Beer
Scotland’s biggest craft beer festival has a new home
Scotland’s biggest celebration of craft beer has today announced a new home for the event. 2022’s festival will take place in one of the country’s most exciting venues, SWG3 in Glasgow, from 8-9 July. The Glasgow Craft Beer Festival, formerly the Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival, will celebrate great beer, good food and stellar music in…
Read MoreA bright green Apple Soor beer for St Patrick’s Day
The ‘wizards of sours’ at Edinburgh’s Vault City Brewing have launched a luminous green beer to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. The Portobello-based brewery has created a sweet Apple Soor beer that tastes like – you’ve guessed it! – Apple Sourz. The first 250 web orders will receive a free shot glass – perfect for St…
Read MoreBreakfast waffle sour beer is the latest from Vault City
Scotland’s scientists of sour beer have unveiled their latest creation – a beer that tastes just like breakfast. The Fruits of the forest triple-stacked breakfast waffle beer is the latest in a long list of experimental beers by Portobello’s Vault City. Although it’s full of fruit, co-founder Steven Smith-Hay, has urged beer aficionados to avoid…
Read MoreBeer brand doing its bit for the planet and charity
Beer brand Brewgooder has announced new contract deals with two of Scotland’s most renowned craft brewers. It is working with Fierce Brewing and Williams Brothers as it gets set to fulfil an order book of more than £5 million annually by 2024. Brewgooder, which uses a ‘fully-distributed’ brewing model to maximise production capacity while minimising…
Read MoreMy love is like a… Rose Pale Ale
On Valentine’s Day, there’s nothing like saying it with roses. Or, for the less romantic, there’s always Rose Pale Ale. Scottish online drinks specialist Flavourly have partnered with Arcade Beerworks and the Secret Garden Distillery, the UK’s largest grower of the Apothecary Rose to create the ‘romantic’ limited edition craft beer. Produced by Arcade Beerworks…
Read MoreBrewgooder auctions first whisky sour beer for charity
A collaborative ‘whisky sour’ beer is aiming to become one of the most expensive bottles of beer ever auctioned, with all the proceeds going towards supporting clean water charity projects. Brewgooder has joined forces with sour beer heroes Vault City and B Corp distillers Bruichladdich to create the whisky sour beer, inspired by the iconic…
Read MoreIron Brew sour beer sells out in just minutes
An Edinburgh brewery has paid tribute to the Bard and Barr’s with a Burns Night tipple like no other – an Iron Brew sour beer. Vault City, the Portobello-based modern sour beer brewery, has launched a 5.5% ABV beer based on Scotland’s other national drink, which is now sold out after being snapped up by…
Read MoreHaggis beer launches in time for Burns Night
Flavourly have partnered with popular haggis maker Macsween, to produce a limited edition haggis beer perfect for celebrating Burns Night. The Cold Macsween Beer (Haggis beer) was the brainchild of Edinburgh based online drinks specialist Flavourly and uses the exact spice blend from the top secret Macsween Haggis recipe to make the Haggis Spiced Pale…
Read MoreCask and Still Magazine Issue 13
Cask & Still’s 13th edition has an exclusive interview with Outlander star Sam Heughan. He tells us all about his first whisky drinking experience and what makes a great dram. In Bar Snaps, we find whisky heaven on board a luxury cruise ship. We go drinking with the stars, as the cult of celebrity has…
Read MoreNew beer supports Doddie Weir’s foundation
A new beer is being released, to support the charity of former Scotland rugby hero Doddie Weir. St Andrews Brewing Company have announced the release of Mistaken Identity, which supports the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. As with their previous rugby release 38 Year Itch, which celebrated the Scottish Rugby Team’s historic victory at Twickenham, all…
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