Cairngorm Brewery is a brewery based in

Aviemore Aviemore (; ) is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popular for skiing and ...

in the

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. It is situated on the Dalfaber industrial estate at the north end of the village and is within the

Cairngorms National Park Cairngorms National Park () is a national park in northeast Scotland, established in 2003. It was the second of National parks of Scotland, two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament, after Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National ...

History

Cairngorm Brewery was formed from the merger of Aviemore Brewery with Tomintoul Brewery. Tomintoul Brewery began brewing in 1993 and was based in an 18th-century watermill near the village of

Tomintoul Tomintoul (; from , meaning "Hillock of the Barn") is a village in the Moray council area of Scotland in the historic county of Banffshire. Within Cairngorms National Park, the village lies close to the banks of the River Avon and is said by s ...

. It was taken over by Aviemore Brewery in 2000, which became Cairngorm Brewery the following year. Cairngorm Brewery has supported the Highland Tiger Project, which is working to save the

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. For each bottle of Wildcat beer sold, the brewery makes a donation to the project.

Beers

Cairngorm produce a range of beers that are available all year in cask or bottle. They also produce a number of seasonal cask beers. Permanent beers include: * Sheepshaggers Gold / Cairngorm Gold * Stag * Wildcat * Nessies Monster Mash * Black Gold * Trade Winds * Blessed Thistle * Ginger Rodent – launched in November 2012 with

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, at the time the local MP and

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. The name derives from a comment by Labour politician

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, who referred to Alexander as a “ginger rodent”. Black Gold and Trade Winds have won a number of accolades in the Champion Beer of Scotland awards, presented by the

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