Cold Town House in Edinburgh is getting ready for its second Grassmarket Craft Beer Festival this weekend and where Cold Town Beer and Fierce Beer will be launching their new collaborative brew, Smoked Session Stout.
The festival will feature nine Scottish craft breweries, including Edinburgh’s Campervan, Closet Brewing and Vault City as sell as Glasgow’s Up Front Brewing and Dookit Brewing, Dundee’s 71 Brewing, Aberdeen’s Fierce Beer, and Linlithgow’s Strangers Brewing.
May’s event saw over 250 festival goers with similar numbers expected for this months celebration and, as well as sampling seasonal and dark brews, they can also enjoy some of Edinburgh’s street food, and acoustic sets from Edinburgh based musicians, like Jodie Differ. Festival goers will also get the chance to meet Cold Town’s head brewer, Hayley Ransome.
Hayley Ransome, Head Brewer at the Cold Town Brewery, said, “The Grassmarket is the original home of craft brewing in Edinburgh, dating back to the 18th century, so we’re determined to celebrate that heritage, as well as introducing some fresh and innovative creations for today’s craft beer drinker.”
