BeerCast #1 Lineup (again)
Early BeerCasters, circa 1890 I know I’ve said this before – but we’re really almost there with the podcast. At this time, we’ve actually recorded Episode 1, Episode 2, re-recorded Episode 1, and now done Episode 4. Thanks to various bits and pieces that need put together to unleash our shaky words into the podosphere, […]
Beer Snack #2 – Pickled Eggs
The pub snack. There are the obvious staples – the standard crisp or variations of this theme, such as twiglets, bacon rashers, or even the scampi “I can smell you from here” fries. Alas, these are but a non-entity when it comes to the might of the pickled egg. Truth be told, I’ve never had […]
Beer Snack #1 – Pork Scratchings
This little piggy went into a bag Just think of all the good things that come from pigs (with apologies to Vegetarians). Bacon. Pork Chops. Gammon steaks. Sausages. Pork Pies (just about). The humble pig lends itself to numerous snacks and quick foodstuffs, which can be eaten from first thing in the morning (bacon roll), […]
BeerCast #1a – Light and Dark
Old Engine Oil not pictured As soon as we decided to divide our beery adventures into country-specific chunks, we could only really start in one place. With over eighty years of cumulative ale drinking between us, Scotland had to be the first stop. The four beers chosen for the debut edition are from some of […]
BeerCast #1 Lineup
Alrighty, after an intense two hour production meeting this week, the lineup and format of BeerCast episode One has been finalised. Admittedly, that took five minutes and we then spent 1hr 55min playing with the amusing sound effects in GarageBand, but there you go. We quickly realised that testing nine beers would be nigh on […]
I’ll Get Them In
OK so we’re working our way around the world (fuelled by beer) and we start the quest in bonny Scotland. We’ll be supping ales, lagers (supposedly) and wheat beers from Edinburgh to Glasgow through Alva, Kinlochleven, Munlochy and beyond. The beers the panel will be trying are listed below so see if you can find […]