With a little over a week to go until the big beery weekend in Edinburgh, I thought I'd propose a pre pub-crawl stroll on the Thursday for anyone arriving early in Edinburgh. My flight gets in at 9AM; so I have plenty of time to kill. The evening crawl takes in some fantastic pubs, but Edinburgh has plenty more available, including a number of venues participating in the Edinburgh Independents Beer Festival (@EIBF)(caution, mammoth post!). My rough plan of attack for the day:A Meet 12noon in the Bow Bar for a quick half (we'll get a chance to come back here later/ before dinner Friday)
1 mile walk
B 12:45 lunch at Chop Chop (awesome trad Chinese food) Haymarket
1 mile walk
C 2:00 Caley Sample Rooms for a few beers (Harbour meet the brewer the night before)
Taxi/walk 3 miles
D Visit Botanic Gardens (free entry) for post dinner stroll if weather up to it
walk 0.5 miles
E 4pm ish Stockbridge Tap (hopefully some weird beard cask/ beavertown keg remaining from the tuesday)
walk 0.5 miles
By this time I reckon we'll be getting hungry again; so onwards!
0.5miles
I 6pm Illegal Jacks for Burritos which is well placed for catching up with the others on the evening tour. Its next door to the Hanging Bat and a short stroll to Cloisters (J), Bow Bar, Brewdog and The Red Squirrel (H)!
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I 6pm Illegal Jacks for Burritos which is well placed for catching up with the others on the evening tour. Its next door to the Hanging Bat and a short stroll to Cloisters (J), Bow Bar, Brewdog and The Red Squirrel (H)!
Other bars/ pubs may be fitted in depending on how long we spend at other places! If that doesn't whet your appetite enough then take a look at my round up of last year's EIBF.
They are some pretty fanastic beer stops in Edinburgh! Well done!(especially Cloisters, a personal favorite)
ReplyDeleteIf you get a chance you should also check Brauhaus on Lauriston place, just around the corner from Cloisers, a dizzing array of world beers (including my favourite;
St. Bernardus Abt 12) and a new little gem I found last time I was over called the Dick bar (no its not what it seems) which have their beers all made by one guy who brews in the building itself, well worth a check out!! http://www.summerhall.co.uk/bar-cafe/
Hi Laura
ReplyDeleteCheers for commenting. I'm familiar with Brauhaus and have found some great beers on keg in there before, but I think there's too many other pubs with events on this coming week to allow any time there!
Barney invited us along to view the brewery on thursday; that may be a plan B if the weather turns out to be poor.