A food and drink guide to Glasgow’s West End Stephen Emerson March 11, 2015 Beer Features, Drink, Food, Restaurant Review Over time, the borders of what people have considered “the West End” have been redrawn outwards, extending beyond Finnieston, Woodlands, and even up to Charing Cross. This expansion owes a lot to...
After-work pub guide to Edinburgh’s Stockbridge Lindsey Johnstone March 11, 2015 Beer Features, Drink More than just an extended crèche with added cake for Edinburgh's yummy mummies, quaint but chic Stockbridge is also ideal after-work drinking territory: less hectic than George Street or the West End, less...
7 Black IPA, beer review Ray Philp March 8, 2015 Beer Review, Craft Beer, Drink Brewery: Stewart Brewing Style: IPA ABV: 5.0% Stewart Brewing is a relatively established player among Scotland’s beer-makers. Based in Edinburgh since 2004, you can find a Stewart Brewing product in...
6 The Cone, beer review Ray Philp March 8, 2015 Beer Review, Craft Beer, Drink Brewery: Top Out Style: IPA ABV: 6.8% Top Out Brewery, out in Loanhead, says that it combines Scottish and German brewing techniques to make its beer, but on the evidence provided by The Cone, there’s a...
8 Fathom, beer review Ray Philp March 8, 2015 Beer Review, Craft Beer, Drink Brewery: Jaw Brew Style: Stout/Dark Ale ABV: 4.0% Jaw Brew, a Hillington-based brewery a couple months short of its first birthday, is run by husband-and-wife team Mark and Allison Hazell. Born from a...
7 Tornado IPA, beer review Ray Philp March 8, 2015 Beer Review, Craft Beer, Drink Brewery: Windswept Brewing Co. Style: Single Hop Citra IPA ABV: 6.7% Windswept Brewing Co. was set up by two former RAF pilots, Al Read and Nigel Tiddy, more than two years ago. Since 2012, the...
8 Dead Pony Pale Ale, beer review Ray Philp March 8, 2015 Beer Review, Craft Beer, Drink Brewery: BrewDog Style: Californian Pale Ale Abv: 3.8% BrewDog is Scotland’s pre-eminent craft beer brewery. In the eight years that the firm has been brewing in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, it has expanded...
Scottish craft beer events not to miss Sean Murphy March 6, 2015 Beer Features, Craft Beer The Scottish craft beer revolution continues to gather pace with new bars celebrating great beer opening up all across the country. With Scotland also producing some of the best real ale anywhere in the UK,...
5 upcoming Scottish craft beer breweries Jamie Fleming March 4, 2015 Beer Features, Craft Beer We asked Jamie Fleming, manager at the Drygate brewery bar in Glasgow, to pick his top five upcoming Scottish craft breweries to watch out for this year. Black Metal brewery. Edinburgh. Started in...
7 Beer review: Red Rocker Ray Philp March 4, 2015 Beer Review, Craft Beer Red Rocker, the product of a family-run brewery in the Highlands, is a great all-rounder with a firm hoppy style that goes down easily. Brewer: Cromarty Brewing Co. (cromartybrewing.co.uk) Hops: Red Rye...
