Smoke & Mirrors Our Beer Man’s Verdict Another day brings yet another pub opening in Leith. Shortly after the recent opening of the excellent Nauticus on Duke Street, Smoke & Mirrors is now open for business.  With a low-key exterior which looks unfinished to the point of looking unopened, this sister bar to the nearby …

Nauticus Our Beer Man’s verdict The Nauticus doesn’t immediately seem like the most obvious fit for Duke Street in Leith. A new venture from the co-owners of Panda & Sons and Hoot The Redeemer and local bar hero Kyle Jamieson, it has just opened in the former site of the Parlour near to Easter Road. …

St Andrew’s Brewery Company The takeover of the unloved former Potting Shed at Potterrow by St Andrew’s Brewing had completely passed me by until Blythe reviewed its food in April.Exterior I made a mental note to visit once it had settled down – so, a couple of months later, popped in on a sunny midweek …

The Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival 2018 Our Beer Man’s Verdict I raved about the Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival when it debuted in the city last year. It seemed to be a big hit – arriving fully-formed and giving Edinburgh’s excellent beer scene a festival to match. So I’m delighted to report that this year’s event …

BrewDog Lothian Road Our Beer Man’s Verdict BrewDog spews out so much juvenile, ill-judged bullshit it can be easy to forget that it once produced some really good beer.Interior Strip away the artifice, and few could disagree that the Ellon-based brewery’s impact on the current UK beer scene has been significant, influencing a younger generation …