With the third iteration of Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival on the horizon (24th and 25th May), organisers We Are Beer wanted to do something a bit different to show an often underrepresented segment of brewing fans what to expect.
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One Square Launches Beer & Spirits Paired Tasting Menu
Billed as the first tasting menu in the capital to pair its dishes with beers and spirits, I was intrigued to try One Square’s newest offering. Having had an AMAZING time at One Spa a few weeks previously, I was looking forward to similarly high standards.
Brewdog Punk AGM 2018: A Tale of Two Burgers
This was our third visit to the AECC for a Brewdog Punk AGM. Partner Raymond has been an Equity Punk since early in the scheme’s launch, whilst my career with small food businesses spurred a keen interest in Brewdog’s insane growth trajectory and marketing approach. Over the years, the AGM has grown…
Experiments in fermentation: the funky side of the kitchen
There comes a time in any foody’s life when you want to recreate specific flavours. With some of us, it’s a desire to cook a perfect 5-star meal. With others, it’s jamming, pickling, drying. Or fermenting. Amy and I have both caught the fermentation bug. Here’s a story about some of…
Craft Beer for the People – The Brewdog Bible
Back in 2011, a nascent love of craft beer brought together myself and now-fiance Raymond. At the time, Brewdog was still a pup, but their hop-forward brews introduced us to a world of schooners, IPAs, mash tuns, festivals, homebrew competitions and more. Grateful for the kickstart, I’ve since enjoyed watching…
Beer with a Cause: Brewgooder Clean Water Lager
I first tasted Brewgooder on World Water Day (March 22nd). I was sent some pretty orange cans to review, and also sampled this socially-minded craft tipple on draft.
A Pate Party: Castle MacLellan
I was intrigued by Castle MacLellan’s suggestion of hosting a Pate Party, in order to sample their pate range in the company of friends. Always a fan of alliteration, I was quickly persuaded to give their pates a try. For our Pate Party, we got together on bonfire night (sorry…
Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival Preview
Amy recently attended a preview of the Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival (24th-26th November) at Six Degrees North.
Dinner and drinks at Foundry 39
As soon as I arrived at Foundry 39, I felt at ease amongst the familiar on-trend fittings – wood, brick, steel, light bulb filaments – and the large menu of modern pub grub favourites, many of which caught my eye. The Black & Gold burger with black pudding, double cheese…
We’ve made Scotland’s first toast beer
Why toast beer? Recently Tesco announced how much of the food it sells goes to waste. The majority of it was bread. Even artisan bakeries have bread that’s not sold. So what can be done with it? When I was training in France, you can imagine how much bread we…