A north craft beer festival is to return next year after a successful second edition in Inverness.
More than 1,500 people attended the North Hop festival last weekend at Eden Court, to sample more than 60 craft beers and cider.
The two-day event doubled its ticket offering from 2014, with exhibitors from across the north and beyond celebrating beer, cider, artisan gins, creative cocktails and food.
There was also live music, with 24 acts taking to the stage.
Breweries offered up half and two-third of a pint measures ensuring festival-goers could experience a number of the different beers and ciders.
Cromarty Brewing Company also served people a complimentary taste of an exclusive festival brew, which was specially crafted for the occasion.
The festival is now planning to return to the venue in 2016, and North Hop also has a number of other festival dates throughout Scotland lined up.
Festival organiser, Michelle Russell said: “This year’s festival was an incredible success. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and we have had a hugely positive response on social media, which has been extremely overwhelming.
“I am delighted to announce that the festival welcomed over 1,500 individuals over the three sessions from as far as Europe, Africa, Canada and New Mexico, USA, and I am ecstatic that our Saturday session actually sold out – the other sessions weren’t far off it either.
“The festival has grown massively since 2014. Our food stalls quadrupled and we had a number of new bottle stalls too, as well as our guest brewery, the oldest brewery in the world, Weihenstephan.
She added: “We had wide range of individuals attend the festival and our festival gin, which was created by Dunnet Bay Distillery, went down extremely well.
“A number of the food stalls sold out late in the evening on Saturday and two of our festival acts were signed to new Inverness based indie music label, IMOUT Records.”