– An Evening with Founders / Wednesday 14th May
6pm (upstairs in the saloon)
£20 advance from the bar or give us a call on 0161 237 9949
Joining us for the evening will be Founders very own Mike Stevens (co-Founder) and John Green (President). We will be sampling five beers in the comfort of our upstairs saloon, places are limited to 40, so grab your ticket now!
Mike Stevens and Dave Engbers both had steady jobs when they decided to chase their dreams and open a brewery – which meant quitting their jobs and taking out huge loans. They figured if you’re going to live life, you ought to live it hard and without regrets.
Founders are a group of passionate beer enthusiasts, a brewery which has grown around a simple philosophy: “We don’t brew beer for the masses. Instead, our beers are crafted for a chosen few, a small cadre of renegades and rebels who enjoy a beer that pushes the limits of what is commonly accepted as taste. In short, we make beer for people like us.”
Founders Brewing: The Story from Founders Brewing Co. on Vimeo.
– Meet The Brewer with Cromarty / Monday 19th May
£13 advance from the bar or call 0161 237 9949
Doors open 5.30pm / event starts at 6.15pm
The Cromarty Brewing Co. is still a bit of a newbie but has far surpassed the ‘Up and coming’ stage of things and is a well recognised and highly popular artisan beer maker. Although the family run company itself is only two years old, head brewer Craig qualified from Heriot Watt and has experience brewing with a range of people from the relatively nearby Cairngorm Brewery to American legends, the Odell Brewing Company. There have been many excellent breweries coming out of Scotland but Cromarty is unarguably a forerunner in both quality and consistency.
We at PSBH have enjoyed Craig’s beers (particularly Red Rocker) for the last two years and after his Manchester debut at IMBC last year we were keen to have him back. May 19th is the time, Port Street Beer House is the place.
– Photos / Meet The Brewer with Tiny Rebel – 28th April 2014
Many thanks to Gareth and Brad for coming all the way form Newport to host a Tiny Rebel ‘Meet The Brewer’ – here are few pics from the evening.
– Boak And Bailey on tour / Sunday May 18th 2014 – 2pm
Boak and Bailey will be parked in a cosy corner of Port Street Beer House for an informal chat, probably a reading, and maybe some questions & answers. So pull up a stool and join them for this FREE event.
Their book ‘Brew Britannia: the strange rebirth of British beer’ is set to be published on 19 June 2014 by Aurum Press.
background info :
In a barn in Somerset, plans are afoot to ferment a beer-cider hybrid with wild yeast that blows on the wind, while in Yorkshire an almost extinct style of ‘salty ’n’ sour’ wheat beer is being resurrected for the 21st century. Fifty years ago, this would have seemed impossible.
Back then, the prospects for British beer looked weak, sweet, bland and fizzy, as colossal combines took over the industry and put profit before palate. Before the Great War, there were 4,000 breweries in Britain; by 1970 there were a paltry 177, and each successive closure made grown men weep.
Today the number is at a 75-year high, with over a thousand in operation. Whether you drink traditional, CAMRA-approved ‘real ale’ or prefer a super-strong, fruit-infused, unfiltered, barrel-aged Belgian-style saison, you are spoilt for choice.
Brew Britannia tells the story of this very British fightback. With a cast of eccentric City bankers, hippie microbrewers, style gurus, a Python, and a lot of men in pubs, it reveals how punter power pulled the humble pint back from the brink.
JESSICA BOAK and RAY BAILEY have been blogging about beer since 2007, inspired by an eye-opening trip to Nuremberg. They have written articles for the Campaign for Real Ale and the Brewery History Society, among others. They live in Penzance, Cornwall.