– Brewdog Paradox Jura Keg launch / Wednesday 7th March 2012 – 7pm
Having one of only a handful of kegs outside of the Brewdog bars we thought we would shout about what a great beer this is!
This 15% imperial stout, barrel aged in single malt Jura whiskey cask promises to be spectacular and goes on sale on draft exclusively in Manchester on the Wednesday 7th March.
Josie from Brewdog will be coming down to introduce this epic beer before you lucky customers a chance get to try it.
Come down at 7pm to be one of the first to taste it.
– Festival of Britain(s beers)
We’ve had a summertime American Beer Festival along with an autumnal Europtoberfest, so we thought it was high time we dedicated ourselves to showcasing the very best that Britain has to offer. We try and offer the best British beer all year round with our cask lines and a dedicated UK keg font, however we think we can do better, we’ll be aiming to have a complete British tap takeover (barring one or 2 branded fonts). The festival will be kicking off on Monday 26th March with a very special ‘Meet the Brewer’ event hosted by a very special guest (to be announced soon), who will also be helping us curate our selection of beers for the festival.
We wanted to give you an opportunity to get involved with the festival from the outset by providing some suggestions of beers you think are worthy of being included in a celebration of the beers of Britain, cask, keg or bottle. So speak now or forever hold your peace, or at least until next year.
– Teacake presents : A Pint Of Mixed / Eggs No Soldiers & Other Unseen Moments
From March 1st 2012 Teacake will be exhibiting a special collection of photographs taken by the late Tom Culley. Split over two venues, this installation of large-scale images offers a glimpse into the varied past times of one man and his closest companions.
Discovered inadvertently, these images taken from a collection of over 5000 meticulously cherished slides portray life through the eyes of an accomplished amateur photographer. Always fascinated by the colourful antics of ordinary people enjoying extraordinary activities this perspective is both personal and insightful.
Only ever before seen as part of a good old-fashioned slide show theseare nostalgic, heart-warming and often-humorous portraits of life as it happened.
Tom’s passion for photography was simple; his aim was to preserve the funniest, most charming, most special and most poignant moments in order to share them with his loved ones.
Now we are lucky enough to be able to share them with you in the form of ‘Eggs no Soldiers’‚ at Common and ‚’A Pint of Mixed’ at Port Street Beer House.
/ BIOGRAPHY
Born on the 17th August 1925, Thomas Culley attended St Peters School, Accrington. In 1939 he was apprenticed as a painter and decorator at Milton Fodens. Before joining the Royal Navy as an Able Seamen in the Gunnery Branch Battleship King George V in 1943. As part of the Pacific fleet he was present at the formal surrender of the Japanese in Tokyo Bay 1945.
Returning home, Tom joined the Lancashire County Fire Brigade and served as a Sub Officer for 30 years at Accrington Fire Station. He received the long service medal and good conduct medal in 1971 before retiring in 1980. As a keen fisherman and model boat enthusiast Tom enjoyed a full itinerary of hobbies including painting, drawing and shooting cine films. An avid reader, he also had an extensive knowledge of local history. Tom died at the age of 84 in Lancashire on the 8th April 2010.
Teacake presents
EGGS NO SOLDIERS & other unseen moments captured by the late Tom Culley
Opening night – Thursday 1st March 2012 – 6.00pm onwards
@ Common, Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HW
Exhibition continues – 2nd March 2012 – Late July 2012
followed by :
A PINT OF MIXED & other unseen moments captured by the late Tom Culley
Opening night – Thursday 1st March 2012 – 7.30pm onwards
@ Port Street Beer House, Port Street, Manchester, M1 2EQ
Exhibition continues – 2nd March 2012 – 2013
All prints are for sale – please enquire behind the bar or drop us an email – cheers!
– Perfect winter warmers
We have couple of special super-limited beers on the bar today.
Firstly, available for a very limited period is Thornbridge Bracia aged for 3 years in Pedro Ximinez casks. Thornbridge’s multi award winning, much lauded beer, the brainchild of their recently departed head brewer Steffano Cossi. The strong, dark, old ale/stout is a triumph in it’s bottle conditioned form, but we have one of a few casks of a barrel aged version, the choice of barrel was the famous Pedro Ximinez sherry casks. The PX sherry is famed for it’s deep almost treacle sweetness, with lots of dark and stewed fruit flavours along with deep oak flavours from the wood combine with the ale to give a complex and very refined finish to the beer. Definitely one to try while it’s here, just sip at a third and enjoy.
Also while we’re on the subject of big beers, we have one firkin of Moor Beer‘s ‘Sloe Walker’, another prize winning beer given a twist, a seasonal version of Old Freddy Walker, with sloes surprisingly enough. After a days foraging, a whole bunch of sloes are cleaned, frozen and pricked then weighed out and distributed among 10 casks, the beer is then racked over the top and left to mature for several months. The result gives a subtle acidity counterbalancing the bold flavours of the beer, it’s recommended you leave it to warm up a little to allow the flavours to really come out.
Words by Jonathan Heyes