Posts Tagged: Scotland and Scots Styles
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 … read more »
Paul Tells A Tale Of Two Beer Festivals
Posted by on Monday, May 7, 2007 in - 2 comments
Bury St Edmunds Corn Exchange, home of the East Anglian Beer Festival • The East Anglian Beer Festival takes place in my hometown of Bury St Edmunds at the end of April. As it is on my doorstep, so to speak, it's a must visit event. I normally pay a visit everyday, but this year was different …
Smoking Bans And Beer
Posted by on Thursday, February 22, 2007 in - 10 comments
Scottish & Newcastle, the UK's biggest brewer, is reporting that it will suffer because of the ban on smoking in pubs - but is that really the case? • “The ban on smoking in public places in England this summer will contribute to falling beer sales across the country, with the number of pints of …
Quick Note: Scottish Ale Draught, Belhaven, Scotland
Posted by on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 in - 12 comments
I have to admit, I am very entertained by 'draught' cans. The pop, the schnick, the whoosh. Guinness, for example, has done this for a few years, which adds a nice head to the beer, Murphy's Irish Stout and Boddington's Pub Ale too. I don't know exactly what that little ball does, but it does pour …
Scotland: Kelpie, Heather Ale Ltd., Strathaven
Posted by on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 in - 3 comments
Seaweed Ale. I eat seaweed in the form of dulse for chewing, nori for sushi rolls, irish moss in my ice cream and tooth paste and no doubt in a a bunch other forms. I have had four other beers by this brewer in the Historic Ales of Scotland four pack that the LCBO has most Christmas times and … read more »
Belhaven Scottish Ale And The Ithaca Coffee Co.
Posted by on Sunday, May 14, 2006 in - 4 comments
Directions to the Ithaca Coffee Company. • As Mike Myers memorably stated "if it's no Scottish, it's crap". I will be spending time this week with some Scots, and so I decided to choose a beer that fit the bill, as it were, to get in the mood. Living now by Ithaca, I can shop at the rather …
Is Twisted Thistle An IPA?
Posted by on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 in - 28 comments
I picked up this beer while on the road and I was immediately in a fix, dealing with cultural confusion. As a son of Scots I know that Belhaven is a fine and reputable brewer of Scots ales bought last year by Greene King...yet I know IPA is not a Scots style. I have discussed this before in …
Scotland: Traquair Jacobite, Peeblesshire
Posted by on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 in - 2 comments
A wee nip of the good stuff for Robert Burns Day. • This dark red-mahogany ale with a beige rim is advertised as ale flavoured with corriander and that is exactly what it is. A big malty brown ale with a load of straight corriander seed flavour. In the malt there is dry fruit like fig and date …
Grrreat Scots!
Posted by on Monday, September 19, 2005 in - 6 comments
Five different takes on scotch ales...three of which are even from Scotland. The two on the ends are from Smuttynose of New Hampshire, left, and Middle Ages of Syracuse, NY to the right. Who can not love a nation of ale that includes the style called heavy and know that it is not even the heaviest …
Five from Scotland
Posted by on Sunday, December 19, 2004 in - 1 comment
Jim Barr, our correspondent from Ayrshire Scotland, has forwarded some great notes on five brews from the old country, three of which are organic. • Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted: Apparently Champion Beer of Britain, 2003 in its cask conditioned form. This is a honey coloured beer with a lot of …
