– Photos / Meet The Brewer with Doug Odell – Monday 11th June
Fresh from his trans atlantic flight, Doug Odell held court at this very intimate affair. The sold out crowd attentively listened to his every word as he talked about the history of the Odell brewery and introduced us to some amazing beers, including : 90 Shilling, IPA, Crimson Stout, Cutthroat and Aquitaine (Kirkstall collaboration).
Special thanks to all who came down and especially to Doug Odell and Andreas Fält for making this happen.
– Meet The Brewer with Camden Brewery / Monday 25th June 2012
£8 advance (tickets available from the bar or call 0161 237 9949)
SOLD OUT
It all started in The Horseshoe pub in Hampstead, North London, initially brewing cask ales beneath the pub before moving up out of the cellars and into the railway arches of Camden Town.
That was early 2010. Subsequently beautiful, German, ultra modern brewery was custom built and shoehorned into a series of railway arches, ideas became recipes and recipes became beers with the first beer going on sale in September 2010.
Inspired by classic European styles and modern American craft brewing, Camden Brewery bring a particular London sensibility to their beers, such as Camden Hells, Pale, Wheat and Ink, as well as special limited release beers throughout the year.
– Photos / Meet The Brewer with Buxton – Monday 28th May
The sun was out and the beer was flowing at yet another sold out event.
Buxton brewery brought their wonderful beers for us to sample, they included Imperial Black, Axe Edge, Wild Boar, Buxton Best and Moor Top. Buxton also gave everyone a leaving present in the form of a bottle of Tsar (Imperial Russion Stout), very tasty indeed.
Of course the evening wouldn’t be complete without some cheese! This was kindly supplied by the Hartington Cheese Shop.
Thanks to all who came down and especially Buxton brewery. Cheers!
– Meet The Brewer with Doug Odell / Monday 11th June 2012 – 7pm
SOLD OUT
Doors 6pm / Event runs 7pm – 9pm
We are real happy to host an ‘intimate’ evening with Mr Doug Odell, limited to 50 places. Tickets are on sale NOW.
/ Brewery info
Doug, Wynne and Corkie Odell started their brewing odyssey in 1989 in a converted 1915 grain elevator located on the outskirts of downtown Fort Collins. Odell’s was just the second microbrewery to open in Colorado. No one knew what “craft beer” was in those early days of the industry and we had to educate our first customers on what exactly it was we were trying to sell them. Not home brew, or worse, bathtub brew, but small batch, hand-crafted, commercially brewed distinctive beers. Our success was immediate.
Doug brought his passion for crafting great beer to our new brewery. Starting in his kitchen in Seattle, Doug had spent ten years refining recipes and playing with brewing processes until he settled on two perfect recipes, although not yet the names – 90 Shilling and Easy Street Wheat. After brewing and kegging his beer, Doug would deliver it, pick up empties, and make sales calls out of his old mustard-colored Datsun pickup. Corkie cleaned out the tanks and Wynne paid the bills.
Flash forward to 1994 and you’ll find us in our newly constructed brewery, a vast 8,000 square feet, working hard to brew 8,300 barrels of beer. Two short years later, we amended our draft-only focus, added a bottling line and started churning out six packs for the drink-at-home fans. Numerous small expansions ensued. By 2009, having outgrown every inch and aspect of our brewery, we doubled our plant size to 45,000 square feet and our beer sold to 45,000 barrels – one barrel per square foot!
Today we’re 60 co-workers strong and still dedicated to sharing our passion for delicious beer with our ever-growing family of fans. Experimentation with beer recipes, barrel aging and yeast cultivation coupled with our dedication to our customers and each other keep our creative juices flowing and our reputation for excellent, innovative beers growing.
