The Session #49 – The problem of Deuchars
The Session takes place on the first Friday of every month across the beer writing world. One blogger suggests a theme and others post their thoughts or responses. For March 2011, the Session is hosted by Stan Hieronymous at Appellation Beer – and the theme is a ‘regular’ beer. This topic for the 49th Session […]
Stewart Coconut Porter Launch
Beer launches in Edinburgh are coming thick and fast at the moment – last week BrewDog Abstrakt AB:05 was premiered at Holyrood 9A, and this week it was the turn of Stewart Brewing’s new Coconut Porter (4.5%), unveiled last night at the Guildford Arms. Two very different producers and very different beers – although with […]
First look…BrewDog Abstrakt AB:05
Last night Holyrood 9A saw the Edinburgh launch of BrewDog’s latest in their Abstrakt concept beer range, AB:05 – a 12.5% Belgian-style imperial stout aged on coconut and cacao. BrewDog split opinions – they revel in doing so – but across the beerosphere the Abstrakt series seems to have been met with almost universal praise. […]
Bottled BeerCast Awards – the final
Last week here on the BeerCast we shortlisted some fantastic Scottish bottled beers, in our alternative SIBA Awards. That followed the actual SIBA awards, which took place in Edinburgh on the 21st of January (read our report here, and the full list of winners here). Judging the awards prompted a debate about what other class […]
Bottled BeerCast Awards – Stouts, Porters etc
One of our shortlistees – Highland Orkney Porter Day five and we reach our final alternative SIBA Awards category. Each day this week we’ve shortlisted our personal highlights from the world of Scottish bottled beer – designed to complement the official SIBA awards. The final section for us to look at is Stouts, Porters, Old […]
