Firkin Friday is comming...

Hey all,

We are excited for tommorw where the Firkin of the Stoneface collaboration brew gets tapped for the opening bell.  This Firkin of Red Rye IPA has been dryhopped with Citra and Amarillo to stay with the recipe.  But also has the addition of Simcoe to the dryhopping to really make this beer have a huge aromatic.  Come and enjoy...because hops!

Cheers,
Tyler

The Portsmouth Science Café Spring 2014 Series begins March 5

We're excited to host another round of Portsmouth Science Cafés in the Jimmy LaPanza Lounge.  If you're new to the science cafés, you've been missing out on a really cool opportunity.

Presented by NH EPSCoR, The University of New Hampshire and Portsmouth Brewery, Portsmouth Science Cafés bring university level research on timely topics to the general public in a casual setting. In this case, the setting is our own Jimmy LaPanza Lounge.  

Doors will open at 5pm, so you can grab a pint and order dinner before the presentation begins at 6pm. Each café is free and open to the public, which means you have a great opportunity to learn some cutting edge science.  The schedule is posted below so you can plan ahead to get your science on.

If you want to see what the cafés are like ahead of time, a podcast archive can be found here. 

March 5, 2014:  The Tides They Are A-Changin’

UNH professors Larry Mayer and Diane Foster lead a discussion on sea changes—from ocean mapping in the Arctic to beaches in a changing environment.

Mayer is director of UNH’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping and School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering and the co-director of the NOAA/UNH Joint Hydrographic Center. He has been chief or co-chief scientist of numerous expeditions, including two legs of the ocean drilling program and seven cruises on the USCG Icebreaker Healy mapping unexplored regions of the Arctic seafloor in support of a potential U.S. submission for an extended continental shelf under the Law of the Sea Treaty.

Foster, associate professor of mechanical and ocean engineering, examines small-scale transport of sediment in response to waves and mean flows (from sand grains to shorelines).

April 9, 2014: Rain, Roofs and Roads:  Hydro-Logical Thinking for a Clean Water Future

Stormwater is rain runoff that flows across roofs, roads or other hard surfaces. The runoff contributes to flooding and can carry pollutants, including road salt and nitrogen, into our rivers, lakes coastal waters. Jamie Houle and Alison Watts of the UNH Stormwater Center will discuss some of the steps communities and residents can (and are) taking to reduce stormwater runoff.

Watts is an assistant research professor in the UNH department of civil engineering. She has a strong interest in sustainable resource management and is currently working with municipal and watershed organizations to develop adaptive management strategies for water resources threatened by land use and climate change. Her research includes contaminant transport in storm water, statistical analysis of hydrologic data; ecological assessment of stormwater wetlands.

Houle is the program manager for the Stormwater Center. His responsibilities include directing and managing the Stormwater Center's growing body of research projects. Areas of expertise include the design and implementation of innovative stormwater control measures, including porous pavements and subsurface gravel wetland systems, low impact development (LID) and green infrastructure (GI) planning and implementation, operation and maintenance, and water resource monitoring.

April 23, 2014: Changing Families, Changing Communities: A Twenty Year Perspective

Sociologists Mil Duncan and Kristin Smith lead a discussion on the changing nature of families, from declining blue collar work to wives as bread winners and economic recession.

Cynthia "Mil" Duncan is founding director of the Carsey Institute at UNH, which she oversaw from 2004 to 2011. Currently, Duncan is the research director at AGree, an initiative bringing together diverse interests to transform food and agricultural policy in the United States. Widely recognized for her research on rural poverty and changing rural communities, Duncan was a sociologist at UNH for 11 years before leaving to become director of the Ford Foundation’s Community and Resource Development Unit in 2000.

Smith is a family demographer at the Carsey Institute and research assistant professor of sociology at UNH. Her research interests focus on women’s labor force participation and work and family policy. Smith has examined women’s employment, earnings, and wives’ contributions to overall family economic well-being; how families cope with economic turmoil due to either economic restructuring or recessions; the low-wage caregiving workforce; and workplace flexibility and policy.

Portsmouth Beer Week 2014 starts Saturday!

Portsmouth Beer Week returns for 2014!  Tyler, Brennen, Chef Jon and the rest of our team at New Hampshire's original brewpub have put together an excellent slate of events to celebrate the craft beer culture of the Seacoast.  With the exception of the Big Game, Big Beer Dinner, everything is open to the public; just come on down to the pub. 

Sometime during the week, we'll tap a collaboration beer, Red Rye IPA, that was made with Pete Beauregard from Stoneface Brewing: It's 6.5% and hopped with Citra and Amarillo. Stoneface has just begun brewing and hasn't yet shipped any beer out (as of publishing of this post). We're very excited to share this one with reveling beer drinkers!

In-House Tap Takeover: A some point in time during the week, we'll announce a Portsmouth Brewery Tap Takeover. That's right; no guest beers, just what we make here. It happens once a year during Portsmouth Craft Beer Week, so don't miss out; we'll announce it on Facebook and Instagram.

Feb 22: Lapanza Lounge Imperial Stout Fest: Like black tie dress, we've been saving these kegs for a special occasion and they'll go on tap when we open the Jimmy LaPanza Lounge: Firestone Walker Parabola, Goose Island Night Stalker, Founders Imperial Stout, Oskar Blues Ten Fidy and Smuttynose Imperial Stout.  Tyler thought this would be an excellent way to prime pumps for the March 3 release of our own Royal Impy Stout.  

Feb 28: FIRKIN FRIDAY!! At lunch time we'll begin serving a cask-conditioned firkin of our collaborative red rye IPA, brewed with new kids on the block, Stoneface Brewing.  This cask is dry-hopped with Amarillo, Simcoe and Citra hops because, HOPS!  

March 2: Big Beer, Big Game Dinner (6pm-9pm), an exclusive Imperial Pint Club member event! Chef Jon and his team have really pulled out the stops on this Portsmouth Brewery first.  Reservations are $65 and include gratuity and beer pairings.  It's not too late to join the "IPC!"

              -Wild Boar Country Terrine wrapped in boar bacon with New Hampshire brie, beet-pickled quail eggs and toasted crostinis; Paired with 2012 Wheat Wine
              -Beer-braised Rabbit with creamy polenta, grilled escarole and kumquat compote; Paired with 2013 Scotch Ale
              -Thyme-roasted Elk with potato boulangére, boar bacon, roasted Brussels sprouts and Bordelaise sauce; Paired with 2012 Barleywine
              -Opera Cake paired with an exclusive cask of double-oaked Royal Impy Stout aged on cacao nibs
   

March 3: Royal Impy Stout release:  Our imperial stout will be on tap at 11:30am, when we open our doors. We're also packaging 2014's release in cage and corked 375ml bottles; it's a classy package for a classy beer. We're only bottling 93 gallons of it this year, a 31 gallons more then last year but still not much, so make sure to pick up your bottles early. Each bottle retails for $10 and there's an 8 bottle limit.  

In-House Tap Takeover: A some point in time during the week, we'll announce a Portsmouth Brewery Tap Takeover. That's right; no guest beers, just what we make here. It happens once a year during Portsmouth Craft Beer Week, so don't miss out; we'll announce it on Facebook and Instagram.

There are plenty of other events taking place during the week.  Smuttynose has a big slate and other breweries and venues do as well, like the Sheraton Harborside and Book & Bar.  Check out the 2beerguys website for more info.

New Project X...

Hey all,

We just put on a new Project X with experimental hop HBC462.  This is not your "west coast" citrus bomb of a hop.  This gives so many unique herbal and minty flavors to the beer, all with this lingering Grape peel flavor.  Come on in and give it a whir.

Cheers,
Tyler