Our Products

At the Isle of Skye Brewery we put quality of product and customer relations as our priorities. Skye ales are made from only premium quality grains and hops; only natural ingredients are used, with no additives.

Our bottled ales are cold-filtered and bottled at the brewery with, again, no additives. Contract bottling is also undertaken off-island to meet ever-increasing demand.

Cask Ales - The Regular List

Red Cuillin (4.2% ABV)
The Skye Brewery`s much-prasied flagship ale. Reddish-hued, slightly malty and nutty in character, smooth to the taste. A multi-award-winning ale, named after the well-known hills of the Isle of Skye.

Black Cuillin (4.5% ABV)
A distinctive dark ale brewed with roast barley and rolled roast Scottish oatmeal, giving an almost stout-like bitterness, smoothed through the addition of pure Scottish heather honey. It is believed that this is the only ale, as distinct from stout, which uses rolled roast oatmeal.

Young Pretender (4% ABV)
Produced to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the ending of the Jacobite Rising, Young Pretender is the driest and hoppiest Skye ale. Golden-coloured, with a refreshing full flavour, it has received many Beer of the Festival awards.

Blaven (5% ABV)
The strongest of the regular Skye ales, Bla Bheinn, the blue mountain, is a deep golden ale, malty and full-bodied, with a fruity, hoppy character and a delightful Fuggles hop aroma. Originally a winter ale, now available all year round due to demand.

Hebridean Gold (4.3% ABV)
A unique ale, brewed with porridge oats to produce a beer of exceptional smoothness with a deep and creamy head. It has both a light hop aroma and a good "bite" of bitterness.

Cask Ales - Seasonal

Cuillin Beast (7% ABV)
Skye`s strongest ale, originally only brewed for the bottle but now available in cask. Its fruitiness, sweetness and dry caramel belie its strength. It was won many awards in competitions and at festivals throughout the UK. In the USA is is known as "Wee Beast" in its bottled form.

Lord of the Ales (4.5% ABV)
Originally produced as a one-off brew called "Two Rings" to celebrate the wedding of Angus and Pam MacRuary, this light-golden ale proved so popular that it now appears often. It has a fruity, full-bodied character with a very light bitter aftertaste.

Skye`s Grand (5.5% ABV)
This is another celebratory ale - to commemorate the 1,000th Skye brew in 2005 - that is now availabel in the seasonal range. It is a well-balanced refreshing ale, full-bodied at 5.5%, with a distinctive fruity aftertaste.

Oyster Stout (4.5% ABV)
Named, not because it contains oysters, but because oyster stouts were historically brewed to accompany them at the start of the oyster season in September. Skye Oyster Stout is smooth and creamy with a delicate hint of chocolate and has a soft and satisfying bittersweet aftertaste.

Skyelight (3.8% ABV)
This light and refreshing ale, available throughout the summer months, is a real thirst-quencher. Plenty of fruit and hops lead to a lingering light hoppy aftertaste.

House Ales

Ben Nevis Ale (4.1% ABV) - for the Four Seasons at Onich, south of Fort William
Beinn Eighe (4.3% ABV) - for the Kinlochewe Hotel
The Blind Piper (4.3% ABV) - for the Old Inn, Gairloch
MacNab`s (4.2% ABV)- for the Royal Hotel, Portree
Flora MacDonald`s (4.1% ABV) - for the Castle Tavern, Inverness
The Reeling Deck (4.3% ABV) - for the Stein Inn, Skye
Five Sisters (4.1% ABV) - for the Jac-o-bite Restaurant, Kintail
Quiraing (4.3% ABV) - for Flodigarry Hotel, Skye
The Garry (4.1% ABV) - for the Invergarry Hotel, Inverness-shire
Ditcher (4.1% ABV) - for the Bosville Hotel, Portree
Castle Gait (4.3% ABV) - for Archibald Simpson`s Aberdeen
Ale an Donan (4.2% ABV) - for the Clachan Bar, Dornie, Kintail
Rockvilla (4.2% ABV) - for the Rockvilla Hotel, Lochcarron, Ross-shire
Applecross (4.1% ABV) - for the Applecross Inn

We are also available to produce one-off "specials" for events such as Weddings, Birthdays and Anniversaries.

Bottled Ales - The Permanent List
For full-descriptions please see the cask ale section.

Red Cuillin (4.2% ABV)
Smooth, malty and slightly nutty; lightly fuggles-hopped for aroma.
Named after the famous hills of the Isle of Skye, Red Cuillin is a premium ale, which has won many awards in its cask version. Like the hills, it is rounded and pleasing.

Black Cuillin (4.5% ABV)
The dark one, brewed with rolled roast oatmeal and honey.
It takes its name from the world reknown mountains of the Isle of Skye, and is a unique strong flavoured dark ale.

Hebridean Gold (4.3% ABV)
Brewed with porridge oats and malt.
Originally only available in bottled form, now available in cask due to demand.

Bottled Ales - The Occasional/Seasonal List

Blaven (5% ABV)
Smooth and creamy with a full flavour and deceptive strength

Cuillin Beast (7% ABV)
Fruity and smooth but deceptively strong.

Oyster Stout (4.5% ABV)
Very smooth and creamy with a hint of bitterness.

Skyelight (3.8% ABV)
Our summer refreshner - ideal with food.