– Monday May 20th 2013 / Meet The Brewer with Blackjack Beers
5.30pm – 8pm (event starts at 6.15pm prompt)
£8 advance / available from the bar or (0)161 237 9949
Blackjack Beers was set up by former Marble employee Robert Hamilton in May 2012, when the opportunity arose to buy Marble’s old brewing kit upon their expansion. With a proven track record in breweries, Rob brings a wealth of experience to Blackjack Beers. It is his strong vision and passion that has brought the company to where it is today.
Situated in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, they sell expertly crafted beers that all beer lovers should try, Black Jack beers can be found in fine drinking establishments around the North West.
Port Street Beer House will be getting the first cask of Blackjack’s first brewing anniversary ale, although they’ve not decided what it will be yet! We like surprises.
Please join us for what promises to be a fun evening featuring Rob’s beery creations.
– Port Street Pop Ups present : Barnhouse Bistro / Thursday 2nd May 2013 – 5pm
Our monthly residency of ‘Port Street Pop Ups’ continues with Barnhouse Bistro and their infamous gourmet burgers.
“If you haven’t tried a burger from the instantly recognisable mean green van then I’ll let you know the very simple formula that makes the Barnhouse burgers absolutely stand out. Fantastic beef + delicious bun + super fresh topping = Top burger. The bit of the combination that sets Barnhouse apart is the toppings, where some burger slingers tend to pile up as many gut busting, dense toppings as possible Barnhouse go the other way and make their burgers seem a little bit lighter and instead of punishing your mouth they almost rejuvenate it!
What this means is that quite often the first words that come out of your mouth after finishing one is “I could do another one of those right now”. The topping on this occasion was lime and jalapeno mayo. Zing.”
Words from Good Gobble : http://goodgobble.blogspot.co.uk/
– Festival Of Britain(s Beers) Limited Edition T-Shirts
Due to the success of our Festival Of Britain(s Beers) we have decided to commission a limited edition t-shirt.
They are available in small, medium, large and extra large. Screen printed in blue on a lovely grey t-shirt.
You can wear you t-shirt with pride as you sample some of our fine beers. They are priced at £12 each, to purchase please visit our establishment, or we can post one out to you if you are not in Manchester. Please email jamie@aplacecalledcommon.co.uk and we will arrange payment.
Design by Steve Hockett
– Up and Coming / Mad Hatter Brewing Company
This is the brand new and rather exciting brewery of Gareth Matthews a veteran home brewer of 20 years who finally saw the light and fled academia to start a microbrewery in Liverpool. His brand new and rather dinky brewery on average produces approximately 7 casks a week. Be assured that what his beers lack in quantity they make up for in quality with his favoured styles being those of the massively hopped persuasion or big stouts and porters. Port Street has had the excellent fortune of being the first to have his beer on draught this week we have his IPA (on at the moment and going very fast!), Mild, ESB and Rye Amber and look forwards to getting his beers on keg and in bottles too soon.
Gareth produces and plans to produce a wide range of beers with a number brewed with some exciting ingredients. Some that we at Port Street are looking forwards to are his ‘Imperial Porter’-the staff have already tried this and it’s a doozy, ‘Rhubarb and Rosehip Wit’-a refreshing and rather tart wit, ‘Gooseberry Fool’-a sour gooseberry beer, and ‘Minimal Difference’-black IPA with Cascade, Centennial and Columbus. But there are many more and Gareth has big plans regarding the sour side of life-fabulous stuff! In his own words “In terms of beer, I am glad to be around in a time when many brewers are making inroads into the world of experimental, thoughtful, truly artisanal techniques that refuse to conform to rigid style guidelines.” This is an apt description of both Gareth’s outlook and the kind of beers we can look forwards to getting from him.
For more information, head over here – www.madhatbrew.co.uk
Artwork by Emily Warren – www.thestealthyrabbit.blogspot.co.uk