I've asked all the Bristol breweries to tell me what they're up to this month. So, diaries at the ready! There really are some cracking events & new beers coming. Amongst loads of other news, we are both saying goodbye to some of our tap rooms for the winter and celebrating a re-branding of another! |
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Thursday 3rd: Magic Rock Tap Takeover - Wild Beer at Wapping Wharf "Starting on Thursday, we have a tap takeover from Magic Rock - Starring 10 Magic Rock beers and two new colab beers with Wild Beer. Come on in and grab them while they last!" |
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Finback Tap Takover - Left Handed Giant Brewpub "LHG Brewpub has its first two Tap Takeovers coming up this month! First up is Finback, from Queens, NY, with a 10 line tap takeover and can drop on the 3rd of October" Their beers will be pouring from 5pm |
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All weekend (Thursday 3rd- Sunday 6th): Birthday Beerfest - Volunteer Tavern
"It's that time again folks! Our celebratory beer festival for our 8th birthday is on this weekend and boy OH BOY do we have some treats for you! Over 30 different ales and ciders, across 2 bars, over 4 days, with an amazing selection of live bands and DJs to keep you entertained all weekend long!" Keep an eye on their facebook event for further announcements. Good Chemistry are having a keg bar here! They say "Join us, as we wind down the brewery tap, for the after party at our neighbours the Volunteer Tavern. We’ll have five beers on keg and a cask on the outside bar, so we’ll see you there as we say goodbye to the tap till next spring!" |
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Friday 4th: Left Handed Giant Tap Room Closing Party Over the winter the tap room will be opening on the first Friday of each month again. To mark the end of the summer opening hours, there's a party in the new tap room (just a few doors down from the old one in St Phillips, if you've not yet been). Street food 'Los Hermanos Combinados' will keep you fed all night. |
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Moor Oktoberfest - Prince Street Social "At the Prince Street Social there will be a Moor Oktoberfest which will have some fantastic German inspired lagers and wheat beers. So get your lederhosen clad buttocks down there on the 4th October" Live band, The Road Zombies playing from 8pm. |
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Lambo's Second Birthday Party - Fierce & Noble "LAMBO Party! Our raspberry soured ale is two years old! To celebrate we're having a birthday bash at the brewery.Friday 4th from 2-10pm. Special treats for those who come wearing Lambo pink!" |
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Easton Promise Launch & East Bristol Hop Association- Dawkins Tap Room "This 1st weekend of October sees not only the launch of Easton Promise (see our brewery news at bottom of newsletter), but the Hop collectives party, held right here in Easton at our brewery Tap Room. If you are interested in meeting some of the hop growers please get in touch with the brewery or pop into the Tap Room for a beer and a chat. 2020 promises to be an exciting year for the hop association with some new hop varieties being trialled, watch this space...." |
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Tap Closing Party and Season & Taste Brewery Takeover! - Good Chemistry "12-8: brewery tap closing party, another Season & Taste brewery takeover – expect tacos, frozen margaritas, great music from our usual in-warehouse DJ and of course our delicious beers! Open from midday, so come hungry!" The team will then be at the Volunteer Tavern's beer festival for the after party. |
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The Official Tapestry Brewery Launch Party. Celebrate our new look with us on Saturday! 12pm – 9pm at Tapestry Brewery and Taproom (Formally known as Cocksure - see brewery news for the exciting story!) With drumming band, DJ and food" |
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4th birthday party & Oktoberfest - The Victoria "The Victoria in Clifton and the Landlord Deacs celebrates its 4th Birthday this October with an Oktoberfest party on Saturday 5th, with German beers and bangers for all, guest ales and £1 off per pint of Dawkins Ales very own, Bristol Blonde & Easton IPA, two of our most popular brews we do, with a printed flyer of the event. Keep your eyes peeled for the flyers in any of the Dawkins pubs." |
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Monday 7th- Sunday 13th Dawkins Tap Takeover at the Watershed "Dawkins are once again part of the Watershed annual Ale Celebration which runs from the 2nd September until the 24th of November. From the 7th until the 13th of October we will be taking over the bar with a delicious range of our core Dawkins beers and specials on tap. Our specials Easton Promise, East Bristol Session Porter and El Dorado will feature in this line up" |
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Wednesday 9th: Other Half Tap Takeover Left Handed Giant Brewpub "Other Half will be doing the first ever Brewpub collaboration brew, and also putting on a 10 line tap takeover and a can drop. This will be our second ever TTO, hot on the heels of Finback, on 4th" Their beers will be pouring from 5pm. |
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Saturday 12th Tapestry Tap Takeover - The Famous Royal Naval Volunteer From 6pm, the newly branded Tapestry Brewery (see the brewery news section for this huge news!) are taking over the taps in this fabulous pub on Kings Street (where they poured their first ever cask beer, as Cocksure, back in early 2017!) |
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Every Tuesday - Saturday Bristol Hoppers Self-Guided Mystery Tours |
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A variety of mystery self-guided craft beer tours that you can take in different areas of Bristol. Each tour includes at least seven locally produced, delicious beers. Pitch up at the first stop and collect your welcome envelope, containing your map and beer tokens. Take the tour yourself or buy a gift voucher to treat somebody else! Click here for more info. |
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Friday 18th Bristol Knock Out - Wild Beer at Wapping Wharf "Bristol Brewers vs. Bristol Brewers - Most volume sold on the night is the winner. Round one on Friday the 18th, Round two on Friday 1st of November. Grand Final on November the 15th. Featuring our favourite breweries from all over Bristol. Follow our facebook page for more information." |
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Triple Brewery Evening Hosted by me (Bristol Hoppers) This craft beer tour visits these three fabulous breweries (Croft Ales, New Bristol Brewery & Fierce & Noble) with delicious beers in each. You'll learn about the brewing process and the story behind each brewery. The evening finishes at Fierce & Noble's Oktoberfest! |
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Come alone on this sociable night out or bring a friend! Spaces are limited so book your place now for just £25 (includes your beers!) Click here for more info & tickets. |
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Oktoberfest at Fierce & Noble
"A celebration of German culture, we'll have pitchers of German style beer along with mouthwatering bratwurst and sauerkraut from Popti & Beast, communal bench seating and an Alt-German playlist!"
2-10pm. The Bristol Hoppers Triple Brewery Night will finish up here so if you'd like a group to go with, book yourself on! |
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Burning Sky tap takeover & meet the brewers - The Good Measure. "Our last tap takeover of 2019 sees one of our favourite breweries coming up from Sussex for an evening of great beer across cask and keg, some specials and some old favourites. The best way to keep up-to-date with all our news is to check our website and social media." |
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Thursday 31st KVEIK: 100-Hour Pale Ale - Halloween Release Night Fierce & Noble "On Monday 28th October we will kick-off a Pale Ale brew day. By Thursday 31st we will be pouring finished cold beer into your glass. How is this possible? Join us Halloween night to find out. You are also welcome to tag along on the Monday (10am) to watch the brew and ask us if there is method to this madness or just madness?! Then on THURS 31st OCTOBER we will be open 6-10pm for you to try the beer. Fancy-Dress is encouraged. The first half-pint of this special-release beer is on us. See you there. 👽" |
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Other Brewery News for October: |
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Cocksure Today's exciting Press Release: "Our story started four years ago with a belief that we could start our own brewery. We left our full-time jobs in the drinks industry with nothing but a pale ale recipe, a brewing passion to make quality craft beer and a vision to attract more drinkers to the craft beer sector. We had to be cocksure. So we were. Four wild years have since passed and within that time our company has evolved beyond recognition: we have a fantastic team in place, a brewery and taproom in central Bristol and a range of popular beers that we are incredibly proud of (with more to come!). The business has created an identity of its own. A purpose. One that we have decided to embrace with a new identity that positively reflects both what we have achieved so far and where we see ourselves going in the future. We have spent the last six months working away behind the scenes with our talented designer Gavin Andrews of Thirty Three + Rebel (www.r3b3l.me) to bring our values and beliefs to life and into a brand that encompasses everything we’re about… Beer is a conduit for stories. A pub is a place for storytelling. Across the globe, people share stories of life and love over a beer. Our industry is full of stories – some good and some bad – but everybody has one. Stories interact, they cross over, they weave together to form a completely unique entity. We are very proud to announce our new name: TAPESTRY BREWERY |
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We don’t want to simply tell our Bristol brew story, to shout about how great we are; our goal is to become a platform for everyone to share their stories. It’s the story of our customers, our consumers, our employees and the people we work with via our charity partnership with Send A Cow over in Africa. We firmly believe that as a business we have a duty to raise awareness of charity and a responsibility as individuals to do our bit to support others less fortunate. You can read more about our partnership and donation model on the website or visit sendacow.org to discover more about what they do. Our new identity is in place as of today. |
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It’s been an emotional and challenging process, a hard decision and a leap of faith. Saying goodbye to Cocksure wasn’t something we had to do, but something we wanted to do. It facilitated our brewery dreams becoming a reality and has carried our small business to where we are today. Whilst the business continues to grow, the time is now to evolve. We have updated the look of our beer range, giving each beer a unique name and design inspired by the ancient art of tapestry that reflects the beers character. Our beers continue to be made within our modest self-made brewery in Totterdown, Bristol and the much-loved recipes stay the same." Check out the beautiful new website www.tapestrybrewery.com to see their beer range! |
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Croft Ales "Our lively and friendly taproom is conveniently located in Stokes Croft, directly opposite Lakota nightclub. It's open every Friday & Saturday from 3pm to 10pm. Everyone is welcomed so come along and enjoy our great range of beers with cider, wine and soft drinks available too. Rugby World Cup 2019 We’ll also be screening all the key matches from the Group Stage plus the knock-out stage through to the Final on Saturday 2 November. |
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Early opening where required with hot breakfast rolls to get you set for kick-off! Checkout our Social Media for full up-to-date details as our schedule develops" |
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Dawkins "A very rare beast (beer) indeed....??? Bristol Lager 4.3%....Our head brewer Will Kripner has been toiling away for some time now, as well as a nod to our old head brewer Dave Williams for this beautifully balanced, full flavour, refreshing and very distinctive lager, made with 100% American Crystal hops. Only available at our Tap Room and a very limited selection of pubs across Bristol.." |
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"A new brew....Launched Friday 4th...Easton Promise Super-fresh, grassy, hoppy, hazy Gold unfined brew! Made with 2019 season fresh green hops - picked straight from the vine. This is the fourth year we have been brewing this beer in collaboration with the East Bristol Hops Project and again this year we were astounded by the growers efforts! The quality of the hops surpassed by far what we have experienced before this year, which goes to show the dedication and commitment to producing a beer from Bristol, from the ground up..so to speak. These hops are not dried as is usual, capturing all the delicate volatile aromas and flavours from the natural hop oils. This beer will be launched on the 4th of October and will be in and around Bristol. It's a small batch so be sure to catch it while you can!" |
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Good Chemistry Thanks to everyone who came to our various Bristol Beer Week events, at the brewery and at The Good Measure – it was brilliant to celebrate all the great beer and breweries in our beautiful city. Good Chemistry Brewing brewery tap shuts for winter on Saturday 5th October – do join us for our closing party, another Season & Taste brewery takeover – expect tacos, frozen margaritas, great music from our usual in-warehouse DJ and of course our delicious beers! Open from midday, so come hungry! Our Redland pub, The Good Measure, is open seven days a week all through winter, so if you need even more of a Good Chemistry fix than just popping to your local (70% of our beer is sold within Bristol, so you shouldn’t have to go far to find us!) head up to Chandos Road. |
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Good Chemistry Beer news: We’ve launched our new cans! The response has been great – thank you if you’ve let us know you’ve bought them or think they look good! The first batches of Kokomo Weekday and Pocket Calculator will be supplemented soon, so keep your eyes peeled! We’re brewing up a storm with new autumn/winter beers this month. As well as bringing back some old favourites like dry rye stout Shadow Future and our rich 6% Baltic porter Becoming North, we also have a new pale and a brown ale for cask, a Weizenbock at 6.3%, plus not one but TWO new IPAs coming out towards the end of October! |
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Left Handed Giant Has everyone seen the new tap room in St Phillips yet? Come on over on Friday 4th October, when we're having a party there (see events section) , and then the tap room will open on the first Friday of each month over the winter. |
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The Left Handed Giant Brewpub brew kit is now in full action! We are about to have 5 brewed here at LHG Brewpub on, with Days Like This and Intergalactic being hooked up now. Go Slow, the first beer we brewed here, a dry hopped lager, is being racked this week too, so by the weekend we should have the first 6 beers brewed here pouring. The seventh is another lager, so that will be a little while away. Our first cask beer is being brewed next week, so that should be ready in the next few weeks, with the engines being installed just prior to its release. The first brew is a lager, and is still in tank but brews two and three are on the taps in the brewpub now! |
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Moor New Beers: “We have Smokey Horyzon; a special seasonal beer that is a firm favourite here in the brewery and everyone is very excited to see it back! It screams Autumn all over! The rye brings a distinctive spice flavour, whilst the addition of smoked malts creates the nostalgia of autumnal mornings after bonfire; crisp and smokey! Coming out w/c 14th. Time & Space: This recipe came from Jude, one of the brewers here. It uses Cashmere hops which brings not only a wonderful taste but a beautiful aroma. Think lemon, peach and tangerine. Truly sublime.Coming out w/c 21st" Tap Room Weekly Events We are running Punk Rock Bingo on Wednesdays, Community Cask on Thursdays and Sour Sundays. |
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Wiper & True October sees the launch of our new India Pale Ale, Sundance. Brewed with US big hitters Mosaic and Citra, plus awesome UK hop Olicana, Sundance sits between the West Coast and East Coast styles hailing from the states. Bursting with mango, orange and pineapple and a hint of hedgerow berries, with a satisfyingly bitter finish, this beer is bold and bright exploration of hop character. As the nights draw in, we’ll also be releasing the first of our seasonal beers, starting with a new batch of winter favourite, Plum Pudding Porter, followed by our new Blackberry Porter on cask. Sundance and all the seasonal releases will be pouring at the Tap Room, which is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and remain open throughout the year. |
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Thanks for reading! If you do go along to any beery events because you read about them on here, please tag me in on your social media (@bristolhoppers) as that's why I write this and love to hear you benefiting from it! Bristol Hoppers also offers self-guided tours 5 days every week, gift vouchers and private bookings. Cheers! Heather |
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