– Oh say can you see, an American Beer Festival update.
Well, the beer just gets better with even more breweries being added to our festival line up along with details on some more events.
The Camden MTB has sold out, but don’t fret as we are launching an American Rarities tasting with snacks. This will be a strictly limited capacity event and is hosted by the Brewers Association American Craft Beer Ambassador, Andreas Fält. This will be a great opportunity to sample some very fine exclusive beers.
Monday 2nd July – American Rarities Tasting Session with Andreas Fält
5.30pm doors / event starts at 6.30pm
SOLD OUT
The breweries are as follows;
Southern Tier
Uncommon Brewers
Hoppin Frog
Green Flash
Jester King
Alesmith
(includes snacks)
Limited to 30 places.
Wednesday 4th July – Kopikat Keg Launch
We’ll be celebrating Independence Day early and open at 2pm. We have also confirmed that Summerwine brewery will be in attendance to launch their Barrel aged Kopikat on keg, Kopikat is an imperial stout with Madgascan Vanilla and Civet cat coffee, it has been ageing in 2 separate single malt whiskey casks, one Caol Ila and the other Clynelish. This is the first and only time these versions will be available in Manchester so come on down.
More events for the 4th July will be added in the lead up to the festival.
Breweries added to the festival line up are:
Keg
Rogue Ales
Stone Brewing Co.
Maui Brewing Co.
Uncommon Brewers
Bottles
Jester King
Cigar City
Dogfish head
Anchorage
Sly Fox
Weyerbacher
– American Beer Festival 2012 / 25th June until 8th July 2012
Well it’s that time of year when we celebrate the ‘special relationship’ with them folks across the pond. We may hate the politics, but we love the beery goodness! Starting on 25th June the celebration kicks off with our first all keg ‘Meet The Brewer’ with Camden Brewery. Yes, I know some purists will not agree but we think it’s going to be great, five of our draft lines being taken over by some fine craft English beer.
American theme you say? Camden Town? “Wait a minute surely they’re from big London” I hear you cry. This we concede, however Camden clearly adhere to the US Craft model, taking classic European styles and giving them a shot in the arm. On top of that they operate a keg only policy coupled with fantastic branding, in the end their beers are awesome so that’s reason enough to have them prop up the bar.
This event will be the first of the festival which will be incorporating some of the most exciting beer we have ever had. The second event will be an all day celebration on 4th of July (more info to follow in the next couple of weeks).
If you thought last year was good, and so did we, think again. We are going to top that, big time and here’s why:
Draft from:
Jolly Pumpkin
Southern Tier
Perfect Crime
Hoppin Frog
Brooklyn
Anderson Valley
Sierra Nevada
Flying Dog
Left Hand
Bottles from:
Alesmith
Hoppin Frog
Southern Tier
Green Flash
Perfect Crime
Shorts
Kuhnhenn
& the usual American greats.
* Artwork by Steve Hockett – www.wonder-room.eu
– 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.