DemonBrew cease operations
Back in the first few days of the year, we made the short trip along the curve of the outer Forth Estuary to a blisteringly cold Prestonpans, for a brewday with Dave Whyte of DemonBrew. Fast forward three months, and although we’re the other side of Easter, surprisingly the icy weather is only just taking […]
BeerCast brewday with…DemonBrew
Following our first two brewdays – with Alechemy and Ayr Brewing Companies, for our third we got to stay a little closer to Edinburgh. In fact, our destination was within sight of our home (apart from Calum, who resides in the luxuriant ‘burbs of Falkirk). A few miles around the curving coast of the outer […]
Scottish Real Ale Festival 2012 – the beers
The Scottish Real Ale Festival is well and truly open for business – once the doors were unlocked the first hundred people had entered the venue with only thirty-five minutes having elapsed. We covered the details of how the Corn Exchange is working out for the SRAF in yesterday’s post – so today, it’s on […]
What’s brewing in Edinburgh?
Edinburgh has a rich history when it comes to breweries – the golden age at the turn of the twentieth century supported well over thirty in the city. These days, that glorious (if ultimately untenable) number has reduced to a mere one – Slateford’s Caledonian. Their last major competitor, McEwans, was recently demolished for housing […]
Heriot-Watt Beer Festival 2012
That pen is not mine, incidentally Having never been to the Heriot-Watt Beer Festival before, I was told the sun always arrives for a scheduled appearance (making it the exact opposite of the Highland Show). Sure enough, the weather was glorious in Edinburgh yesterday, just in time for the 27th HWFest. They take their beer […]
