Barney’s Brewery – Edinburgh’s newest micro
The other week, I finally managed to look round Edinburgh’s newest brewery – the first to open inside the bypass for many years. Having moved the short distance from Falkirk, Barney’s Brewery began operating at Summerhall back in July, and were immediately pitched into the craziness of the festival. Now things have settled somewhat, it […]
In praise of…The Marble Arch
Manchester has no shortage of great pubs, and for someone travelling there from some distance away, stumbling around and discovering them is a great pastime. However, a couple of weeks ago I was down for the IndyManBeerCon and managed to combine the festival with a specific, targeted visit to one of the city’s institutions. I’d […]
BeerCast brewday with…Alechemy Brewing
As beer fans, nothing beats spending the day with a professional brewer, learning the tricks of the trade and finding out exactly what happens. On Friday, we arranged to head the short distance to Livingston and brew with Dr James Davies of Alechemy Brewing Company. It was certainly good beer-making weather – torrential rain lashing […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 15/10 – 21/10
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 […]
Bow Bar 2012 Oktoberfest – Preview
Edinburgh’s legendary Bow Bar may be about as far-removed from a Munich bier garden as you can get, but from tomorrow something very exciting will connect the two. Yes, that time of year has rolled around again – it’s Oktoberfest (or OktBowFest as we should call it, in today’s beer festival parlance). For eight days, […]
New Scottish Brewery – Elixir Brewing Co
I had an idea about how it should taste, and this is pretty close As we’ve discussed many times before – and with increasing regularity these days – the major downside of jumping into the contract-brewing game is that you really aren’t sure how that keenly-awaited first batch will turn out. With a home-brewing background […]
