– American Beer Festival 2012 / 25th June until 8th July 2012
Well it’s that time of year when we celebrate the ‘special relationship’ with them folks across the pond. We may hate the politics, but we love the beery goodness! Starting on 25th June the celebration kicks off with our first all keg ‘Meet The Brewer’ with Camden Brewery. Yes, I know some purists will not agree but we think it’s going to be great, five of our draft lines being taken over by some fine craft English beer.
American theme you say? Camden Town? “Wait a minute surely they’re from big London” I hear you cry. This we concede, however Camden clearly adhere to the US Craft model, taking classic European styles and giving them a shot in the arm. On top of that they operate a keg only policy coupled with fantastic branding, in the end their beers are awesome so that’s reason enough to have them prop up the bar.
This event will be the first of the festival which will be incorporating some of the most exciting beer we have ever had. The second event will be an all day celebration on 4th of July (more info to follow in the next couple of weeks).
If you thought last year was good, and so did we, think again. We are going to top that, big time and here’s why:
Draft from:
Jolly Pumpkin
Southern Tier
Perfect Crime
Hoppin Frog
Brooklyn
Anderson Valley
Sierra Nevada
Flying Dog
Left Hand
Bottles from:
Alesmith
Hoppin Frog
Southern Tier
Green Flash
Perfect Crime
Shorts
Kuhnhenn
& the usual American greats.
* Artwork by Steve Hockett – www.wonder-room.eu
– Photos / Meet The Brewer with Doug Odell – Monday 11th June
Fresh from his trans atlantic flight, Doug Odell held court at this very intimate affair. The sold out crowd attentively listened to his every word as he talked about the history of the Odell brewery and introduced us to some amazing beers, including : 90 Shilling, IPA, Crimson Stout, Cutthroat and Aquitaine (Kirkstall collaboration).
Special thanks to all who came down and especially to Doug Odell and Andreas Fält for making this happen.
– Meet The Brewer with Camden Brewery / Monday 25th June 2012
£8 advance (tickets available from the bar or call 0161 237 9949)
SOLD OUT
It all started in The Horseshoe pub in Hampstead, North London, initially brewing cask ales beneath the pub before moving up out of the cellars and into the railway arches of Camden Town.
That was early 2010. Subsequently beautiful, German, ultra modern brewery was custom built and shoehorned into a series of railway arches, ideas became recipes and recipes became beers with the first beer going on sale in September 2010.
Inspired by classic European styles and modern American craft brewing, Camden Brewery bring a particular London sensibility to their beers, such as Camden Hells, Pale, Wheat and Ink, as well as special limited release beers throughout the year.
– Photos / Meet The Brewer with Buxton – Monday 28th May
The sun was out and the beer was flowing at yet another sold out event.
Buxton brewery brought their wonderful beers for us to sample, they included Imperial Black, Axe Edge, Wild Boar, Buxton Best and Moor Top. Buxton also gave everyone a leaving present in the form of a bottle of Tsar (Imperial Russion Stout), very tasty indeed.
Of course the evening wouldn’t be complete without some cheese! This was kindly supplied by the Hartington Cheese Shop.
Thanks to all who came down and especially Buxton brewery. Cheers!
