– Event / Moss Cider Tasting
On Tuesday 24th of May we held our first ticketed event, an evening of Cider and Cheese with The Moss Cider Project. The room was set up beautifully, the guests filtered in and the fun began. After a brief introduction by the charming Dan Hasler, the tastings kicked off. Some expertly chosen cheese from Emma Cormack & Kate Ward matched the ciders put forward by ourselves. The Brie & Hovis with Dunkertons combo was my personal favourite, but many people would argue that.
The ciders tasted covered all the bases. Firstly Dunkertons, a 7.2% Organic real cider from Herefordshire. Basically think summer orchards in a glass, medium dry with a touch of oak.
Secondly Original Sin from NYC. A great 5.5% ‘hard cider’ from the most vibrant city in the world. It has great bubbly mouth feel due to the champagne yeast and a light balanced flavour.
Finally we tasted the Moss Cider, a hefty 6.5% that tasted like biting into a granny smith. The depth of flavour was really impressive. You could almost taste every apple pressed into it.
The evening was finished off with a presentation about the story of Moss Cider. It’s a great community project that started in a back alley in Moss Side, the aim to mash unwanted fruit into cider and build community spirit, through a product everyone could be proud of.
We are chuffed with how the event worked and how everyone seemed to have a great time. A big thank you to the people who came & enjoyed this great event with us & everyone who helped out.
Here is a short video from Message Creative showing how much fun we had at the Moss Cider tasting event… here’s to more!
Mosscider Tasting from Message Creative on Vimeo.
– Review: Dark Star Saison / By DJ Adams
A dusky Saturday evening finds me in Port Street Beer House in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. An escape from the Champions League final, and respite from the constant threat of cloudburst. A usual warm welcome and conversation turns to Dark Star’s Saison, which their own website describes as “Nothing like what English beer should be”. That sounded like a challenge, and a delightful 568ml later I’m tending to agree with them. (more…)
– Those Hoppy Belgians / By John Clarke
Belgium has one of the most diverse beer cultures in the world (perhaps now eclipsed by the USA but that’s for another time) and for many beer enthusiasts it is something of a mecca. Almost every beer style you care to mention is made in Belgium – and very often the Belgians got there first and have been doing it better and for longer than anyone else. With one exception.
A feature of the craft beer scene here, in the USA, in Scandinavia and the Netherlands has been the creation bold hoppy beers, using New World hops, primarily from the USA and New Zealand. Centennial, Chinook, Amarillo, Nelson Sauvin and many others. All names to get the hop head drooling with eager anticipation. (more…)
– Brewdog ‘Bitch Please’ launch.
On Monday 23rd we held our first event. A tasting session with one of our favourite breweries, Brewdog. We arranged to open especially on a Monday, the evening was conducted by the breweries rep Josie Ludford. With just over 60 people sampling some outstanding beer, one of which had never been tasted in public before!
The event was great, really good atmosphere and wonderful beer, from the queue outside, to the penguins locking us in, we loved it. A special thanks to Josie and Brewdog for making the event possible.
Hopefully this has wet your appetite for future events as we will be hosting many more. Think beer tastings, meet the brewers and a beer school over the next few months.
Watch this space.