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Author Patrick McPartlin

Patrick McPartlin

Patrick McPartlin

Having sampled beers from Vietnam to Boston, Patrick felt it was time to turn his attention to the growing Scottish craft beer scene. Despite what some would call a Rebus-esque attachment to Deuchars IPA, he has turned his attention to smoked porters, hoppy pilsners and roasty stouts and hasn't looked back since.

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Rok IPA, beer review

Patrick McPartlin
July 27, 2015
Beer Review, Craft Beer, Drink
Brewery: Black Wolf Brewery Style: IPA / English Bitter ABV: 4.0% Black Wolf has actually been around for longer than you might think - certainly longer than I had realised. They won their first award...
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RedNESS, beer review

Patrick McPartlin
July 27, 2015
Beer Review, Craft Beer, Drink
Brewery: Loch Ness Brewery Style: Bitter ABV: 4.2% One of the common themes with a lot of micro or craft breweries is that they started off as two or three pals who liked beer who wanted to brew beer and...

Battlefield Rest installs beehives to mark centenary

Patrick McPartlin
June 19, 2015
Producers
One of Glasgow's most well-known restaurants is to install beehives on its roof as part of its 100th birthday celebrations. Battlefield Rest, celebrating its centenary this year, is to put two beehives on...

Five great Scottish gin cocktails

Patrick McPartlin
May 28, 2015
Drink, Gin, Gin Features
Small batch gin is fast becoming one of the most sought after drinks in Scotland. With this in mind we went to the Good Spirits Company on Glasgow’s Bath Street, to speak to spirit expert and mixologist...

Scotland’s distilleries attract record visitor numbers

Patrick McPartlin
May 26, 2015
Drink
Scotland's whisky distilleries have attracted more visitors than ever before, according to new figures. A survey by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) revealed that more than 1.5 million people visited...

Innis & Gunn to open chain of restaurants

Patrick McPartlin
May 22, 2015
Craft Beer, Drink
EDINBURGH brewer Innis & Gunn has revealed plans to open its first restaurant in the capital this summer. The Beer Kitchen is set to open in July on Lothian Road, on the site of former cabaret and...
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Will-o’-the-Wisp, Black Metal Brewery, beer review

Patrick McPartlin
April 28, 2015
Beer Review, Craft Beer
Brewery: Black Metal Style: Smoked Ale ABV: 6% Stablemates of Top Out in Loanhead, Black Metal Brewery, the brainchild of Jaan Ratsep, has unleashed three tipples onto the craft beer scene so...
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Extra Pale, Barney’s Beer, beer review

Patrick McPartlin
April 28, 2015
Beer Review, Craft Beer, Drink
Brewery: Barney’s Beer Style: English Pale Ale ABV: 4% Barney’s has been on the go since 2010, setting up shop at the old Dick Vet college, where the first Summerhall brewery was situated in the...
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Ghost Town, Cromarty Brewery, beer review

Patrick McPartlin
March 17, 2015
Beer Review, Craft Beer
Brewery: Cromarty Brewing Style: Porter ABV: 5.8% Cromarty Brewing Co has made a name for itself since getting the ball rolling in 2011, repeatedly wowing beer-drinkers with products such as Rogue...
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Platform C, Fallen Brewery, beer review

Patrick McPartlin
March 17, 2015
Beer Review, Craft Beer, Drink
Brewery: Fallen Brewing Style: IPA ABV: 6.3% Fallen Brewing has been on the go since around 2007, when Paul Fallen started brewing his own beers at home. Now based out of the old Kippen railway station in...

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