Black Isle Organic Wheat Beer Cornelius, 8-20 Easter Road, Edinburgh, 0131 652 2405, 500ml bottle £1.95
Delivers a very fruity aroma. sweet and quite pearish. On the tongue however. it gives quite a sour tang as the fruit doesn‘t follow through. Although both the smell and taste are bordering on bitter. there’s a definite emphasis on earthy and ale notes meaning this delivers as you'd hope a traditional white beer should. 0..
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Peckhams as above, 50cl
bottle £1.99
Old school in looks and taste with an immediate hops (or we think streaky bacon crisps) hit to the nose. Robust and traditional in taste. with a strong. earthy sense of autumn leaves. this one definitely stands tall and regal. moving away from the fruit bowl-raiding tendencies of other mainstream white beers. I...
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Peckhams in Edinburgh
and Glasgow, see www.peckhams.co.uk for locations, 330ml bottle £1.79
This Corsican white beer is filled with lemon. honey and Syrup scents that border on the medicinal. but in a good way. A very light taste that isn‘t overpowering or cl0ying. Essential for those rare (sadly now very distant) summer days. served ice cold. I...
Hefe Weizen
WEST, Templeton Building, Glasgow Green, Glasgow, G40 1AW, 0141 550 0135, 1litre £6.50 Not as pungent as the others — hitting with a tang at the back of the throat. With almost cider-like flavour and texture. it's a very rugged. natural feeling beer that scores points for its simplicity. clarity and local. micro- brewery production. followrng German purity laws from 1516. .0.
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Grolsch Weizen
Various stockists including Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys, 50cl bottle £1.58
An award-winning big hitter that gets you in straight away with a whiff of foamy banana sweets. More in tune with what we were expecting given the popularity of mainstream wheat beers like Hoegaarden and Kronenbourg Blanc. the familiar sweet wheaty notes were present. Fruity. light and creamy. a good all-round package. 0...
Weihenstephaner Dunkelweiss Cornelius, as above, SOCI bottle £1.95
Despite its dark. beefy coloured appearance. this turned out to be Surprisingly light. with faintly sugary notes of apricot and baked apple. Falling on the earthy Side of white beer. this was not as tangy as the Grolsch. but slightly more fruity than the traditionals. Altogether very easy on the palette. 0..
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Call it the Americanisation of Britain. call it another excuse for a slap up meal. but Thanksgivrng has grown in popularity. Celebrated on the last Thursday of November. it‘s akin to a grown up Christmas without the gift buying or wrestling with evergreens. The meal is central to the day and Americans get a day off to prepare. using foods the pilgrims received from the native American Indians.
The heart of the meal is. like Christmas. a turkey and the stuffing is an art unto itself. A succulent blend of sausagemeat. bread. onions and herbs wrth chestnuts. oysters or raisins; the resulting taste often overshadows the turkey.
Sweetcorn and coleslaw arrive beside mountains of potatoes (debate rages as to how to serve them; mashed. roasted or gratin). but they are essential. jUSi like gravy and cranberry sauce. Another staple is onion topped. creamy green bean casserole — definitely not enjoyed by the Pilgrim Fathers. but invented by soup manufacturers Campbell's in 1955.
The most indulgent side dish must be candied yams — sweet potatoes roasted with brown sugar and apples. and topped with marshmallows. Not that yOU need dessert. the feast normally ends wrth a pie: pecan. chocolate meringue or most popular. pumpkin pie. a sweet custard tart of Cinnamony goodness. For added authenticity. wash down with non-alcoholic apple cider or Beaujolais Nouveau. on sale just the week before. (Mark Robertson)
News to nibble on
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I WY FOODS & 0000!. opened in Edinburgh’s Southside earlier this year, has introduced online shopping with a home delivery service. Now the vast majority of lines in the store - which focus principally on good food producers in the Lothians, Borders and Fife - can be delivered direct to Edinburgh doorsteps. Delivery is free during November. For info, go to www.earthy.co.uk or contact the shop on 0131 667 2967.
I I‘ll! cart snow Edinburgh's St Giles Cathedral has reopened under the management of Roy Campbell and Mhairi McKenzie- Robinson. whose stewarding of the Fruitmarket Gallery Cafe and Fenton Barns Farm Shop in East Lothian in recent years has drawn growing recognition. St Giles' Cathedral Cafe is open daily from 9.30am to 5pm
(1 tam opening on Sunday) with a small but surefooted menu of home- made salads. baked potatoes. soup and cakes.
I “II .000"? TRIM Ill North Queensferry, Craig and Wkki Wood’s Wee Restaurant, has just got a wee bit bigger with the opening of an extension, The Study, seating an extra ten covers (taking the total to 34). Opening hours now also include Sunday lunch. To book call 01383 616263 or go to www.thewee restaurant.co.uk
I “II MORNING A"!!! CAI reveal many demons. and a faint recollection of a late-night food on Sauchiehall Street can be among the least pleasant. Decent. then. of O'Couture. a fashion-themed bar and club newly opened in place of Stavka. to incorporate a diner serving its full menu of stone-baked pizzas. burgers and globe-trotting fusion mains ‘til 2am. See www. ocglasgowcom. 0141 333 3940.
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