The Highland Brewing Co's "Swannay Brewery" on Orkney's west mainland, has seen sales of its varieties of craft beers in cask, bottle and keg beer soar in recent years. With £123,300 financial support from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), developments at the brewery will involve re-branding of the product range and significant international marketing to build sales actively in new countries including North America, Japan and Scandinavia. The family-run Highland Brewing Co was established in 2005. It has seen increasing demand for its award-winning ranges which includes Scapa Special, Dark Munro, Orkney IPA, Orkney Blast and Island Hopping & Duke IPA. The main development at the brewery will involve the installation of increased capacity enabling the company to produce more cask beers and will put more focus on keg products to complement sending bottled beers to the new export markets, both in the UK and around the world.
