I was invited to my friends in Denmark over the New Year, Aarhus to be precise, and decided to go for it – I’m growing a bit tired of the Edinburgh Hogmanay, anyway.  Thanks to our Irish friends I managed to get there quite cheaply, which is always a bonus. That said, I think I’ll… [Continue Reading]

And so, once more, we return to the fantastic world of historic Scottish ale, courtesy of the Williams Brothers. I’ve already reviewed Fraoch, Kelpie, Ebulum and Alba, and the only remaining beer in their historical collection is Grozet. As I don’t want Grozet to feel too lonely, though, I’m also going to review Roisin in… [Continue Reading]

Having reviewed Alba and Fraoch already, I couldn’t resist reviewing their other “Historic Ales” as well. After all, they’ve got that authentically Scottish feel to them and that, in many ways, is what this blog is about. The historic range includes another three ales, but I had my heart set on reviewing them in pairs… [Continue Reading]

The Williams Bros is a Scottish micro brewery that has been around since 1988, famed for their outstanding Heather Ale. While they are mainly known for Fraoch, which is their heather ale, they’ve got several other brews under their belt as well, most of them fantastic. In this post, I thought I’d take a look… [Continue Reading]

This isn’t the first time that I’ve mentioned BrewDog on the blog – they’re a Scottish brewery of modern, bold ales. While they’ve only been around since 2007, they’ve already made quite the name for themselves on a global scale; partly due to the high quality of their products, but partly due to releases such… [Continue Reading]

While whisky is drink of choice in a lot of contexts, I’m not so single minded as to drink nothing else. In fact, I may have sampled an even wider range of beer in my day than I have whisky. Since I think it’s important to try different things in life, and not just stick… [Continue Reading]