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!

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.

To the fore!

Off to visit Turnhouse Golf Club. They are interested in having mini-casks with their club logo. Should be interesting as, for the man who has everything, draught beer at home is a nice gift! Maybe the golf widows will see the benefit of having a 19th hole at home! They are also interested in a tasting which, let's face it, is a wonderful social event and a great excuse to drink some of the finest beers in the country!

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!