The Beer Nut

I had the beer poured and was preparing to take the first sip when the question struck me. Spearhead Hawaiian Style Pale Ale  is brewed in...

New Irish beers have been coming in so thick and fast lately that I think I'll just have to do occasional round-ups, of those that I act...

It's the last lap of west Edinburgh pubs today, starting with a cheeky half pint of Nicholson's Porter grabbed at The Haymarket d...

The Caledonian Brewery squats sulkily below Slateford Road in western Edinburgh. It's a mid-Victorian redbrick, now the property of Hein...

When Reuben and I went to Edinburgh for the autumn 2013 meeting of the European Beer Consumers Union , the weekend before last, most of th...

My last Belgian beer was the most feminine one in the fridge. In the interests of gender balance I'm following it with the blokeiest: D...

Back in the old days, Irish beer consisted of lager, stout and red ale. In the early days of Irish microbrewing you might have got a wheat b...