Edinburgh Beer Weekly 07/05 – 13/05
Welcome to the latest Edinburgh Beer Weekly! 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 7th 8pm
Pairing Beer with Cheese Appellation Wines, 43 Dalry Road
Appellation Wines website, tickets £7
Beer can be paired with pretty much anything – from dry-roasted peanuts to ice cream. Head down to Appellation Wines on Monday night and explore the classic pairing of beer and cheese. Find out if Ashton McComte knows his taleggio from his elbow – and if so, which works better with each style of beer. Rumours of pineapple cubes on sticks cannot be confirmed at time of going to press.
Wednesday 9th
Summer Wine Dinner The Caley Sample Room, 58 Angle Park Terr
Caley Sample Room website, tickets £35
The Caley Sample Room is no stranger to hosting beer and food events either – over recent months Tempest, Black Isle and BrewDog have put their beers up against the skills of the Caley kitchen. This Wednesday, it’s one of England’s most exciting breweries – Yorkshire’s Summer Wine. Head down, and discover why the List lavished praise on the Caley in their recent Food&Drink special – and why Summer Wine are rated so highly.
Wednesday 9th 8pm-12am
Canon’s Gait revamp The Canon’s Gait Inn, 232 Cannongate
Facebook Event Page
Halfway down the Royal Mile is the Canon’s Gait – no stranger to the BeerCast, as panellist John used to run a great quiz night there with his mate Kenny. Continuing the fine-dining theme of this week’s EBW, on Wednesday they are re-launching their menu. Whilst dishing out free samples from the new food selection, there will also be beers from Stewart Brewing on offer, including the recently released Zymic on cask, plus the massively under-rated Edinburgh Gold on keg. Raffle prizes too, apparently!
Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th
Fife Beer Festival Rothes Halls, Glenrothes
Website, tickets £5 (£4 CAMRA members)
Glenrothes might not be in Edinburgh, but this Thursday the fourteenth Kingdom of Fife Beer Festival takes place there – so surely that’s reason enough for a trip over the water? Forty real ales will be on offer across the three days, split 50/50 between gravity dispense and handpulls – plus ciders, perries, wines, and ‘contintental beers’. So why not take the whole family? CAMRA members get a discount at the door, and the event runs 4pm-11pm on Thursday, 12pm-12am Friday, and 12pm-11pm on Saturday.
Saturday 12th 1-5pm
Knops Beer Tasting Harvey Nichols, St Andrew Square
Forth Floor at Harvey Nichols / Knops Beer Co
Edinburgh brewer Rob Knops is an unashamed fan of Sex and the City – so his inner Carrie must really be looking forward to Saturday. He’ll be leading a beer tasting at the acclaimed Harvey Nichols Forth Floor brasserie and bar, so will be digging out his finest Manolo’s to look the part, no doubt. The full range of Knops beers are now available in the Harvey Nick’s foodmarket, which is great news for discerning shoppers. Head along to the tasting event for some fantastic beer and decent nibbles, as Rob attempts to solve your marital problems at the same time.
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!
Also, a quick mention of tomorrow’s post – check back then as we will have an exclusive preview of the 2012 Scottish Real Ale Festival, with the beers to look out for this time around…
