A year of beer!

What do you get the beer lover who has everything? A year of beer! We have had our first few customers for the 'year of beer offer': 12 different mini-casks of top quality craft beer dispatched on the first Monday of every month for 12 months for £274.99 (including all packing and delivery). Some exceptions apply, but this is a cracking offer.

Linlithgow RFC

I've had some great news. Linlithgow RFC want to go ahead and do a special beer for their club! I have been invited along to do some sampling on 1 December, and the beers will be 'launched' then. Getting craft beer to new customers in this way is very rewarding as not only is it 'spreading the word', it also helps club funds. Everyone wins!

Famous beer lovers

I was watching Dr Who with the kids and remembered that John Simm was alleged to be a real (or craft) beer lover. It got me thinking about other famous beer lovers and also those celebrities used to advertise beer in the past. My favourite story is that Clint Eastwood only drinks Newcastle Brown Ale (go ahead, punk... make my day, wie aye!). But I am sure you have others.

Can you match the celebrity with the beer they helped advertise?

Peter Kay/Rutger Hauer/Jennifer Aniston/Jonathan Ross/Nick Hancock

Harp/John Smith's/Randalls/Heineken/Guinness

Ireland calling

I had a good chat with an Irish craft brewer this morning. Craft brewing is really developing in Ireland but there is a reticence amongst consumers to try cask conditioned prefering instead to stick to mainstream brands or mainstream 'me too's'. Pity really. We get customers from Ireland deperate for real beer but we can't help them at the moment. Who knows what might happen in the future though.

Strathkendrick RFC

Had a great chat today with Barry from Strathkendrick RFC. He is interested in putting on a beer festival to coincide with their 7's tournament in April next year and possibly a tasting evening for the club members. Beer and rugby obviously go together, but in today's professional world it is refreshing to see grass shoots enthusiasm for using beer festivals to bring club members and the community together. Not so sure about wearing one of the new tight lycra jerseys though. I'd scare people (including myself) wearing those!