Scottish craft brewer Innis & Gunn has revealed plans to open six of its own bars in the UK during the next two years.
The Edinburgh-based company’s new Beer Kitchens will offer a combination of “epic craft beers, buzzing atmosphere and exception food served up on the brand’s home turf,” it said. The first outlet will open in Edinburgh this summer, with five further locations planned by 2017. The sites will concentrate on craft beers and have boutique-style hotel rooms.
The new bars will allow Innis & Gunn to drive its performance in the UK market, which accounts for just 30% of the company’s overall sales volume.
Dougal Sharp said “We’ve never been in better shape as a business and with our recently launched Innis & Gunn BeerBond™, plus the launch of The Beer Kitchen, 2015 is set to be an incredible year for us. Our fans have been crying out for our own bars for some time now and this news has been a long time in the making! We’ve always been craft beer champions and this venture is our new soap box. We want to open beer drinker’s eyes to what craft means to us at Innis & Gunn and to our craft brewing compadres around the globe! There’s no room or excuse for second rate, tasteless beer and we’ll only be serving incredible brews we absolutely love and believe in. Our venues will be about giving everyone from the beer geeks to the beer virgin, the ultimate craft beer experience and flying the flag for the craft beer movement.”
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