– Becoming a Microbrewer / By Jay Krause
I got into brewing in my mid-twenties, brewing at home at first as I was short of cash and wanted to continue drinking decent beer. The learning curve is steep; I chose to get straight into all grain brewing and all the science surrounding it. The more I read, the more I understood. The more I understood, the more I practiced. The more I practiced, the better the results. I also discovered that what is needed more than just theory and scientific knowledge, was the confidence to do things differently and attempt to hypothesise the outcome, to explore different beer styles and use strange ingredients. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it failed, but the knowledge I gained was invaluable; I simply loved brewing, and the desire was there to brew on a larger scale.
– Brewdog Bitch Please. Manchester Launch, 23rd May.
Its time to do something with our friends at Brewdog. To start our events series we are doing a free tasting next Monday 23rd May. Launching a new product called ‘Bitch Please’….That’s right we are opening especially for it on a Monday. So, what do you need to do, to come?
If you could email info@portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk with your full name and how many tickets you will need, we will put these onto our guestlist and just turn up at the venue.
– Gwynt Y Ddraig
Its that time of year where a pint of refreshing real cider goes down a treat. We thought we would beef up our cider stock with something great.
– Don’t Believe The Cider Hype
When talk turns to cider the mind turns to images of idyllic orchards basking in autumnal sunlight, of robust yet handsome thirty-somethings lazing amongst the trees while a vintage truck drives to a Victorian era building with wooden crates of apples ready to be pressed for their juice. Or of a bunch of old red nosed men gathered around a table by a roaring fire in an old barn in some indistinct part of the West Country.