13 The Bellfield Brewery

A Happy New Year to one and all. We’re starting 2017 with a subject dear to the hearts of beer drinkers – especially those who may have wanted to raise a festive glass but couldn’t because they have an allergy to gluten or an intolerance to wheat. You may not realise it but a lot of brewers add wheat to the recipe because it improves the quality of the head. Well, a couple of Portobello residents, Giselle Dye and Alistair Brown, took the matter into their own hands and formed the Bellfield Brewery a couple of years ago, one whose whole purpose was to produce gluten-free beer. 

We’ll be speaking one of those founders in this episode – but first, this podcast is a little different because, as you may have heard, there’s a contest associated with it. The prize – 6 bottles of Bellfield Beers – and, to win, you’ll have to listen to the whole episode because all the answers can be found there. So here’s the interview with Giselle Dye explaining why she and Alistair had formed the brewery in the first place:

Bellfield Brewery

So to the competition – there are six questions, five of which are listed home page for this podcast. Please send you answers to theportypodcast@gmail.com

    1)      What is the name of Giselle’s husband?

    2)      What is the medical condition which means he can’t drink normal beer any longer?

    3)      Name the principle ingredient in their gluten-free beer?

    4)      What is the name of the head brewer?

    5)      How many independent off-licences and shops are selling the beer?

    6)      What is the origin of the name, Bellfield?

Good luck!

And the winner was Malcolm Stewart – well done!