My favourite beer photo – the unknown men, drinking (1890)
Photo © Harris Museum and Art Gallery, used with permission. Like any beer writer, I get asked reasonably often what my favourite beer is – and, as I’ve said before, there are two general answers. One is the official one; the house tripel from Staminee de Garre in Bruges. The other; whatever beer that has […]
If you can’t beat them…?
@BeoirOrg 3 of my beerlines cut. Suspicion is 1 of the big commercial breweries Will I roll over and take this??? pic.twitter.com/xA447ZRhAG — Brú Brewery (@BruBrewery) November 3, 2013 Of all the tweets that I saw over the weekend, this one in particular stood out. Posted on Sunday afternoon by an Irish microbrewery based in […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 04/11 – 10/11
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Beer appreciation: the spectrum of sours
Back in January, I boldly predicted 2013 would become the year of the session IPA – and although a few have been put out, it seems another trend has really taken off in the brewing world; sours. Sure, sours have been around since humans first tried to make beverages out of fermented grains, I know, […]
Announcing the Tyne Bank/BeerCast Christmas collaboration!
We may only be slipping quietly into November at the end of this week, just after the clocks have gone back – but with a lurching inevitability, the Christmas adverts will be on the telly very soon. As well as retailers, brewers are forced to think about the festive season some way in advance – […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 28/10 – 03/11
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 […]
