__________________________________________ IN A BRAND NEW TASTING room in the north of Scotland, James Watt takes a sip from his glass, glances down at a warehouse filled with oak casks and murmurs the words “four-and-a-half million”. I almost gag on my beer. The managing director of Brewdog has just confirmed that his company has spent £4.5 million on this new unit and…

_________________________________________ At a time when beer is enjoying unprecedented popularity and consumers are constantly demanding new and interesting drinks, barely a day goes by without the arrival of something eye-catching and exotic on the bar. Brewers today enjoy a liberty to experiment not seen for many a year and, increasingly, this is leading to the development of some unusual flavours during the brewing…