Home House tasting

A small but illustrious band of beer enthusiasts gathered last night for a beer tasting at Home House Edinburgh. Home House is a wonderful members' club in the heart of the city, and Colin (the members' champion) is keen to get a beer club up and running. The first event stimulated a lot of debate around four diiferent beers from some of the finest brewers in the country. Keystone's Gold Spice intrigued the guests, and Lia Fail from Inveralmond wowed them. Hopefully there will be more to come over the next few months and more of the UK's finest can be tasted.

Before the ads start!

My Mum always asks us what the kids want for Christmas around midsummer. It is infuriating. Imagine my chagrin at being accused of thinking about Christmas even before the ads start on television! Fergus the brewer (who is making our featured Christmas beer this year) did just that today! I am suitably chastised.... but he's the one with the recipe ready! And here is a picture of him doing so. Bah, humbug!

Hash harriers at Inveralmond Brewery

Fergus at Inveralmond has just let me know that a group of hash harriers are visiting the brewery on Saturday. They will have a run, then a pint or two (probably more), then head up to Glenshee. This group is a 'bra & pants' harrier group because, well you can probably guess.