Aberdeen’s first micro-brewery expands

Fierce Beer, the first micro-brewer in Aberdeen, has officially launched at its new site after a six figure investment in a new facility.

(l-r) David McHardy operations director, Dave Grant managing director and business development manager Louise Grant

Founded in 2013 by Dave Grant and Dave McHardy Fierce Beer was originally based in a smaller site in the Scottish city’s Great Western Road.

It began selling beer in 2015 and quickly found a keen audience, which meant it has swiftly been able to upgrade and expand its operations

With a £250,000 investment, it was able to move to a new location in Kirkhill this April and buy new equipment such as stainless steel fermenting tanks and an in-house bottling and labeling machine.

The brewery actually became operational two months ago and has already brewed over 20,000 litres of beers such as Ginja Ninja and Cranachan Killer

Managing director of Fierce Beer, Dave Grant, said: “We are delighted to have made this push into the brewing industry and have invested a lot of time and money into the brewery to ensure the highest quality of produce is used when creating our beers. Fierce is all about the flavour and we’re really looking to excite people’s palettes with our new brews. Our beers have been very popular and I think food and drink enthusiasts will really enjoy how different they are.”

David McHardy, operations director of Fierce Beer, added: “We have both been passionate about brewing ever since we purchased our first home brewing kits a few years ago. When I met Dave on a brewing course in England it was clear to me then that we would be working in the brewing industry together very soon.

“Launching Fierce to the public has been extremely exciting, and we carried out a lot of research initially, investigating the best local ingredients and the most effective way to bottle our beers, all of which has been really important. We have managed to gain the support of a number of larger craft beer breweries and businesses which has been incredible, and I am looking forward to seeing how the company progresses over the next few months.”