Dear Innis & Gunn,

We were just about to announce our shiny new rebrand. We had the press release ready to send and everything. 

But then you rolled up. You came to Glasgow, with your truck full of beautiful glasses and your offers of free lager. Stealing our thunder.

We see you, Innis & Gunn. You poked the bear. Challenge accepted.

We’ve stolen the best bits of lagers we love, to create Bearface. The all-malt base and soft water of a Czech pilsner, the biting snap of a German pils, and from India pale lagers, a load of North American hops. But we hadn’t designed a glass for it yet.

We like your glasses, so now we’re stealing them too.

We’ll even steal your offer. Anyone who nicks an Innis & Gunn glass from your truck can bring it down to Drygate, and we’ll fill it with our delicious Glasgow-brewed lager, instead of your… *checks notes* …delicious Glasgow-brewed lager. They can even look out the window and see where most lager gets brewed in Glasgow.

We might have been caught out by you turning up on our turf. But we won’t be caught out again. We’re watching you.

We see you Innis & Gunn. We see you.

Lots of love,

Team Drygate x

UPDATE:

We can now confirm that we managed to steal an astonishing SIX glasses from Innis & Gunn. What a haul! So, on that basis, we've decided that a life of crime is perhaps not for us. We'll go back to making beer.

*Terms and conditions:

If you bring an Innis & Gunn glass to Drygate Brasserie (85 Drygate, Glasgow G4 0UT) this weekend (Thurs 20th to Sunday 23rd June inclusive) we'll fill it with one pint of Bearface. If you managed to grab a voucher, we'll honour those beyond this weekend, up to the end of July. Standard licensing laws apply. Offer open to those 18 and over. Ask 25 is in operation. Offer can be withdrawn/modified at our team's discretion. We encourage moderation when enjoying alcohol. Visit drink aware.co.uk