Edinburgh Beer Weekly 21/05 – 27/05
Welcome to the latest Edinburgh Beer Weekly! Every Sunday we’ll be posting a preview of all the beery happenings in the city for the next seven days – so you won’t miss a thing. You can sign up to our subscription service, ensuring you’ll get a notification every Sunday when the Edinburgh Beer Weekly is […]
New Edinburgh bar – The Hanging Bat
As a general rule, change is something that happens remarkably slowly in Edinburgh. The drudgery of the tram fiasco is the prime example, but museums and galleries routinely close for years to redevelop themselves – and the Cowgate fire site still remains empty, leering up at the Bridges like a pulled tooth. However, there is […]
Minimum Price set at 50p
The issue of minimum pricing for alcohol is once again dominating the Scottish media. Yesterday, the SNP administration announced that they would be seeking the widely expected tariff of 50p per unit. Back in November, when the bill was re-introduced, we put down our thoughts on minimum pricing, and how the various groups expressing an […]
Extra-hot Chilli beer. The pain…
A couple of years ago, I struggled to find words to describe what was, to that point, the worst beer I’ve ever had. I’m not talking about the macrolagers we beery types love to hate; even their greatest detractors would admit they don’t really taste of much. Some can be quite unpleasant, but anyone can […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 14/05 – 20/05
Welcome to the latest Edinburgh Beer Weekly! Every Sunday we’ll be posting a preview of all the beery happenings in the city for the next seven days – so you won’t miss a thing. You can sign up to our subscription service, ensuring you’ll get a notification every Sunday when the Edinburgh Beer Weekly is […]
Hangovers
Like footballers and groin injuries, getting hangovers is part of the job – a challenge faced by even the most eminent of beer bloggers and writers. There’s many an occasion I’ve woken up wishing that I’d taken more of an interest in stamp collecting, or another safe indoor hobby that could leave you merely out […]
