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“O gude ale comes and gude ale goes,Gude ale gars me sell my hose, Sell my hose, and pawn my shoon, Gude ale keeps my heart aboon.”– Robert Burns, 1795
It is that annual celebration of Scotland’s national poet, where we all find an excuse to cook a haggis, buy a bottle of Scotch and enjoy some jovial banter around the dinner table.
Robert Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, was born in 1795 near Ayr and was largely home schooled. He started work on his vast poetry and lyric canon aged 15 during breaks while labouring at a farm, often talking about the tough life in rural Scotland also earning him the epitaph as the Ploughman Poet. Burns had a difficult life dying at the age of only 37, but he what he left on parchment will never be forgotten and is celebrated around the world, especially on January 25, his birthday, when Burns suppers will be enjoyed around the world. To celebrate we’ve put together a wee case of big Scottish beers to help your Burns Supper go with your recital of Auld Lang Syne. All together: “And surely you'll buy your pint cup!and surely I'll buy mine!And we'll take a cup o' kindness yet,for auld lang syne.” Harviestoun / Ola Dubh Special Reserve 12 years / 8%This would taste amazing with haggis. Ola Dubh (‘Black Oil’) is the unique lovechild of Harviestoun Brewery and Highland Park distillery and a development of their Engine Oil Porter, this deliciously rich, dark, 8% a.b.v. beer is the first beer to be aged in malt whisky casks from a named distillery. Harviestoun Ola Dubh 12 year old won United Kingdom's Best Wood Aged Beer at the World Beer Awards 2015.
The original craft beer! Williams Bros. Fraoch Heather Ale is brewed according to a 4,000-year-old recipe. Made with heather and bogmyrtle, the taste is light with flavours of heather, herbs, spice, and perhaps peat coming through. Florals and berries come through on the nose. Finishing clean and smooth, this speciality ale is at once exotic and familiar.
Brewdog / Restorative Beverage for Invalids and Convalescents / 8.5%
The ‘father of Pharmacology’ Dr Jonathan Pereira in 1843 wrote: “The Indian Pale Ale is carefully fermented, so as to be devoid of all sweetness, or, in other words, to be dry; and it contains double the usual quantity of hops. It forms, therefore, a most valuable restorative beverage for invalids and convalescents.” Supposed health benefits aside, Brewdog's Restorative Beverage is a hugely hoppy and powerfully bitter IPA - a must try for Born to Die fans.
Stewart Brewing / Black IPA / 5%
A jet-black pour is topped off by a creamy tan head. Notes of pine, grapefruit and orange-y citrus are complemented by hints of coffee, roasted malts, and caramel. With all of the hop character the finish is not as bitter as one would think, instead it is smooth and easy-drinking.
Fyne Ales / Pipers Gold / 3.8%
Piper's Gold has a delicate floral aroma, followed by flavours of juicy orange and zesty lemon peel layered over a firm malty backbone. This 3.8% ABV golden session beer is fresh and thirst-quenching, with a lingering bitterness and balanced finish.
Father’s Day, 19th June 2022, is the special date in the calendar when we celebrate and give a nod to the Dads in our lives. It’s an excuse to spoil them with a little something to say thank you for being awesome. If you’re looking for inspiration for a craft beer-loving Dad, then check out our top 7 Father’s Day beer gifts.
Every year, Beer Hawk releases a lineup of limited edition craft beer mixed cases for the holiday season. This year's lineup of festive Christmas beer gifts is guaranteed to put a smile on everyone’s face.
Remember the childhood excitement of opening a new door on your advent calendar every day in the run up to Christmas? It gave each day a little sparkle of festive magic, even though those tiny chocolates behind the doors were always a bit rubbish. How would you like to recapture that childhood magic, but with bottles of delicious beer instead of powdery chocolate? Sounds amazing, right? In that case, you need to get your hands on our Craft Beer Advent Calendar.
Pairing beer and food together isn’t all rules and science. That would make for a terribly boring dinner party! Instead, it’s the art of taking a good beer, some good food and partnering them together to make something even better. It’s the adventure of discovering what works, what doesn’t and what you like. It’s you taking a bite, taking a sip and then declaring your undying love for that imperial stout and chocolate cake.
Barrel-ageing beers is not a new thing, but it is getting more and more popular, and has probably never been as inventive. Adrian Tierney-Jones explores the new wave of ageing beer in wood
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