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Caledonian Burns Ale ABV: 4.7% Origin: Edinburgh, Scotland Website: www.caledonianbeer.com First published: 5 February 2001 Another review from the archive written for the pioneering Oxford Bottled Beer Database (OBBD). I’ve left it uncorrected — so please read it in that historical spirit. Caledonian is no longer “proudly independent”: Scottish Courage became involved in […] Williams Brothers Brewery ABV: 4.4% Origin: Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Website: www.williamsbrosbrew.com First published: 5 February 2001 Another review from the archive written for the pioneering Oxford Bottled Beer Database (OBBD). I’ve left it uncorrected — so please read it in that historical spirit. At the time of writing, the beer was brewed at […] Harviestoun Old Engine Oil ABV: 6% Origin: Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Website: www.harviestoun.com First published: 8 January 2001 Another review from the archive written for the pioneering Oxford Bottled Beer Database (OBBD). I’ve left it uncorrected — so please read it in that historical spirit. Old Engine Oil hadn’t been around very long […] Tempest Brave New World Top Tastings 2012 ABV: 7.8% Origin: Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland Website: www.tempestbrewingco.com In May 2012 I hosted an IPA tasting downstairs at Mason & Taylor in Shoreditch – one of my favourite new craft beer bars in London until BrewDog made them an offer they couldn’t refuse. Manager Steve […] European Beer Bloggers Conference 2012 ABV: 7% Origin: Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Website: www.williamsbrosbrew.com Williams Brothers Brewery Alloa is the largest town in Clackmannanshire, central Scotland – once the smallest Scottish county in the days when the country still had them. A hundred years ago the town ranked alongside Burton upon Trent, Edinburgh, London […] Top Tastings 2011 ABV: 3.8% Origin: Cairndow, Argyll & Bute, Scotland Website: www.fyneales.com Fyne Ales Jarl Cask golden ales are now as ubiquitous in Britain as traditional bitter, and most, it’s sad to say, make for relatively bland, if refreshing, drinking. One of the ways some of them are marking themselves out is […] Beer sellers: Scottish Real Ale Shop; Top Tastings 2011 ABV: 4% Origin: Larbert, Falkirk, Scotland Website www.trystbrewery.co.uk Tryst Drovers 80/- Tryst is a strong candidate for the list of the most underrated breweries in the UK — I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad beer from this micro just outside Falkirk. […] Beer sellers: Scottish Real Ale Shop ABV: 4.5% Origin: Throsk, Stirling, Scotland Website: www.traditionalscottishales.com, www.theladeinn.com Traditional Scottish Ales Lade Inn LadeBack In 2003, the owners of the delightful Lade Inn in the Trossachs near Callander decided to add to the pub’s attractions by opening a microbrewery in an outbuilding, developing a range of […] Beer sellers: Scottish Real Ale Shop ABV: 4.5% Origin: Pitlochry, Perth & Kinross, Scotland Website: www.moulininn.co.uk Moulin Brewery Real Ales Special Brews From one of Scotland’s (and the UK’s) smallest and most scenically situtated breweries comes this bottle conditioned rarity in an intriguingly screen printed bottle. It’s from the village of Moulin, actually […] Beer sellers: Scottish Real Ale Shop ABV: 6% Origin: Swannay, Orkney, Scotland Website: www.highlandbrewingcompany.co.uk Highland (Swannay) Orkney Blast One of Britain’s most northerly breweries and one of its more ambitious, the Highland Brewing Company’s Swannay Brewery was established by Rob Hill, formerly with the Orkney Brewery, originally as a beer firm that contracted […] |
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