Be one the first to enjoy our much anticipated Russian Imperial Stout!
Will remain on tap until supplies last
One of our most fun events of the year!
Help us kick off Portsmouth beer week by celebration Brewing on the seacoast!
We will be kicking off the week with a grand draft list including over 30 locally brewed beers from over 15 breweries within 15 miles, the largest collection anywhere of seacoast brewed beer.
But wait there’s more! This year, our lower level draft lines will be dedicated to collaboration beers from local breweries working together to bring a fun new experience to our local craft beer scene!
Live Entertainment, specials and special guest appearances by local brewers!
=== Lineup as of 2/6/20 ===
The List!!!
——Seacoast Collaborations!——
Whym/Tilton Bros – W.A.T.L . (waddle)
Whym/Stoneface – Wheat Wine (Fernet soaked oak)
Deciduous/ North Country – Hybrid
Liars Bench/ Tributary Brewing Company – Cerveza Lager
Seacoast Brewers Collab @ Throwback Brewery – Joint Effort
Empty Pint/ Bad Lab – Saison
——Singles Party!——-
Deciduous Brewing Company – Beers TBT
Garrison City Beerworks – Spindrift Plum
UNH Brewing Science Laboratory – Alewife
The Portsmouth Brewery – SMASH Lager
Bad Lab Beer Co. – Coconut Mullet
Earth Eagle Brewings – Beer TBD
Great Rhythm Brewing Company – Sticky
Loaded Question Brewing Co. – Single Fin
Stoneface Brewing Co. – Red Spray Paint
Tilton Brothers Brewing – Nola
Throwback Brewery – Beer TBD
Smuttynose Brewing Company – Deep Cellar Vintage beer TBD
Smuttlabs Brewery & Kitchen – Blackberry Saltwater Taffy
Chapel + Main – Dry Guy
Exeter Brewing Co – Swasey Daze
North Country Hard Cider – Rye BA Cider
Empty Pint Brewing Company – Darkness, Take my hand
Liars Bench Beer Company – Babble On
Six months to condition and released only once a year- come grab a bottle (or few) of our Russian Imperial stout before it’s too late!
Hot Mess Collaboration Kveik IPA Release Day
From: 12:00 – 10:00 PM.
At: Loaded Question
Join us at the start of Portsmouth Beer Week to raise a glass of our newest collaborative effort with our friends at Tilton Brothers Brewing Company: Hot Mess!
Hot Mess is a West Coast-inspired IPA brewed at each of our locations with plenty of CTZ, Simcoe, and Amarillo hops. Both versions will feature a similar malt and hop bill, but will be fermented using a different strain of Norwegian kveik (farmhouse yeast). Visit each brewery to try out both versions and join in our experiment!
At Loaded Question, Hot Mess will be available on tap and in growlers to go on February 22nd!
Hot Mess Collaboration Kveik IPA Release Day
From: 12:00 – 10:00 PM.
At: Tilton Brothers
Join us at the start of Portsmouth Beer Week to raise a glass of our newest collaborative effort with our friends at Loaded Question Brewing Company: Hot Mess!
Hot Mess is a West Coast-inspired IPA brewed at each of our locations with plenty of CTZ, Simcoe, and Amarillo hops. Both versions will feature a similar malt and hop bill, but will be fermented using a different strain of Norwegian kveik (farmhouse yeast). Visit each brewery to try out both versions and join in our experiment!
At Tilton Brothers Brewing, Hot Mess will be available on tap and in growlers to go on February 22nd!
Beer Release: Bretheren Code
From 4:00 to 10:00 PM
Bretheren Code imperial white stout returns today. Made with coconut and rum-soaked oak chips, this is a pirate’s delight.
Feeling a little sour? Join us for a tropical taste explosion to kick off Portsmouth Beer Week! We’ll feature four special sour beers at our Sunday Brunch on February 23rd, with sour menu specials and some suggested pairings, too. Order our Pucker Up sampler tray, and try all four:
– Pineapple Party Pants (Pina Colada-inspired sour)
– Blueberry Pie Sour on Cask
– Our brand new Lime Gose (made with salt, coriander, and fresh lime)
– Gin Barrel-Aged Angry Bunny Lactose Sour
Whether you love sour beer, or really *want* to love sour beer, we have a special tour for you! Throwback Co-Founder Annette, lover of all things sour, is going to host a Let’s Get Sour Tour, where she will deep dive on the topic of sour beer. Annette will cover:
– How sours are made (kettle, barrel, foeder, coolship)
– Sour styles
– Yeasties – Brett, Pedio, Lacto, Acetobacter
– The magic of pH
– What’s with the lactose?
The tour starts at 1pm on February 23rd and includes a sampling of all four featured Sour Sunday beers! You’ll also get plenty of time for Q&A with Annette. Grab your tickets at the link above. They are $15 per person, and only 20 are available. Tour should last about 45 minutes. Cheers!
Tapping of the 2020 Portsmouth Beer Week Brewers Discretion
Brewer’s Discretion release @ Loaded Questions
From: 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Brewers Discretion is a Belgian Dubbel, using Earth Eagle malt build with Loaded Question’s yeast and hop choices.
Brewer’s Discretion Beer Release
From 5:00 to 10:00
Ever wondered what makes a beer taste different from the next? Well, the 5 downtown Portsmouth breweries have banded together to create a series of “”Brewer’s Discretion”” brews to demonstrate just that for the second consecutive year.
Great Rhythm, Liars Bench, Loaded Question, Portsmouth Brewery & Earth Eagle Brewings have traded hoppy lager recipes designed to be compared, contrasted, & consumed!
ALL 5 beers will be on tap at Earth Eagle Brewings, while the remaining four breweries will pour their own starting 2/24. Get there early in the week in case they sell out!
From Away Rich Pale & Unfiltered Portsmouth Photo Show
When: Tuesday at 4 PM – 8 PM
From Away Rich Pale Can Release & Unfiltered Portsmouth Photo Show
In an ideal pairing of event and venue, Harry Potter Trivia is coming to Book & Bar courtesy of the magic makers at Tilton Brothers Brewing! Teams of up to six will face increasingly challenging questions on their quest toward a hefty cash prize (in dollars, not galleons). Runner-up prizes and a very special award for best team name will also be doled out like Dumbledore giving out house points at the end-of-year feast.
During the event, we’re releasing Book & Bar’s first ever collaboration beer! The Tilton Brothers are creating a brand-new stout blended with our house cold brew and a touch of rich cocoa. We’re using over 40lbs of Port City Roasters’ Sumatra roast to make this sinister concoction of all things dark.
Tickets available now! Grab five friends from your Hogwarts house and start studying.
Super Sparkletoes Release @ Loaded Question
From 3:00 PM – 9:00 PM
…. The inaugural supercharged version of our flagship IPA, which will be available on draft and in cans.
Some and Woodland Farms – Kracken’s Beard collaboration release at Cornerstone Artisanal Pizza & Craft Beer
Time: Starting at 6:00
Beer Lineup:
- Feature: Kracken’s Beard
- Some Whoopie Stout
- Some Apostrophe IPA
- Some Nubble Weisse Berliner
- Some Tailwhip IPA
- Woodland Farms Blinky IPA
- Woodland Farms Vanguard DIPA
- Woodland Farms Choctopus Rex Chocolate Nitro Stout
Enter to win lunch at Cornerstone & Tour @ Some and Woodland Farms.
Barrel Aged Cider Night with North Country Cider
From 5:00 to 10:00
It’s the 4th annual North Country Hard Cider tap takeover at Earth Eagle! We’ll be offering six amazing barrel-aged beauties from North Country Hard Cider. Enjoy full & half pours, beer & cider flights, and EEB’s own sweet & savory snack pairings menu.
This year’s offerings are:
CRANBARREL — This cider is aged in Bourbon barrels for six months then Massachusetts cranberries are introduced — which gives this off-dry cider great acidity and brightens the barrel flavor. 5.75% ABV
RYE — Aged in rye whisky barrels from Flag Hill Distillery in Lee, NH, this cider is heaven for barrel aged cider fans. It is off-dry and has huge vanilla and whisky notes that are complemented nicely by the light oak from the barrels. 6.75%ABV
OLD FORREST — This off-dry cider is aged in 7 year-old Woodford Reserve barrels. These special barrels give the cider a wonderful vanilla nose and rich color. 6% ABV
DOUBLE HAUL — This off-dry cider is aged in Flag Hill’s heavy rum barrels for four months. These incredible barrels add complex notes that play deliciously well with our cider. 5.5% ABV
BERRY BRETT — This dry and funky cider is aged in Woodford Reserve barrels with the addition of blackberries, blueberries and pomegranate, along with Brett. 8.0% ABV
UVARUM — This dry cider is wild fermented in a Flag Hill rye whisky barrel with the addition of experimental grape grown at the UNH Farm. It is then aged for two months. 6.0% ABV
Barrel Aged Beer Board Take-Over @ Liars Bench
Time: 5:00 – 8:00 PM.
Private i IPL Can Release @ Liar’s Bench
Time: 12:00 – 3:00 PM.
Tilton Brothers Brewing Year One Anniversary
From 12:00 to 10:00 PM
Come celebrate our first birthday at Tilton Brothers Brewing in Hampton, NH on Saturday February 29th from 12-10 PM!
We’ll be launching our new mug club, raffling off some TBB goodies, and selling draft and cans of our anniversary IPA: Pilot Episode, made with Maine-grown Cascade hops.
Smutty-oke at The Press Room!
Time: 9:00 – 11:59 PM
Whatever happens at Monday Karaoke stays at Monday Karaoke… usually. Come unleash your inner superstar with a little help from Smuttynose Brewing Company as part of Portsmouth Beer Week!
With more than thirty thousand songs and a pro sound karaoke system, The Press Room promises you a few minutes of fame and hours of fun.
Featured Brews will Include:
– Pomegranate Zing Sour
– Mysterious Haze New England IPA
– Smuttlabs Brewery & Kitchen Three Ways to Sundae
Sponsored by Smuttynose Brewing Company
