Craig fae the Vale

Henry from No Limits was hosting a beer tasting at The Bottle Shop in Helensburgh this afternoon. 4 pours of draft No Limits beer for a tenner. I assume it was supposed to be 1/3 pints, but he poured me closer to halves. Helensburgh Helles, Windy Welly pilsner, Road Trip wheat and Dani Cali West Coast pale. Had all four before but they're all excellent and was delighted to sample them again. Great beer, great company and chat, a really good way to spend an hour this afternoon.

Hamilton at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre tonight. Went in with high expectations and it exceeded all of them. An utterly astounding piece of theatre. So glad I finally got to be in the room where it happens.

A few in Brewdog Cowgate this afternoon, who have a stunning taplist on just now. I've had Foggy Skyline by Kuehn Kunz Rosen, Chocolate Orange Sour by Vault City and When the Seagulls Follow the Trawler by Boundary which have all been excellent. Taplist pictured.

I always thought her team mate Anna Ssloan had the best eyes.

Hardcore Superstar - We Don't Celebrate Sundays

Legally Blonde at Eastwood Park Theatre in Giffnock tonight. Put on by Hamilton Theatre Arts, a further education performing arts college. It's one of my favourite musicals in general and the third time I've seen it. This was probably the best production of it I've seen. Super talented cast, and a really nice wee Theatre. Good way to start the long weekend.

Out for dinner with a friend with severe food allergies. Nandos is safe for her, so here we are! For a non alcoholic beer this is pretty flavourful.

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

It's about 70/30, with them arriving well before the estimated time most of the time, but sometimes it does unfortunately take that long.

I just finished this one about 15 minutes ago. Really good, nice and laid back, some great lyrics.

Deep Purple - Black Night

Got Drain at Slay on Saturday night. Pray for my body, I imagine it's going to be absolute chaos!

Happy Opening Day troops

The Pretty Reckless - Under the Water

The Ataris - The Boys of Summer

Absolutely dreadful

Shelley Kerr making a good point about possession not meaning a thing if there's no intent. We've created absolutely nothing.

This is chronic.

That's absolutely horrendous from Patterson

Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk

You Can't See Me by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir. Another really good book in this series, this time set just before the start of the first. The writing and characters are top class as usual and it keeps you guessing right til the end.

I'm absolutely obsessed with Lauran Hibberd's girlfriend material album.

Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance

Ohtani will hold a press conference tomorrow. Should be interesting

Knuckle Puck at The Classic Grand tonight. Loud, fast, fantastic. A good mix of new and old songs, a wild crowd. Great night. Support from Shoreline from Germany who were also brilliant.