– Meet The Brewer special with Hans-Peter Drexler (Schneider) / Monday 11th February 2013
SOLD OUT
Doors 5.30pm / Event runs 6.15pm – 8pm
We are very pleased to announce a very special MTB for February, this will be the first Schneider Weisse event with Hans-Peter in the UK for a very long time.
Hans-Peter Drexler has been brewmaster of the Schneider Weisse Brewery for the past 25 years. Along with Georg Schneider VI, Hans-Peter has built upon the brewery’s legacy with the creation of Schneider Grunes, Aventinus Eisbock and Schneider Hopfenweisse (A collaboration with Brooklyn Brewery’s Brewmaster Garrett Oliver). Hans-Peter Drexler is the foremost expert of wheat beer and is extremely knowledgeable on all facets of the brewing world.
– Up and coming / Hand Drawn Monkey
Hello, to start 2013 we have decided to ‘hand pick’ some of the most newest, freshest breweries around. First up is Hand Drawn Monkey in Huddersfield (is this place the centre of the brewing world?!? Must be something in the water!). Our debut blog piece comes straight from the ‘monkey’s mouth’….
“Hand Drawn Monkey are a progressive craft/cask ale brewing company based in Huddersfield. Started by Rob Allen, Roger Allen and Tom Evans, after some initial collaborations and cuckoo brews we began brewing on our own plant in October 2012. Winning three awards (including overall beer of the festival for our wheat I.P.A : CCI.P.A) at our launch event the Huddersfield CAMRA Oktoberfest festival were off to a great start! We are ambitious and creative (sometimes we brew stuff too weird to release). We don’t know any other way of being. We stretch imagination, push forward but reference tradition. We want to be complete brewers but never the finished article.
Rob and Tom have tolerated each other’s company for a few years, love beer and have brewing experience. Rob used to be the Manager and brewer at the Rat and Ratchet in Huddersfield and on-site Rat brewery. Tom has Brewed at Ossett, Blue Monkey and was head brewer at Celt Experience in welsh Wales. In mid 2012 both had moved on or were contemplating moving on to other projects. Rob had been hankering after brewing full time in his own brewery for some time and when the opportunity arose to purchase an already up and running plant from those lovely Brewsters at Mallinsons as they re-located to larger premises he contacted Tom. Tom was interested and over a few too many beers a simple plan was formed. HDM would brew the type of beers they liked to drink or beers they would like to drink but no-one had brewed yet. Rob sold his house, Tom moved up from Nottingham, the brewery was purchased and brewing began. Roger is Rob’s Dad and is a keen craft beer and real ale fan and enthusiastic taster of HDM beers. He also tries to talk the boys out of some of their stranger brewing ideas. He usually fails.
We hope you like our beer. We will be making more of it.”
– Anniversary 2 / Thursday 24th January – 6pm
What kind of beer would people that are constantly surrounded by a massive variety of some of the best beers in the world want to make?
It’s a question that plagues us all. We thought it was time people had resolution from this constant wondering. This years anniversary beer was selected, designed and brewed by the staff of Port Street Beer House with the invaluable assistance of the lovely guys from the Outstanding Brewing Company. The Port Street Sour Cherry Peppercorn Porter takes elements that we’ve all enjoyed in a beverage and puts it together in what we hope will be the ultimate combo – I think anyone who’s ever chatted beer with any of us would agree it was always going to be quirky and a tad ambitious – we just like interesting beer!
As we have more beery ideas than we can gesticulate wildly at with any kind of stick this will be the first of many so keep an eye/ear out! Also, we’re frankly such an inquisitive and ingenious bunch it would also be wise to keep your eyeballs peeled for the very scientific and not at all whimsical testing of different stuffs and flavours with a variety of beers via the marvellous technology of the randal!
We look forward to seeing you enjoy our beer and birthday festivities on Thursday 24th January at 6pm – we will also be serving up Great North Pie and peas, tasty. Plus we may throw in a few surprises here and there. See you at the bar.
Artwork by Alex Humphreys / Design by Steve Hockett
– Teacake presents – Tom Culley Unseen
Following on from their successful ‘Pint Of Mixed’ exhibition, Teacake have uncovered more gems from Tom Culley’s archive. The photography exhibition is currently on show in our fine establishment, if you haven’t seen the work, then you can do so right now or read more about it here.
All the photos on display (in the venue) are available to purchase, just place your order at the bar.
