Tens of thousands of visitors descended on Ingliston last weekend as the Royal Highland Show opened its doors for 176th time.

The show, which ran from Thursday to Sunday, was billed as the biggest and best celebration of farming, food and rural life, event showcases, award winning livestock, latest machinery, as well as featuring traditional rural skills, live music, cookery demonstrations, forestry events, show-jumping and lots of shopping opportunities.

The event also hosted an impressive list of Scottish distillers and Brewers, offering an imprssive array of craft blended Whisky, Ales, Gins, Vodka's and more.

Some of the brewers and distillers exhibiting and sampling included:

Innis & Gunn - a brewing company based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Brewed in Glasgow at Wellpark, established in 2003 its beer has become the most popular British bottled beer sold in Canada, and second most popular in Sweden according to their online literature.

Well worth a visit.
www.innisandgunn.com

Eden Mill - St. Andrews, who bill themselves as "Scotland's first single-site distillery and brewery" - offering a range of Beer, Gin and Whisky.


www.edenmill.com

Makar Glasgow Gin, an award winning premium gin company distilled in the heart of Glasgow


www.glasgowdistillery.com

Pickering's Gin of Edinburgh - distillers of Gin based on an old Bombay recipe, handwritten on a fragment of paper dating back to 1947.


www.pickeringsgin.com

Gordon & Macphail - Whisky distillers from Elgin - offering an impressive range of fine Malts


www.gordonandmacphail.com

Plan Bee - who's literarature states "provide a solution for organisations to enhance their sustainable responsibilities through our fully managed beehive service"


www.planbeeltd.com

Fraiser of Scotland- a uniquely Scottish drink blending the flavours of premium Scotch whisky with wild strawberries.


www.fraiserliqueur.com

The foodhall - named 'Scotland's Larder Live' - featured the very best of culinary Scotland, from Orkney artisan cheese to botanical infused gin from Angus.

Visitors also enjoyed live music including ceilidh, country, traditional pipes and drums and jazz, with some just enjoying a glass of fizz in the show's Prosecco bar - as well as sampling many of the indigenous spirits and ales.