– Meet The Brewer with Mad Hatter / Monday 29th July 2013
5.30pm – 8pm (event starts at 6.15pm prompt)
SOLD OUT
Mad Hatter 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 / @MadHatBrew
Artwork by Emily Warren – www.thestealthyrabbit.blogspot.co.uk
– Photos / An Audience with the ‘American Ambassador’ – Mr Andreas Fält – Monday 24th June
A great start to our American Beer Festival, Andreas Fält hosted an evening of tasting beers which included Rogue – Good Chit Pilsner, Ska – Modus Hoperandi, Sierra Nevada – Belgian Blonde IPA, Southern Tier – Iniquity and Flying Dog – Imperial Green Tea Stout.
Thanks to everyone who came down and enjoyed the beers and our very tasty chilli dogs!
You can sample all of the above beers and plenty more until Sunday 7th July 2013.
– Photos / Meet The Brewer with Toccalmatto – Monday 10th June 2013
Many thanks to Bruno Carilli from Toccalmatto for hosting such a wonderful evening, our first ever Italian Meet The Brewer event. Special thanks to Giulio Temporin from Atlas Brands for helping us organise it and thanks to you for coming down.
– Meet The Brewer with Bruno Carilli (Toccalmatto) – Monday 10th June 2013 / 6pm
SOLD OUT – available from the bar or call 0161 237 9949
Birra Toccalmatto started brewing in Fidenza, near Parma, in northern Italy, in 2008, initially producing 550 liter batches (just over 3.5 BBL.) Head brewer Bruno Carilli gained experience in the food and brewing industry, and then decided he wanted to produce his own beer. So, with the help of three friends, he made his passion for brewing traditional Belgian and British beers a reality.
Experimentation is a big part of Toccalmatto, and many of the beers are very hop forward. To aid in the development of local hops, cultivation of 16 new hop varieties has started between Fidenza and Tabbiano. Beers like ‘Zona Cesarini’, ‘B Space Invader,’ and ‘Tabula Rasa’ have already graced the Port Street taps, and for the Meet the Brewer, we will be tasting five of their wonderful beers, accompanied by some culinary delights.