– Festive Opening Hours 2013
Hello.
It’s soon turning into the season of much joy, frivolities and very fine ales. So we have extended a couple of extra opening hours plus we are welcoming you to spend some time with us on a Monday?!? Who would have thought it, Port Street opening on a Monday, it must be Christmas!
Thursday 19th – 2pm until 12am
Friday 20th – 2pm until 12am
Saturday 21st – 12pm until 1am
Sunday 22nd – 12pm until 12am
Monday 23rd – 2pm until 12pm / Open for festive fun(S)
Tuesday 24th – CLOSED
Wednesday 25th – CLOSED
Thursday 26th – CLOSED
Friday 27th – 2pm until 12am
Saturday 28th – 12pm until 1am
Sunday 29th – 12pm until 12am
Monday 30th – CLOSED
Tuesday 31st – 2pm until 1am (bookings in the saloon from 8pm – more info HERE)
Wednesday 1st Jan 2014 – CLOSED
Thursday 2nd Jan 2014 – Back to normal – HAPPY NEW YEAR!
– Up and Coming / Northern Monk Brew Co.
Our ‘regular’ feature of Up and Coming breweries raises it head once again, this time with Bradfords’ finest Northern Monk Brew Co. Here are a few words direct from the the monks mouth :
Established early in 2013. We are currently nomadic brewers and take our inspiration from what we feel is the best of the global beer scene; the history, heritage, provenance and tradition of a quintessentially British drink, combined with a progressive and open approach to branding, brewing techniques and dispense. Our aim is to follow in the footsteps of some of the more forward thinking breweries in the region and build on the developing beer scene in Northern England.
Since the release of our first beer in June and our launch party at The Sparrow Bier Cafe we have enjoyed the support of some of the best of the UK’s speciality Beer pubs, bars and bottle shops and have just returned from Birmingham and our maiden beer festival at the fantastic Beer Bash. Brewing awesome beer, helping to raise the profile of Northern British craft beer and having some fun along the way is our goal, and we plan to bring you more collaborations like our Belgian Triple – Bad Habit – with Weird Beard Brew Co in the coming months. With Leeds International Beer Festival just around the corner and with exciting plans for next year, we are brewing once a month to add to our New World IPA and establish our core beer range. Being on the bar at Port Street means a lot to us and we can’t wait to drink our beer at one of our favourite pubs.
Our New World IPA is inspired by and intended to be reminiscent of IPA’s of old through using a similar approach to technique and hop ratios used in the 1700’s but re-inspired with the addition of New World hops; Cascade, Centennial and Chinook from the US and Galaxy from Australia.
Words by Russell Bisset
We will serving ‘New World IPA’ on keg especially for #IPA Day – TOMORROW (Thursday 1st August) read more here
http://www.northernmonkbrew.co/
https://twitter.com/NMBCo
– Eurotoberfest / Monday 30th September – Sunday 6th October 2013
Winter, as they say, is coming. Well, we’ve autumn to get through first, but you get what I mean.
As the end of September draws near, so too does our annual ‘Eurotoberfest’. It is, as the name suggests, a celebration of all that is tasty and exciting in the world of brewing across our fine and varied continent of Europe.
We’ll be launching it on September 30th, with one of the most exciting Meet the Brewer events we’ve had (especially for those of us with a love for Belgian beer!). Yvan De Baets, from Brussels’s self-styled ‘boutique’ brewery Brasserie De La Senne will be joining us to introduce some of their beautiful modern Belgian beers including Taras Boulba and Zinnebir. A handful of tickets are still available for this event, priced at £14.
Staying in Belgium, we’ll also be getting, for the first time, some rather splendid Viven beers. Viven, set up originally in 1999 by Willy de Lobel, and brewed just two beers, Chapel of Viven, a blonde, and Monastery of Viven a brune, both brewed at De Proefbrouwerij, a well-known brewer of beers for third parties in Lochristi in the East Flanders region of Belgium. In 2003, Willy decided to hand over the Viven reins to Tony Traen, the son of a local liquor dealer. Both Chapel and Monastery of Viven were quickly rechristened Viven Blonde and Viven Brune respectively. Six years later, Tony felt the desire to expand the range with Flemish takes on non-Flemish beers. Out of this desire were born Viven Ale, hopped with English Goldings hops, the delightfully smoky Viven Porter, and the incredible Viven Imperial IPA, heavily hopped with Tomahawk and Simcoe. Of the range, we’ll be stocking the Blonde, Porter and Imperial IPA, which really has to be tasted to be believed! Look out for the bottles in the Belgian fridge.
Finally for this little preview – we’ll be profiling other breweries nearer the time – those of you who attended the Toccalmatto Meet the Brewer back on June 10th will be pleased to know that we’ll be having plenty more beers from them during Eurotoberfest and beyond. Bruno Carilli and his team make some of the most exquisite beers ever to come out of Italy, and are spearheading the ‘craft’ beer revolution currently taking place in this famously wine-loving country. Few who have tasted their remarkable ‘Zona Cesarini’, showcasing the peculiar but amazing Sorachi Ace hop, developed by Sapporo brewery in Japan, will ever forget its citrusy delights.
And there you have it. There is too much going on to mention everything, but suffice as to say, we’ll be stocking special beers from Belgium, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and beyond. We’re working on some last-minute additions, too, so watch this space!
Cheers/Salute/ Proost,/Skål/Santé!*
*Delete as appropriate.
Words by Jamie Hancock / Artwork by Steve Hockett
– # IPA Day / Thursday 1st August 2013
It’s that wonderful time of year again when a whole day is dedicated to one of the best styles in the craft beer world! IPA Day! We’ve decided to celebrate this day in our usual fashion-by drinking beer! Obviously in order to be fitting in with the day we’ve got lots of nice IPA type beer to drink! We’ve got some Kernel IPA, To Øl Buxton collab IPA, Alpha State IPA, Northern Monk IPA, Magic Rock IPA, To Øl DIPA…and those are just the ones off the top of my head!
We like IPA and so are looking forwards to having a special day to drink and talk about it…other people may come along but if we start running low on anything please remember staff have priority. Happy IPA Day.
Food will be supplied by the ever excellent Barnhouse Bistro – serving tasty burgers and more from 6pm.
IPA day logo by @EmilyRagle (Yea I know the date is the wrong way round, but we’ll let the Americans off this time, as the logo was so nice!)