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BEER NEWS - AUGUST 2012
Shift Work
Beer loving Britons will spend over one year of their lives at the pub, it has been revealed in a survey conducted by British pub chain Taylor Walker.
The findings emerged in a study of 2,000 adults, and show that during the average week folk tip up for a pint at least twice, for a total of 3 hours and 34 minutes.
Across the average year that's the equivalent of 185.5 hours or just under eight days. And during the average lifetime, adults will prop up the bar for a total of 11,220.7 hours - or 467.5 days.
A spokesman for Taylor Walker said: "A good pub is a fundamental part of British culture. So it's inevitable that many adults will spend a large part of their leisure time in either their local pub or trying
new ones." The study also suggests that the average drinker will fork out up to £124,927.66 on their favourite tipple over their lifetime.
Manchester Ales
The Independent Manchester Beer Convention (indymanbeercon.co.uk) is holding a two day celebration of beer mixed with some food, some discussion and some general good times in October.
The organisers say "Our plan is to take the best bits of all the beer festivals we've ever been to and combine them into one multisensory, headlong, hop forward beer extravaganza."
The event will include over 30 kegs lines, hosted by the brewers themselves, a Portable Street Beer House presenting craft beers from "here there and everywhere," a beer and food pairing dinner, talks and
seminars as well as live music and food stalls. There are three ticket levels: IMBC Lite (12pm-4.30pm), IMBC Later (5.30pm-11.30pm) and IMBC Max whicj includes the beer dinner (5.30pm-11.30pm).
The event is on 5th and 6th October at the city's Victoria Baths.
The Beer Kitchen
The Beer Kitchen is an innovative range of beers brewed to be enjoyed with food. Brewer Wadworth has announced that they have "won a string of awards," with the Beer Kitchen Orange Peel Bitter picking up two
awards, including a 3 Star Gold 'Great Taste Award'. Only 123 of over 8800 products entered for the 2012 Great Taste Awards received a 3 Star Gold.
The judges comments commended the rich, full flavour of the beer and the baked marmalade aroma, and declared it overall "A great beer".
The Beer Kitchen Orange Peel Bitter was also selected by the Guild of Beer Writers to be one of the beers served at their annual dinner. The Beer Kitchen Wheat Beer has also pulled in two Bronze awards from
the International Beer Challenge.
More High Street Beer
London's craft beer scene is burgeoning and the newly opened North Pole in Islington is a welcome addition to the artisan-brewing renaissance. The pub specialises in craft beer, real ale and ciders with
22 on draught and 30 by the bottle, all from independent suppliers. The stylish and contemporary interior has been given the Farrow & Ball treatment and features two semi-private spaces, an intimate
alfresco courtyard and a retro games room. One highlight is an original working seven-inch jukebox. Beers include Innis and Gunn Originals from Edinburgh; a range of
Cornwall-based Harbour Brewing; Belgian Bacchus Framboise; Schneider Aventinus (Germany) and Flying Dog Doggy Style Pale Ale made Stateside. Experimental bottles include
Goose Island Madame Rose and Pepe Nero (both USA); Cave Creek Chillibeer (Mexico); Brouwerij De Troch Exotic (Belgium); Coopers Ale (Austria) N�øne ø Saison (Norway) and Brewdog Dogma from the UK.
188-190 New North Road.
With the Grain
Too early to think about Christmas? We think so too, but nevertheless Norfolk's Grain brewery (www.grainbrewery.co.uk) has announced
this year festive offering of three champion beers in a gift box as "an ideal Christmas gift for anyone who appreciates great beer." The selection contains three champion beers brewed from Norfolk's fine
malting barley, combined with hops selected from across the globe, to create the distinct styles. It include the classic 'Best Bitter' (4.2% ABV) and traditional old English 'Porter' (5.0% ABV), both
winners of CAMRA's Champion Beer of Norfolk, as well as the rich and hoppy SIBA East of England Champion Beer 'Redwood' (4.8% ABV). The three-bottle gift box is true to Grain's contemporary and stylish design,
retails at under �10 and is available at Grain's regular deli and shop outlets, along with the full range of Grain bottled beers.
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