Scottish Food News – September 2017

A bumper month in Scottish food and drink features boozy festivals a-plenty

Feature by Peter Simpson | 01 Sep 2017

September kicks off with Drygate’s C>sk:17 beer fest, celebrating the best of cask beer from across Scotland and beyond. There’ll be brand new brews from Drygate’s on-site brewery, and more than 100 other beers from more than 20 breweries, plus DJ sets from the likes of Rebecca Vasmant and a free branded glass to commemorate the whole scene. Also, because it’s all cask and therefore needs to be used quickly, the phrase ‘pints from £2’ is being chucked about. Top stuff. 8-10 Sep, various times, £5-6, drygate.ticketline.co.uk

Over in Edinburgh, Stewart Brewing get in on the festival act with an Oktobeerfest at their brewery in Loanhead. Expect a host of exclusive Bavarian-inspired beers for the two-day bash, alongside the usual mix of street food, live music and generally lovely vibes. Plus, you get a free commemorative glass; no need to drink your craft beers out of that stolen, chipped pint pot you nicked from the student union any more! 15 Sep, 6-10pm & 16 Sep, 12-8pm, £16, stewartbrewing.co.uk

On the same weekend, Meet Your Maker brings together some of Scotland's best craft distillers at the Barras Art and Design Centre in Glasgow. As the title suggests, it's a chance to meet the folk behind some of your favourite bottles, and pick their brains on what makes their drinks so lovely while trying out samples of everyone's wares. 16 Sep, 11am-2pm or 3pm-6pm, £15, baadglasgow.com/events/meet-your-maker-festival

Moving away from the drinks cabinet for a second, the returning Take One Action film festival hosts Edinburgh and Glasgow screenings of Theater of Life, a documentary on the work of 60 of the world's best chefs to run a soup kitchen using waste food from Expo2015 in Milan. Headed up by three-Michelin-starred chef Massimo Bottura, the results of the venture are laid bare in the film, with each of the screenings preceded by meals made using intercepted food waste. 15 Sep, 7.30pm, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St; 18 Sep, 7.30pm, Grassmarket Community Project, 86 Candlemaker Row, ticket details at takeoneaction.org.uk

And finally, more alcohol festivals! This time it's The Rum Festival at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh, featuring more than 100 rums from all over the map, plus talks from the people behind the booze and – once again – a commemorative glass to take home. If nothing else, you won't be short of drinking vessels come October. 29 Sep-1 Oct, various times, £10-12.50, tickets via EventBrite

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