What to do and see in Scotland, United Kingdom: The Best Breweries

Fyne Ales is located on a working farm in Argyll at the head of Loch Fyne, an area renowned for its excellent natural produce. We are a team who are passionate about brewing outstanding and progressive craft ales.We have a great bar on site, where you can sit and enjoy a tasting flight of a selection of our beers, or a few pints of your favourite. We also serve beef pies made from our own highland beef, which is also available to buy in the shop. Brewery tours can be arranged when the Brewers are available.

NEW DISTILLERY CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE CURRENTLY UNABLE TO ACCEPT VISITORS. Just outside St Andrews, Eden Mill is Scotland's original single-site brewery & distillery. Since 2012 we've been brewing and distilling here, creating a unique and diverse range of beer, gin and whisky.

Nestled in an industrial estate to the south of Edinburgh, our current site has been where we call home since 2013. Why not pop along to the brewery and see it for yourself? You can either have a Brewery Tour, brew your own beer in the Craft Beer Kitchen or visit our Tap Room. Pick up some bottles or cans, fill your Growler, or grab a seat and sample a few beers while looking through to the brewery. On sunny days you can sit in our beer garden, drink a beer or two and look up to the top of our brew kit and see our brewers hard at work.

Windswept Brewing Co has been brewing award winning craft beer since 2012 on the Moray coast in Lossiemouth. We love to welcome visitors to our brewery, shop and bar. Our Tap Room bar has 7 bookable outdoor booths in our covered beer garden. Just head to our website for opening hours and bookings. We serve up to 12 different beers in cask and keg as well as freshly made wood-fired pizzas. Our bar also has bottled beers, gins, whisky, wine and ciders as well as locally roasted coffee, other hot and soft drinks, home bakes and bar snacks. Our Brewery shop is open 7 days a week with our full range of beers, merchandise and glassware to take away. We also can do coffee to take away too. Brewery Tours are also available just head to the website to book. The brewery has plenty of parking and good bus and cycle links.

Home of Paolozzi lager. Edinburgh Beer Factory is Edinburgh's art and craft brewery showcasing a modern day story of art meeting science. The taproom has scenic views of the brewery and artworks by the Godfather of Pop Art, Eduardo Paolozzi. The shop offers a range of unique gifts, cases and merchandise.

First Brewery in South Queensferry, Edinburgh since 1851. Taste and enjoy a selection of local handcrafted beers in our Tap Bar, purchase beers or gifts in our Shop, or take a brewery Tour.

Due to current government guidelines, tours are currently postponed. Please check back here or on our social media pages for updates. Currently our Taproom is still providing Click and Collect through our '71 Tap & Bottle App' with lots of different beers on offer. Same day delivery is also available for the local area and international orders are also being taken through our website. Please use the email address provided if you have any further questions.

Home of our award-winning single malt Scotch whisky, made in a traditional way by modern-day Vikings. Explore the stories behind our 18th century distillery in Kirkwall, founded by Magnus Eunson - a direct descendant of the Vikings who first made their home on Orkney over 1,000 years ago. We offer 4 different tours to cater for every interest and every budget - from a short visit to our working distillery with a dram or two in our visitor centre to an in-depth exploration of our whisky's birthplace and the opportunity to taste some of our finest, aged expressions. Advanced booking is required.