In praise of…The Brunswick Inn, Derby
The Midlands can be a joyful place for the real ale drinker – from the city pubs of Birmingham in the west to the original trailblazers of Burton-on-Trent in the…north? (We’re based in Scotland so forgive our geography). But the East Midlands can also hide some great beery secrets, if you know where to look. […]
BeerCast #30 – Hebridean Showcase
BeerCast #30 – Hebridean Showcase. Another brewery showcase, and another using beer supplied by a listener. Friend of the BeerCast Gary found four offerings from the Hebridean Brewery, so sent them to us for review. On the panel today are Richard, Shovels, MrB and Grooben. Big thanks to Gary for the beers, the last one of which certainly divided opinions…
1. Clansman Ale (3.9%)
2. Islander Strong Premium Ale (4.8%)
3. Celtic Black Ale (3.9%)
4. Beserker Export Pale Ale (7.5%)
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Twitter update..
It’s a bit odd that me, the Twitter naysayer, nay the Twitter heretic! is doing the twitter posts. Anyway i said last week (was it last week? maybe two weeks ago) that i would post back here with an update on how we were doing on Twitter. Well, incremental progress i’d say, we started out […]
Lagerboy Speaks – BrewDog Cult Lager
Fraserburgh’s BrewDog are certainly hot property in the brewing world at the moment, with James Watt and Martin Dickie pumping out a startling array of unusual beers. Coupled with a regular media presence, they really do like to go about their business in a different way to everyone else. Whether it’s their up-to-the-public ‘Beer Rocks’ […]
BeerCast #29 – London BOTY extra
BeerCast #29 – London BOTY Extra. Our London panel couldn’t make it to Edinburgh for our recent Beer of the Year show – but they could get hold of the beer. So our 29th BeerCast podcast is our 2008 BOTY show, take two. There is a slight difference however as Theakston Double Century doesn’t make it to London – so a local replacement was found at the last minute. On the panel today – Andy, Jess and debutant Francis.
1. Theakston XB (4.5%)
2. Hop Back Summer Lightning (5.0%)
3. BrewDog Hardcore IPA (9.0%)
4. Ridgeway Blue (5.0%)
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@thebeercast on twitter
Well there we are, it’s happened, the beercast is on twitter. Now i’m as web 2.0 as the next man, not quite as much perhaps as beercast panellist Elliot Jay-2.0-Stocks but you can see from the top right there, the beercast has it’s fingers in most of the web’s 2.0’y pies. I have to be […]
