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 […]
EIBF Wednesday – Crosstown Traffic
On paper, the Wednesday of the Edinburgh Independents’ extravaganza was always going to involve the most legwork – with a tri-pubbed Brodies mini-festival-within-a-festival, a Harbour event at the Caley Sample Room, and the (non-EIBF) launch of the new Natural Selection Heriot-Watt beer; it figured to be the night that most resembled last year’s format of […]
EIBF – Weird Beards and Beavers
Edinburgh certainly is looking its best at the moment, with the increasingly un-Scottish heatwave melting pavements and populace alike. Inevitably, the chill will return – accompanied as ever by the annoyingly smug stating “Well, Summer’s over then, hohoho”. But, until then, bemused locals and lucky tourists alike get to enjoy the heat and light of […]
EIBF launch – a night of collaboration
The Edinburgh Independents’ Beer Festival is on us for another year, having metamorphosed from a beery long-weekend into a seven-day drinking extravaganza. Last time, I quite enjoyed scuttling from pub to pub in a single day, as beers came and went. It did end up being slightly confusing, but for those that shrugged the shoulders […]
Scottish Real Ale Festival 2013 Preview
The Scottish Real Ale Festival is almost upon us once again, taking place next week at the Corn Exchange out in Slateford. With only a few days to go, the beer list is more or less finalised; but at the time of writing this preview, not every producer has confirmed their attendance. However, if everyone […]
Beer festivals: where will they be held next?
Last week, it was announced that the Urban Sessions festival intends to host a beer, food and music gathering in an old, refurbished, swimming baths in Hackney, East London. With the already-established IndyMan festival in Manchester’s Victoria Baths set to come round again in October, Urban Sessions has become the second new independent beer event […]
