BeerCast #30 – Hebridean Showcase
BeerCast #30 – Hebridean Showcase. Another brewery showcase, and another using beer supplied by a listener. Friend of the BeerCast Gary found four offerings from the Hebridean Brewery, so sent them to us for review. On the panel today are Richard, Shovels, MrB and Grooben. Big thanks to Gary for the beers, the last one of which certainly divided opinions…
1. Clansman Ale (3.9%)
2. Islander Strong Premium Ale (4.8%)
3. Celtic Black Ale (3.9%)
4. Beserker Export Pale Ale (7.5%)
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Lagerboy Speaks – BrewDog Cult Lager
Fraserburgh’s BrewDog are certainly hot property in the brewing world at the moment, with James Watt and Martin Dickie pumping out a startling array of unusual beers. Coupled with a regular media presence, they really do like to go about their business in a different way to everyone else. Whether it’s their up-to-the-public ‘Beer Rocks’ […]
The Bard’s Beer
The 25th of January is Scotland’s unofficial second National Day – and is probably celebrated far more widely than St Andrew’s Day itself. On that date in 1759 Robert Burns was born in a small cottage in the South Ayrshire town of Alloway. He went from humble farmer’s son to become the national poet of […]
Lagerboy Speaks – WEST St Mungo
St Mungo is the patron saint of various things – the bullied, people accused of infidelity, salmon (rather strangely), and the city of Glasgow – which he inadvertently founded by building a small church on the banks of the Clyde. Fast forward a few thousand years and he also becomes the patron of Scotland’s newest […]
BeerCast #24 – Arran Beers
BeerCast #24 – Arran Beers. Following on from our Wickwar podcast, our second BeerCast Brewery Showcase looks at something a bit closer to home – four beers from Arran. Recently re-opened after a sudden closure, the island brewery was visited by Grooben, who managed to pick up some of their beers for review. Joining him today are Richard, Shovels and local boy MrB.
1. Suddaby’s Rievaulx Abbey Ale (4.0%)
2. Heather Ales Fraoch (5.0%)
3. Heather Ales Kelpie (4.4%)
4. Naylor’s Ginger Beer (4.4%)
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