John Henderson
Founder & owner, Born in Scotland
John Henderson founded Born in Scotland Brewery in 2011. The brewery creates real ale using barley from the family farm on which it is based. The brewery’s ales now feature in over 250 pubs from St Andrews in the North to Darlington in the South.
The “plough-to- pint” ethos behind the company has firmly established it as a major player on the Scottish micro-brewing scene, and led to the launch of a provenance based visitor centre in 2014. The company has also taken over the running of a pub in nearby Ancrum, and launched 2 new cafes along the Borders Railway. Born in Scotland has won Visit Scotland Thistle Awards for innovation, Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards for local sourcing, SIBA awards for its beers and Scottish Creative Awards for its marketing.
John is also Chairman of the Scottish Borders Food and Drink Network, Vice Chair of the Scottish Borders Tourism Partnership, and sits on the steering group of the Midlothian and Borders Tourism Action Group. In 2015, he won Visit Scotland’s Regional Ambassador award for the Lothian and Borders Region.
Prior to Born in Scotland, John worked as creative director in advertising.