Sneaky Beer Peek no.5

Fallen Acorn have joined us this year with their delicious array of brews and this one offers something a little lighter for the less hardened ale drinkers. Double Tide is a 5.0% Pilsner brewed by the company from Gosport and is named after the regions double tide phenomena. It is a light refreshing craft Pilsner with a semi sweet and hoppy taste.

Sneaky Beer Peek no.4

One for lovers of the dark side now, we present Portsmouth's very own Urban Island Brewing Company's Porter 28. This 5.0% porter has a combination of 7 malts giving gentle hints of smokiness and chocolate with a roasted finish. It is only brewed by the company between September and April so try it before its put to rest for another 5 months!

Sneaky Beer Peek no.3

Something with a continental taste, we have Greyhound Brewery's White Bird Witte Bier. They describe their 5.1% nod to the Belgians as a cloudy light straw beer in the Belgian style, with hints of spice and bitter orange. A refreshing beer for summer days.

This is the first time Greyhound have had any of their beers at the Portchester Beer Festival so we cant wait to try them all out!

Sneaky Beer Peek no.2

Making it's festival debut this year we have the award winning GFB from Hopback Brewery.

Taken from the brewery website they describe their best loved ale:

GFB, our golden best and our founder John Gilbert’s First Brew over 30 years ago. A hoppy aroma and packed full of the best East Kent Golding hops to give a light clean finish. Tasted to destruction by our brewers!

We definitely can not wait to try this one!

Sneaky Beer Peek no.1

Back by popular demand this year is Irving & Co Brewers Captain B.

This 5.3% spiced rum ale sold out at last years festival so be sure to get in there quickly this year if you want to sample one of Irving's best known brews.

The festival special ale started out as a joke and is a strong, sweet and spicy taste of the Caribbean. With flavours of cinnamon and vanilla with dark sugar notes, its a sure one to hit the spot!

2018 Brewery Sneaky Peek!

It is that time of the year again when we give you lovely followers a sneaky peek at some of our suppliers for the Beer Festival. This year we have sourced locally and below are some of the breweries making their Portchester Beer Festival debut this year!

Hopback Brewery was started in 1986 from the cellar of The Wyndham Arms pub in Salisbury, by John Gilbert who was a pioneer of the new wave of microbrewers that appeared in the early 1980s. They have since acquired 2 more pubs and in 1996 won at the Brewing Industry International Awards for the session beer G.F.B. (Gilbert’s First Brew), claiming Gold Medal both in its class and the overall Championship, beating 232 other cask beers!

For more information on the brewery please visit their website www.hopback.co.uk

Flack Manor Brewery are based in Romsey and have been brewing quality cask ale since 2009. We have three of their finest available on the day.

For more information on the brewery please visit their website www.flackmanor.co.uk

 

Fallen Acorn Brewery is a micro brewery, based in Gosport that evolved from the award winning Oakleaf Brewery. They specialise in real Ale and craft beers.

 

For more information on the brewery please visit their website www.fallenacornbrewing.co

 

 

Greyhound Brewery was started in 2012 by husband and wife team Nick and Sarah Allen in the kitchen of their West Sussex home. After taking over their double garage with barrel brewing equipment, the business went from strength to strength. They remain a very small brewery focusing on good flavour and experimenting with ingredients, currently supplying casks to local pubs and beer festivals and their bottled beer to local and London based restaurants.

 

For more information on the brewery please visit their website www.greyhoundbrewery.co.uk

 

Urban Island Brewing Co. was founded in 2014 and is fast becoming one of Portsmouth's most renowned breweries. They are passionate about brewing beer & enjoy creating a whole range of innovative, quality modern beers, using both traditional and new brewing methods with only the finest malt, Hops and Yeast.

 

For more information on the brewery please visit their website www.urbanislandbrewing.uk

 

 

 

 

 

Entertainment Confirmed for 2018

We are pleased to announce 2 fantastic bands for our festival entertainment this year!

For our afternoon session, we welcome The Damiain Lodrick Band and for our evening session we have The Suite.

Tickets are on sale now from Portchester Community Centre and online HERE 

For more information on the Damiain Lodrick band, check out their website HERE