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ISSUE 22
JULY 2014
Summer of beer and bikes!
riders in Keighley, pop in for a pint and help a good cause!
At the end of August we are ale suppliers to Bingley Live! A three-day music festival in Myrtle Park,
Bingley and then we start the run up to Saltaire Festival.
As an appetiser we are
hosting a Beer and Food Tasting evening at Don’t
Tell Titus, Saltaire, (see website for details) and then move on to the
highlight of the year,
Saltaire Brewery Beer Fest on the 12 and 13
September. This has
always been a great event and this year will be bigger and better than ever! We
have already started pre-ordering the best American keg beers.
Meanwhile our Famous Beer Club runs as usual across the summer
with ticketed gatherings, on the last Friday of July, August and
September.
Hopefully we will have time to brew some beer!
Have you heard the Tour de
France is coming to Yorkshire?
We love bikes and have joined
the party, hosting and
attending events in what is
shaping up to be a busy old
summer.
We are hosting a special
Grand Depart Beer Club on 4 July, with all guest Tour de
France themed beers. We
will have an amazing cycling experience where you can ride on rollers, in the
peloton, on the roads of Yorkshire! And there’s a free pint, if you come on a bike in full lycra racing gear.
If you are a cyclist, we’ll
have special Saltaire
Brewery Cycling shirts available, to help you stand out
in the crowd! Go on, be a Mamil!!
(Middle aged man in lycra!)
On Sunday 6 July we have a roadside bar in South Street,
Keighley (BD21 1DB), all proceeds
going to Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice. If you are watching the
For more information on
these events and more, visit
www.saltairebrewery.co.uk.
Follow us on Twitter and
Facebook.
JACOBS
WELL
If you know of any other pubs
which you feel deserve to be
featured, please email us at
Inn Focus
The
Swan
Inn
The Swan Inn
16 Bishopgate Street
York
YO23 1JH
Tel: 01904 634968
Manager: Kerry Brown
The Swan is a thriving hub of
the Bishy Road community in
York occupying a prominent
position on the corner of
Bishopgate Street and
Clementhorpe, and is quite
simply one of the finest pubs in
the whole of York.
Winner of CAMRA's coveted
regional Pub of the Year award in 2009, The Swan is a classic street
corner local featuring a beautiful, unspoilt 1930s interior which has
earned it a rare place on CAMRA's National Inventory of
Historic Pubs. Formerly owned by Tetley's (which is still served) the pub still proudly displays the plaque declaring its status as a Tetley Heritage Inn.
The landlord is local resident Paul Crossman, who owns the business along with wife Sarah.
They employ a superb full-time manager, Kerry Brown, who is virtually always to be found on site (along with her two lovely golden retrievers Finlay and Tilly) making sure that the beers are
kept in tip top condition and that the ambience is always relaxed
and friendly.
This is a pub where you can
always expect a warm welcome from the excellent staff, and where, crucially, you are always
guaranteed a perfect pint.
You will find six hand pulled cask
ales on the bar including Saltaire Blonde 4.0% permanently. Plus there are always three more
guest ales which are very often sourced from our region's vast array of wonderful microbreweries.
To the rear is a charming beer
garden which is very popular in the summer, and includes a very comfortable covered and heated
smoking area.
At 9.00pm every Wednesday night you can enjoy their highly
entertaining quiz. It is popular so arrive early for a table!
Paul is now partner in a few
freehouses around York - The
Slip Inn, The Woolpack and The
Volunteer Arms (which
permanently stocks cask Saltaire
Pride, and Saltaire Gold on keg).
The hub of the Bishy Road community
The charming and inviting beer garden
“...beers are kept in tip top
condition and the ambience is
always relaxed and friendly”
Last issue we asked, “Where have you worn yours?” Visit our Facebook album to find out...
‘Hop #256’ 5%
“Should be a good vehicle to carry the intense hop flavours”
The ’C’ hops are those fruity, citrusy, resinous American hops; Columbus,
Centennial , Cascade, Chinook. Experimental hop #256 hasn’t been
named yet, but is getting some great write ups across the pond and we
are lucky to be one of the first UK breweries to get to work with it. We
know it is a ‘C’ hop, so a 5% pale ale should be a good vehicle to carry
the intense flavours of this new American hop.
Smoked Porter 6.0%
“A smooth and creamy porter. Soft , mild level of smoke.”
Following the success of our collaboration with Dark Star when we
produced ‘Bock’, we decided to work a recipe for a one-off brew with
our friends at Northern Monk. Although their Leeds brewery has yet to
open they have successfully ‘cuckoo’ brewed in several breweries and
are sharp lads when it comes to brewing. For this beer we had to import
special coloured and smoked Rauch malts from Bamberg , Germany. A
little malted oat adds mouthfeel and texture to a smooth and creamy
porter. We decided on a soft, mild level of smoke to make the beer
accessible and pleasing to a wide population of drinkers. It went down
well so it may not stay a one-off brew.
Our Brews Le IPA 5.6% - available in cask, or bottles from Booths
“This mongrel of an ale has turned out very drinkable!”
This is our return leg of the collaboration with Dark Star, the Sussex brewer, brewed to celebrate the arrival of the Tour de France in Yorkshire. Our joint idea was to brew an IPA using French hops and
adding a twist of coriander. Having sourced French Brewers Gold and Triskell hops it quickly became apparent why the French don’t do IPAs.
To the rescue, lashings of American Columbus and Simcoe hops, to boost the acidity and flavour. A couple of kilos of coriander linger in the
background to provide a hint of a French farmhouse style ale. Actually, this mongrel of an ale has turned out really drinkable! By the way, we
know the name isn’t grammatically correct, but it’s a tongue in cheek take on the Brewery team’s grasp of French.
The world of beer churns and
turns. Today pubs, bars, beer
shops and supermarkets are
packed with a choice that
would have seemed impossible
40 years ago at the dawn of the
British beer revolution.
The first edition of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide in 1974 listed around 40 breweries, most producing just mild and bitter and perhaps a strong ale for
Christmas. How times have changed! Now there are 1,200
breweries, with more coming on stream despite the high level of
pub closures.
And most of the new wave breweries – call them craft,
artisan or micro – have a mind-boggling range of beers on offer.
Change started in the 1980s when a handful of small brewers launched golden ales in an
attempt to wean younger
drinkers away from mainstream lagers on to beers with flavour.
Today just about every brewery in the country has a golden ale in its portfolio. But brewers have moved on. They have dug deep into ancient recipe books to
recreate genuine porters, stouts, IPAs, old ales and barley wines.
And they’re not just looking back. New styles of beer include the
addition of honey, herbs, spices,
chocolate, coffee and fruit. The
widespread use of hops from North America and Australasia
bring dynamic fresh flavours to beer and many modern interpretations of IPA, for
example, positively blossom with
citrus and tropical fruit character.
The latest, exhilarating trend is to
age beer in wooden casks from the Bourbon, whisky, wine and Cognac industries. The result is beer with stunning notes of oak, smoke, vanilla and strong alcohol.
Now get ready for the latest craze – sour beer, based on the Belgian lambic style of spontaneous fermentation. You
can bet your bottom euro there’s
a new style waiting just around the corner of the mash tun.
Beer Rant By Roger Protz, Editor of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide. His books include 300 Beers to Try Before You Die. www.protzonbeer.co.uk
Mixing it up! Beer cocktail recipes from mixologist, Nicholas Snape at The Fat Badger,
Harrogate.
RASPBERRY BLONDE BEER COCKTAIL
25 ml Shot Raspberry Vodka
75 ml Raspberry Blonde Beer
Dash of Crème De Mure
4 Fresh Raspberries
10 ml Agave Syrup
1 Bar spoon Egg White
Muddle the raspberries in a
shaker with the agave syrup then
add all the other ingredients.
Shake with ice and fine strain into a chilled martini glass.
Add a raspberry on the side of glass and add 2-3 hops on the foam top.
Our recent visit to the Fat
Badger in Harrogate resulted in
their cocktail mixologist, Nick,
coming up with some very
special recipes using our beers.
These delicious drinks are sure
to make any summer party
sizzle!
TRIPLE
CHOCOHOLIC
BEER COCKTAIL
25 ml Smirnoff Espresso
10 ml Dark Cacao
12.5 ml Kahlua
75 ml Chocoholic Beer
1 Bar spoon Egg White
Place all ingredients into a shaker then add ice. Shake hard for 20 seconds then fine strain into a
chilled martini glass.