Well, it’s done. Our Black IPA is sitting waiting to go into cask for the Battle of the Brewers Night 2 : Stewart Brewing vs Harviestoun. I’m so happy with the beer I (almost) don’t care if we win it or not! Feb 2nd at the Cask & Barrel Southside will see both brewery’s beers (X and Y) on the bar. The public will vote one way or another to crown a winner and the gloating/wincing can commence. 

We’ve got enough brewers together to start a five-a -side team. Our first game is Sunday night. Its just a friendly but I’m so unfit it’s going to be a hard shift on Monday morning! After much scratching of heads, we have a team name too. Unfortunately Real Ale Madrid was vetoed by a Barcelona supporting player so we’ve settled on  Hops of Midlothian, very droll  

With the rugby Six Nations upon us, we’ll be brewing the 2012 version of SRA (Stewart’s Rugby Ale) next week. It’s a tasty session ale packed with Nelson Sauvin, Chinook and Styrian Goldings so look out for it. 

I’m also working on a stronger, triple hopped, bottled pale ale for release around March/April. Still in the early stages…

Oh, and Coconut Porter in bottle is paradise!