A team of three friends, Allan, Simon and John joined forces with the owner of Seaview Hotel, Andrew, to produce a core range of four beers, occasional seasonal and "specials", supplying local outlets with both cask and bottled beers. John O'Groats brewery started with a four barrel kit in the old JoG fire station, opposite the Seaview Hotel in 2015, relocating to "The Last House", near the harbour in 2019 opening in May 2021, post lockdown, as a brewery, cafe/shop and visitor center. The brewery is a "shiny new" three barrel kit and tours are available, before retiring to the tasting room for a free sample from one of the up to four beers available. Like what you tried? You can buy halves and pints to drink in the tasting room, cafe, or if the weather permits, on the seating outside. In the cafe area there are tables with the JoG brewery logo sand blasted into the tabletops. The shop has shelves stocked with bottled beers, including cider which can also be consumed on the premises, or taken away. The Pentland Firth, between the mainland and Orkney, has some of the strongest tidal flows around the UK, creating standing waves, whirlpools which some of the beers are named after, including Swelkie. Next to the entrance to the visitors is a (hard to miss) fog horn and an archway of the North end of the "John O'Groats trail", a long distance (146 mile / 235 km) route which forms an element of Scotland's Long Distance Walking Routes, ending in Inverness. The iconic signpost on the mound opposite is the start and finish point for JoGLE's (John O'Groats to Lands End) and LEJoG's. "End to End" journeys on foot take 2-3 months to cover the 1200 miles, bicycle 9-14 days, 1000 miles, car 14 hours 14 mins, 838 miles. Although not landing at either end, a McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom Jet, capable of speeds in excess of Mach 2, is on record to have done the journey in 46 mins 44 secs in 1988! Whilst John O' Groats is the village furthest away from Lands End, the northernmost point on the UK mainland is Dunnett Head to the West. To the East, the short drive to the lighthouse at Duncansby and easy walk to the iconic sea stacks is a must. [Update 10th July 2023: In addition to the usual John O'Groats Brewery stalwarts - yesterday Liddle Eddy and Swelkie - and the guest real cider there is now also a lager tap and an Orkney guest beer, usually either Raven or Red McGregor.]