Category Archives: WINERIES WANDERED

My impressions upon visiting wineries and wine regions.

WEST.WARD.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #13

Posted on April 1, 2013 by waywardwine

After a week in Glasgow, we were ready to move on. Our last day there, we stumbled upon West Brewery. It sat at the far end of Glasgow Green: a river park, smelling of Victorian imperialism and the caramelized malt … Continue reading →

Posted in Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Aberdeen, Alcoholic beverage, Beer, Brewery, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Food, German Purity Law, Glasgow, Glasgow Green, highland cattle, Honey, Microbrewery, Munich, Panda Express, Recreation, Reinheitsgebot, Saint Mungo, St Mungo, United States, West Brewery, Wine tasting descriptors | 2 Comments

AVERAGING.ASPIRATIONS.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #12

Posted on March 25, 2013 by waywardwine

Having dipped a toe in Scottish Whisky Ales, let’s familiarize ourselves with how the Scotts handle and then break the standards. Let’s start with beer that makes water interesting: Lager. This lager spawns from, hold your breath, “Scotland’s most southerly … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Alcohol by volume, Beer, Beer in Scotland, Bevmo, Braveheart, bree, Crabbie's Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer, Crabbies, Edinburgh, Fraoch, gale, Lager, Mel Gibson, peat, Scotch whisky, Scotland, Scottish water, Sulwath Brewery, Traditional Scottish Ales, Whisky Ale, Whitewater Brewery, William Wallace, William Wallace Beer, Williams Bros Brewing Co | Leave a comment

WHISKY.ALE.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #11

Posted on March 18, 2013 by waywardwine

Last week covered Loch Lomond Brewery (click here). Their Whisky Ale showed how Scottish beer could break the hegemony of standard categories (IPAs, Lagers, Stouts), by tapping into something very Scottish: Whisky. Since Whisky is born as beer, distilled a … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Beer, Braveheart, distillery, Edinburgh, Innis & Gunn, Loch Lomond, Loch Lomond Brewery, Oak Aged Beer, peat, Robert the Bruce, Scotland, Stirling, Tullibardine Distillery, United States, Whiskey, Whisky, Whisky Ale, William Wallace | 1 Comment

LOCH.LOMOND.BREWERY.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #10

Posted on March 11, 2013 by waywardwine

The train takes my wife and I from Glasgow to the bonnie, bonnie banks o’ Loch Lomond: yes, that lake from the only Scottish song Americans know. And no, we never take the high road. Kindly Tourist Office directions send … Continue reading →

Posted in Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Ale of Levan, bonnie, bonnie banks, Fiona McEachern, Glasgow, Glasgow University, high road, Loch Lomon Brewery, Loch Lomond, low road, Scotch whisky, Scotland, Travel and Tourism, Vale of Levan, West Dunbartonshire, Whisky, Whisky Ale | 10 Comments

ENTER.THE.HAGGIS.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #9

Posted on March 4, 2013 by waywardwine

I am reunited with my laptop. Let’s get cracking with Scotland. My gig is wine. I rarely drink whisky. But I had heather-tinted glasses on last August. After weeks in Canada and Iceland, my wife and I were touring Scotland. … Continue reading →