{"id":108,"date":"2018-07-11T10:12:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T09:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikeandpen.net\/beer\/?p=108"},"modified":"2018-08-06T09:41:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T08:41:19","slug":"manchester-beer-week-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikeandpen.net\/beer\/2018\/07\/11\/manchester-beer-week-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Beer Week Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Highest Scoring Beer<\/span>:<\/strong> 4.5\/5 – BA Saison Brut<\/em>
\nLowest Scoring Beer<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0:2.75\/5 – Two Hoots (Holts)<\/em>, Bitter<\/em> (Holts) and Dinosaurs Will Die<\/em><\/p>\n

Number of beers( not including unknown homebrew): 61<\/strong>
\nIf excluding ones I drank at home and they were not event or pre-event beers : 58<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of countries beer originated from: 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total number of events attended: 12<\/strong> (but one was Heineken at which we did not drink, but got some cans in the goody bag which are yet to be drunk)<\/p>\n

[Editor: It should be noted that many of the 61 were samples of less than one third of a pint and none were more than half a pint. All of the Homebrew Expo samples were 100-150ml. ]<\/p>\n

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Sun 8th July – Homebrew Expo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Lots of homebrew – 4-12% – UK
\nSpecial RealAletionship<\/strong> – Brick Field Brewery<\/em> – Blonde Ale – 4.8% – UK<\/p>\n

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Sat 7th July – Temperance Street Party & SQUAWK Open Day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cthulhu Brew<\/strong> – Beer Nouveau<\/em> – Imperial Lager – 8.2% – UK
\nRaspberry Wit<\/strong> – Origami Brewing Company<\/em> – Fruit Beer – 5.7% -UK
\nBelgian Witbier<\/strong> – SQUAWK Brewing Company<\/em> – Witbier – 4.8% – UK
\nDhana<\/strong> (Strawberry and Coriander Seed) – SQUAWK Brewing Company<\/em> – IPA International – 4.6% – UK
\nCloaking Device<\/strong> – Brooklyn Brewery<\/em> – Imperial Porter – 10.5% – USA
\nDry Hopped Sour<\/strong> – Blackjack Beers<\/em> – Sour – 4.3% – UK
\nRhubarb & Peppercorn With the Creameries<\/strong> – ???? – Saison\/Farmhouse – 5.8% – UK
\nThai Wheat<\/strong> – Thirst Class Ale<\/em> – Pale Wheat Ale American – 5% – UK<\/p>\n

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Fri 6th July – Beer Nouveau<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Knee Panda<\/strong> – Origami Brewing Company<\/em> – Pale Ale American – 4% – UK
\nDon’t Wear Slippers<\/strong> – Beer Nouveau<\/em> – Export Stout – 8% – UK<\/p>\n

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Fri 6th July – Holts Tour<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Fool’s Gold<\/strong> – The Bootleg Brewing Co.\/Joseph Holt Brewery<\/em> – Blonde Ale – 3.9% – UK
\nChorlton Pale Ale<\/strong> – The Bootleg Brewing Co.\/Joseph Holt Brewery<\/em> – English Pale Ale – 4% – UK
\nDiamond<\/strong> – Jospeh Holt Brewery<\/em> – Lager – 5% – UK
\nMild<\/strong> – Jospeh Holt Brewery<\/em> – English Mild – 3.2% – UK
\nTwo Hoots<\/strong> – Jospeh Holt Brewery<\/em> – Golden Ale – 4.2% – UK
\nBitter<\/strong> – Jospeh Holt Brewery<\/em> – English Bitter – 4% – UK
\nLionbrew<\/strong> – Jospeh Holt Brewery<\/em> – English Pale Ale – 3.5% – UK
\nIPA<\/strong> – Jospeh Holt Brewery<\/em> – English IPA – 3.8% – UK<\/p>\n

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Thurs 5th July – day off from events – drank at home<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Blood Wolf<\/strong> – Derby Brewing Company<\/em> – American Red Ale – 4.8% – UK
\nKS Gose Verde<\/strong> – Keith Sowerby<\/em> – Sour\/Gose – 5% – UK<\/p>\n

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Wed 4th July – Evolution of IPA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Guillotine<\/strong> – Marble Beers<\/em> – International IPA – 7.1% – UK
\nIPA Citra Enigma<\/strong> – Cloudwater<\/em> – New England IPA – 6.5% – UK
\nOne Way Ticket to Pluto<\/strong> – Torrside Brewing<\/em> – West Coast IPA – 6.8% – UK
\nTEIPA<\/strong> – Beer Nouveau<\/em> – English IPA – 6.6% – UK
\nBarclay’s X Wood Cask<\/strong> – Beer Nouveau<\/em> – 8.4% – UK<\/p>\n

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Wed 4th July – Cole & Cole Food & Beer event<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dinosaurs Will Die<\/strong> – Marble Beers<\/em> – Sour\/Gose – 4.1% – UK
\nLagonda<\/strong> – Marble Beers<\/em> – English IPA – 5% – UK<\/p>\n

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Tue 3rd July – Yeast Event<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

BA Saison Brut<\/strong> – Cloudwater<\/em> – Saison\/Farmhouse – 8% – UK
\nGenesi<\/strong> – Birra dell’Eremo<\/em> – Biere de Champagne\/Biere Brut – 9% – Italy
\nOrval 2014<\/strong> – Brasserie d’Orval<\/em> – Belgian Pale Ale – 6.2% – Belgium
\nOrval 2018<\/strong> – Brasserie d’Orval<\/em> – Belgian Pale Ale – 6.2% – Belgium
\nRodenbach Grand Cru<\/strong> – Brouwerji Rodenbach<\/em> – Sour Flanders Red Ale – 6% – Belgium
\nOude Gueuze<\/strong> – Hanssens Artisanaal<\/em> – Lambic Gueuze – 6% – Belgium
\nTzatzki Sour<\/strong> – Mad Hatter Brewing<\/em> – Sour Ale – 4.3% – UK
\nSeven<\/strong> – Upright Brewing Company<\/em> – Saison\/Farmhouse – 8% – USA
\nSaison Dupont<\/strong> – Brasserie Dupont<\/em> – Saison\/Farmhouse – 6.5% – Belgium<\/p>\n

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Tue 3rd July – Ply scadanavian takeover<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ben<\/strong> – Brewski<\/em> – Imperial Stout – 9.5% – Sweden
\nStick A Finger In The Soil<\/strong> – Mikkeller<\/em> – 4.6% – Denmark
\nGBG Beer Week 2018 (Strawberry Sour)<\/strong> – Dugges Bryggeri<\/em> – Berliner Weisse – 5% – Sweden<\/p>\n

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Mon 2nd July – Furture of Lager<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Running With Sceptres<\/strong> – Lost and Grounded Brewers<\/em> – Lager – 5.2% – UK
\nKeller Pils<\/strong> – Lost and Grounded Brewers<\/em> – Kellerbier\/Lager – 4.8% – UK
\nPaulaner Original Munchner Hell<\/strong> – Paulaner Brauerei<\/em> – Lager – 4.9% – Germany
\nBitburger Premium Pils<\/strong> – Bitburger Braugruppe<\/em> – Pilsner – 4.8% – Germany
\nPilsner Urquell<\/strong> – Plzensky Prazdroj<\/em> – Pilsner – 4.4% – Czech Republic
\nHacker-Pschorr<\/em> Muncher Kellerbier<\/strong> – Kellerbier \/Lager – 5.5% – Germany
\nPaulaner<\/em> Ur-Dunkel Naturtrub<\/strong> – Lager Dunkel – 5% – Germany
\nDream House<\/strong> – Left Handed Giant Brewing<\/em> – American Pale – 5.9% – UK<\/p>\n

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Mon 2nd July – Fairfield Social Club on way to Future of Lager<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pale<\/strong> – Nomadic Beers<\/em> – English Pale Ale – 3.9% – UK<\/p>\n

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Sun 1st July – day off from event – drank at home<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cleric’s Cure<\/strong> – Three Tuns Brewey<\/em> – English IPA – 5% – UK<\/p>\n

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Sat 30th June – Four Kings Open Day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Four Kings IPA<\/strong> – Four Kings Brewery<\/em> – English IPA – 4% – UK
\nEasy Dark Mild<\/strong> – Four Kings Brewery<\/em> – English Mild Ale – 3.9% – UK
\nGold<\/strong> –\u00a0Four Kings Brewery<\/em> – English Bitter – 4% – UK<\/p>\n

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Fri 29th June – Ol Croatian Nova Runda event<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

ThroaTTwisteR<\/strong> – Nova Runda<\/em> – Imperial IPA (?) – 9% – Croatia
\nAPA<\/strong> – Nova Runda<\/em> – American Pale Ale – 5.2% – Croatia
\nHill 438<\/strong> – Nova Runda<\/em> – American IPA – 6.5% – Croatia
\nHladovina<\/strong> – Nova Runda<\/em> – Session IPA – 4.9% – Croatia
\nC4<\/strong> – Nova Runda<\/em> – American IPA – 6.3% – Croatia
\nSmiley Smile<\/strong> – Ol Nano Bar and Brewery<\/em> – 4.4% – UK<\/p>\n

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Fri 29th June – Beer Nouveau<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Victorian Brown<\/strong> – Beer Nouveau<\/em> – English Brown Ale – 6.6% – UK
\nManchester ExPorter<\/strong> – Beer Nouveau<\/em> – 6% – UK (this was one of the Clash of Cities beers)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Highest Scoring Beer: 4.5\/5 – BA Saison Brut Lowest Scoring Beer\u00a0:2.75\/5 – Two Hoots (Holts), Bitter (Holts) and Dinosaurs Will Die Number of beers( not including unknown homebrew): 61 If excluding ones I drank at home and they were not event or pre-event beers : 58 Number of countries beer originated from: 9 Total number … <\/p>\n

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