My favourite beer of all-time?
Like comedians being asked to tell someone a joke, when I tell people I write about beer the question that inevitably comes back is “Well, what’s your favourite then?”. There’s so many ways to answer this. Firstly, I don’t really have one – new beers are coming out all the time – and attempting to […]
Quotes from the EBBC
Prepared for the food and beer pairing… Other than publishing the latest Edinburgh Beer Weekly, things have been pretty quiet on the BeerCast over the last few days. That’s because I’ve been away, out of both offices (real and imaginary, beer-related), attending the 2012 European Beer Bloggers Conference in Leeds. It was a great weekend, […]
Minimum Price set at 50p
The issue of minimum pricing for alcohol is once again dominating the Scottish media. Yesterday, the SNP administration announced that they would be seeking the widely expected tariff of 50p per unit. Back in November, when the bill was re-introduced, we put down our thoughts on minimum pricing, and how the various groups expressing an […]
Hangovers
Like footballers and groin injuries, getting hangovers is part of the job – a challenge faced by even the most eminent of beer bloggers and writers. There’s many an occasion I’ve woken up wishing that I’d taken more of an interest in stamp collecting, or another safe indoor hobby that could leave you merely out […]
I am not a beer geek
Beer is a product that is surrounded by a huge amount of often impenetrable terminology. From dropping bright to sparging out, the wonderful old language associated with brewing maintains a link to history. I love, and use them all (assuming I know what they mean, which is rare). But there’s one term recently nudging it’s […]
The BeerCast’s 5th birthday…
“Kirin – brewed in UK, dissapointing [sic]. James Boags – Aus/Tasmania. Kasteel Cru – France, winey, fruity, not much taste. Sagres Bohemia – Dark, Portugal, strong, subtle…has pre, current and after taste” That was how we began, four random bottles of beer sampled between Paul and myself, way back in 2007. A lot has changed […]
