The Session #45 – Stewart Brewing Hefeweizen
The Session takes place on the first Friday of every month across the beer writing world. One blogger suggests a theme and others post their thoughts or responses. For November 2010, the Session is hosted by Bruce Ticknor at beertaster.ca – and the theme is wheat beer. For our first entry into the Session, we […]
Friday night at the Guildford
The Guildford Arms is a staple of the Edinburgh real ale scene, having ten handpumps which usually offer a range of cask styles. They also have festivals that showcase regions of the UK – and a regular BeerCast Friday night out turned into a lengthy session thanks to their ongoing Derbyshire Beer Festival. Until the […]
BeerCast #52 – Kernel Brewery Showcase
BeerCast #52 – Kernel Brewery Showcase. BeerCaster Richard was recently working in London, and managed to pay a visit to one of the rising stars of British brewing – Evin O’Riordain. Having founded the Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey just over a year ago, he is getting rave reviews (not to mention awards) for his strong IPA’s and traditional dark London beers. Joining Richard on this showcase are MrB, Shovels and Grooben. Big thanks to Evin for showing Richard round his brewery!
1. Kernel Pale Ale Centennial (5.2%)
2. Kernel IPA C.S.C. (7.1%)
3. Kernel Porter (6.1%)
4. Kernel Export Stout 1890 London (7.8%)
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First look – Knops Musselburgh Broke
Three weeks ago we were invited to a focus group tasting for Edinburgh producer Robert Knops, who was keen to follow up his first beer California Common (4.6%) with a more traditionally British style. On the evening, we tasted several variations on the same theme – a bright, Scottish ale with the emphasis on the […]
How to get women drinking beer?
One of the great issues facing British brewers and beer marketers is how to get more women drinking real ale. This is happening gradually, but still the majority of beery types are men with beards who spend too much time indoors of an evening. Casting a glance down our BeerCast panellist mugshots does little to […]
Great Divide Belgica
Belgian-style India Pale Ale is always an interesting concept, and can produce some very different beers. Some lean towards Europe and are spicy and wheaty – others lean over the Atlantic and have that hoppy punch. Plenty are down the middle of course, but it’s interesting when Old World breweries whack the hops in (i.e. […]
