Scottish Real Ale Festival 2012 – the beers
The Scottish Real Ale Festival is well and truly open for business – once the doors were unlocked the first hundred people had entered the venue with only thirty-five minutes having elapsed. We covered the details of how the Corn Exchange is working out for the SRAF in yesterday’s post – so today, it’s on […]
Scottish Real Ale Festival 2012 – trade session
The finalists in the bottled beer comp – can you pick a winner? The 2012 Scottish Real Ale Festival opens to the public today, in a new home at the Corn Exchange in Slateford. As with previous years, the day prior to the doors opening saw the trade session for brewers and sponsors (and bloggers), […]
FyneFest 2012
Could outdoor beer festivals be the new music festival? Most beery events take place in stuffy church halls or conference centres, requiring you to sharpen the elbows and surge towards the bar. Attempting to find a seat can be an impossibility – they are guarded by scowling groups of jowly men, brewery-stamped fleeces draped over […]
FyneFest 2012 preview
So, any plans for the weekend? Fancy sitting in a sunny field* enjoying some of the best beers in Britain? If the answers to those questions are ‘Nothing’ and ‘Why, yes!’, then you’re in luck, thirsty blog reader. It’s FyneFest time again, as large crowds of tent-toting drinkers descend (or ascend, mostly) on Fyne Ales’ […]
Scottish Real Ale Festival 2012 Preview
The beer list for this year’s SRAF is in draft form and still taking shape, but thanks to organiser Owen we managed to secure a sneak peak at what will be on offer in June. At the time of writing this preview, not every producer has confirmed their attendance, but hopefully this time there […]
Heriot-Watt Beer Festival 2012
That pen is not mine, incidentally Having never been to the Heriot-Watt Beer Festival before, I was told the sun always arrives for a scheduled appearance (making it the exact opposite of the Highland Show). Sure enough, the weather was glorious in Edinburgh yesterday, just in time for the 27th HWFest. They take their beer […]
