You can always see what's going on at the Portsmouth Brewery by checking out our Events Calendar. in the meantime, here's a sampling.
And while we’re on the subject of Kate Day, here are more details regarding next year’s event, scheduled for Monday, March 1, 2010.
Here's the video of our most recent Kate Day celebration, courtesy of our friends Nancy and Brian at Atlantic Media Productions:
Grape & grain duke it out on Wednesday, March 25, at our second annual Beer vs Wine Social.
Four delicious courses, four wines and four beers. Sounds like a complete foodee evening, no?
Join us during Portsmouth’s Restaurant Week, March 22-29.
The Portsmouth Brewery is pleased to be among the thirty establishments participating in Portsmouth's Restaurant Week. To see who else is participating, click here. To see the special menu we'll be serving that week, click here.
February 9, 2009 - Kate Day has come and gone.
We’ll post photos and a video of the festivities soon, but in the meantime, here are the winning entries for our First Annual Kate the Great Literary Contest.
The Portsmouth Brewery Social Season Continues.
Join us on Thursday, March 12, for a special Cider Social, featuring the award-winning traditional ciders of New Hampshire’s Farnum Hill Cidery.
Join Tod, Chef Rob and Brian Goodwin of Farnum Hill Cidery this Wednesday for our third Social of the season. The cost is $30 per person including, tax and gratuity. For reservations, please call 603-431-1115. Payment is required in advance and space is limited.
The Menu:
Rosemary Apple Puffs.
Farnum Hill Semi-dry Cider
Arugula and Boggy Meadow Fiddlehead Tomme Salad
Farnum Hill Farmhouse Cider
Braised Spanish Porketta and Stewed Lentils and Tomatoes with Fried Taleggio
Farnum Hill Kingston Black Reserve Cider
Apple Crisp and Cinnamon Cookies
Farnum Hill French Martinis
Kate the Great is on Her Way!
• Approximately ten barrels were brewed, which will be divided evenly between bottles and draft. Bottles will be made available at the same time as the tapping, and not a moment sooner.
• Due to the high demand and limited quantity (about 900 bottles), we are limiting bottle purchases to two per person. This time, in order to spread the Kate love, we won't be selling additional bottles to Pint Club members. Last June, we sold out our entire stock of bottles the first day, and we're hoping to stretch things out a bit this time.
• No Growlers of Kate will be filled.
• Same as last time, we will issue numbers to people in the order in which they arrive. Your number holds your place in line, freeing you up to wander about freely until 1:14.
• If you're just coming in for a glass of Kate and aren't interested in purchasing bottles, don't worry about arriving early or getting a number - we should have plenty of draft Kate, at least for a couple of days.
We all had a terrific time on Kate Day last June. Folks were waiting on our doorstep by eight in the morning, and by the time we started issuing numbers around nine, the line stretched down the block. Here's a video our friends Nancy and Brian from Atlantic Media shot that day. We're thinking that perhaps things might be a little more low-key in February, but we have no way of knowing for sure. One thiing we do know is that we'll have a great time again in February. We're looking forward to serving you that day.
Flex Your Literary Muscles & Win a Case of Kate!
• Works must be original and can be either about beer, inspired by beer or otherwise relating to beer.
• Seven First Prizes, single bottles of Kate, will be awarded to winners in the following categories:
- Poems: sonnet, haiku, limerick, ballad or free verse
- Essays: between 500 and 2,000 words
- Short fiction: between 500 and 2,000 words
• A Grand Prize of a case of Kate will be selected from among the First Prize winners.
• Entries will be read by a panel of local literary luminaries and barflies and will be judged for originality, adherence to form, and how much the panel likes them.
• Entries must be submitted by email, regular mail or in person by midnight on February 2, 2009.
• Winners will be announced on Kate Day. Winning entries will be posted on our website and displayed in our front window.
• Winners do not have to be present on Kate Day, but must pick up their prize in person by the end of February.
• Entries must have sufficient merit in order to receive a prize. In other words, if yours is the only sonnet submitted, you may not win simply by default; we reserve the right to withold prizes if no entries in any given category are deserving.
More Goings On Downstairs in the Jimmy LaPanza Lounge.
While we're on the subject of socializing, we've got some other fun stuff going in downstairs in the Jimmy LaPanza Lounge.
On Monday and Wednesday nights, when we don't have a Social scheduled, join us for CHEAP CHICKEN WINGS. Get half a dozen of our signature housemade wings for $3, or a full dozen for $5. They're cheap and tasty and go great with beer.
And back by popular demand, Thursday nights are PARKING VIOLATION NIGHTS in the Jimmy LaPanza Lounge. Bring in a genuine City of Portsmouth parking ticket issued to you in the previous two weeks, pay it on the spot, and we'll buy you a beer. We'll even throw in the postage stamp so you can drop it in the mail on your way home. (You must pay the ticket to qualify, so bring your checkbook.)