a big dump

last trip to get rid of these for a while - Jon's planning some home brew so we'll be saving these

Merry christmas, SNPA friends.

New colourway...

Credit Where It's Due

Now Oddbins might not be the cheapest, but gentle prodding of the staff in the Byres Road branch has persuaded them that it makes no sense to stock fine suds and leave them sitting on a shelf at room temperature. So happy to report that they are now keeping their SN in the chill (along with Williams Joker and Brewdog Punk - laissez les bon temps roulez). Good job!

Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex.

'lo, My first post here and it is already off-topic...

This is not about Sierra Nevada ale. Sorry. However it is about coffee. Really good coffee. So I thought I would share.

Edinburgh. Broughton Street.

http://www.artisanroast.co.uk/

Really rather damned good. Better flat white than the moontain cafe in Aviemore in my humble.

- Chris

waitrose awaiting new stock

The last eight bottles purchased from Waitrose Byres Road this evening at the competitive price of £1.56 each. It'll be interesting to see how long before stocks are replenished . .

Tesco - South Queensferry

Plenty of PA in stock @ £1.58.

Peckhams - South Clerk Street, Edinburgh

Quite a few PAs in stock @ £1.99!

stormy weather

ok. this is my first time so be gentle with me.....
for those of us banished to the dirty streets of london there has to be an advantage, a silver lining to this infernal black cloud that we live in. perhaps this could be it...
www.utobeer.co.uk
well would be if the website was working! the stall at borough market has quite the selection of beers from around the universe including a range of SN's finest - pale most of the time plus stout, porter and some of the seasonals. sorry i didn't get prices, was dazzled by the selection.
am very excited to see they have a bar too - will investigate soon.
oddbins round the corner at london bridge, and another on upper st, islington, had some PA chilling in the fridge for a cool £1.89 a pop(sicle)...ah the dark cloud of london prices.
but thro the darkness comes.....www.theislandqueenislington.co.uk
SNPA on tap! tap. yes. a big pint of pale. and in a lovely pub too, even my dad liked it. actually he loved it (mainly because of his pint of doombar which he described as one of the best pints ever! and he's had a few in his time).
so there it is.
first post.
the search continues...

South East Born

OK, bottom-right corner, one across... Waitrose in Eastbourne has some at £1.56 a bottle. No offers to report. It’s a bad shop but for the sake of some hypocritical alco-scape via a very fine tipple I do check Tesco’s occasionally to see if they’re repeating the £1.15 offer they have had in the past - nothing at the moment. Asda is a little too far away. I'll do what I can to report in any developments. The best I think they’ll be for now is a ‘5 for 4’ or ‘4 for 3’ offer on beer. I did think there was one on-going but beer-googling gets me fucking nothing. Often the case.

Wait......wait!

Waitrose opens. Byres road, and as Hamish mentioned SNPA is on the shelves at an astonishing £1.56. Cheaper than tescos folks! I'm drinking one now! Salut!

Can confirm Pale Ale in ASDA Clydebank @ £1.59 a whip. At that price it isnae gonnae leap of the shelves down yonder way but, hopefully, enough of a turnover for them to continue stocking it. I'll man up and do my bit... Now, have heard that Waitrose have now opened on the Byres Rd; will it be fancy dan enough for them/ Reports suggest all manner of fresh fruit, local cheeses and all such nonsense but will need to mystery shop and report back on SN...

standyby::east reporting::standby

Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program of dance music to bring you a special bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News. At twenty minutes before eight, central time, Professor Farrell of the Mount Jennings Observatory, Cockenzie, reports observing several explosions of incandescent beer, occurring at regular intervals on the planet Mars. The spectroscope indicates the beer to be SNPA and moving towards the east of Scotland with enormous velocity.


Professor Pierson of the Observatory at Prestonpans confirms Farrell's observation, and describes the phenomenon as (quote) like a jet of green flame shot from a gun (unquote).

The beer appears to have landed at Cornelius at the top of Easter Road in Edinburgh. The projectile landed from the west and spun south towards the selection of fine bottled beers by the fridges. Professor Farrell reports that final price at the time is unconfirmed, possibly in the £1.56-£1.59 range. He hopes to have his Howmuchisthat-o-graph properly calibrated this weekend.

We now return you to the music of Ramón Raquello, playing for you in the Meridian Room of the Park Plaza Hotel, situated in downtown New York.

Deputy Horse reporting for duty

Reporting from darkest SW Londonish:


Waitrose Esher has The fine brew in stock £1.56 a bottle

Noble Green in Hampton Hill also is a stockist although the price escapes me at the moment!

That is all for now

Cheers!

Carriage.

Yup. Looks like Oddbins are going to be stocking...the local one here had at least 4 boxes in when i popped by on the way home. A good thing.

I'm also recruiting some deputies. I'm hoping to take this baby national.

The cat has a hut.

£41.80 for a case at Lupe Pintos.

Then you can re sue the box as a cat hut.....win win.

Stop the press..

Oddbins Byres Road: today, 5 thiddy.

£1.89, or £18.99 for 12, except they only had 1 bottle in...oh well. new stock might be wednesday....so i'm guessing they might be stocking it now? we'll see.

It's been a while...

Been stateside, tasting some amazing beers from east (dogfish head 90 minute IPA a favourite) to colorado (durango and ska breweries offering excelent pale and amber ales).

In 3 weeks i had 1 pint of SN PA - always good from the tap.

Couple of things to see:

Dooyoo has prices, availability advice from on-line reviewers. Useful.

Beerhere offers on-line shopping. No excuse if you are in the boonies.

Go. Drink. Report back.

Hectors.

So Hector's in Stockbridge Edinburgh has SNPA on tap. £4 a pint, but it is a pint, not a bottle poured. Taste is all there, and the scenery ain't so bad.

Also from our mid UK correspondant, jenn, we have information about the Stapleton Arms.

"Tiny village, arse end of nowhere (not the pretty bit of Dorset), odd proliferation of Porsches. And SN and Anchor Steam on tap. At £6.00 a pint or something!"

Keep it coming.

Image from over at beer me, some info on ESB. Apparently making an appearance here soon. Nice.

Purpose

So the purpose of this blog is to keep track of Sierra Nevada brewing's availability in the UK. Primarily Scotland, but i will certainly add info if i get it for the rest of the island.

I think most aficionados are aware that Tesco supermarkets stock Sierra Nevada pale ale. In terms of off licences, i have had summerfest, porter and as of last friday pale ale from Oddbins. The prices are reasonable as well, at about £1.60 a bottle.

Lupe Pintos (edinburgh and glasgow) frequently stock pale ale, if i havent bought it all, and The Cave in glasgow also has pale ale, but the cost is quite a bit more, £1.99 the last time i was in.

If anyone has any beta, fire it my way.

Oh yeah.

Up and at em.

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