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Wings over Scotland | Labour fury as Salmond endorses HitlerWe mean , of course. The First Minister recently gave a special interview to The Late Late Show in the US, which was broadcast last night, in which he warmly and repeatedly endorses Mr Hitler – or more accurately his alter-ego, the show’s Scottish pr...
Brewdog at it again: they were apparently cheated out of an award by drinks giant Diageo, but they have now turned this totally around to what seems to be a PR coup for them and disaster for the big boys.
They had the hashtag #andthewinnerisnot trending worldwide on Twitter ( http://rki.lt/Js6L6s ) and the Diageo entry in Wikipedia has already been updated to include the scandal.
The 2012 BII Scotland Annual Awards: Celebrating success in the license trade in Scotland. BII are an organisation () whose mission is to raise standards in licensed retail. The awards on Sunday 6 th May were a huge glitzy affair held at the Grand Ce...
Amazing climb-down by the giants already! The power of social media and being able to spin things.
Pete Brown's Beer Blog: Someone (formerly?) at Diageo is probably having trouble sitting down at the moment...Pete Brown's Beer Blog: Someone (formerly?) at Diageo is probably having trouble sitting down at the moment...
“We would like to apologise unreservedly to BrewDog and to the British Institute of Innkeeping for this error of judgement and we will be contacting both organisations imminently to express our regret for this unfortunate incident.”
I see our friends at The Drum have reported this story. Wonder if it will make it onto the Scottish telly news.
Shamed Diageo at centre of social media storm after 'blackmailing' BrewDog out of beer awardDrinks giant Diageo has apologised "unreservedly" to BrewDog after it was accused of 'blackmailing' the Scottish brewery out of a drinks industry award.
I love this quote at the end of their article;
"As for Diageo, once you cut through the glam veneer of pseudo corporate responsibility this incident shows them to be a band of dishonest hammerheads and dumb ass corporate freaks. No soul and no morals, with the integrity of a rabid dog and the style of a wart hog."
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class! You think they would have checked the engraving on the trophy first. I mean you can't rub it out and put another name up there at the last minute!More
Hooray! In the main stream media (although still local "North" section).
BrewDog accuses drinks giant of 'dirty tricks' over industry award | Aberdeen & North | News | STVThe owners of independent brewery BrewDog were prevented from picking up an industry award by global drinks giant Diageo.
Even NewsThump have picked up on the story with this amusing take.
Diageo to actively prevent you having fun unless you’re drinking their alcoholGlobal drinks manufacturer Diageo has extended its current bully-boy tactics to sending staff members into bars and clubs to ruin the nights of drinkers enjoying competing products.
Better late than never!
Diageo issues apology to Brewdog following bar awards debacle - Scotland - Scotsman.comBrewdog: Voted bar operator of the year. Picture: Neil Hanna
The story has even been brought up in parliament!
"*S4M-02855 Mark McDonald: And The Winner Is Brewdog, Eventually—That the Parliament condemns Diageo for what it sees as its attempt to deny Fraserburgh-based, BrewDog, the Bar Operator of the Year 2012 prize at the British Institute of Innkeeping ceremony; congratulates BrewDog on its success in becoming what is believed to be the largest … independent brewery in Scotland; notes the opportunities that exist for the company’s growth in UK and international markets; further notes the partnership that BrewDog and Scottish Enterprise have built; celebrates Scottish Enterprise’s success in creating thriving international businesses, particularly through its Overseas Market Support, and congratulates BrewDog on its success in being eventually awarded the Bar Operator of the Year prize.
Supported by: Joe FitzPatrick*, Gordon MacDonald*, Mary Fee*, Dennis Robertson*, Rob Gibson*, John Finnie*, Angus MacDonald*, Patrick Harvie*, George Adam*, Stuart McMillan*, Maureen Watt*"More
Section F: Motions and Amendments - Parliamentary Business : Scottish ParliamentMotions and amendments are normally printed the day after they are lodged. If an amendment is lodged to a motion then the original motion will appear alongside the amendment, along with any support lodged that day, in this section.
I haven't listened to this all the way through since a friend nicked my tape back in '92. The full version of the single was only available on tape (for obvious reasons).
I've been trying to find this for ages. I thought I had imagined it, but last time I Googled was a while ago. It seems to have appeared online. Great fun!
Brewdog are marketing geniuses. I don't think I've ever seen an advert for them, but they get enormous amounts of press attention. Their latest attention-grabbing scheme is a "crap beer amnesty" to launch the Manchester bar.
BrewDog marks launch of Manchester craft beer bar with ‘crap beer amnesty’ / The Digital NewsroomWe were bored of the industrially brewed lagers and stuffy ales that dominate the UK market. We decided the best way to fix this undesirable predicament was to brew our own beers. Consequently in April 2007 BrewDog was born.Both only 24 at the time, ...
Here's the local view
BrewDog's Clever Idea: Swap Crap Lager For QualityNEW PETER STREET BAR, Brew Dog is calling for the public to hand in ‘crap’ cans of lager to be replaced with quality craft beer as their seventh UK bar opens.
I've never listened to Chris Evans' breakfast show on Radio 2 before, but I caught some of it this morning and it had some excellent tunes on it!... including this by the Sparks, who I've never heard of before today.
They are playing Edinburgh 21 October 2012, if you have a spare £100, but tickets are almost sold out.
Great band. One of the finest experimental camp glam pop acts of their era... Surely you've heard This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both If Us?
Think our favourite at Racket Racket is, The Number One Song In Heaven, produced by Giorgio Moroder... Excellent stuff but not worth a tonne to see... unless money was no object!
A HUNNER QUID!? Think I might give it a miss. How about posting some of their other material, Racket Racket?
Here you go sir.
The above is a remix by an enthusiast I see...
Original this time... Weird but good. Bare with it as well, gets better half way through...
@Racket Racket - I love this song & never in a guilty pleasure sort of way! And now it's stuck in my head for the rest of the day :)
Although I prefer this video for sheer awesomeness. The hair! The dry ice! The soft focus!
Just been letting the others at KILTR taste my Scorpion Death Chocolate I picked up at the Paisley Beer Festival. It's laced with hot chilli and the attached video demonstrates quite well the effect it has, even on someone as drunk as the guy in the video.
Paisley Beer Festival ! Is that not a normal night in Paisley all year round ?
Peter, if only it were possible to get such a fantastic range of beers in Paisley all year round! It's Scotland's biggest beer festival.
Paisley Beer Festival 2012 - Beer List
This is one of the beers shareholders were invited to taste at Brewdog's "Equity for Punks" AGM on Saturday. It's really something very special. I must have had about one-and-a-half bottles of the stuff, which must have been the highlight of an event which was generally excellent.
This beer is being released to commemorate our 5 th Anniversary. Dog A is a beer which originally appeared as AB:04 and was perhaps the most sought after beer we ever brewed. The beer is only available to buy direct from BrewDog (at our AGM, our bars...
Just been letting the others at KILTR taste my Scorpion Death Chocolate I picked up at the Paisley Beer Festival. It's laced with hot chilli and the attached video demonstrates quite well the effect it has, even on someone as drunk as the guy in the video.
This is great. I've got some.
Heather ale gets a whisky finish | Scottish Licensed Trade NewsLimited edition beer Fraoch 22 has been created by Alloa-based craft brewery Williams Bros in conjunction with lowland malt whisky distillery Auchentoshan. The brew is an 11% ABV version of the brewery’s Fraoch Heather Ale that’s been matured in ex-sherry casks previously used to mature Auchentoshan single malt whisky.Url: http://rki.lt/yfY5h7
Love Williams
indeed it has to be my favourite Scottish brewery.
OK it's time for the second annual KILTR Beer Connoisseur Club trip to the Paisley Beer Festival. Who's up for it?
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Paisley Beer Festival 2012This April, Paisley Town Hall again plays host to the annual Paisley Beer Festival. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the biggest beer festival in Scotland once more brings the widest range of ales and cider available in one location.
Jon Snow arguing the case for cyclists. Good guy to have onside.
We need policy to stop cycle deaths, says C4 presenterRichard Hall is a freelance journalist on The Independent's News Desk. He was formerly Middle East Editor of The Daily Star, Beirut.
Pizza Hut add cheeseburgers to the crustIn the world of unnecessary pizza innovation, those crazy guys at Pizza Hut have outdone themselves yet again.
"Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."
- Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics winner
How is this for a Scottish Beer? Brewdog's latest offering in their artistic Abstrakt series of beers is a Cranachan Imperial Stout.
AB:09 is a 17.1%, Cranachan Imperial Stout, brewed in September 2011, and has been peacefully maturing in our amazing single grain whisky barrels since.
Nice little video demonstrating simple harmonic motion.
I want an Elephant!!
When is your's been delivery Colin I'm next.
BBC's caught out revealing their inability to exhibit impartiality during the debate.
Youtube videos cast doubt on the impartiality of senior BBC presentersBy G.A.Ponsonby Videos released on youtube have appeared to cast significant doubt on the willingness and ability of the BBC to cover the independence referendum in an impartial manner. The videos, containing presentations on Scotland’s forthcoming referendum, show four senior BBC presenters giving their views to what is believed to be an audience of junior BBC staff.
Just remember when you pay your T.V. licence fee you are paying for the likes of this to be done, no doubt in OUR name.
Good old BBC, British Brainwashing Committee that is!
Yet another item to add to the long, VERY long, and (in)distinguished list of reasons to leave the union.
Someone please screen-capture this before it's changed! "Glasgow grew from a magnificent buckfast tree on the River Clyde..."
I can't as I'm in an internet cafe with limited access.
Glasgow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGlasgow ( , locally , ; : Glesga (·) ; : Glaschu ( (·) )) is the largest party city in and in the . The city is situated on the in the country's .Url: http://rki.lt/GTZYBu
Enjoy Puerto de Santiago! Sounds great although you are of course missing our mini heat wave x
read on.
'Glasgow then became home to a new breed of settler called "the ned". These "neds" have not largely been studied by sociologists but from what they know is that they tend to use shiny tracksuits as uniform, breed as much as possible and favour buckfast wine as nourishment.'
