Hebridean Brewing Company (Companaidh Grùdaidh nan Innse Gall) was an independent microbrewery founded in 2001[1] (although production did not begin until late January 2002[2]) by Andy Ribbens in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland.

Andrew Ribbens, who originates from the South East of England, founded the Hebridean Brewing Company in Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland in 2001.

[3] In late August 2000, the Environmental Services Department received a planning application, from Ribbens, to convert 18A Bells Road, Stornoway into a Brewery.

[5] During 2002, the HIE Innse Gall, a local enterprise support organisation, received a grant request from the Hebridean Brewing Company.

[6] In 2004, confusion was raised as to whether a shipment of Hebridean Brewing Company beer, worth over £20,000, would be accepted onto shelves by retailer, Safeway (Now known as Morrisons).

An agreement was reached between the independent brewery and the retailer, to supply Safeway stores across Scotland with the Hebridean Brewing Company beer at the end of February, 2004.

[7] The confusion was whether or not Safeway's new owners still wished to have the beer,[8] to which Morrison's stressed that they had been unaware of any problem and offered to negotiate a new deal.

Scottish Police believed several youths gained unauthorised access to the property and stole an estimated £500 worth of bottled beer.

Most notable among them are: The brewery produces the following six regular beers:[23] The Berserker, named after the Viking warrior and the rook in the Lewis Men chess set, is a strong pale ale known as a Wee Heavy.

[24] In June 2007, the Herbidean Brewing Company's Berserker, was awarded the 'Silver medal' position by SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, for competing in the regional beer competition.

The award for beer of the festival was presented to Andrew Ribbens, the breweries proprietor, by Inverness & Western Isles' CAMRA Chairman Bill Tring.