– Celt Experience – The Tail-less Black Sow and core range launch / Friday 31st October 2014 – 7pm
On All Hallow’s Eve we proudly present a Celt Experience ‘tap takeover’ from 7pm they will be launching ‘Tail-less Black Sow’ alongside some of their amazing core range, they are in fact doing this at FIVE bars across the UK, Port Street Beer House are proud to be launching this exclusively in Manchester!
Head Brewer Tom Newman explains the project and gives us a quick run down on each of the beers :
“Two months ago I bumped into a cult witch group based in my home village. They were strange! I liked them… They told me of an ancient recipe (which I now have). It contains mugwort, yarrow and Heather.
This recipe, coupled with my fascination in ritualistic folklore embedded in my own backyard made me look at the real Halloween tradition. When spirits are released on winters eve. One of the oldest Welsh tales is that of ‘The tail-less black sow’… More to follow.
It’s a bit of a long-winded way of saying ‘new core range launch’ or ‘tap takeover’, but why change the habit of a life time?”
On to the beers:
Brigid Fire – Smoked Rye IPA: It’s brewed with borrowed ‘De Garde’ from Brasserie St Germain, grits holds 3% oak smoked wheat, with 20% rye, finally dry hopped with Nelson. Sounds complicated, but it works. Perfect for the BBQ craze / great with brisket!
Hallstatt Deity – Pomegranate Saison: A DuPont strain saison, brewed to imperial strength to allow the phenolic edge to work with sweetness in the right way. However to balance the beer a tartness is added from 250kg of pomegranate. Lightly dry hopped with Galaxy.
Lammas Harvest – Gooseberry and lemon thyme Berliner Weiss: A classic Berliner style, controlled at souring stage by Co2 and a PH meter. Steeped during the boil with a dump of lemon thyme. The beer is matured with fresh gooseberries and lightly hopped with mosaic to leave a hint of sherbet.
Golden Age – Dry hopped pale ale (it’s our oldest beer): Like me it keeps changing form. It should be a shapeshifter!? Latest delta is a dry hopped pale with a summit, citra and cascade influence. It’s a summer beer drank in the winter.
Home Of The Fruitcakes – Farmhouse fruit saison: Myself and Jordan Keeper (ex Jester King head) developed the beer for the 2014 Brewdog collab fest. Simple recipe, mashed low for a dry saison. One ton of strawberries and raspberries left for weeks with the yeast to gobble up the fructose. Dry in a sweet fruity way!
Tail-less Black Sow – Herb infused sworn session IPA: it’s our Halloween beer. 40kg of dry hops in a 4.7 session IPA… How can you taste the herbs? Try it! Yarrow and Heather stand bold…
– Euro-Tober Fest 2014 / Tuesday 30th September – Sunday 6th October
We’re at that time of the year again. It’s getting a bit colder, then a little warmer one day, then colder again and then it will stay cold for at least another ten months, however we like to brighten up those dark evenings with our very own Euro-Tober-Fest, running for a whole six days we aim to have beers that will hopefully tickle your euro zone and satisfy all your needs!
Launching on Tuesday 30th September with an evening with La Trappe, hosted by Dieter Lauwers. He’ll be talking to us about all things Trappist and giving us a little history lesson while we taste some amazing beers, a couple of which we’ve never had the opportunity to try before. New beer is always exciting!
While we’re at it and as a few of you have been enquiring, I think it’s time we filled you in with what’s going on with the Rainbow beers. This year the Rainbow Project has been a series of collaboration beers between some of the best breweries in the UK and around Europe so fittingly we’re going to be having them on during Euro-tober-Fest.
From Wednesday 1st October we will have all seven beers on, some of the beers will be available in cask, some in keg and others in bottles. There’s some pretty big ones this year, as some of you are probably already aware, they’re all 7% and up! For those who don’t know about the Rainbow Project, seven breweries each brew a beer using one of the colours of the rainbow as inspiration. Last year we ended up with some weird and wonderful things, this time around promises to be even better with the addition of the collaborations. We’re also going to be mixing it up a little and having some available in cask, keg and bottles.
Come join us, drink, be merry. Give us sympathetic glances over the bar as we run out of the Buxton & Omnipollo collab without having had chance to sit and sip some and give it a proper taste. Feel some guilt that you enjoyed the last little bit. Feel that guilt wash away in some peanut & biscuit 11% stouty goodness.
EVENTS :
Tuesday 30th September / An Evening with La Trappe (hosted by Dieter Lauwers) / 7pm – £14 advance from the bar or 0161 237 9949 (last few tickets remain)
Wednesday 1st October / Rainbow Project Beers available from 6pm onwards
Violet – Siren + De Molen / Empress Stout (Imperial Stout – 8.5%) KEG
Yellow – Buxton + Omnipollo / Yellow Belly (Peanut Butter and Biscuit Imperial Stout – 11%) CASK **
Red – Magic Rock + Evil Twin / Pogonophobia (Dry Hopped Flanders Red – 7%) KEG
Blue – Partizan + Mikkeller / Cognac Ba Quadrupel (10%) BOTTLE
Orange – Beavertown + Naparbier / The Sun Also Rises (Sherry Ba Saison 9%) KEG
Indigo – Wild Beer Co + Toccalmatto / Indigo Child (Sour 8%) KEG
Green – Hawkshead + Lervig / Green Juniper and Hemp DIPA (7.5%) KEG
key = Rainbow Colour – brewery / beer (style and %)
** the only cask to make it outside of Buxton!
– An Evening with La Trappe / Tuesday 30th September – 7pm
£14 advance from the bar or 0161 237 9949
To launch our Euro-Tober-Fest (30th September – 6th October) we are super excited to be hosting an evening with La Trappe. Limited to 40 places you will get the chance to enjoy five of their beers whilst learning more about the brewery from Dieter Lauwers.
History :
La Trappe Trappist ale has been brewed by the Koningshoeven brewery at the Cistercian abbey of Onze Lieve Vrouw van Koningshoeven since 1884. Although La Trappe ales have very different characters, they also have some similarities. Each and every one is a pure ale. Unique ales are created with patience, love, passion and traditional craftsmanship on the basis of the strictly secret recipes of the Trappist monks.
Saint Benedictus is considered the godfather of Western monkhood. He started his own community and thus became the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict. The monks were to commit to ‘ora et labora’, which refers to praying and handcraft. In 1098 a reform was established by the Benedictine order to restore the observance of monks: the Cistercian order. Later in the 17th century, a group formed the Strict Observance in La Trappe abbey in Normandy. They were commonly referred to as ‘Trappists’.
By the end of the 19th century, the French government forced the Trappists to seek refuge. They found their safe haven in Berkel-Enschot in Brabant. It was a strip of heath, with farmsteads and a sheep pen. The farmsteads were called the ‘Koningshoeven’, literally translated ‘the King’s Steads’, after their former owner King Willem II.
The sheep pen was turned into an abbey. The reasons for the Trappists to start brewing beer, were the quality of the drinking water, their need for self-sufficiency and their duty to provide charity.
– Tapped Brewery TAKEOVER – Thursday 28th August / 7pm
“The Tapped Brewery started as a 4BBL kit based at The Sheffield Tap in the newly renovated Edwardian First Class dining rooms of Sheffield Station. The Sheffield brewery has been brewing cask beer since January 2013, and the move to Leeds in December 2013 heralded a second site that holds a custom built 600L Czech Decoction Brewery.
This enabled our brewer in Sheffield, Pete Dakin, to concentrate on its production of high quality cask ale – while opening up a new world of possibilities for Head Brewer and Owner Jamie Hawksworth on his new kit in Leeds. Focussed on producing super fresh beer for our customers, our site at Tapped Leeds serves an ever changing range of beers directly out of 500L serving tanks behind the bar – many of which have been graced by collaborations with the likes of Amundsen Bryggeri, Kirkstall Brewery, Beavertown Brewery, Pressure Drop Brewing, and Magic Rock Brew Co.
With the turnover of beers ever expanding and demand leading us out of our own venues and into the big wide world; we certainly hope more beer lovers will enjoy experiencing our lovingly crafted products!”
For the first time in Manchester we will be exclusively launching Elderflower Pale and Paradiso Triple Hop (Hallertauer Blanc, Mosaic, Citra) both coming in at 5.2% abv
Words by Tapped Brewery
tappedbrewco.com/
@TappedBrewCo
UPDATE – We will now be launching Magic Pils (Magic Rock collaboration) as well as two more Tapped beers on cask, so it’s more of Tapped Take Over now!
Here is a full list of the beers on offer :
Tapped Brew Co. Ale – 3.5% Best Bitter
A modern twist on the classic Best Bitter. Crafted and inspired by Sheffield’s historic Bitter brewing tradition. Maris Otter malt has been lavished with British Goldings and a late twist of Polish Marynka hop to produce a perfectly balanced session Best Bitter.
Rodeo – 4.0% American Pale Ale
American Pale Ale, originally brewed to mark 100 brews and 1 year of brewing at Tapped Brew Co. Pale English malt and American hops: Sonnet, Amarillo, Calypso and lots and lots of Centennial.
Elderflower Pale – 5.2% Summer Ale
Our Tapped Brew Co. ‘Summer Ale’. This beer is smooth and sumptuous, with a fragrant aroma made for the back garden on a sunny day – the marriage of Topaz hops and wild elderflowers brings the summer to your glass, whatever the weather! Brewed by two of our very own bar team; Spike Stinson and Richard Allan.
Paradiso – 5.2% Triple Hop Pale Ale
A Triple Hop pale ale using Mosaic, Citra, and Hallertau Blanc. A fruity aroma gives way to a sharp flavour on the palate and a perfectly balanced bitterness in the finish. The easy drinking flavour belies it’s 5.2% alcohol content – a real Tapped favourite.
Tapped Brew Co/Magic Rock ‘Magic Pils’ – 5.5% Mandarina Hop Organic Pilsner
Our exclusive collaboration with Magic Rock Brew Co. of Huddersfield, this Pilsner is packed with Australian Ella and German Mandarina hops. It promises to be a beauty when it’s released at Tapped Leeds for our Meet the Brewer event on August 26th. Brewed on 31 July 2014 by Jamie Hawksworth, Stuart Ross, and Richard Brownhill
