Monday 30 January 2012

The Anniversary of the Invention of the Hot-Dog

Tonight we will have hot-dogs on the menu and lots of American beers for you to enjoy, including

Flying Dog (Maryland) - In Heat Wheat 4.7%, Stone (California) - Ruination IPA 7.7% and Levitation Ale 4.4%, Goose Island (Illinois) - Mild Winter 5.6% and Matilda 7%, Cave Creek (Mexico) - Chilli Beer 4.2%, Blue Moon (Colorado) - Wheat Beer 5.4%, Brooklyn (New York) - Winter Ale 6.1%, Black Chocolate Stout 10% and Lager 5.2%, Odell (colorado) - Cut Throat Porter 5%, Fordham (Delaware) - Tavern Ale 6.1%, Kona (Hawaii) - Pipeline Coffee Stout, Sierra Nevada (California) - Torpedo Extra IPA 7.2%

Nobby's - Wild West Ale 4.6%

Other beers on at the moment are
Hopmonster - Freak Show 4.2%, Georges - Excalibar 5.4%, Nethergate - Mary's Ruby Mild 4.5%, Oakham - Preacher 4.3%, Dark Star - American Pale Ale 4.7%, Titanic - Iron Curtain Stout 6%, Oakham - Inferno 4%, Newby Wyke - Sidewinder 3.8%, Fox - Cerberus 4.5%, Woodfordes - Wherry 3.8%, Hopmaster - Rochford Banshee 4.4% and Black Bar - Bitter 3.4%.

Coming soon
A very special beer from Oakham - Crouch Vale Bitter 4.1%, Prospect - Nutty Slack 3.9%, Dark Star - Hophead 3.8%, Prospect - Big John 4.8%

There should be something that you fancy among those. Also don't forget the quiz on Wed at 8.30pm in the marquee and on Monday 6th Feb it is St Amand's Day who is the patron saint of brewers so we have a couple of local brewers who are going to come and have a chat about brewing and let you try some of their beer, starts about 7.30pm

Saturday 21 January 2012

A long gap

Sorry folks, Jethro started doing this but then we got busy/er and he sort of stopped.

We had lots of new and interesting beers over Christmas and the New Year, we also tried a couple of new ones at the beer festival this weekend at USSC in Mill Lane.

The beers we have available now and over the next few days are as follows.

Newby Wyke - HMS Warrior 5%, Titanic - Iceberg 4.1%, Oakham - Inferno 4%, Hop Monster - Warlock 4.5%, Old Cannon -  .Black Pig 4.2% (Nothing to do with Capt pugwash, as far as we know),
Green Tye - Albion 3.6%, Woodfordes - Wherry 3.8%, Nethergate - Dewdrop 3.9% and Titanic - Mild 3.5% are on at the moment

Waiting in the wings are Oakham - Whakari 4.3% very rare beer, Oakham - Citra 4.2%, Georges - Excalibar 5.4%, Bank Top - Dark Mild 4%, Captain Kidd 3.7%, Prospect - Gold Digger 4%, Nobbys - Wild West 4.6%, Fox - Best Bitter 4%, Cotleigh - Buzzard 4.8%, Nethergate - Umbel Magna 5% and Woodfordes - Admirals Reserve 5%

We have increased the range of bottled beers to include beers from Delaware,New York, Hawaii, Utah and California

Guest foreign draught is Schneider - Mein Blonde

We are holding a quiz every Wed in Jan and Feb it starts at 8.30pm, beer and meals to be won along with chocolate