Sixpoint cans arrive in all UK Wetherspoons’
“Eh? Whut is it then?” asks the old boy, stooped at the bar in a queue for his Tennent’s, on being offered a tray of small beery tasters. He picks one at random and knocks back the shot glass, grimacing like a seventeen year-old enduring their first slug of tequila. After handing the small glass […]
Born On dates – buyer beware
Picture the scene. A young, upwardly mobile beer-curious flouncer parades into their local bottle shop in the mood to try something a little different. They quickly kill the sounds of Macklemore leaking into their Beats, and take a wander over to the shelf with imported, fancy-looking bottles of US craft beer. So much choice. After […]
Ruination IPA redux; reasons to re-boot?
A couple of weeks ago, this article appeared on the American beer news website BeerPulse, regarding a release issued from California’s Stone Brewing Company. Stone intend to increase the abv on Ruination IPA from 7.7% to 8.2%, a decision explained by their co-founder, Greg Koch:- We brewed some batches at the slightly higher ABV and […]
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 […]
Sitdown or takeout?
‘Choice.’ Is that the real other c-word? You can be as crafty as you like, but giving your customers as broad a range of reasons to shell out their money seems like an obvious move. Take – for the purposes of this blog post – bottle shops. Edinburgh is blessed with at least half a […]
Brooklyn Brewery tour
Should you need an indication of the power of Twitter, then consider this. Two weeks ago, when using the medium to brag about an upcoming visit to New York, I expected only a few ‘you jammy sod’ replies (90% of Twitter being pompous self-promotion, after all).* What I didn’t expect was a reply suggesting I […]
