Posts Tagged: Scotland and Scots Styles
Next, CAMRA To Blame Social And Economic Equality
Posted by on Sunday, September 14, 2008 in - 5 comments
My folks came out of industrial Scotland a little over fifty years ago now. Even in the 1950s the end was near for the shipyards where at least three generations of we folk had riveted and steering gear fitted their way to a pretty modest level of economic despair. • When their chances came …
BrewDog Is Encouraging You To Do Bad Bad Things
Posted by on Thursday, July 10, 2008 in - 1 comment
What a burden it must be to be a firm with cheeky humour in a land...known for its cheeky humour. What would Billy Connelly say about this new move by the clearly irresponsible madmen in charge of this brewery?!? • Earlier this year BrewDog, the award-winning microbrewery, faced being …
Scotland: The Physics, BrewDog, Aberdeenshire
Posted by on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 in - 3 comments
Aberdeenshire, eh. My people are west coasters, industrial Red Clyde folk. I do have an Aberdeen jersey somewhere. And it's red. Not amber, though. I always think of amber beers as the default setting for the toggle switch, more about what isn't in the beer than what is. Yet this is my first …
Scotland: Dark, Isle of Arran Brewery, Brodick, Arran
Posted by on Monday, April 14, 2008 in - 4 comments
But for the invasion of Hungary and the Suez crisis, I might be very familiar with this beer. My people are from the part of Scotland that looks across at Arran and, but for that little thing about getting out before WWIII started, I might have grown up there myself. • Rummy scents on the pop of …
Ontario: Scottish Pale Ale, Neustadt, Bruce County
Posted by on Thursday, March 13, 2008 in - leave a comment
A Scotch ale from the good people of rural south-western Ontario's Neustadt Springs Brewery. And in a can. Our masters at the LCBO (aka "the government store") have decided that the 473 ml can is the way to go and those wanting to sell through them do well to fall in step. The best thing about it …
Knut Goes To Scotland
Posted by on Monday, September 3, 2007 in - 3 comments
The trend of splitting up European nations into smaller units seems to be over for the time being. There is Kosovo, of course. And then, possibly, a part of a union that has lasted for centuries, and where nationalism seemed to us outsiders to be mostly a joke. Scotland. I've been in Scotland …
Brewery Focus: Hebridean Gold, Isle of Skye Brewing, Scotland
Posted by on Sunday, July 22, 2007 in - leave a comment
The third of the trio from Isle of Skye Brewing, this one is a pale oat ale. I am looking forward to this. • This ale pours a bright burnished gold with a fine white froth and rim being sustained by very active carbonation. On the nose pale ale graininess as well as a fruity yeast tang. In the …
Brewery Focus: Black Cuillin, Isle of Skye Brewing, Scotland
Posted by on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 in - leave a comment
After an evening of bottling hefeweizen, time for something without notes of pineapple, banana, cloves and white pepper. The second in the series on the beers of the Isle of Skye Brewing Company, this 4.5% brew is described by the brewer simply as "the dark one, brewed with rolled roast oatmeal …
Brewery Focus: Red Cuillin, Isle of Skye Brewing, Uig, Scotland
Posted by on Tuesday, July 3, 2007 in - leave a comment
In an effort to bring a bit more organization to things around here, I am adding another series called Brewery Focus - until I think of a better name. The first three posts in the series are going to be about three brews from the Isle of Skye Brewing Company from the bit of the Old Country my …
One Brewery For Every 120 People
Posted by on Thursday, May 31, 2007 in - 2 comments
That is the dream, right? Well they are living the dream in the land of my forefathers on the island of Colonsay off western Scotland according to this report from last month in the BBC: • “The brewery was officially opened by islander Dougie McGilvray, 98, at a ceremony attended by about half …
