New Scottish Brewery – Lerwick Brewing Co
Shetland – a place I have unfortunately never visited – sounds like a tricky prospect for a potential new brewer to set up operations. Not because of the location; more the way the locals go about their drinking. A hundred miles north of the Scottish mainland, the islands may seem remote, but according to John […]
Land versus sea – the great beer experiment
Brewing is many things – an art, a way of life, an escape from the crushing monotony of human existence. But, above all, creating beer from base ingredients is a science. Not just because of the biological reactions involved, as the yeasty micro-organisms do their thing; but due to the hissing pipes, impenetrable terminology and […]
Scaling back and upsizing – the Madcap way
These rather handsome-looking bombers might not, at first glance, tell a story – but they very much do. Madcap Brewery in Dumfries have come full-circle, and the re-branded cork and cage releases that have just hit the shelves are a testament to that. Founded back in 2009, John Maddison and his son initially fitted a […]
Archerfield-Knops opens for business
Bob Knops is certainly going up in the world, if last weekend was anything to go by. The ‘Mikkeller of Morningside’ has, finally, seen the long hours pay off as his own production facility opened, pride of place inside the new Archerfield Walled Garden in East Lothian. For three long years, Bob plugged away getting […]
DemonBrew cease operations
Back in the first few days of the year, we made the short trip along the curve of the outer Forth Estuary to a blisteringly cold Prestonpans, for a brewday with Dave Whyte of DemonBrew. Fast forward three months, and although we’re the other side of Easter, surprisingly the icy weather is only just taking […]
Luckie Ales – Scotland’s best brewing secret
These days, with the way the world is, secrets can be hard to keep. This is particularly true of the modern British beer scene, with so many drinkers, bloggers, festival-goers, tweeters, Facebookers and UnTappders (UnTappdians?). Even though the industry has flourished through the thousand-producer mark, remaining below the parapet can be difficult, if not practically […]
