TheNoiseThatWeMade

The Independent Manchester Beer Convention   (IMBC) will happen for the first time at the beginning of October in celebration of beer, food, beery discussions and beery good times.  After the   Leeds International Beer festival   which happened a few weeks ago, this has much of the same essence (beer - kegged & cask) & a whole lot more in the form of practical demos & talks with head brewers. Interesting to see that both festivals are organised by completely different groups - but both have sprung up as a response to the demand from consumers & brewers to have a platform for quality beer (no matter what it's stored in).  A quick rundown of key pointers taken from their site includes these features over the 2 days: - Over 30 keg lines, hosted by the brewers themselves. - 30 cask lines curated by Port Street Beer House and others. - The Portable Street Beer House presenting craft beers from here there and everywhere. ...

It's been a few months now since I moved to Sheffield and I'm finally dedicating a post in sheer not worthiness to the beer scene in this South Yorkshire city. Now depending who I spoke to about the reasons for my move I'd got into the habit of repeating 2, firstly it has the highest ratio of trees to people of any city in Europe (I like my countryside OK!) and secondly it has over 10 micro breweries , in comparison to a city like Birmingham which had 3 on my last count (I like beer OK!). On one of my very first beery trips round town I visited the Rutland Arms & tasted Blue Bee's Nectar Pale Ale. I'd never heard or seen the brewery before & my curiosity got the hold of me after enjoying the hoppy pale ale. Blue Bee is a fairly recent addition (2010) to Sheffield's swelling micro brewing population and in a good way no doubt. Rich the head brewer (it's a one man band really at the moment, so he covers most jobs) had put his fair stint in at w...

Just wanted to give a shout to this event in the next couple of weeks; places still left to be had......looks really interesting & enjoyable.  Beer & cheese tasting plus a beer sommelier to take you on the journey, ace.  Date:    Friday, 14th September Time:    11.00 – 2.00, Venue:  The Camden Eye, 2 Kentish Town Road, London NW1 9NX http://www.thecamdeneye.co.uk/find-us.php Guest speakers:  Mahdis Neghabian,  named BII Licensee of the Year in May this year. Annabel Smith  to conduct the beer and cheese tasting. Annabel is national training manager with Cask Marque and recently became one of only two women Beer Sommeliers in the country, after passing a rigorous assessment from the Beer Academy . All this – for a modest  £20 entry fee,   including beer and cheese (and more food!), payable on the day.  Places are limited, so book yours now by email to ros@shielporter.com or call 07841 69...