Introducing our brand new beer – Summit Sour

We have been wanting to add a sour to our range for quite some time and now the time has come. Summit Sour is a vibrant, lip-puckering, refreshing kettle sour and we think you are going to LOVE it! We have used Scottish raspberries to give it fantastic fruity aromas and flavours. SO WHAT MAKES […]

Easter Beers – a pairing guide

With everything that has happened over the last year, we don’t need any excuse to try and make the things just that little bit special. There is lots of Easter excitement and we thought we would help you along with your plans with a simple beer pairing guide. The delicious hot cross bun, toasted and […]

Brewing Life: Conditioning and Bottling

GIVE IT A REST Once primary fermentation has been completed, the beer is cooled down even further (to around 7 degrees) and left to rest. This is known as the conditioning phase. This is a crucial step in the brewing process in which all of the lovely flavours in the brew are allowed to develop […]

Brewing Life: Fermentation

COOLING THE WORT Once the wort has been boiled it needs to be cooled down before it can be transferred to the Fermentation Vessel so that it’s at the optimum temperature for yeast to be added. Too hot and the yeast will die, too cold and it won’t be active enough for fermentation. To do […]

Brewing Life: The Mash and The Boil

Once we have all of the ingredients prepped and ready to go, the real fun can begin… MASHING IN  ‘Mashing in’ is the first step in the brewing process in which we mix the malt with water in order to convert the starch in the malt into fermentable sugars. Getting the temperature of the water […]

VÉLO – OUR FIRST NEW BEER OF 2021

We are so excited to launch a brand new beer for 2021. VÉLO is one of Nigel’s creations, inspired by his love of Belgian beers as well as from a fact finding trip to Belgium as part of the Field to Firkin project.  Both Nigel and Al met several different brewers during their trip and […]

Brewing Life: Prepping the Brew

READING THE RECIPE A great beer starts with a great recipe!  It usually takes us about six months from initial concept, through trials and taste testing before we arrive at a recipe we are happy with.  The recipe for Hurricane was developed back in 2017 and first brewed in March 2018…not long after Stuart, our […]

It’s Coffee Time

Our smooth, full bodied Coffee Porter is BACK on our shelves. Made with the coffee from our fantastic local roastery – Speyside Coffee Roasting Co. who like all small businesses have had to work hard to adapt especially in the last year. Based just a little way down the coast in the village of Garmouth, Speyside […]

New pledge to donate to Outfit Moray

Over the years, Windswept Brewing have supported and participated in events hosted by local charity, Outfit Moray. We are now deepening this relationship further by pledging to donate to the charity 3 pence of every bottle of Lighthouse sold. Outfit Moray, also based in Lossiemouth, provides outdoor adventures for young people in Moray particularly those […]

Supporting the RAF Benevolent Fund

Hurricane, our session IPA, gives 5 pence from every pint purchased to the RAF Benevolent Fund. Thanks to all our amazing customers, this has become one of our most popular brews and allows us to donate each year to support this charity. The RAF Benevolent Fund provides a range of support aimed at serving and […]