– January Sales – up to 50% off
Sale times are upon us, we all love an amazing deal, especially when it comes to beer! So why not visit your favourite drinking establishment and take advantage of these wonderful offers. We also have some kegs included in the sale, please check our twitter feed for more details, as these will change quite quickly and will be updated daily!
Happy New Year – from all at Port Street Beer House.
January Sales – Bottle List* – Week commencing 6th January 2015 :
Alesmith – Yulesmith
http://www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk/beer/yulesmith – RRP £21.00 / SALE £12
Ominpollo – Nathalius
http://www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk/beer/nathalius – RRP £6.50 / SALE £3.00
Mavericks – Back In The Saddle
http://www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk/beer/back-in-the-saddle – RRP £5.00 / SALE £3.00
Ruhstaller – 1881
http://www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk/beer/1881 – RRP £6.50 / SALE £3.75
Left Hand – Stranger
http://www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk/beer/stranger – RRP £5.50 / SALE £3.50
Brewfist – Heimdall
http://www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk/beer/heimdall – RRP £6.00 / SALE £3.50
Viven – Porter
http://www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk/beer/porter-7 – RRP £6.00 / SALE £3.00
De La Senne – X Mas Zinnebir
http://www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk/beer/x-mas-zinnebir – RRP £5.50 / SALE £4.00
Partizan – Single
http://www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk/beer/single – RRP £6.00 / SALE £3.00
Pressure Drop – Wallbanger
http://www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk/beer/wallbanger – RRP £4.80 / SALE £3.00
* All subject to availability
– End of Year Review 2014 – the results
Here it is, the inevitable ‘Port Street Beer House End of Year Review 2014’, the beers aren’t in any particular order, however we did do a quick tally of the best brewery category, we are proud to say Buxton came out on top, in second place Siren and a close third we have Magic Rock.
Hope you enjoy reading through these lists, thanks to everyone who contributed, especially the person who put ‘Clown Juice’ for every single section, your entry was unfortunately not submitted.
Hope everyone enjoyed the year they called twenty fourteen, happy new year and all the best from all at Port Street Beer House.
+ End of Year Review 2014 +
Name : Sam J Cruz
Occupation : Co-Owner of Against The Grain Brewery
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Against The Grain Brewery / Rico Sauvin IPA
Against The Grain Brewery / 35K Milk Stout
Surly / Barrel Aged Darkness
Bells Brewery / 2 Hearted IPA
Prarie / Standard
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Against The Grain of course! ;)
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
My life is beer and 2014 has been fucking amazing!
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Name : Cameron
Occupation : teacher
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Deschutes / Black Butte XXVI
Russian River / Pliny the Elder
Loverbeer / Madamin
Elysian / Superfuzz
Founders / KBS
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Deschutes
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Deschutes pub visit, Portland
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Name : Darren Turpin
Occupation : freelance website manager, http://manchester.alenews.uk
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Deeply Vale / DV8
Silver Street / Porter
Magic Rock / Jiminez aged Bearded Lady
Silver Street / Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby
Five-Oh Brew Co / Sorachi Ace Stout
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Silver Street – Bury
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Independent Salford Beer Festival
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Name : Becky Rothwell
Occupation : BrewDog
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Mikkeller + Three Floyds / Blå Spøgelse
Beavertown / Gamma Ray
Magic Rock / Sour Alphonso
The Bruery / Tart of Darkness
Evil Twin / The Cowboy
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Beavertown
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Sitting on a balcony in Copenhagen at 5am, drinking Mikkeller beers with my fave guy.
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Name : Richard Brownhill
Occupation : General Manager, Tapped Leeds
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Ilkley Brewery / The Man from D.U.N.K.E.L.
Northern Monk / Mocha Porter
Marble Brewery / English IPA
Buxton Brewery / Double Axe
Pressure Drop / Strictly Roots
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Buxton Brewery
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Collaboration brew and MTB with Beavertown at Tapped Leeds in February/Tapped Brew Co. Takeover at PSBH!!!!
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Name : Andy Johnson
Occupation : Digital Marketing Manager
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Brewfist / Space Frontier Grape IPA.
Buxton / Far Skyline
Buxton / Ace Edge
Northern Monk / Chennai Export Porter
Flying Dog / The Fear
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Buxton
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
IMBC
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Name : Hedley Coppock
Occupation : medical writer
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Weird Beard / Double Pearl
Buxton Brewery / Nth Cloud
Buxton Brewery & Omnipollo / Yellow Belly
Magic Rock / Rapture
Tiny Rebel / Hadouken
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Weird Beard
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Any visit to PSBH
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Name : Chris Clough
Occupation : Translator
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Buxton / Ace Edge
Buxton / Far Skyline
Siren / 10 Finger Discount
Magic Rock & Lervig / Farmhouse IPA
Burning Sky / Saison L’Hiver
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Buxton
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
IMBC
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Name : Ståle Møllegård, Norway
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
De Molen / Hel & Verdomenis
Great Divide / Yeti
8 Wired / Super Conductor
8 Wired / iStout
Stone / Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
8 Wired Brewing Co.
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Beer Hiking through Peak District
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Name : Jen
Occupation : Artist
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Yellow Belly peanut butter and biscuit imperial stout
Mad Hatter / Fattest Stout
Redwillow / Smokeless
Redwillow / Heartless
Thornbridge / Coco wonderland
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Thornbridge
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
drinking
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Name : Ben Hodgkinson
Occupation : James Clay Beers
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Siren Craft Brew / Liquid Mistress
Cromarty / Rogue Wave
Burning Sky / Saison à la Provision
Founders / Breakfast Stout
Brooklyn Brewery / Blast!
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Siren
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
The Brooklyn Brewery Mash (London)
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Name : Jay Krause
Occupation : Quantum Brewing Co.
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Buxton Brewery / Ace Edge
BrewDog / Paradox Heaven Hill
Thornbridge / Bayern
Salopian / Oracle
Retorto / Morning Glory
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Buxton Brewery.
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
IMBC went above and beyond this year.
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Name : William France
Occupation : Operations-Cloudwater Brew Co
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Thronbridge / Valravn
Magic Rock Brewing / Villainous
Magic Rock Brewing / Craftwerk
SWB / Mauna Kea
Alchemist / Heady Topper
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Magic Rock
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Having lunch with Jean Van Roy at the Birrificio Indipendente Elav’s brewery tap, swapping stories & beer experiences.
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Name : Adam Birch
Occupation : UoM Finance Comms Officer
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Quantum / Physics
Magic rock / Cannonball
Magic Rock / Villainous
Tiny Rebel / Urban IPA
Pacer / Summer Wine
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Blackjack
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Getting pissed on my birthday
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Name : Dave Harrison-Ward
Occupation : IT Systems Administrator (wannabe brewer)
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Magic Rock / Villainous
Siren + De Molen / Empress
Buxton Brewery / Far Skyline
Buxton Brewery / Double Axe
Black Ops / Salopian
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Buxton Brewery
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Easy – IMBC 2014!
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Name : Mike
Occupation : IT Engineer
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Magic Rock / High wire
Marble / Earl Gray IPA
Flying Dog / Mint Chocolate Stout
Tiny Rebel / Hadouken
Liverpool Organic / Josephine Butler Elderflower Ale
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Magic Rock
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Brewtap – Blackjack beers (Followed closely by IMBC)
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Name : Alex
Occupation : student
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Westbrook / Mexican Cake
The Kernel / IPA (all varieties)
Burning Sky / Monolith
Westbrook / IPA
Evil Twin / Imperial Doughnut Break
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
The Kernel
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Name : Andy
Occupation : @hoponthebIke
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Magic Rock / Magic Spanner
Brewsmith Beers / IPA
Hand Drawn Monkey / Smaller
Wiper & True / Small Beer
Quantum / I Heart Motueka
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Wiper & True
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
IndyManBeerCon (of course!!)
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Name : Mike Bates
Occupation : general lackey at the House of Trembling Madness
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Siren & Evil Twin / Even More Jesus VIII Coffee & Bourbon Aged
Fantome / Saison
To Ol / Fuck Art the Heathens are Coming
Pressure Drop / Stokey Brown
Stillwater Artisanal / Why Can’t I Beat You?
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Siren
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Brewing Gracchus with Siren & Omnipollo then launching it at Craft Covent Garden! But that’s hardly a common experience, so probably IMBC, great atmosphere and a chance to catch up with everyone. Always fun.
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Name : Leona Norbury
Occupation : Port Street Beer House
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Buxton Brewery / Far Skyline
Against the Grain / There Gose the Neighbourhood
To-Ol / Sur Mosaic
Westbrook / Mexican Cake
Oerpsoep/Rooie Dop/Buxton / Grain & Grape
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
BUXTON!
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Copenhagen Beer Celebration (and IMBC of course..)
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Name : Claudia Asch
Occupation : IndyManBeerCon
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Firestone Walker / Lil’ Opal
Boneyard Brewing Company / Notorious IPA
Toccalmatto / Bedda Matri Marsala Barrel Aged
Cigar City / Double Barrel Hunapuh’s
Burning Sky / Saison a la Provision
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
UK: Burning Sky / USA: Cycle Brewing / Germany: Freigeist / Italy: Toccalmatto
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Copenhagen/IMBC/Brewing with Bruno at Toccalmatto/All our collabs
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Name : James R. Moffat
Occupation : PSBH
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Westbrook – Mexican Cake
Against the Grain – There Gose The Neighbourhood
Buxton – Ace Edge (especially when randalled through extra Sorachi Ace & coconut!)
To Øl – Hop Love Pils
To Øl / Brewfist – Space Frontier
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Buxton
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Too many… Comparing High Wire & Oregon at Jackalope’s first birthday in Chorlton, drinking far too much of both & trying to make the ultimate West Coast Pale by blending the two. Cracking a 2010 Goose Island Vanilla Bourbon County at one of the first staff meetings after joining the PSBH team after saving it for 4 years! Starting brewing again & brewing a bretted beetroot saison as a last brew with a mate before he moved down to London, still not ready but hopefully going to taste great! IMBC, every year obviously! (Are we contractually obliged to say that?). I’m sure there’s more. There always is.
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Name : Unknown
Occupation : Unknown
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Mikkeller – Texas Ranger
Ilkley Brewery/Brewdog – Westwood Stout
Ilkley Brewery/Rooie Dop/Oerseop – De Passie
Partizan – Saison Grisette
Five Points – Hook Island Red
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Ilkley Brewery
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Leeds International Beer Fest
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Name : Kieron Sumner
Occupation : National Treasure (?!?!?!)
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Pogonophobia // MagicRock+Evil Twin
Evil Twin // Falco
Salty Kiss // Magic Rock
Home of the Fruitcakes // Celt
Salopian Brewery // Darwin’s Origin
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Buxton // Evil Twin
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
IMBC
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Name : Matt Dutton
Occupation : Operations Manager – The Font
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Schlenkerla – Helles
@likethemurphys – Imp Choc Orange Stout
Augustiner – Lager Bier Hell
Against The Grain – Citra Ass Down
Quantum – Brett C Pale
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Buxton Brewery
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Home brewing Beer in my cellar
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Name : Michael
Occupation : PhD student
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Perennial Artisan Ales / Saison de Lis
Struise / XXX Rogge Tripel
Schneider / Meine Hopfenweisse
La Trappe / Quadrupel Oak Aged #17
Rochefort / Trappistes Rochefort 10
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Buxton
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Brussels
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Name : Fraser Pirie
Occupation : BSc Brewing & Distilling student
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Buxton Double Axe
Siren / To øl Tickle Monster
Buxton / Omnipollo Yellowbelly
Wild Beer Schnoodlepip
Stone Enjoy By
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Buxton
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Natural Selection Launch @ The Hanging Bat
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Name : David Sweetman
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Saison Dupont Cuvée Dry Hopping 2014
Buxton – Far Skyline
Buxton – Double Axe
Burning Sky – Saison Le Printemps
Magic Rock – Bourbon Barrel Bearded Lady 2014 (Buffalo Trace)
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Buxton
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Birmingham Beer Bash
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Name : Joe Nicholas
Occupation : Assistant Bar Manager, Craft Beer Co.
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Evil Twin/Luksus One
Westbrook/Gose
Logsdon/Seizoen Bretta
To Øl/Blossom
The Kernel/Raspberry Sour
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Siren Craft
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Come on now – INDY MAN
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Name : David Sheldon
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Northern Monk / Northern Star
Brewdog / Cocoa Physco
New Belgium / Coconut Curry Hefe
Partizan / Van Chai Stout
Boulder Beer Co / 35th Anniversary Imperial Black IPA
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
No one brewery overall.
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Drinking in the Hop & Cleaver / Bob’s Bar / Redhouse connected pubs in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Name : Arlo
Occupation : Port Street Beer House
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Westbrook / Mexican Cake
Buxton / Double Axe
Five Oh Brew Co / New Dark Ages
Goose Island / Bourbon County
Against The Grain / There Gose The Neighbourhood
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Westbrook
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Going to the lakes with Founders
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Name : Andy
Occupation : Port Street Beer House
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Westbrook / Mexican Cake
Jolly Pumpkin / La Roja
Buxton / Grape + Grain
To Øl / Jule Maelk
To Øl / Likewiesse
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
Buxton
BEST BEER RELATED EXPERIENCE of 2014?
Brewing with Mad Hatter
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Name : Euan Summers
Occupation : Port Street Beer House / Quantum
Five favourite beers of 2014 :
Jester King / La Vie en Rose
Jack’s Abbey / Hoponius Union
Sierra Nevada / Barrel Aged Torpedo
Buxton / Ace Edge
Against the Grain / There Gose The Neighbourhood
BEST BREWERY OF 2014?
Jack’s Abbey, wish more of their stuff was available
BEST BREWERY of 2014?
A close tie between starting work as a brewer and having the privilege to attend the Copenhagen Beer Celebration. I’m very happy that I’ve somewhat found myself a part of this great worldwide beer scene and get the chance to meet and drink with some of the best Brewers in the universe (unless space beer is a thing)
– Christmas Hampers 2014
It’s that time of year. Again. How did it come around so quickly? Last Christmas was only a few weeks ago wasn’t it? Or was that Hallowe’en? There was something I’m sure. We just spend the year celebrating one thing after the other and it all becomes a big blur. Which one’s Christmas? Oh yeah. Family, friends, sprinting home from the pub to have a cup of tea with your Dad before he goes to bed (yes, I once did that), eating far too much and… PRESENTS! Presents are great. They’re just occasionally a bit tricky to get right. Well hopefully this will help give you a few ideas of things to buy for your loved ones. Or yourself.
Is this something that just happened in my house, or did everyone have this? I’d wake up every Christmas day with a Christmas stocking hanging off the end of my bed, reach in and find several tiny cans of assorted carbonated beverages. I never understood why Christmas was the one day of the year where it was okay for the first thing I eat/drink to be a sugary fizzy drink, but apparently that’s how it goes. Well if it wasn’t just my household that did this why not up your game this year & treat your loved ones to one of our Stocking Filler Christmas Hampers…
CANS **** / £26.50
1. Mavericks – Back In The Saddle
2. Founders – All Day IPA
3. Beavertown – 8-Ball
4. Ruhstaller – 1881
5. Westbrook – White Thai
6. Sly Fox – 113 IPA
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You’ve got too much to worry about on Christmas day; you’ve already managed to buy the same present for someone twice, the kids only want the toys that make the most annoying noise & your head’s still pounding from meeting up with friends who you only see once a year on Christmas Eve and the dog’s eaten the chocolate log & is in urgent need of a trip to the vets. Let us select some beers for you to help you wash down the driest meal you’re going to have all year…
CHRISTMAS DAY SELECTION / £30.25
1. Stillwater – Cellar Door
2. Brooklyn – Black Chocolate Stout
3. Five-Oh – Get To The Choppa!
4. De La Senne – Xmas Zinnebir
5. To Øl / Mikkeller – Underall
6. Rodenbach – Grand Cru
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It must be hard being American. You have to pretend to like turkey twice a year. Luckily you have these delicious beers to wash down your massive dry chicken…
USA / £43.00
1. Brooklyn – 1/2 Ale
2. Stone – Levitation
3. Westbrook Mexican Cake
4. Left Hand – Stranger
5. Stillwater – Existent
6. Odell 5 Barrel
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Granddad, if you’re reading this, I don’t need another crate of really tediously boring bitters this year. I’m sorry. I just haven’t the heart to tell you they’re awful. There’s still some leftover from last year. There might even be some leftover from the year before. The amount of drunk I’d have to be to drink them is too drunk to drink more. I’d much rather have this UK hamper Port Street Beer House has lovingly pieced together…
UK / £35.75
1. Buxton – Grain and Grape
2. Weird Beard – Bearded Nurse
3. Five Oh Cretin Hop
4. Partizan/Mikkeller Barrel Aged Quad
5. Mad Hatter – Liverpool Wit
6. Red Willow – Witless
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Some of my family are from a place where they mostly make beer using grapes, they do a fine job of it too but I prefer my beer made with grains…
Euro / £39.50
1. Omnipollo – Nathanius
2. Rooie Dop – Utrecht Strong
3. Boon Geuze – Mariage Parfait
4. To Øl – Mine Is Bigger Than Yours
5. De Struise – Westoek XX
6. Duchesse De Bourgogne
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I love Christmas.
Words by James R Moffat
***Alternate can suggestion, buy 6 cans of Torpedo. Fill a pair of Christmas Stockings.
– Festive Opening Hours 2014
It’s almost time for Christmas and as such we are keeping with our annual tradition of giving you an extra few hours of Port Street Beer House in December by opening on a couple of Mondays plus we are open on Boxing Day!
You can also share the gift of beer with your significant other this Christmas with PSBH Gift Vouchers and special Christmas takeout hampers of super nice beers ‘Buy 6 bottles and get the cheapest one free’! Bob into the bar or give us a call on 0161 237 9949 to make a purchase!
Stay warm, drink safe – From all at Port Street Beer House
Monday 22nd December : 2pm – midnight
Tuesday 23rd December : 2pm – midnight
Wednesday 24th December : Closed
Thursday 25th December : Closed
Friday 26th December : 4pm – 1am (open on Boxing Day!)
Saturday 27th December : 12pm – 1am
Sunday 28th December : 12pm – midnight
Monday 29th December : 4pm – midnight
Tuesday 30th December : 4pm – midnight
Wednesday 31st December : 2pm – late
Thursday 1st January : Closed
Friday 2nd January : 2pm – midnight
Saturday 3rd January : 12pm – midnight
Sunday 4th January : 12pm – midnight
View the full poster HERE / Artwork by Steve Hockett – http://wonder-room.eu/
