Oliver’s lore
For those who follow beer with more than a pleasingly simple, pub-based interest, often the people behind the product are as – if not more – interesting than the beer itself. Brewing is about experimentation, skill, precision, enjoyment and numerous other things – and once you start appreciating the stories behind the process, those people […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 22/07 – 28/07
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Edinburgh the big winner from beer week
Garrett Oliver and Václav Berka swap headgear whilst touring Stewart Brewery. Photo by Robert Gale of Beerlens, used with permission Aside from the weather, which continues to surprise, things are starting to return to normal in Edinburgh. This time last week, the Festival City was living up to its name in frenetic style, as the […]
EBBC – the take-home message
Pilsner Urquell brewmaster Václav Berka (left) gets the party started at the City Chambers, Edinburgh Over the past weekend, Edinburgh welcomed several dozen beer bloggers for the third annual European Beer Bloggers’ Conference. You might ask, legitimately, “What the hell do bloggers have to talk to each other about?”, as you narrow the eyes and […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 15/07 – 21/07
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Scottish Real Ale Festival 2013 – the beers
As the craziness of the city-wide Independents’ Festival continues, and (for me, at least) the debauchery of the Beer Bloggers’ Conference is yet to start, in between, nestling like the older, wiser chick in the nest, we have CAMRA’s Scottish Real Ale Festival. Truly, at the moment there is as much beer in Edinburgh as […]
