Get your Firkin drinking shoes on...

Hey all,

Firkin Friday is among us once again. Today we are tapping a Smuttynose Gravitation dry hopped with Saphir. The Firkin will be sitting on the end of the bar waiting for you. And we are using a technique from our brethren at Breckenridge Brewery. "Gravity activated pouring."

Cheers,
Tyler

Firkin Friday is coming back...

Hey all,

So we just got word that Smuttynose is filling some firkins for us! Not this Friday but next Friday (9/9) we are going to have a firkin of Smuttynose Big A IPA getting tapped at noon. Then the following Friday we are getting some big beer love. On 9/16 we will have a firkin of Smuttynose Gravitation getting tapped at noon. For those if you who are still learning about the cask beer world, a firkin is an 11 gal cask, that will be sitting on the end of the bar. The beer is gravity poured, served a bit warmer and a bit less carbonation (both help the flavor of the beer come out). the best way to enjoy a beer!

Cheers,

Tyler

Since you asked...

Howdy,

I noticed that several of you wrote in response to Tyler's post about tapping the final keg of Portsmouth Lager and wanted to throw in my two cents’ worth. Here's the short story:

Yes, Portsmouth Lager has been retired, and yes, you surmised correctly that it will be replaced at the Portsmouth Brewery by Smuttynose’s new Star Island Single.

If you’d like to read my long-winded explanation for why we decided to phase Portsmouth Lager out of the Smuttynose lineup, you can visit my blog, Smuttynose Tavern, where I go into it at some length.

In the meantime, enjoy the last of the Portsmouth Lager, and please let us know what you think of Star Island. (I’m heading into town shortly to have one myself.)

Cheers,

P-