Edinburgh Beer Weekly 20/08 – 26/08
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 20th [to 25th August]
Guildford Blues Festival
Guildford Arms, 1 West Register St
Website
Edinburgh is undoubtedly the festival city – and For the next few days, the Guildford Arms joins in the fun with their annual blues festival – now in it’s 14th year. As with the Jazz festival last week, live music will be taking place daily, together with plenty of beer from sponsors the Caledonian Brewery served on their ten real ale fonts.
Monday 20th 6:30pm
Beer and Food matching
Innis & Gunn popup bar, 32 PotterRow
Facebook event page £15
Also to begin the week, Innis & Gunn are holding a food matching event at their Potterrow pop-up bar. Hosted by Glasgow Herald drinks writer Tom Bruce-Gardyne, the evening will feature beers from Innis & Gunn, Williams Brothers and Stewart Brewing, paired with foods including Macsween’s haggis and cheese from Mellis. Email Leila (leila.arfa@innisandgunn.com) for tickets.
Tuesday 21st 6:00pm
Beer tasting
Bon Vivant’s Companion, 51 Thistle St
Tickets £10
Edinburgh-based fans of Innis & Gunn and Williams Bros are in for a treat to begin this week, as following on from the beer and food pairing on Monday, the next day sees a tasting event at the Bon Vivant’s Companion on Thistle Street. Fyne Ales will also be involved, so head down for some great beer and a chat to the people behind the magic – tickets are available from the link above, or in the shop itself.
Wednesday 22nd 7:00pm
Houses – Candid Collective
The Old Ambulance Depot, 77 Brunswick St
Further Details
The festival is still in full swing, and on Wednesday this week the worlds of beer and art collide at the Old Ambulance Depot behind Elm Row. Candid Collective are exhibiting Houses – a combination of film, installation and sculpture, deconstructing everyday spaces via the work of several up and coming UK artists. The event runs from the 23rd of August to the 2nd of September – but this Wednesday the opening preview night is sponsored by Harviestoun. Question the relationship between humans and structures with a Bitter & Twisted…
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!
