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 […]
The best IPA in Britain
This is, in truth, a post I’ve wanted to write for a long while. A list – my list – of the best IPA’s in Britain. The problem is, every time I sit down and riffle through the selection of names, there are more to consider. Another one arrives seemingly every week. The demand for […]
Here comes the sun…
The arrival of tailbacks on the roads and wasps in the parks can mean only one thing – Spring is here. After enduring months of snow, sleet, winds and haar (something we say every year, only this time it actually happened) the weather is taking a turn for the better. Here in Scotland that means […]
BeerCast #56 – Beer of the Year 2010
BeerCast #56 – Our 2010 Beer of the Year Show! We re-sample four of the highest-scoring beers from our 2010 podcasts and pick a winner. That winner joins our three previous BeerCast Beers of the Year – Anchor Special Ale 2006, HopBack Summer Lightning, and Stone Ruination IPA. On the specially extended panel today – Richard, Grooben, MrB, Andy, Shovels, Jess and a podcast debut for Katie…
1. Tryst Raj IPA (5.5%)
2. Odell Isolation Ale (6.1%)
3. Kernel IPA C.S.C. (7.1%)
4. BrewDog Abstrakt AB:01 (10.2%)
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2010 Beer of the Year Preview
As things wind down over Christmas we traditionally turn our attention towards the annual BeerCast Beer of the Year Show. We tally up the scores achieved by each ale podcasted over the last twelve months, and take the four highest scoring [more on this in a moment] away to a secret location for a re-sample. […]
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 […]
