It’s been a whirlwind year so far at University. Firstly
since I am now into my last few months of classes the work is piling up. Always
being one to try and make things more difficult for myself, I am currently in
the throes of an election to (hopefully) become Students Union President.
Regardless of all this, Stirling University Craft Beer
Society (SUCBS) have been coming on leaps and bounds. Since February we have
successfully had a beer from Williams Brothers installed in our student bar ‘Studio’.
It’s really taken a lot longer to come to fruition than I make it sound but we
were more than happy to work to get this into our bar as we previously had a
choice of mass market lager and the black Irish stuff. It has been great to see
our members where they belong, socialising in their own Students Union with a
pint of something they actually enjoy.
Tomorrow will also see us home brew as a group for the first
time. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t looking forward to this. The ability
to teach members old and new, beginners and experts about the quality of hops,
the cold break and many other brewing geekery does still fill me with an odd
sense of joy. I think it probably takes me back to the first time that I
learned about all these things from my days at BrewDog and continue to learn
since then. It often does make me realise that I still have a lot to learn
though when a member asks something I am not quite sure of.
Our Logo for the beer
Equally exciting is the launch of ‘Procrastination’, the 5% IPA that we have brewed with Douglas Ross
of Allan Water Brewhouse in nearby Bridge of Allan. A beer that is made by
students, for students is something that we have waited a long time to see.
This will be a limited release beer which will be exclusively sold in the city
of Stirling, namely Studio and Whistlebinkies to start with. This really is a ‘fait
accompli’ for us, it’s taken so long to come to this stage that I know I will
be walking around with a massive smile on my face on Wednesday when it goes
live. We also plan to bottle the next batch so I may even be able to squirrel
some bottles away and bring to EBBC in May.
Anyway that’s the update for now. More beer news, reviews
and rants to come very soon but now back to the election.
Cheers
