Edinburgh Beer Weekly 23/04 – 29/04
Welcome to the second Edinburgh Beer Weekly! Following on from last week, every Sunday we’ll be posting a preview of all the beery happenings in the city for the next seven days – so you won’t miss a thing. You can sign up to our subscription service, ensuring you’ll get a notification every Sunday when the Edinburgh Beer Weekly is published. Just enter your email address in the panel on our front page. Also, follow us on Twitter (@thebeercast) to keep right up to date throughout the week. There are so many great beery things going on at the moment – stay tuned to the BeerCast, and enjoy each and every one of them!
So – what’s happening in the Edinburgh beer scene over the next seven days?
Monday 23rd 8pm
Single Hop Tasting Appellation Wines, 43 Dalry Road
Appellation Wines website
If you love hops – and that must surely apply to each and every one of our readers – then head down to Dalry Road tomorrow for the latest tasting at Appellation Wines. Ashton McCobb will be running through several IPA’s that feature a single hop in their recipe. Learn a bit more about the different flavours imparted by each, and how different the beers can be – all in the company of Haymarket’s answer to Oz Clarke.
Tuesday 24th £45
Stewart Beer & Food Matching Cloisters Bar, 26 Brougham Street
Further details on Stewart Brewing’s website
On Tuesday the latest beer and food pairing event takes place in the capital, as Loanhead’s Stewart Brewing put their wares up alongside the culinary ideas of the Cloisters Bar chef. If “Seared Roe deer rump, “Edinburgh Gold” fondant potato & baby onion jus, paired with Stewart St Giles“ takes your fancy, get in touch with Cloisters for a ticket. Ring them on 0131 221 9997 to get your seat.
Wednesday 25th 7pm
Zymic Launch The Abbotsford, 3-5 Rose Street
Stewart Brewing website
Steve and the team are pretty busy this coming week, as the next night sees the launch of their latest seasonal beer – Zymic. Described as an ‘extra hoppy thirst quencher’ it rolls in at 3.5% – presumably just in time for CAMRA’s Mild in May (Stewart having previously released a golden mild in the form of Light Edinburgh Draught, which also weighed the scales at 3.5%). In case you were wondering, Zymic pertains to (or refers to the product of) fermentation. Don’t ever say you don’t learn anything here on the BeerCast…
Saturday 28th 7pm
30 Days of IPA Gala dinner The Counting House, West Nicholson St
30 days of IPA website
If you’ve been noticing events across Edinburgh pubs for ’30 Days of IPA’ over the past few weeks, they come to a head on Saturday with a gala finish. A three course Indian-themed dinner at the Counting House draws the main events to a close (although there are a few more to come until the 30th), with a keynote speech by the paragon of British IPA, Pete Brown. The winning beer in the month-long IPA public vote will also be revealed.
Another event taking place this week (outside the city bypass – but worth a detour) is the 25th Paisley Beer Festival, which takes place from Wednesday 25th to Saturday the 28th. Celebrating their quarter-century, there should be some great beer on offer – full details here. Back in Edinburgh, rumours abound that the brand new golden ale from Magic Rock will also be making an appearance in select pubs across the city – so keep those eyes peeled…
The Edinburgh Beer Weekly will be published every Sunday here on the BeerCast. If you have an event in or around the city that you’d like to feature – please get in touch at the usual email address. Cheers, and enjoy your beer!
