Posts Tagged ‘Beer’
Lidl supermarket introduces a range of Scottish craft beers
As the trend for craft beer continues to grow, Lidl has announced the launch of its first Scottish craft beer festival, which will be on sale from 25th May for a limited time only across all of it 94 stores in Scotland. The new ‘Isle of Ale’ Scottish Craft Beer festival consists of 20 craft…
Read MoreEdinburgh smokehouse is dedicated to reduce food waste
A specialist smokehouse restaurant has become the first in Edinburgh to embrace an eco-friendly initiative which offers fantastic bargains to hungry customers – while reducing food waste. Reekie’s Smokehouse, on Holyrood Road, is an independent, husband-and-wife run restaurant that uses classic American BBQ techniques to smoke top quality local meats with a Scottish twist. …
Read MoreBrooklyn Amici at the Edinburgh Food Studio makes a night of good food, fine friends and rare beers
This June two legends of the culinary world will join forces to create a dinner series unlike anything Edinburgh has seen, or tasted, before! Think bold flavours, mouth-watering aromas and plates full of colour and texture, as Brooklyn Brewery’s Head of Culinary Programming, Andrew Gerson and Edinburgh Food Studio’s Ben Reade come together for three…
Read MoreOrganic, biodynamic and natural wines
PETER RANSCOMBE WINEMAKERS have many motivations for tending their vineyards using organic methods; some want to improve their soil, some want to enliven the taste of their wines and some want to protect the land that’s been home to their family for generations. Vincent Rochette has another reason for farming organically – the health of his…
Read MoreAnother look at lager
PETER RANSCOMBE IT’S been a couple of years since The Grape & The Grain last took a look at Scottish lager and so it’s high time we made like Fagan and reviewed the situation. Since we last attacked the crown caps with a bottle opener, the craft brewing sector has continued to flourish, with the Campaign…
Read MoreBrewing up a storm at Innis & Gunn’s beer kitchen in Glasgow
PETER RANSCOMBE THE first time I interviewed Dougal Sharp was back in 2008 in a pretty non-descript rented office in the middle of Edinburgh. It was an exciting time for the master brewer – he had just led the management buyout of Innis & Gunn, the brand he cofounded in 2003 to make the beer…
Read MorePort of Leith Distillery to return to Edinburgh’s historic whisky district
Whisky distilling will return to Leith with the construction of a state of the art distillery in Edinburgh’s port district beside Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre and The Royal Yacht Britannia; the first purpose-built single malt distillery to be constructed in the capital for over a century. Founded by Ian Stirling and Patrick Fletcher, who grew…
Read MoreScotland’s first social enterprise pub unveils a chef training programme for young people
Scotland’s only social enterprise bar group has unveiled a chef training programme that aims to give disadvantaged young people the necessary qualifications for a career in catering. Beer for Good group said the programme was the next step in the creation of an academy for catering and hospitality staff, and that it was already looking…
Read MoreA boat trip around the Firth of Forth
By Conan D’Agostino Having somehow wriggled off the hook of routine, we looked at each other, our smiles flickering between nervousness of the alien and excitement for the novel and our hands clasped tighter than usual as we waited. There were other people present, as there always are, everywhere, but they appeared as if mannequins –…
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