Fraoch – ‘Scotland’s original craft beer’ – is 25 years old
Back in February, I ventured across the ever-tightening central belt of the country, and pitched up in a rain-lashed Glasgow to attend the opening of a new brewery; in a gallery. That project became Drygate, the seemingly instantly successful collaborative brewery involving the C&C Group and Williams Bros. Brewing Co. On the evening itself, as […]
Have we reached peak beer?
As anyone who’s sat through a boxed set of Grand Designs in a single-showing will tell you, sometimes you can simply have too much of a good thing. By the end of the sixth episode, as Kevin gives another evocative summation to camera (which is either on ground level or high above him), your finger […]
Introducing Natural Selection Brewing, 2014
The NSB team, (L-R) Doug, Ben, Jonny, Craig, Amaey. Photo by James Porteous, used with permission Now we’re past the summer solstice, the Edinburgh Festival looms large, just around the corner. But, before then, time has come for another of the city’s annual happenings; this year’s Natural Selection Brewing release is set to hit the […]
Breweries to Watch 2014 – five months on…
At the beginning of January, just two weeks into the new year, I posted a list of British breweries to watch out for in 2014. More and more new producers are opening their doors, indicating that – for the moment – the beer-making scene is in rude health. The industry requires long hours and hard […]
A wedding brewday at the Craft Beer Kitchen
Hop trials on the exterior of the brewery. The current frontrunner, in terms of height, being Phoenix (left) Launched officially three months ago, the Kitchen has seen a substantial number of bookings already. The three tuns (seen here being photobombed by a plastic bin), were custom built in Glasgow; the engineering company apparently being so […]
