CHAMPION in 2007. |
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Belhaven Brewery Sponsors of our Friday session |
| Established in 1719 in the village of that name, near Dunbar, Belhaven is now part of the East Anglian based Greene King Group. Synonymous with the 'Shilling' style of Scottish ales the brewery has been well known to CAMRA since the very beginning and SRAF Organiser, Bob Wallace, still ranks their now rare 60/- as one of his favourite beers. |
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Cairngorm Brewery Company Sponsors of the Dining Room & Website |
| The Cairngorm Brewery Company, established in 2001, is situated in the village of Aviemore within the Cairngorms National Park.
They recently upgraded to a 20-barrel brewery producing 8 regular and a number of seasonal beers which together have brought many awards. Among these the accolade of Supreme Champion Beer of the Year - Society of Independent Breweries went to Black Gold in 2009. |
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Fyne Ales Sponsors of our staff polo shirts |
| Beautifully situated at the top of Loch Fyne, The Fyne Ales brewery was set up in 2001 using the redundant milking parlour in the traditional farm buildings at Achadunan, Cairndow. They brew five regualr ales and in October 2002, within nine months of starting production, were awarded the Scottish regional gold awards from SIBA for two of their beers. The beginning of a long list of awards.
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Orkney Brewery Sponsors of our staff t-shirts |
| Part of Sinclair Breweries, which also operates Atlas Brewery at Kinlochleven, Orkney brewery was the star of CAMRA's Champion Beer of Scotland competition, held at last year's SRAF, winning both Gold and Silver awards with Raven Ale and Red McGregor respectively. The brewery produces six regular ales and is currently building an extension to cope with demand.
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Cask Marque Sponsors of our Trade Session. |
| This independent organisation's aim is to raise the standard of cask beer. Where you see the Cask Marque logo you know the licensee is concerned about quality and that you can be assured of a decent pint because the cask ales have been regularly checked rigorously for temperature, appearance, taste and aroma.
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Harviestoun Brewery Sponsors of our Thursday session. |
| Having started life in a barn in Dollar in 1985 Harviestoun now operates a state-of-the-art brewery in Alva. It was bought by Caledonian Brewery in 2006 but is now independent following the take-over of Caledonian by Scottish & Newcastle in 2008. It is particularly known for its Bitter & Twisted, CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Britain in 2003, as well as its superb cask lager Schiehallion. |
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Wetherspoon Sponsors of our Saturday session |
| Founded as a single pub in 1979 by Tim Martin, Wetherspoon now owns over 700 pubs, with 40 of those in Scotland. The chain champions cask ale, low prices, long opening hours, and no music. |
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Strathaven Ales Sponsors of the CAMRA Membership & Products Stalls |
| Strathaven Ales are produced at Craigmill Brewery in South Lanarkshire, situated on the river Avon a little to the south of the town. The building dates from the 17th century and accommodates a ten barrel capacity brew house. They brew four regular and two seasonal ales and are able to host super group visits, by prior arrangement. |
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Sulwath Brewers Sponsor of our entertainment. |
| Scotland's most southerly brewery was established in 1996 and is now based on the main street in Castle Douglas, where a visit to the Visitor Centre is a must if you are near to Scotland's Food Town. They brew six regular ales and were delighted when Black Galloway won silver at this year's National Winter Ales Festival in Manchester, to add to a long list of similar successes. |
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Isle of Arran Brewery Sponsor of 'Road to the Ales Challenge' |
| Established near Brodick Castle in February 2000 the island's first brewery now produces seven regular beers and, among it's many awards, Milestone won Champion Bottle Conditioned Beer of Scotland 2008 at the 9th Ayrshire Beer Festival in Troon. |