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

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!

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!

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!

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!

Tap takeover with Garrison City, Deciduous, and North Country
Time: 5:00 – 10:00 PM

Get ready for Portsmouth Beer Week at Row 34! Join us for an epic line-up of events with some of our favorite local breweries. We’ll be tapping special beers and bringing in unique bottles, along with beer-friendly snacks. Stop by and try something new, enjoy an old favorite, talk with the brewers, and celebrate the Portsmouth beer scene.

6 of our taps will be taken over by each brewery, limited items and collaborations, and brewers in house.

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.

HOW ARE YOU PLANNING to celebrate Portsmouth Beer Week? On Wednesday, February 26, we suggest joining the area’s best brewers at Black Trumpet as we pair some quirky local beers with some not-so-local exotic foods. The menu is a secret until the night of the event, but we will be publishing some of the beers in advance.

Here is a list of the participating breweries, each of whom has offered up a special contribution for the evening:

• Chapel & Main
• Deciduous
• Earth Eagle
• Tributary
• Stoneface
• Liar’s Bench
• Smuttlabs
• North Country
• Throwback
• Woodland Farms

$95 per person, not including tax or gratuity. 6:00 PM is when the fun begins!

Call to make reservations. Space is limited. A credit card is required to hold the reservation. 603-431-0887

It’s our 9th year of chocolate, cheese, & beer! We couldn’t be more excited to share this year’s four-course dinner with you – a dinner where we shine a light on the best of New England cheeses and chocolate, all paired with our farm-fresh beers.

We’re working on the menu now, but just thought we’d mention that last year’s evening included a local cheese and charcuterie board (complete with house-made crackers and jams), fettuccine with feta and Enna chocolate, artisan cheese curd-stuffed arancini, and a goat milk ricotta pie with beer wort caramel, blue cheese, and chocolate!

And the beers! There will be six beer pairings- a few making their debut that week. Our brewers have given their blessing to share a few with you here, so if a new Pineapple Party Pants (Pina Colada-Inspired) Sour, Belgian Strong Ale, and Salted Caramel Milk Stout sound up your alley, consider making your reservation now!

Seats are $55/person (plus tax & gratuity) and are available upon reservation via email, phone, or here at the brewery. Upon making a reservation, we’ll grab your credit card, which won’t be charged until the end of the evening on 2/26/20. Please note that this event has a history of selling out, so grab your seat today!

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.

LITER-HOSEN: A celebration of excessively big beers. Of getting moderately hosed on liters. A friendly competition involving very large pours of lager.

Our friends from Jack’s Abby, Liars Bench, Schilling, Tributary and the O.G.s at Weihenstephan are joining us to raise both their extremely heavy glasses (for as long as they can) and raise some money for a great cause.

For every liter and half-liter stein of lager sold, Book & Bar will make a donation to the National MS Society, a non-profit aiming to support those with Multiple Sclerosis and to eradicate the disease forever.

We’re whipping up some lager-appropriate snacks to fill you up and our talented brewer friends are bringing the liquid. Come set your best time in a stein-hoisting competition and grab some sweet swag, too!

Time: 6:30 to 9:30 PM

Beer List

• Weihenstephan Lager
• Jacks Abby Shipping Out of Boston
• Liars Bench Wacka Bocka Bock
• Schilling Landbier
• Tributary Mexican Amber Lager

*** UPDATED START TIME ***

Long night of skating? Didn’t get enough time to speak to your favorite brewer?

Come in from the cold, and rest those aching feet. We will be offering complimentary snacks, plenty of beer and a lively atmosphere.

Time: 7:00 – 11:00 PM
Where: The Jimmy Lapanza Lounge @ Portsmouth Brewery

Canceled unfortunately due to weather and chiller that’s not functioning properly.   (Updated 2/24/20)

SKATE NIGHT WITH BREWERIES, HOSTED BY THE PORTSMOUTH BREWERY and SMUTTYNOSE BREWING COMPANY
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond, 14 Hancock St, Portsmouth, NH 03801

Co-hosted by over a dozen local brewers and Fig Tree Cafe.

Beer & Chocolate Pairing
From: 3:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Our head chef, chocolatier, and brewer Tom hand picked pairings of beer and chocolate for your tasting pleasure

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.

Welcome to NH! Liquid Riot Launch
Time: 7:00 – 10:00 PM.

Get ready for Portsmouth Beer Week at Row 34! Join us for an epic line-up of events with some of our favorite local breweries. We’ll be tapping special beers and bringing in unique bottles, along with beer-friendly snacks. Stop by and try something new, enjoy an old favorite, talk with the brewers, and celebrate the Portsmouth beer scene.

We’ll have select Liquid Riot beers available, both on draft and bottled.

Après All Leap Year Day! Hosted by Throwback Brewery
When: Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 11 AM – 9 PM

Who can say bonus day? Spend Leap Day with us at our Après Ski Party on Saturday, February 29th! Throw on your best onesie ski suit and warm up by our beer garden fire pit. We’ll be featuring a house-mulled wine made with honey, spices, & cider. Menu specials will include fondue and hot chocolate with house-made marshmallows. We’ll be pouring plenty of après-worthy beer offerings in the pub as always, and offering a prize for the most radical ski outfit, of course! Who says you have to ski to enjoy the après?

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.

Granite State Growler Tours is proud to partner with WHYM Craft Beer Cafe for the 7th Annual Portsmouth Beer Week Hangover Cure Tour including a unique first peek at Stripe Nine Brewing Company AND Czar’s Brewing!

This unique package includes

– Beer brunch at WHYM
– Behind the scenes tours of the new Stripe Nine Brewing in Somersworth and Czar’s Brewery in Exeter
– Meet the brewers at Stripe Nine and Czar’s, tour the brewhouse and try some beers
– A ride between WHYM and both breweries on our buses

Arrive at WHYM between 10 and 11, we will depart for the breweries at 12:00pm.

Times and schedules are subject to change.