Lagerboy Speaks – Laverstoke Organic Real Lager
As the days begin to finally lengthen, Lagerboy stirs from his sluggish hibernation – dreams of carbonation and CO2 prickle soon to give way to reality. Winter’s no fun for a fizzhound – it’s hard to laze by a roaring open fire with a Kölsch – so he tends to go to ground during the […]
The Bow Bar’s Winter Beer Festival 2012
This week sees the beginning of one of the more keenly anticipated ten-day periods in Edinburgh – the start of the Bow Bar’s annual winter beer festival. From Thursday the 26th the famed Aitken tall founts will be dispensing (via air-pressure) a range of specially invited cask ales, with several kegged beers also appearing. With […]
BeerCast #67 – Beer of the Year 2011
BeerCast #67 – BOTY 2011. So it comes down to this – our annual Beer of the Year Show. We re-taste the top four highest scoring beers from our podcasts in 2011, and pick a winner. On the panel today – Richard, Shovels, MrB and Grooben. Stand by for a bonus feature at the end, as we blind-taste four extremely unusual French beers – each containing a mystery ingredient. How many will the panel correctly identify?
1. Rogue St Rogue Red Ale (5.2%)
2. Kernel IPA Citra (7.2%)
3. Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest (6.7%)
4. Thornbridge St Petersburg (7.7%)
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Two from Lovibonds
At the start of the year we predicted big things for a few UK brewers in 2012. Some were experienced players looking to make the next step – others complete beginners starting out. The new boys aside, we’d already sampled plenty of beers from the other producers – so can feel fairly confident in our […]
Scotland on the brink of independence?
What would Mel drink? Scotland is dominating the news agenda at the moment – so either the national team has just lost to San Marino, or it’s something to do with independence. The thorny I-word has appeared again, dragging itself onto the front pages like a mythical sea monster emerging from the Highlands. The SNP […]
Breweries to watch out for in 2012…
As we head into the New Year, the UK brewing scene seems to be in great shape. The economic climate might be as bad as a Scottish hurricane, and the Government seems intent on sticking it to everybody in the industry (with a few, notable, exceptions) – but this is a fantastic time to be […]
