Alechemy and Elixir: a twin tap takeover
Tap takeovers. Battle of the Brewers. Events in the beermakers’ pantheon somehow always seem to exude an air of implied menace; even ‘meet the brewer’ sounds as if it could involve a blunt instrument and a trip to casualty if your feedback becomes too honest. Yet, as I’ve said before, these types of nights are […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 25/11 – 01/12
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The Hanging Bat’s first birthday
It seems like a lot more time has passed than the twelve months since the Hanging Bat opened – which, I guess, is as good an indication of its success as you can think of. As it was taking shape, plenty of ideas and rumours were swirling around the foam-flecked, smartphone-ready Edinburgh beer scene. That […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 18/11 – 24/11
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Exclusive: Heineken to sell the Caledonian Brewery?
Last week, it was widely reported that the Managing Director of the Caledonian Brewing Company was to step down, after twenty years with Edinburgh’s oldest brewery. Stephen Crawley worked his way up from a sales role to MD in eight years, and spent the subsequent twelve in charge of one of Scotland’s largest beer-making concerns* […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 11/11 – 17/11
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 […]