Lagerboy Speaks – Monteith’s New Zealand Lager
‘All beer is good. Some beer is better…’ is a great philosophy for a brewer – and maybe for a beer website too, come to that (although I would hesitate to describe something like Bud Light as good). But that particular saying comes from motto-happy Monteith’s, who also describe themselves as ‘The home of craft […]
Gutter Slab – for the Hopheads
Last month when we visited the Scottish Beer Festival at the Assembly Rooms in our home city we found a great deal of things we liked, both new and old. One of the newer discoveries was a pale bitter called Peden’s Cove from the Windie Goat Brewery in Failford, Ayrshire. Tucked away in the far […]
Everyone’s a critic
We were in Doctors pub on Forrest Road last week for BeerCaster John’s birthday – and I think he did drink beer at some point on his journey around the world of booze.* Someone spotted this opportunistic bit of graffiti on a poster advertising pitchers of Fosters lager. Hard to argue, really. Needless to say […]
BeerCast #18 – Sakura Beers
BeerCast #18 – Sakura Beers. Our second Japanese BeerCast follows the same pattern as the first, after one of our panellists returns from the Far East with a clinking suitcase. It was Grooben who was lucky enough to visit Japan this time, so sharing the spoils of his trip are Richard, Shovels and Andy. Also today we discuss trains, seal-inspired doomsday cults, and we break out our little men…
1. Sapporo Premium Lager (4.7%)
2. Landbeer Kaori No Yutakana (5.0%)
3. Kyoto Machiya Kölnisch (5.0%)
4. Ishikawa Tama no Meguri (5.5%)
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