Miles made CEO Isle of Arran Brewery in US

The isle of Arran Brewery has opened a company in the US to facilitate its importsinto America.

The new CEO of the US operations is Karen Miles, former finance director of the US Rice Producers Association, who will now register Arran Brewery labels in the 50 states and obtain importing licenses.

Arran Brewery will not just be importing its own beers but will be importing other Scottish and other European Craft Beers into the US market, which grew by 18% in the last six months alone.

Managing director Gerald Michaluk says: “We have had great support from Scottish Enterprise and STI as well as UKDTI in entering the US market and this major drive will see Arran Beers being available to beer wholesalers throughout the US in 2015.

7 November 2014 - Felicity Murray The Drinks Report, editor