Madcap Liquorice Ale
There are a growing number of small microbreweries in Scotland – many of them begun by enthusiastic homebrewers making the next logical step. The costs of scaling up the equipment can be prohibitive however, so some are currently working on a very small scale. One of the tiniest is the Madcap Brewery in Annan, a […]
The Session #45 – Stewart Brewing Hefeweizen
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 November 2010, the Session is hosted by Bruce Ticknor at beertaster.ca – and the theme is wheat beer. For our first entry into the Session, we […]
First look – Knops Musselburgh Broke
Three weeks ago we were invited to a focus group tasting for Edinburgh producer Robert Knops, who was keen to follow up his first beer California Common (4.6%) with a more traditionally British style. On the evening, we tasted several variations on the same theme – a bright, Scottish ale with the emphasis on the […]
New Knops beer revealed
A few months ago we reviewed Knops Brewing Company California Common – a brand new beer from Scottish brewer Robert Knops. Produced using Traditional Scottish Ales’ equipment in Bridge of Allan, Robert’s first release was unusually a steam beer in the grand Californian tradition. After plenty of experimentation his second issue is something more distinctly […]
Thornbridge vs BrewDog – Imperial stout-off
The sometime-groaning BeerCast cupboard is looking decidedly bare as of late – apart from a mighty selection of Kernel Brewery beers for an upcoming podcast, only two bottles remained as of yesterday. Co-incidentally, they were both British imperial stouts over 7% – so a direct comparison sprang to mind, and a grim September night suddenly […]
BrewDog launches Abstrakt AB:03
Cloisters on Brougham Street can be one of Edinburgh’s busier pubs – and last night it was standing room only there, pretty good for a Wednesday night. The reason of course was that some of the guys from BrewDog were on hand to launch their latest Abstrakt vintage, Abstrakt AB:03 – so a high percentage […]
