Exclusive: TSA to re-brand: “We’ve been at the back for too long”
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been hearing variations of the same story from more than one Edinburgh publican. Someone enters, politely introduces themselves as being from Traditional Scottish Ales, and asks if they would be interested in taking TSA’s beers in the near future. Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be much of a story – walk-ins […]
Scottish Real Ale Festival 2010
Following the announcement that Highland Orkney Blast was awarded the 2010 Champion Beer of Scotland, it was time to pay a visit to the festival as a punter and sample some of the new and unusual beers on offer this year. Nobody attends the SRAF to drink Deuchars IPA, after all. As ever, the larger […]
Scottish Real Ale Festival 2009 – Day 1
Edinburgh is a city well known for festivals, and fortunately for us on the BeerCast they aren’t just restricted to the arts. The 2009 Scottish Real Ale Festival has rolled around again, held at the Assembly rooms on George Street. As promised in our recent preview we turned up with high expectations, given the impressive […]
BeerCast #1 – Count the Shillings
BeerCast #1 – Count the Shillings. Welcome to the BeerCast! A brand new podcast for all your beery needs. Richard and Shovels broadcast from a secret location in Edinburgh, reviewing beers and discussing news from the brewing world. In our debut podcast, we tackle the classic Scottish style – 80/-
1. TSA William Wallace (4.5%)
2. Belhaven St Andrews Ale (4.6%)
3. Caledonian Golden Promise (4.5%)
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