Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Drygate Brewery


Drygate, the UKs first ‘experiential craft brewery’ has been a welcome addition to the brewery quarter of Glasgow’s East End. The former box factory now holds a brewery, restaurant, beer hall, events area, sun deck and bottle shop.  

The Beer hall offers 24 different beers on tap, including three of Drygates own beers; Bearface Lager, Outtaspace Apple Ale and Gladeye IPA. One of the things which sets Drygate apart as ‘experiential’ is the floor to ceiling window from the restaurant through to the factory. Here you can see the beer you are drinking being brewed before you. You can also take a guided tour of the brewery on Sundays at 10am or 5pm. The tour will give you a history of brewing in Glasgow, a tour of the brewery and a tasting of the Drygate beers with one of their bottle masters.

Another unique feature of Drygate is that you can hire their studio brew kit and brew your own beer. This opens up the brewing process to the public and is a new market for Drygate.

The restaurant with 120 covers, serves food which focuses on fresh local Scottish produce. The restaurant is highly recommended on TripAdvisor with many praising its high quality ‘pub grub.’ The Drygate shop, which has beer bottles as walls, offers more than 200 different beer bottles to purchase and take home.

The brewery make full use of their events space with regular comedy nights, quiz nights and gigs. They also host the Urban Market on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month. The market has stalls from artisan food and drink producers, designers and artists.
The brewery is very easy to get to, a 20 minute walk from Glasgow city centre, with plenty of buses running past it throughout the day.


To find out more about Drygate click here.



Tuesday, 8 March 2016

Glasgow Green


Glasgow Green is Glasgow’s oldest park. The closest to the City Centre of all Glasgow’s parks, it is a mere 15-minute walk from Queen Street station. In 2014 the park won a Green Flag Award - the benchmark standard for UK parks. The Green is a great place to visit, whether you are cycling around its many paths or going to spend a summers evening with friends.

Glasgow Green is home to various attractions. The Doulton Fountain, pictured above, is the largest terracotta fountain in the world, built in 1887 to celebrate the Queens Golden Jubilee.
Just behind the Doulton Fountain sits the Peoples Palace, a museum telling the story of the people of Glasgow from 1750 until the present day. Attached to the Peoples Palace is the beautiful Winter Gardens. A Glasshouse filled with exotic plants and trees which houses plenty of seating as well as a small coffee shop.

The McLennan Arch, which is close to the Saltmarket entrance to the park was moved there in 1991. The structure was originally part of the Assembly Rooms on Ingram Street in the late 1700s. When the building was taken down in the late 1800s, the arch was saved and moved to Glasgow Green, where it was used in several different places before it was decided where it would sit permanently.

The Green is also where most of Glasgow heads on Bonfire Night, where a spectacular show of music and fireworks is hosted alongside a small funfair. 

If you would like to find out more about Glasgow Green and about upcoming events there please click here.