Introducing our new Dark Island Reserve and Chutney Gift pack.
Includes a 750 ml Bottle of our award winning Dark Island Reserve,
A Dark Island reserve etched glass
A Jar of our own hand made chutney featuring our flagship ale Dark Island.
An excellent gift or a treat for yourself.
Available to buy through our online shop.
Our Visitor Centre Tasting Hall and Shop are now closed for the season. However we do hope to open the shop for a few days in December for all your Festive season gifts and treats.
In the meantime, should you wish to order any of our bottled beers we offer a click and collect service via our website online shop. Or you can contact us on 01856 841777
Many thanks to all those who have visited us this year and we look forward to welcoming you all back next spring.
Cheers everyone
Great choice of our 5 litre mini casks.
Choose from Dark Island, Red MacGregor, Northern LIght, Cliff Edge and Corncrake.
A great way to enjoy your favourite beer delivered direct to your door for only
£12.00 anywhere in the uk for up to three mini casks.
Golden Recognition for Excellence for The Orkney Brewery
The Orkney Brewery in Quoyloo, has received yet another Golden Award, this time for its dedication to delivering excellence and their impact on brewing in the UK.
The award received this week, was a national recognition, by members of CAMRA, who were asked to nominate brewers, who were still brewing great beer for drinkers today.
CAMRA awards director Gary Timmins “Winners have been chosen for their success in standing the test of time. They are breweries or cider and perry producers that have gone above and beyond in delivering excellence or innovation over the years”
The Orkney Brewery, was the only brewery in Scotland to receive such an accolade and one of only 18 nationally. They originally started brewing on Orkney in 1988, in an old schoolhouse building at Quoyloo. The brewery has been consistently recognised nationally and internationally, for the quality of its brewing and range of beer.
Orkney Brewery’s managing Director, Norman Sinclair, an Orcadian, whose father attended the same schoolhouse, said, “To be named as the only Scottish brewery, alongside some iconic and big brewers is quite some recognition. I believe this upholds our reputation for brewing beers of great quality and flavour. For me and our team, it is just brilliant news, and we hope also for our customers and consumers, as we start to enjoy some more of life’s freedoms after a difficult period.
The award comes as the brewery celebrates another milestone. Normans’ son, Arran, has headed to Edinburgh, to begin studying, at the world-renowned centre of excellence for Brewing and Distilling, at Heriot Watt University.
Cask brewing for The Orkney Brewery has again started in Spring this year, as pubs in Scotland started opening back up post lockdown. Demand has seen Orkney’s cask beer range now grow up to 8 beers, including Raven, the first beer the brewery launched, the iconic Dark Island and new beers Island Life and Cliff Edge IPA.
The Weeping Window display of poppies is at St Magnus Cathedral until 12 June 2016
Orkney Brewery Visitor Centre staff required
Visitor Centre Cook/Chef
Waiting Staff
Please contact enquiries@orkneybrewery.co.uk for further information
Orkney Brewery Visitor Centre reopens 23rd March 2016.
Look forward to welcoming you for a tour, beer sampling, coffee, lunch or more!
5 STARS - NATIONAL FIRST FOR NEW ORKNEY BREWERY VISITOR CENTRE
The Orkney Brewery’s brand new Visitor Centre has been awarded five-star status by the national tourism organisation VisitScotland, just weeks after opening to the public.
That makes it the only brewery visitor centre in Scotland to hold VisitScotland’s top classification and one of only four five-star attractions in Orkney.
A central element of a major redevelopment programme at the Orkney Brewery’s Quoyloo site, the new Visitor Centre has already proved a massive hit with local people and tourists alike, with thousands streaming through its doors since it opened in July.
The centre, in Orkney’s west mainland, gives visitors the opportunity to see the brewery’s range of Award-Winning beers being crafted during informative and entertaining guided tours. Family activities are also available, with a special kids’ trail - based around the elusive Corncrake bird, found in the fields surrounding the brewery - running throughout the centre.
A wide selection of high quality local fayre is on offer in the centre’s Restaurant, with its shop stocking Orkney crafts and gifts, in addition to the Brewery’s full range of beers. The centre is also proving popular as a venue for functions, meetings and other special events.
Norman Sinclair, managing director said: “Whilst we set out to create the very best visitor facility we possibly could, one that properly reflected the high quality of our products, this almost instant award of five- star status from VisitScotland is quite overwhelming and hugely exciting for us. We’re proud to be the only brewery in Scotland with this classification and it’s a great advert for Orkney too. I’d also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the dedicated team of highly skilled local craftsmen who have worked so hard to create our new centre.”
Mike Cantlay, Chairman of VisitScotland, said: “Achieving five-star status is unique for a Scottish brewery visitor centre and I would like to raise a glass to the Orkney Brewery on this fantastic achievement. VisitScotland has a world-leading Quality Assurance Scheme and seeing a five-star logo guarantees visitors a wonderful experience. But we have to remember that our Quality Assurance Scheme is about so much more than the stars above the door - it is about the entire visitor experience, and factors such as the warmth of the welcome, excellent facilities, amazing service and, increasingly, value for money, are all expected in a holiday.”
The Orkney Brewery site incorporates the former Quoyloo Schoolhouse, which dates from 1876. Reflecting its past use, the new visitor centre contains many old photographs of the school and its classes, along with educational memorabilia. Shortly after opening in July, the visitor centre played host to a reunion of former Quoyloo School pupils.
Enjoy a visit to Orkney Brewery's new visitor centre where you can have a guided tour of the Brewhouse and view the Fermentation Room while learning a little on the craft of brewing which we are so passionate about. Then enjoy your samples of our award winning ales.
Follow that with a coffee or lunch in the Tasting Hall cafe and browse the Brewery shop for the perfect reminder of your trip to The Orkney Brewery and the beautiful Orkney Isles. As well as all our products we have brewery merchandise and local crafts on sale which will make the perfect keep sake or gift for you to take home.
There's something for everyone on the brewery tour as the Visitor Centre Family Trail provides junior guests with a jotter to follow through the history of the Old School and the nature of the local area. Collect the stamps along the way and this interesting trail will delight the younger guests.
We look forward to welcoming you soon!
