Aldi festival poised to net £130,000 for breweries

Supermarket chain Aldi has launched its latest Scottish beer festival, predicting the event will be worth more than £130,000 for the 35 brewers taking part.

The discount grocer has been running the festival since 2012, generating more than £1.7 million of sales for Scotland’s craft breweries in that time.

Among the brewers featuring in the latest event are East Lothian’s Eyeball Brewing, Fallen Brewing of Stirlingshire, Hybrid Brewing in Grangemouth, Redcastle Brewery of Angus and St Andrews Brewing.

Graham Nicolson, group buying director for Aldi in Scotland, said: “We are incredibly proud to work with Scotland’s best breweries. Aldi has supported Scottish brewing for many years and our support for this booming industry will continue to grow. Craft beer always has and always will have pride of place on our shelves.”

Aldi also confirmed it will again sponsor the Scottish Beer Awards, whose director, Kirsten Speirs, said: “It is wonderful to see so many of our finalists and medallists selected to take part.”