… at the end of every year.
This was the title of one of the few Beatles songs that never had any official re-release. (Since you asked, it’s on their Christmas album, distributed to their fan club members only.)
Well, one country where they have started celebrating is Sweden, with an impressive list of Christmas beers at the [...]
Archive for the ‘Scotland’ Category
Everywhere it’s Christmas
Posted in Christmas beer, Scotland, Sweden, beer, travel, tagged Beatles Christmas Album on November 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Scottish update
Posted in Scotland, beer, craft beer on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The courier company has promised to look into the issue. When I worked in a transport company 30 years ago, we had routines of informing the sender or the receiver if we were unable to deliver a package.
Meanwhile, some of the Williamson beers are avaialble in an Oslo supermarket. There must be 15 Scottish beers [...]
Scottish mystery
Posted in Scotland, beer, craft beer on October 12, 2009 | 6 Comments »
It’s not my fault that I havent’t blogged about the new beers from the Williams Bros in Scotland. It is not their fault either, they sent me a box months ago.
It seems to have vanished. In the middle of a word. A tracking system is not too impressive if it goes like this:
01/08/2009
06:22:00
London Colney
Held – [...]
The BrewDog guys again
Posted in Scotland, beer, beer blogs, beer marketing, brewing, craft beer on September 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Yes, it has 1.1% alcohol, but it also, I quote, contains more hops than any other beer we have ever brewed. There is over 60 kilos used in our tiny 20HL batch. It contains more hops than any other beer ever brewed in the UK. It has a theoretical IBU of 225.
The BrewDog brews – the verdict
Posted in Scotland, beer, beer marketing, craft beer on August 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There were four different beers in the box from BrewDog. Trying to control myself, I have only tasted three of them so far. The last one is the Rake Raspberry Imperial Stout, which I had on cask last year, possibly my best beer of 2008.
5 AM Saint is a prototype, meaning they will possibly adjust [...]
Straight from the Dog
Posted in Scotland, beer, beer marketing, brewing, craft beer on August 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
There is rarely anything interesting in the mailbox nowadays. Sure, there are books and dvds ordered on the web, which hardly comes as surprises, but apart from that it’s mostly flyers for groceries and furniture. Even the bills tend to turn up in my e-mail inbox and not on paper.
But there are exceptions. Like the [...]