Beer of the Week: Fyne Ales Highlander Scottish Amber


WASHINGTON — If golf and whisky are the only things that come to mind when you think of Scotland, you’re missing out!

WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Fyne Ales Highlander Scottish Amber for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

Quick Facts:

  • Brewery: Fyne Ales Farm Brewery, Cairndow, Scotland
  • Brewery description: A traditional Scottish amber, featuring a nutty, caramel-malt body with sweet red fruit notes and a gently bitter finish.
  • ABV: 4.8 percent
  • Greg’s pairing suggestions: Fish and chips, as well as simply-prepared halibut, hake and striper; Thai food, like pad thai and larb gai

See more Beers of the Week from previous weeks.

Brennan Haselton

In 2000, Brennan Haselton took a job at WTOP as reporter and anchor, and that's where he has been ever since (with the exception of a brief return to Seattle in 2005). He is a two-time winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, and winner of the National Headliner Grand Award.

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