The future: Beer delivery by drone?
It was widely reported yesterday that Amazon might, one-day, consider delivering their ubiquitous slimline packets via airborne drone, rather than van-based courier firm. This raises a huge number of questions – not least the thought of having the latest series of Mad Men surgically handed to you from 30,000ft, delivered by a faceless, speed-junked operator […]
Would you like another drink?
Everyone who writes, blogs, podcasts or just plain enjoys drinking beer knows that many of our pubs are struggling at the moment. You talk to publicans, and ask them how things are going, and there’s that momentary pause, the puffing of the cheeks, before the answer. Some just flat out say ‘it’s been quiet in […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 02/12 – 08/12
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 […]
Alechemy and Elixir: a twin tap takeover
Tap takeovers. Battle of the Brewers. Events in the beermakers’ pantheon somehow always seem to exude an air of implied menace; even ‘meet the brewer’ sounds as if it could involve a blunt instrument and a trip to casualty if your feedback becomes too honest. Yet, as I’ve said before, these types of nights are […]
In praise of…The Bridge Tavern, Newcastle
Almost exactly two years ago, I experienced, pretty much for the first time, the sheer majesty of a drinking night out in Newcastle (despite it being only an hour and a half from Edinburgh). I wrote at the time “I’ve never been anywhere on Earth with a higher concentration of pubs, bars and clubs. It […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 25/11 – 01/12
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 […]
