– Beer Review of the Year
To round off our first year we thought we’d do a little bit of a survey of staff, suppliers, friends and regulars to find out what floated their beer boats in 2011. We present the results. We asked for people’s top 10 or top 5 beers and their best beer based experience, please feel free to join the discussion with your favourites in the comments section. Many thanks to all of you who took the time to contribute, it’s much appreciated:
Jonny (Port Street Beer House)
Coalition – Darkstar/Thornbridge
Deconstruction – Odell
Vuur and Vlam – De Molen
Saison du Buff – Stone/Victory/Dogfish.
Imperial IPA Centennial – Flying Dog
London Fields – Brodies
Kernel – Export Stout
Illusion – Moor Beer
Summer wine – Diablo
High Wire – Magic Rock
Best Beer Experience
Checking out Dusseldorf’s Altbier and the Veltins brewery.
Visiting Lovibonds brewery and tasting all Jeff’s crazy sour beer experiments.
Various brewdays at Quantum, Magic Rock, Thornbridge and Summerwine.
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John Paul (Port Street Beer House)
Sorachi Ace – Brooklyn
Evenlode – Thornbridge
APA Harvest Hop – Darkstar
Raven – Thornbridge
Bracia – Thornbridge
Carafa Jade – Darkstar
Avec Les Bon Voeux – Dupont
Rodenbach Grand Cro
London Fields – Brodies
Monks Elixir – Mikkeller
Best Beer Experience
Going to Dusseldorf and Will nearly wetting himself
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Anna (Port Street Beer House)
Black Tie – Mikkeller
Export Stout – Kernel
APA Harvest Hop – Darkstar
Cuvee Elijah – Brooklyn Brewery
Yeti Oak Aged – Great Divide
Galaxy Pale Ale (cask) – Kernel
Raven – Thornbridge
Superior Porter – Brodies
Rapture – Magic Rock
Ola Dubh 16 Years – Harviestoun
Best Beer Experience
Tasting dark beers with Alex and JP after RedWillow MTB and discovering Brooklyn chocolate stout and Kernel Black IPA
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William (Port Street Beer House)
Evenlode – Thornbridge
Hennepin + BPA – Ommegang
APA Harvest Hop – Darkstar
90 minute – Dogfish Head
Black Tie – Mikkeller
Mt Hood Pale Ale – Kernel
Black Band Porter – Kirkstall
Bitter and Twisted – Harviestoun
Orkney IPA – Highland Brewing
Seaforth + Alchemy X- Thornbridge
Best Beer Experience
Opening Port Street Beer House, meeting Stephano Cossi (Thornbridge) and Mark Trainter (Darkstar), Drinking Altbier in Dusseldorf, Brewing Fathless with Toby (Redwillow)
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Ben Hodgkinson (James Clay)
Cuvee Noir/Crochet Rouge/Sorachi Ace/Black Ops – Brooklyn
Brown Ale/Saison – Nogne O
Imperial IPA Centennial – Flying Dog
Yeti Espresso Aged – Great Divide
Mycenary – Odell
Meine Hopfenweisse – Schneider Weiss
Hennepin – Ommegang
Amarillo – De Molen
NZPA – Hawkshead
Human Cannonball – Magic Rock
Best Beer Experience
Garret Oliver beer dinner at The Cross Keys, Leeds. A tremendous demonstration of how naturally and brilliantly brewed beer partners good food.
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DJ Adams
Tripel Karmeliet
90 Minute IPA – Dogfish
Torpedo – Sierra Nevada
Pint – Marble
Bracia – Thornbridge
Milk Stout – Left Hand
Vuur and Vlam – De Molen
Orval
Saison – Drakstar
IPA – Goose Island
Best Beer Experience
Tripel Karmeliet on draught at PSBH
Doing the Real Ale Trail
Introducing friends to beer culture and converting them.
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Richard (Magic Rock)
Sculpin IPA – Ballast Point
Two Hearted – Bells
Wipeout IPA – Port Brewing
Breakfast Stout – Founders
Parabola – Firestone Walker
Punk IPA – Brewdog
Black Rocks – Buxton
Windermere Pale – Hawkshead
Filthy Red – Camden Town
Surfing Hop – Toccalmatto
Best Beer Experience
Starting Magic Rock Brewing Co and the MTB at Port Street obviously.
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James Clay
World Wide Stout – Dogfish
Imperial Brown Stout – Nogne O
Aventinus Eisbock – Schneider Weisse
Pale Ale Citra – Kernel
Meine Nelson Sauvin – Schneider Weiss
Pliny The Elder – Russian River
Schlenkerla Eiche
Sorachi Ace – Brooklyn
Jandrain Jandrenouille IV Saison
Duchesse de Bourgogne(draft)
Best Beer Experience
Dogfish Head world wide stout back to back with goose island Bourbon Vanilla County Stout.
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Jay Krause (Quantum Brewing Company)
90 minute IPA – Dogfish
Bracia – Thornbridge
Diablo – Summerwine
Big Eye IPA – Ballast Point
Riwaka Pale Ale – Kernel
Brewwharf vs Danko Saison
Tripel 2011 – Marble
Kiwi – Brodies
Magic Rock Human Cannonball & Evil Twin Soft Dookie Black and Tan.
Poperings Hommelbier
Best Beer Experience
#IPAday celebration at the Grove, Huddersfield with Buxton Brewery.
MTB at Port Street on Halloween.
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John Clarke – CAMRA, Opening Times, all round good egg.
Espresso Stout – Emmelisse
Spontangrape – Mikkeller
Framboise – Our Beersel
Saison – De Schans
Diablo – Summerwine
Ageless – RedWillow
Black Beauty – Robinsons
Amarillo Tripel – Pelgrim
Soft Dookie – Evil Twin
Old Manchester – Marble
Best Beer Experience
Summerwine MTB at PSBH or Beer Tasting at Caprices in Brussels where the first beer up was a 20 year old bottle of De Neve Gueuze.
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Rosie (Port Street Beer House)
Evenlode – Thornbridge
Yeti Oak Aged – Great Divide
Raven(keg) – Thornbridge
Colorado Red – Thornbridge
Carafa Jade – Darkstar
Fade to Black – Left Hand
To Ol – Black Ball Porter
Black Tie – Mikkeller
Abbey Red – Kernel
Dark Arts – Magic Rock
Best Beer Experience
Playing Brewster at Red Willow.
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Jamie (Port Street Beer House)
Dark Star ‘Saison’
Thornbridge ‘Raven’ (keg)
RedWillow ‘Heartless’
Summerwine ‘Diablo’ (keg)
Brodies ‘Dalston Black IPA’
Mikkeller ‘Beer Geek Breakfast’
Duchesse de Bourgogne (keg)
Indigo Imp ‘Blonde Bombshell’
Brasserie Dupont ‘Avec les Bons Voeux’
Lovibonds ’69 IPA’
Best Beer Experience
Spending a day brewing with Toby at Redwillow and getting paid in bottled Ageless, and of course, PSBH opening, then getting a job there!
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Customers
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Rick Ogden
Hops Kill Nazis- Brewdog
Mirthless – Red Willow
SPA – Buxton
Infrared – Hardknott
5am Saint – Brewdog
Best Beer Experience
Beer and Food evening with Garret Oliver.
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Lasse Lukacs
Three Philosophers – Ommegang
Winter Solstice – Indigo Imp
Aether Black – Hardknot
Hardcore IPA – Brewdog
Rose de Gambrinus – Cantillon
Duchesse de Bourgogne
Best Beer Experience
Brewery Day at De Dolle, Essen, Belgium
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Gazza (Steel City)
Mental Hop Bastard – Brodies
Oxymoron – Otley
Highwire – Magic Rock
Kahuna – Summerwine
Stella – Brewwharf
Best Beer Experience
Craft beer in Barcelona – it’s going mental in Catalunya now!
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Adam Taylor
Black Rocks – Buxton
Rouge Hop – Summer Wine
Wreckless – RedWillow
Lagonda IPA – Marble
Stateside – Saltaire
Best Beer Experience
The Gingerman in New York, 66 beers on draft, including a black IPA so good I can’t remember the name of it, from Bear Republic. Heaven.
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Christopher Jazwinski
Torpedo(cask) – Sierra Nevada
Cutthroat Porter – Odell
Faithless VII – RedWillow
Geminus – Thornbridge
Best Bitter – Brodies
Best Beer Experience
A pub crawl in Huddersfield.
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Steve
Bishops Farewell – Oakham Ales
American Amber Ale – Quantum
IPA – Odell
90 minute IPA – Dogfish Head
Dark Arts – Magic Rock
Best Beer Experience
First batch of home brew on the new kit.
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– Extended Festive Opening Hours
Hello! We have decided to extend some of the opening hours over the next couple of weeks, we are also taking a mini break, as we all need a festive holiday, even us!
December 2011
Thursday 22nd – 4pm until midnight
Friday 23rd – midday until midnight
Saturday 24th – CLOSED
Sunday 25th – CLOSED
Monday 26th – CLOSED
Tuesday 27th – 2pm until 12am
Wednesday 28th – 2pm until 12am
Thursday 29th – 2pm until 12am
Friday 30th – 2pm until 12am
Saturday 31st – 4pm until 1am
(no door charge on New Years Eve, open as normal. Upstairs will have reserved tables – there are still two tables for four people left, if anyone is interested – click here for more details)
January 2012
Sunday 1st – CLOSED / HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Monday 2nd – CLOSED
Tuesday 3rd – 4pm until 12am
Back to normal opening hours – www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk/about-contact
All the best for 2012 – Many thanks for all your support this year, we would be nothing without our amazing customers! CHEERS!
From all at Port Street Beer House
– Seasonal takeaway offers / Port Street jute bag
It’s definitely the season for giving and we are proud to announce some lovely beery offers for you to take away this winter.
We have some eco friendly jute bags, printed on both sides with our lovely logo, they can easily carry all sorts of heavy bottles and they are available to purchase from the bar for ONLY £6.
Furthermore we are offering the bag for FREE when you purchase SIX of your favourite beers to take away! OR if the lovely jute bag is not your sort of thing, we are offering a buy five takeaway beers, get a 6th bottle free deal (the cheapest bottle is free*)
Sounds like a deal to us, so come take advantage of our extensive beer list, which can be viewed here.
PSBH Seasonal Offers :
/ Limited Edition PSBH Jute Bag – £6
/ Buy five bottles to TAKEAWAY get ONE free (cheapest bottle is free)
/ Buy Six bottles to TAKEAWAY – FREE bag
* Please note these offers cannot be used in conjunction with anything else.
– ‘Old & Dark Festival’ / Tuesday 22nd November until 6th December 2011 *
Darkness is descending on Port Street from the 22nd November. Over the past few months we have been secreting some of the best old & dark ales we could get our hands on away in our cellar. As the nights draw in we’ll be offering you warming and sumptuous beers that warm you from the inside out.
Expect porters, stouts, old ales, aged stouts, black IPA’s & imperial stouts. We also have a couple of events that coincide with this celebration, firstly the launch of Hardknott’s ‘Vitesse Noir’, a powerful dark ale with cocoa, vanilla and coffee on Wednesday 23rd Nov. Secondly our final Meet The Brewer of the year with Magic Rock on Monday 28th Nov, where they will be launching their brand new imperial stout, ‘Bearded Lady’.
So, put down the pale & pick up a porter. Drink for the season.
Beers Include:
Great Divide Yeti
Magic Rock Bearded Lady
Magic Rock Dark Arts
Hard Knott Vitesse Noir
Thornbridge Raven
Thornbridge x Kernel Burton Ale
Kernel Export India Porter(Cask)
Summerwine Cossack
Summerwine Cohort
Marble Little Jim
Moor Old Freddy Walker
Brodies Superior London Porter
Left hand Wake Up dead
Red Willow Fathomless
Gadds Black Pearl
& more.
* or until the beers runs out.