Today is our 20th Anniversary and over the last twenty years, we've brewed thousands of batches of beer. Here's the story of the dangerous first brew, as told by our first brewer, co-founder and co-owner Peter Egelston.
Please join us today for the first of three 20th Anniversary celebrations. We're having cake and ice cream, tapping our Anniversary Beer, and showing off some spiffy new anniversary gear. Everything starts when we open at 11:30 for lunch. A birthday cake ceremony will be taking place at 5:30pm.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
20th Anniversary Brewday Part 1
So Tod's already told you about our 20th Anniversary Beer (that was yesterday's post). It sounds pretty tasty, huh? Well luckily, we recorded the brews as well and all the footage has yielded five or six clips and you'll see footage of a lot of brewers and lots of steamy, hopping action.
You can get your first taste of the 20th Anniversary Beer at our birthday party on June 1. The pub will be decorated in a birthday theme and we'll be blowing out candles and sharing a celebratory toast at 5:30 pm that day.
The rest of our anniversary events are going up on our Brewers' Notes blog because that's the one I've got access to.
We hope you'll be able to join us in celebration of two great decades of serving honest food and award winning beer to all of you wonderful people out there.
You can get your first taste of the 20th Anniversary Beer at our birthday party on June 1. The pub will be decorated in a birthday theme and we'll be blowing out candles and sharing a celebratory toast at 5:30 pm that day.
The rest of our anniversary events are going up on our Brewers' Notes blog because that's the one I've got access to.
We hope you'll be able to join us in celebration of two great decades of serving honest food and award winning beer to all of you wonderful people out there.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Tod Talks Anniversary Beer
Portsmouth Brewery Head Brewer and 20-year New England brewing veteran Tod Mott has brewed a 20th Anniversary Beer with the help of a horde of brewer friends. We'll be releasing the double batch brew at our birthday party on June 1 and we hope you'll be there to join us.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Hello From West Flanders
My trip to Belgium covered two purposes; one was to visit my wife's sister and brother-in-law in Paris and the other was to brew Kate the Great with Urbain at De Struise Brouwers, home of Black Albert.
Paris was a great place to start out mini vacation. We flew into Charles de Gaulle airport and then went into Paris via bus. In addition to our family time, we were able to visit the Musee d'Orsay, which houses large collections of modern painting from Delacroix to the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. The museum is housed in the old Gare d'Orsay train station, a beautiful Beaux Arts structure made obsolete by its short platforms.
After many pain au chocolate, tasse du cafe au creme and croque monsieurs we made our way to the TGV ( high speed train) and up to Lille, France, where Urbain Couttreau picked us up. From there we were off to West Flanders via Wally's Bar and Grill, a Belgo-American road house in Poperinge, the heart of Belgium's hop growing region. West Flanders is also home to De Struise's ostrich farm. The farmhouse has about 6 apartments is home to both Urbain and Phil. From here its about 10 miles to the new Struise brewery/yeast shop/education facility at the "School" and about 15 miles to Deca brewery where all of the De Struise beer is brewed, fermented, conditioned, kegged and bottled. Urbain plans to augment some of the beer production with the new "School" facilities.
As you saw in the video the Deca brewery is quite old ( pre WW1) and uses the original mash-tun and kettle. The rest of the equipment has been updated...... although there is some "purple snake" hose that looks like it's been around since WW2!! I was able to brew a batch of Belgian-style Kate the Great at Deca with Urbain and he then put in a batch of Black Albert to keep KtG company during the long lonely fermentation! This video will give you a glimpse at our adventures in Flanders. We had a blast and the De Struise folks are incredible hosts, though we'll be sure to book our next trip during warmer months.
Cheers,
Tod M.
Paris was a great place to start out mini vacation. We flew into Charles de Gaulle airport and then went into Paris via bus. In addition to our family time, we were able to visit the Musee d'Orsay, which houses large collections of modern painting from Delacroix to the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. The museum is housed in the old Gare d'Orsay train station, a beautiful Beaux Arts structure made obsolete by its short platforms.
After many pain au chocolate, tasse du cafe au creme and croque monsieurs we made our way to the TGV ( high speed train) and up to Lille, France, where Urbain Couttreau picked us up. From there we were off to West Flanders via Wally's Bar and Grill, a Belgo-American road house in Poperinge, the heart of Belgium's hop growing region. West Flanders is also home to De Struise's ostrich farm. The farmhouse has about 6 apartments is home to both Urbain and Phil. From here its about 10 miles to the new Struise brewery/yeast shop/education facility at the "School" and about 15 miles to Deca brewery where all of the De Struise beer is brewed, fermented, conditioned, kegged and bottled. Urbain plans to augment some of the beer production with the new "School" facilities.
As you saw in the video the Deca brewery is quite old ( pre WW1) and uses the original mash-tun and kettle. The rest of the equipment has been updated...... although there is some "purple snake" hose that looks like it's been around since WW2!! I was able to brew a batch of Belgian-style Kate the Great at Deca with Urbain and he then put in a batch of Black Albert to keep KtG company during the long lonely fermentation! This video will give you a glimpse at our adventures in Flanders. We had a blast and the De Struise folks are incredible hosts, though we'll be sure to book our next trip during warmer months.
Cheers,
Tod M.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Mott's Angry Pin
Tod has a reputation among the brewers at Smuttynose for making supremely active cask conditioned beer. He's showered a representative from Sprecher Brewing Company with Black Cat Stout at a Beer Advocate festival. He's showered himself too many times to keep track of, but at least he's consistent.
Dave Yarrington, Smuttynose's DoBrO, captured this little clip on his Palm Pre at the Brattleboro Brewers Fest on May 22.
Warning: If you've been up front at Gallagher shows, you may experience a flashback....
Dave Yarrington, Smuttynose's DoBrO, captured this little clip on his Palm Pre at the Brattleboro Brewers Fest on May 22.
Warning: If you've been up front at Gallagher shows, you may experience a flashback....
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