Grow up…but not too quickly
There have – and will continue to be – many different facets to the ‘big breweries buying out smaller breweries’ story. There are those that are more evident, such as the inevitable tirades on social media from aggrieved ex-lovers of said brewery (or even in person – I think it was the Elysian taproom who […]
Breweries to watch out for in 2016
So the final ‘best of last year/look out for this year’ post has rolled around again – stretching the whole thing out into February. It’s the annual list of 10 Scottish and English beermakers who are going to have breakout years, or will otherwise be interesting to watch, to see how they get on. This […]
Brewery of the Year, 2015 – Tempest Brewing Co
Tempest finally cut loose in 2015, with their new facility. As so often happens, they converted this break from Kelso into a clean break by also re-branding and hiring more people. Gone is the South Pacific-style devil and in its place a cleaner, more modern, logo which to me at least has the look of […]