Stewert Brewing

on Oct 21 in Breweries, JOGLE 2010 by Sam

Stuart Brewing are located just outside of Edinburgh and we made our way to them just after fixing up the troublesome rear wheel in at Edinburgh Cycles.  After missing out on the pubs in Edinburgh due to this we were thirsty for some good beer, and generally the beer we tried was from Stewart was good, no exquisite but still they are very nice.

 We were guided round the small brewery by one of the brewers (can’t remember his name though- sorry!).  This was really good and we got to try one of the wheat beers that he was currently experimenting which we noted was lovely and fresh and citrusy tasting.  We also tried a selection of the breweries beer. Stewart Brewing beers that particularly stood-out for us as were Doppelbock (a 7 % ABV dark, malty bock style beer) and Edinburgh Gold (a smooth golden, hoppy ale).  One little thing that we did note that spoilt some of the taste of all the beers we tried was the over-carbonation, this in a way masked some of the flavours.

 The brewery is definitely on the rise and were looking to move premises very soon so they will not need to keep the current brewery on the go 24 hours a day! 

 After stocking up on beers to taste in the next hostel we headed off on what was a rather longer and harder than anticipated cycle to Melrose.

 Thanks Stewart Brewing