An Edinburgh immersive travel company is launching new beer tours. Crafty Tours is an immersive travel company dedicated to connecting people with Edinburgh’s growing handcrafted scene. The first tours were founded in 2016 to connect the city’s best brewers and distillers with tourists and locals looking for a new way to experience beer and gin made locally in Scotland’s capitol city.
This year, Crafty Tours is expanding to include cask ale walking tours and progressive tasting tours to round out a portfolio of experiences that highlight local makers and small business owners.
Currently, the tours offered are: Brew & Still is a craft brewery and distillery tour; Scottish Ale Trail, cask ale tours; Drink in, curated tasting tours. Tours run throughout the week, primarily in the afternoons, and are walking tours of the city’s food and booze-focused highlights—both the well-known spots as well as the hidden gems.
Upcoming special events with Crafty Tours include Six Nations Scottish Ale Trail tours running every match day from Edinburgh City Centre to Murrayfield, and a special winter ticket rate for Brew & Still tours.
Daniel Simpson, founder of Crafty Tours, is an entrepreneur who originally founded the company in Sydney, Australia. He started Crafty Tours in 2014 because of his love for beer, travel and getting to know new cities. After moving to Edinburgh in 2015, he was quickly introduced to the burgeoning craft beer and spirits scene popping up all over the city, and along with his interest in the scene came a realization that there needed to be more ways for tourists and locals alike to experience it.
Daniel says:
“Crafty Tours connects business owners—brewers, distillers, bar managers, chefs—to the immersive traveller market allowing unique Scottish products to be enjoyed by people passionate about a niche, intimate experience.”
Every experience with Crafty Tours is meant to inspire exploration and encourage curiosity. They believe that behind each great drink is a great history and story (whether or not those stories are always completely true). They’ve teamed up with venues like Salt Horse Beer Shop & Bar to taste from a selection of 300+ brews curated by the shop’s general manager on trips around the world. And also brands like Pickering’s Gin, where experts tell guests about the history behind Summerhall while sipping tastes of their entire line of mother’s ruin. It is hoped that the new tours will highlight Scotland’s part in the tradition of cask ale brewing and the new ways this generation of makers and drinkers are enjoying it.
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What’s on offer?
Crafty Tours: Brew & Still
Running 11:15 am – 16:00 pm every Saturday
Leaving from West Parliament Square (on The Royal Mile)
Ticket Price: £55 + SPECIAL WINTER TICKET PRICE available on www.craftytours.com
Crafty Tours: Drink In
Currently booking private tours
Prices and times are scheduled to suit guests
Crafty Tours: Scottish Ale Trail
Running 12:00 – 14:00 Wednesday – Sunday, including Six Nations 2017 match days
Leaving from West Parliament Square (on The Royal Mile)
Ticket Price: £20
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