– Photos / Meet The Brewer with Thornbridge 22.08.11
A lovely evening tasting Thornbridge’s finest and eating plenty of bakewell tarts….. a typical ‘Meet The Brewer’ at Port Street Beer House. Thanks to all who came and made it another sell out event.
Next Meet The Brewer event is with Red Willow on Momday 26th September – more details soon.
– Manchester Week / Tuesday 16th – Sunday 21st August 2011
It’s quite fitting after events of the past week we are celebrating Manchester, when the worst is brought out in some, the best is brought out in others. It’s a similar thing in the Manchester beer world, mass brewing lethiathans swamp many pubs in the North West with tasteless cask beer when some are the saviours of flavour.
One of these is The Marble Brewery, this place makes some of the best beers in the UK, and as a tip of the hat to one of it’s great leaders we are going to feature them heavily throughout the week before Colin Stronge sets his sights on the thistles & cows of the highlands.
Join us in celebration and expression of good taste.
Other great Manchester breweries will also feature throughout the week, as well as the regular cask beers from Darkstar, Thornbridge and Prospect.
– Photos / Meet The Brewer with Flying Dog 03.08.11
Hello.
We had a fantastic evening with Matt Brophy and Jim Caruso from Flying Dog. It was a really fun and informative event, with a great american twist. Lots of humour, beer and good times.
Many thanks to all who came and in-particular James Clay for making this happen.
See you at the next one with Thornbridge Brewery on Monday 22nd August.
– India Pale Ale / By John Clarke
India Pale Ale. Three short words and so much controversy. What’s all the fuss about? In a word, “authenticity”. From time to time the beer blogosphere, newsgroups and forums will be racked with argument about what makes an “authentic” IPA. So, what is an authentic IPA – and more to the point does it matter?
As a style, IPA has been around for over 200 years now. Books have been written about its origins but suffice it to say this was a beer originally designed to survive a six month sea voyage from the UK to the British colonies in India. It is one of this country’s greatest and enduring contributions to the world of beer and is now brewed across the globe in all manner of variations. Which brings us back to “authenticity”. (more…)