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Michael McGrorty

Michael McGrorty

I'm Michael McGrorty, a software developer from Scotland. I work for a company called Vidatec building web apps using React and node.js. In my spare time I love making and drinking beer.

Beak Brewery - Horses

Jan 28, 20212 min read

The beer I'm drinking today is from Beak, a very highly regarded brewery that I've not had much of a chance to try yet. It's a West Coast IPA, an...

Beak Brewery - Horses

An Ode to Hefeweizen

Jan 13, 20215 min read

Hefeweizen is an assertively unique style of beer, with some unusual qualities: the high proportion of wheat, the deliberate cloudiness and an...

An Ode to Hefeweizen

#12BeersOfXmas Day Twelve

Dec 31, 20201 min read

It's time for the last beer of this year's 12BeersOfXmas, Burning Sky's Cuvée 2020, a blend of saison and lambic. It's a beautiful beer; crisp, dry,...

#12BeersOfXmas Day Twelve

#12BeersOfXmas Day Eleven

Dec 30, 20201 min read

I waxed lyrical about Elusive Brewing yesterday, so I'll get right down to the beer. Today it's the barrel aged version of Elusive's imperial stout,...

#12BeersOfXmas Day Eleven

#12BeersOfXmas Day Ten

Dec 29, 20202 min read

Well we're well and truly on the home stretch now folks! Tonight I'm featuring a beer from my brewery of the year, Elusive Brewing. They've been...

#12BeersOfXmas Day Ten

#12BeersOfXmas Day Nine

Dec 28, 20201 min read

Today's beer is Quirinus from Tegernseer. In the glass the beer is a deep copper with a nicely sized white head. On the nose it's the stereotypical...

#12BeersOfXmas Day Nine