Golden Pints 2013
As we approach the new drinking year – and all the best for 2014 to everybody, of course – it’s time to look back and run through my Golden Pints for 2013. Once again, it’s been a fantastic year for British beer. Long may it continue! Now, where did I put that bottle opener… Best […]
Where else would you rather be, right now?
As the latest storm lashes our soggy and hatches-battened islands, there really are only a few options on where to go if you’re brave enough to venture outside. You don’t have to, of course; you can stay indoors, keeping one eye on the floodwaters and the other on Call of Duty. After all, until the […]
Brewery of the Year, 2013 – Buxton
There’s a neat symmetry to this; the very first thing I wrote this year, right back on the 3rd of January, was the annual BeerCast ‘breweries to watch’ post. Twelve months later, the very last thing to come from this battered keyboard in 2013 is the nomination of one of those producers as the brewery […]
Best new beers of 2013…the best of the rest
Last week, as is traditional for the second week of December, the BeerCast was turned over to the newcomers – the six best new British beers of 2013. They were, in my eyes (in order of release):- Harbour Aji Limon IPA Magic Rock Salty Kiss Tempest Old Parochial Fyne Ales/Wild Beer Cool as a Cucumber […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 16/12 – 22/12
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 […]
Best new beers of 2013…Beavertown Stingy Jack
So, the final beer in our six-parter best-of list for 2013 is a pumpkin beer from east London. Not something that I ever thought I would write, but there you go – once again it proves how creatively planned, perfectly executed beers even in styles we don’t like can still surprise us… Stingy Jack (7.2%) […]
