Posts Tagged: Scotland and Scots Styles
Jack Frost Takes On Innis + Gunn Blonde And Wins
Posted by on Monday, January 24, 2011 in - 1 comment
Not my finest artwork but that is an image of Jack Frost as a Union General saving the day by clearing out malaria as an avenging weapon in the great cause. No such luck in the present case. See, UPS delivered two parcels today both marked for me, each including two bottles of Scotland's Innis …
Beer News: "It's Not My Country But..." Edition
Posted by on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 in - 5 comments
I am a lazy beer blogger. An intensely lazy one. I have not yet sent out the four prize packages that I am duty bound to mail to winners in Ontario, Norway, Costa Rica and the Czech Republic. Sure there were Christmas parties needing attending and holiday travel and also a cold that won't go away …
Twenty Years Ago, A Christmas Eve In Scotland
Posted by on Friday, December 24, 2010 in - 4 comments
One of my favorite Christmas Eves was twenty years ago tonight, in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. I was visiting my uncle, auntie and cousins and had settled into a week long stay. It didn't take long for it to seem like to everyone in the village I was that "coosin frae Gan-ee-der." People …
Scotland: Paradox Islay #004, BrewDog, Aberdeenshire
Posted by on Saturday, September 25, 2010 in - 2 comments
What a mess. I hadn't realized the label was made of hard card stock stuck on with two-sided sticky tape. I might take it down to the lab and get James' near teen DNA off of it. Bottle 131 of 200. By opening it, I probably just threw away the 100 bucks I could get from some guy in Kansas on eBay …
"...The Proposal Would Help Tourism To The Area"
Posted by on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 in - leave a comment
You know, we say a lot of good things about beer and pubs. We like to think good things, too. Think that our little hobby, our habit is not something that should be a bother to others. Sure there is plenty of evidence to the contrary but this one little tale of one little pub just sticks with me …
Hooray - I Love Being Told I Am Stupid - So Should You
Posted by on Sunday, July 25, 2010 in - 6 comments
Update: To be fair, when I heard about their tattoo promotion I immediately thought "damn, you have to be at the pub on opening night...." • Am I supposed to cheer along with the giving of the finger to 99.998% of customers for the sake of marketing? Or is this supposed to be Dada beer? Who …
Scotland: Oak Aged 2006, Innis & Gunn, Edinburgh
Posted by on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 in - 7 comments
I have had this in the stash for a while but there is plenty of BAer respect so I should be pleased with myself for being so full of self control. The key is, of course, loading the stash with so much that you forget what you have. And layers of heavy boxes. Place them in the way and, well, who …
Denmark: Helene Heather, Nørrebro Bryghus
Posted by on Thursday, June 3, 2010 in - leave a comment
You know that you've been hanging out with the wrong crowd when you have a sip of a new beer and think it tastes like Pimms or rather those cucumber sticks that sit soaking in Pimms. But it sort of does. The taste opens. Soon the aroma is like a lumber yard in a light damp rain. My guess at rye in …
Err... About The Pub As A Campaign Issue
Posted by on Sunday, May 16, 2010 in - 1 comment
So, when the government gets the boot and is replaced by a coalition you know that what plays out is the true feeling of the population mixing with the true intentions of the parties. And, all of the sudden, it seems like the pub is not the flavour of the month with the new British government …
Is Gin Lane Being Rebuilt With "Kamikaze" Prices?
Posted by on Thursday, May 6, 2010 in - 1 comment
Shock and outrage in Scotland with prices for beer dropping to, frankly, insanely low levels: • Nationalist backbencher Ian McKee said: “What’s being reported as a kamikaze supermarket beer war has started in advance of the World Cup.” Caseloads of 24 cans of popular brands are being sold for as …
