The Beer Holster
Christmas. It’s two months tomorrow, people. Eight weeks to uncrimp the tinsel, get the sprouts in, and singe the ends of your fingers untangling those tree lights. Beer fans do have one ounce of solace amidst the festive madness, however – all the Christmas and winter ales will be hitting the shelves and hostelry handpulls; […]
A festival of BrewDog collaboration? Why times have changed…
When BrewDog announced, back in September, that they were planning a festival of beers made in collaboration with eleven different British breweries, it raised more than a few eyebrows. After all, back in 2009 when 5am Saint launched, they declared on the label “The UK beer scene is sick. And we are the fucking doctor.”* […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 21/10 – 27-10
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 […]
Bad Seed Brewery launches
Hyperbole. Modern, big-hitting, balls to the wall beer is full of it – or, more accurately, generates lots of it. I was accused (probably correctly) of blustering hyperbole just the other day, following a gushing report from the IndyMan festival. Well, I’m following that up with this:- I’ve just had not only one of the […]
Dead Metaphor Launches 17/10
Just a quick reminder – if you’d like to be amongst the first people to sample Dead Metaphor (and the first people in Scotland, certainly), it will be officially launched tomorrow night, Thursday 17th, at 7pm in BrewDog Edinburgh. Head down to the Cowgate and chat to me about the beer, the reasons behind it, […]
IndyManBeerCon 2013
Last Friday, as I was surrounded by a crowd of drinkers in an empty swimming pool, a thought crossed my mind. Why do people go to beer festivals? Only a few years ago, the answer would have been immediately obvious (the clue being in the question, after all); it would be for the beer. To […]
