– Meet The Brewer with Magic Rock Brewing Co – Monday 28th November
‘Meet the Brewer’ with Magic Rock Brewing Co
Monday 28 November 2011 – 6pm until 8pm
SOLD OUT
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Only brewing since June 2011, Huddersfield based Magic Rock have already built a solid reputation for their modern flavourful brews. Monday 28th November sees the Magic Rock sideshow roll into Port Street for their first Manchester ‘Meet The Brewer’.
Join us from 6pm when we’ll be pouring a selection of Magic Rock’s trademark hop-forward cask and keg beers. We will also be the first place anywhere to get a taste of “Bearded Lady”, Magic Rock’s new 11% Imperial Stout which we helped them brew back in October.
The brewers will also be joining us on the night to introduce the beers and answer any questions. We expect tickets to sell very quickly so if you want to join us for what promises to be a great evening don’t hang around.
– Photos / Meet The Brewer with Jay Krause (Quantum)
Here a few lovely photos from Meet The Brewer, that took place on Monday 31st October 2011 – another sell out success!
Cheers!
– An evening with Garrett Oliver – Wednesday 9th November
PSBH, Oxford University Press & James Clay
Present an evening with Garrett Oliver.
A small intimate affair to celebrate the publication of the Oxford Companion To Beer.
Garrett Oliver is a man needing very little in the way of introduction, but I’ll give you one anyway. One of the most knowledgeable and well respected brewers in the business, Garrett has been at the helm of the world renowned Brooklyn Brewery since 1994, winning awards and plaudits for his innovative approach and the outstanding quality of output. One of the generation of US brewers who took the British brewing tradition and transformed it into the modern US craft beer scene we see today. In short he’s a bit of a legend.
Garrett will be discussing the new tome he has edited in conjunction with the Oxford University Press , also we’ll be tasting some beers and matching them with some lovely canapes provided by The Mark Addy.
SOLD OUT! – please email us to add your name to the reserve list
Wednesday 9th November 2011 / 7pm
at Port Street Beer House, 39 to 41 Port Street, Manchester, M1 2EQ
£15 advance (ltd to 30 places) available over the phone on 0161 237 9949 or in person at Port Street Beer House.
The ‘Oxford Companion To Beer’ will be available to purchase on the night.
– Beer Review – Left Handed Brewing Co: Milk Stout / By DJ Adams
Sometimes you’re not in the mood for what everyone else is having. That’s the tagline of this Longmount, Colorado brewer Left Hand Brewing Co’s Twitter presence. As I approach the bar at Port Street Beer House and observe the orders for a seemingly endless collection of beers, one bottle calls out to me from the fridge. Milk Stout. Exactly what I’m looking for. This beer’s reputation precedes it; awards galore already won, most recently Gold in the European Beer Star Competition.
Sunlight streams through the windows on this cold, crisp autumn day as I reverently carry the bottle and a stemmed glass to the table. This is not your father’s stout. No sense of vast volumes of heavy blackness tinged with bitterness here, thank you very much. This is a full-bodied sweet stout, an English style beer from the late 19th century. Espresso coloured, with coffee traces and slight vanilla notes, this is an incredibly velvety smooth experience from start to finish. Any hints of bitterness are more than balanced from the inclusion of milk sugar, which is defined as “a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule”. Galactose? Space milk? All I know is that the inclusion of milk sugar into the brew has had a fabulous effect. Sweetness and chocolate overtones make this a very enjoyable experience. Normally at this stage in the review I have some beer left in the glass, but the glass and bottle are both empty already.
Left Hand Brewing Co’s philosophy is about balance. It’s fair to say that they’ve achieved a great balance between traditional style and modern interpretation, between the Magnum and US Golding Hops, the myriad malts (from Crystal to Flaked Barley and Chocolate) and the milk sugar sweetness, and between the relatively high ABV content and inherent drinkability. Next time you’re stuck or spoiled for choice, go for something different. Take a chance on this Milk Stout, and you’ll be far from disappointed.
Brewer: Left Hand Brewing Co
Brew: Milk Stout
Style: Sweet Stout
ABV: 6.0%
http://www.lefthandbrewing.com/
Words by: DJ Adams – http://www.pipetree.com/qmacro/