Lagerboy Speaks – Greene King St Edmund’s Ale
Suffolk behemoths Greene King are primarily known for their IPA, ubiquitous in the south of England but rarely seen up here. But they have plenty of other beers in their portfolio, many obtained via aggressive takeovers of rival brewers. Because of this they are now the largest solely British-owned producer in the UK. To my […]
Scottish Beer Festival 2008
In our recent preview of the 2008 Scottish Real Ale Festival I wrote that we were all looking forward to trying some new things, as it’s really the main reason for going along. Last year’s festival (the review of which is here) was something of an eye-opener to the BeerCast – we’d only just started […]
BeerCast #17 – North Yorkshire
BeerCast #17 – North Yorkshire. Richard and Grooben have had hometown podcasts, and now it’s the turn of Shovels. Hailing from near York, he guides us through four beers from the local area in the company of Richard and the returning Hopmeister Tom. It’s brown malty ales all round as we head to the gateway to the Dales…
1. Copper Dragon Challenger IPA (4.8%)
2. Theakston XB (4.5%)
3. Black Sheep Ale (4.4%)
4. Suddaby’s Auld Bob (6.0%)
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Scottish Beer Festival 2008 Lineup
Summer’s here, and the boozy festival season is upon us once again. We like a beer festival or two here at the BeerCast – recently CraigAS partook of some fascinating tipples at the 2008 Montreal Mondial de la biere, including a revelatory experience with a black IPA. You can also read his report on the […]
End of the line for Arran?
We don’t often bring you beer news here, primarily as there are plenty of other websites that do a far better job (such as Beer Today, Beer Pages, Stonch’s blog and of course CAMRA). But then there are plenty of others who do reviews of beer better – and that doesn’t stop us. After returning […]
Sacre Bleu: Part Deux!
Montreal Beer Festival: 28 May – 1 June 2008 No this isn’t part two of a two-part report for which I have forgotten to submit the first installment. I headlined last year’s report “Sacre Bleu!” and just couldn’t resist employing the Hot Shots reference. Far from being Part Deux, this is in fact my third […]
