Lagerboy Speaks – Peroni Gran Riserva
Writing about beer – or any other subject – can lead to interesting discoveries, or give you strange moments of realisation. For me, despite the numerous posts of Lagerboy (and many trips to Italian restaurants), I never actually realised that Peroni and Nastro Azzurro were different beers. Admittedly they come in almost identical bottles, but […]
New Knops beer revealed
A few months ago we reviewed Knops Brewing Company California Common – a brand new beer from Scottish brewer Robert Knops. Produced using Traditional Scottish Ales’ equipment in Bridge of Allan, Robert’s first release was unusually a steam beer in the grand Californian tradition. After plenty of experimentation his second issue is something more distinctly […]
Thornbridge vs BrewDog – Imperial stout-off
The sometime-groaning BeerCast cupboard is looking decidedly bare as of late – apart from a mighty selection of Kernel Brewery beers for an upcoming podcast, only two bottles remained as of yesterday. Co-incidentally, they were both British imperial stouts over 7% – so a direct comparison sprang to mind, and a grim September night suddenly […]
BrewDog launches Abstrakt AB:03
Cloisters on Brougham Street can be one of Edinburgh’s busier pubs – and last night it was standing room only there, pretty good for a Wednesday night. The reason of course was that some of the guys from BrewDog were on hand to launch their latest Abstrakt vintage, Abstrakt AB:03 – so a high percentage […]
Cooper’s Best Extra Stout
Australian beer tends to get a bit of an unfortunate reputation, what with all the low-quality mass produced lager that floods the market. But brewers like Little Creatures and Bootleg manage to stand out (just about) from the morass, if you search hard enough. Straddling these two worlds is Adelaide brewery Coopers, who take up […]
Lagerboy Speaks – Meantime Union
These days the primary style of European lager that reaches these shores is the all-conquering pilsner (either Bohemian or German). But back in the day there were others that came from the Continent – Muncheners and Viennese lagers that were popular before the light-coloured beer from Pilsen took over. Slightly darker and less hoppy, these […]
