Community Pubs
In Britain, public houses are often presented as a vital part of the landscape – a place where everyone can gather, as equals. Viewed as the centrepiece of our communities, CAMRA go so far as to say “Pubs are the best social networking sites” on the website for their Community Pubs Month, the inaugural running […]
The Camden Town Brewery Bar!
Last weekend, the entire BeerCast team relocated to Camden for the wedding of Andy and Jess, who were married there amidst much merriment and blazing sunshine. Spending a few days in London was the perfect excuse to visit some great pubs and bars, particularly given the decidedly un-Edinburghian weather in the other capital. High on […]
Edinburgh Beer Weekly 23/07 – 29/07
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 […]
Legal challenge to minimum pricing
Back in May, we wrote our latest post about minimum pricing, the day after 50p had been announced by the Scottish Government as the proposed level. In that post, we suggested the following:- The Scottish Government has a target of doubling Scotland’s exports by 2017 – and as whisky constitutes 20% of the current figure […]
Old Worthy Pale Ale – reviewed
Last month, we wrote about one of the new players about to enter the Scottish market – Old Worthy Beer, who are planning to launch in mid-August. Initially contracting to the Isle of Skye Brewery at Uig, they will be putting out a single beer – a Scottish Pale Ale brewed with heather honey and […]
Edinburgh Independents Beer Festival – in pictures!
So, the Edinburgh Independents’ Beer Festival wound up yesterday in star hangover-studded party at Holyrood 9A. The day before, I attempted to get round all eight pubs participating in the festival, taking photos on the way. Something of the homage to the excellent Walking and Crawling blog – which you really should follow, if you […]
