Stewart Brewing launch Craft Beer Kitchen
Knocking out the various half-thought ideas that end up on this website, something I take for granted – without doubt – are the brewdays I end up going on. Those long, cold mornings standing in industrial units, unavoidably getting in the way, trying not to break anything. They are great fun, sorting out with a […]
Saint Guinness Day
Happy Saint Guinness Day! Today, around the world, hundreds of thousands of dark pints will be churned out, knocked back and knocked over – all in the name of a long-passed, snake-managing missionary. It’s the biggest day of commercialisation in the beer world, bar none. Over the years, Dublin’s most famed export has become so […]
Everards to trademark Elixir Brewing Co out of existence
As the brewing industry continues to expand enormously, one of the recent trends seems to be an increase in unsavoury jostling within the market, with regard to beer names and intellectual property. Trademark disputes, unquestionably, are on the rise. British beer is ballooning in scale at the moment – only surface tension is preventing it […]
Innis & Gunn Smokin’ Gunn: have I&G found another niche?
So, I got back from work last night to find a tan-coloured paper bag wedged down the side of my shed. Strange, I thought – it’s not like I’ve been in there for months; our front garden was chemically castrated recently by a professional weedkilling team – and I don’t venture anywhere after dark where […]
Exclusive: TSA to re-brand: “We’ve been at the back for too long”
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been hearing variations of the same story from more than one Edinburgh publican. Someone enters, politely introduces themselves as being from Traditional Scottish Ales, and asks if they would be interested in taking TSA’s beers in the near future. Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be much of a story – walk-ins […]
Fyne Ales announce massive £2m expansion
The Fyne Ales livestock shed; site of the brewery development. Photo by Adam Shafi of Walking and Crawling, used with permission It’s been something of a long time in coming, but finally, the news we were all waiting for has arrived from the mist-shrouded Argyll hillsides. Fyne Ales, one of Scotland’s most respected producers, are […]
