Edinburgh Beer Weekly 15/02 – 21/02

Welcome to the latest Edinburgh Beer Weekly! Every Sunday I’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 the 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 me 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?


Thursday 18th 18:30
Saisons and Sours tasting
BottleDog Edinburgh, 25a Dundas St
BottleDog Edinburgh Twitter feed Tickets £20

On Thursday, the New Town’s newest takeout beer shop BottleDog are hosting a tasting event to make you hang around a while – focusing on the joys of sour beers and saisons. With a guide through the different regions, styles and histories, these challenging beers are hugely rewarding. The ticket price gets you six different beers and you can book by emailing bottledogedinburgh@brewdog.com with your details and how many spaces you’d like to book.

Thursday 18th [to Sunday 21st]
Knops Showcase
The Guildford Arms, 1 West Register St
Knops Beer Twitter feed

Starting this Thursday (and continuing all weekend) – the Guildford Arms are hosting a tap takeover from one of the more local producers – East Lothian’s Knops Beer. On the bar – Knops IPA, East Coast Pale, Musselburgh Smoke, Fortitude North Belgian IPA, all £2.50 a pint. So get there early!

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!