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Brothers behind popular beer festival hand over profits to flood victims

Guy and Mungo Finlayson, organisers of the Banchory Beer Festival. Credit: Kenny Elrick.
Guy and Mungo Finlayson, organisers of the Banchory Beer Festival. Credit: Kenny Elrick.

The Aberdeenshire brothers at the helm of one of the region’s most popular new festivals have donated almost £1,500 to victims of the recent floods.

Mungo and Guy Finlayson, the duo behind the Banchory Beer Festival and its winter leg, Beer at the Barn, have handed the money to Hope Floats’ Deeside flood appeal.

After seeing the impact of the deluge in their area and distributing sandbags to people in Drumoak, the brothers felt they had to make another contribution.

So they decided to forward on 10% of their ticket sales to the local flood response network, handing across £1,400.

It comes ahead of Beer at the Barn at Banchory’s Woodend Barn this weekend – which runs from this Friday until Sunday and is expected to draw in more than 1,000 people.

Mungo said he had “never seen anything like it before” when Storm Frank hit Deeside, heralding in two weeks of rain and flooding.

The 26-year-old added: “After the terrible floods, we are pleased to be able to help the local community at a time of need. We have given the £1,400 to them now.”

Among the acts lined up for the event are Sunshine Social, acoustic musician Blair Chisholm, the Mad Ferret Band and The Funcy Pieces.

This year will also mark the launch of the new Isle of Harris Gin whilst festival favourite, Banchory’s Dark Matter rum, will return.

Mungo added: “We are the first festival on the mainland to do the new Aberdeen Porter’s Gin. There are some new brews we are bringing into the equation: St Andrew’s Brewery Company, Big Hug Brewing, Heretic Brewing and the Cromarty Brewing. There will also be a Six Nations beer.

“People will be coming out of their dry Januaries, it is still dark and it is just something to look forward to.”