How’s 2013 shaping up for you?
As we plough into the middle of May – already – this year is flying past quicker than ever. That could be down to the frigid beginnings; the unrelenting Arctic blasts didn’t abate until mid-April, and as we emerged blinking into the fine, misty rain like so many disaster movie survivors, it was to discover […]
The Mystery Bottle
Time. It may be a great healer, but it sure pays havoc with the old grey matter. Recently, in moving house, my elegantly sorted and ordered beer cellar had to be transplanted to the new location. Boxing up the fifty or so bottled beers I’ve got wasn’t too much of a hardship – thankfully everything […]
New Scottish Brewery – Lerwick Brewing Co
Shetland – a place I have unfortunately never visited – sounds like a tricky prospect for a potential new brewer to set up operations. Not because of the location; more the way the locals go about their drinking. A hundred miles north of the Scottish mainland, the islands may seem remote, but according to John […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 06/05 – 12/05
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 […]
Edinburgh to gain 15-tap cask ale growler station
As worthy as our pubs are, the British are inevitably a nation of home-drinkers. Feet on the coffee table, top-two buttons undone, Sky Living HD on the telly – a perfect boozing occasion. Thankfully, habits such as this have long been known and there is a huge amount of opportunity to pick up your favourite […]
Land versus sea – the great beer experiment
Brewing is many things – an art, a way of life, an escape from the crushing monotony of human existence. But, above all, creating beer from base ingredients is a science. Not just because of the biological reactions involved, as the yeasty micro-organisms do their thing; but due to the hissing pipes, impenetrable terminology and […]
