Natural Selection Brewing launch Anorak
More than one pint was made available… Time certainly flies along in the world of brewing – was it really twelve months ago that we ducked into the Guildford Arms for the debut of Natural Selection’s first beer? It must have been, as the annual project for MSc students at Heriot-Watt has come round again. […]
Greyfriars Bobby’s Relaunches
From early spring through to the start of winter, Edinburgh’s rain-slicked streets are perennially clogged with tourists. Slowly shuffling around in their ponchos, they gaze upwards – ever upwards – at the buildings, pointing their Nikons at anything that catches the eye. Aside from the castle, the parliament and groups of idle men leaning on […]
Edinburgh Independents Beer Festival Preview
The Summer of 2012 may not be remembered too fondly here in Edinburgh. Record levels of rain have soaked into the city and the people, causing flooding and an atmosphere of dour glumness. The tram debacle continues with no end in sight, as entire sections of roads are uprooted at a time, seemingly without reason. […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 09/07 – 15/07
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 […]
Growler fills – now at the Beerhive
Pete pouring the Summer Wine Half Wit Word filtered through to us recently about something unusual appearing in one of Edinburgh’s bottle shops. To see it for yourself, you need to fight past the pipe-strewn battlefield of York Place to Broughton Street. Down in Cannonmills, away from the grimy roadworks, is the recently opened Beerhive. […]
The Price of Craft?
What’s the most expensive beer in the pubs of Britain? The other day, for example, I saw one advertised in the city for £6.40 – the priciest pint I think I’ve yet witnessed in Edinburgh. Fair enough, it was an imported beer in an establishment that usually runs to a high retail price – but […]
