Guide
Beer, and the brewery door
A lager in Glasgow, ale from the oak at Traquair, or a flight in the taproom. The visit is the pint's front door.
Beer on this map is a visit, the same way a distillery is. One brewery, then the town. Hops are the point here. They are not a note in a whisky.
A clear lager. Tennent’s Wellpark is Glasgow’s own, on Duke Street, and the tour is the way in. Drygate is the beer hall a couple of minutes along the same streets, if the afternoon wants a different glass.
Ale from the oak. Traquair House Brewery sits under the chapel at Innerleithen. Some of the tuns have been there since the eighteenth century. The tour is by request, and the house and the maze are the rest of the afternoon.
Let them pour a few. A flight is the kinder start if you do not already have a favourite. 71 Brewing in Dundee walks you past the tanks, then a tasting. St Andrews Brewing Co. tours at the weekend, when the kit is allowed visitors. Moonwake, on the Leith shore, is a walk round the brewery and three small glasses. BrewDog Ellon is an outing north of Aberdeen, not a wander from Union Street. Cairngorm Brewery keeps the tap room at Aviemore. On 10 October 2026 the production-floor tours had stopped, and the pint had not. Black Isle Brewery is the farm at Munlochy. Isle of Skye Brewing Co. is on the pier at Uig, and they still make Skye Red.
Out of town. Fyne Ales is the farm at Cairndow, at the head of Loch Fyne. The taproom is every day. The tour is a Saturday. Tempest is the taproom at Tweedbank, where the Borders railway stops.
The palate finder will sort lager, oak, or a flight if you would rather not choose from a list. Hours move. The date on each brewery page is the day that note was read. Scotland has more breweries than this.