Lidl launches winter warming range of exclusive Scottish craft ales - starting at just £1.29

The Scottish Craft Beer Festival is set to hit Lidl's shelves next week with beers and ales from some of Scotland's top brewers on offer from just £1.29.

The popular supermarket confirmed that highlights will include a winter warming whisky-barrel aged stout, rich chocolate malts, and a spiced pear saison.

Spey Valley Brewery tops the bill with a new, and exclusive to Lidl, Supernova Imperial Stout (10.5% ABV).

Described as an "indulgent brew" with notes of "coffee, chocolate and treacle", the Speyside-made ale is ideal for those who love a higher-strength beer.

Harviestoun’s Ola Dubh whisky barrel-aged stout (8% ABV) is also returning by popular demand.

Aged for six months in Highland Park whisky casks, the team said this fan favourite offers a smoky, sweet beer with notes of chocolate and roasted peat.

Long-standing Lidl craft brewer, Loch Lomond Brewery, will also feature in the range with an exclusive ‘What’s Your Name’ malt bomb (5.5% ABV) made using First Gold hops.

Some of the exciting beers (Lidl)

While Drygate will bring a level of delicious decadence to the party with its Peanut Butter Chocolate Imperial Stout (7.4% ABV).

For those looking for rich toffee and dried fruits notes, Dundee-brewery 71 Brewing will feature a new baltic porter called Frontal Skies (8% ABV) - a complex, yet smooth, brew fermented with lager yeast - which is only available from Lidl stores in Scotland.

The festival will also see Grangemouth-based Hybrid Brewing beers being sold at Lidl for the first time.

The brewer’s Jar Nektar (5.7% ABV) is a rustic and slightly hazy Farmhouse Saison brewed with spiced pears. Meanwhile, its Citra Storm (4.5% ABV) focuses on Citra hops to create a light and juicy pale ale with a mild bitter finish.

The range features Scottish brewers spanning the length of the country.

South Scotland Broughton Brewery will be listed in the promotion with a Hopo Double IPA (7.5% ABV) alongside two brewers from as far north as Orkney - Atlas Brewing’s Atlas Latitude Pale Ale (3.9% ABV) and a Loch Strong Ale (8% ABV) from Orkney Brewery.

Available across all Lidl Scottish stores from 14th October while stocks last, other highlights from the collection include:

Brewery	Beer	Category	Size	ABV	Price
Atlas Brewing	Atlas Latitude	Pale Ale	330ml	3.9%	£1.29
Broughton Brewery	Hopo Double IPA	Double IPA	330ml	7.5%	£1.69
Drygate Brewing	Disco Dirigible	Pale Ale	330ml	5.1%	£1.49
Drygate Brewing	Astro Zombies	Smoked Märzen	440ml	5.5%	£1.79
Drygate Brewing	Peanut Butter Chocolate Stout	Imperial Stout	440ml	7.4%	£1.99
Harviestoun Brewery	Ola Dubh	Whisky-Barrel Aged Stout	330ml	8%	£2.89
Hurly Burly Brewery	Hare of the Dog	IPA	330ml	5%	£1.49
Hybrid Brewing	Jar Nektar	Farmhouse Saison	440ml	5.7%	£1.79
Hybrid Brewing	Citra Storm	Pale Ale	440ml	4.5%	£1.79
Loch Lomond	What’s Your Name	Malt Bomb	440ml	5.5%	£1.79
Loch Lomond	Prospect Street	West Coast IPA	440ml	5.5%	£1.79
Orkney Brewery	Loch	Strong Ale	330ml	8%	£1.69
Spey Valley Brewery	Supernova	Imperial Stout	330ml	10.5%	£1.99
Spey Valley Brewery	Spey’s Software	New England IPA	330ml	4%	£1.29
St Andrews Brewing	Yippie IPA	American IPA	330ml	6%	£1.49
Stewart Brewing	Forbidden Fruit	Pale Ale	440ml	4.6%	£1.79
Stewart Brewing	NEIPA	New England IPA	440ml	5.3%	£1.79
West Brewery	West GPA	German Pale Ale	330ml	5.2%	£1.49
West Brewery	West Black	Stout	330ml	4.6%	£1.49
West Brewery	West 4	Session Lager	4 x 330ml	4%	£4.99
71 Brewing	Frontal Skies	Baltic Porter	440ml	7%	£1.99
71 Brewing	East Coast Kölsch	Kölsch	440ml	4.7%	£1.49

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