February brings the start of the 9th Annual Portsmouth Beer Week – a 10-day celebration of the local craft beer scene here on the seacoast. We hope you’ll join us for one of our many fun events during the week, such as our annual Chocolate, Cheese, & Beer Pairing Event on Wednesday, February 28th @ 6pm. You are not going to want to miss this one! Here’s the lineup of what we have planned so far:
Sat, 2/24 Cask vs Draft vs Nitro: Playlist Pale Ale
Maybe it’s just the beer geeks in us, but we love seeing how one beer can taste so different depending on how it is served (cask, nitro, draft) or what hops are used. Based on the popularity of our past Cask vs. Draft vs. Nitro events, you guys get a kick out of these kind of fun beer comparisons, too! Saturday, February 24th we are offering a limited edition sample tray of our Playlist beer, consisting of Playlist 00:02 on draft, on cask, and on nitro, plus Playlist 00:01 on draft – so you can see how different a beer can taste when the hops are changed up. Each limited edition sample tray will come with one voting card- vote for your favorite, and we’ll give you $1 off a pint of that beer!
Wed, 2/28 Chocolate, Cheese, & Beer Pairing Event
Each year, we like to play with and push the culinary possibilities of pairing hand-crafted chocolate and thoughtfully selected cheeses from local New England and NY artisans with our farm-fresh beers.
This year marks the 7th offering of this event, and we continue to be inspired by all the magical ways we can pair chocolate, cheese, and beer. The menu is almost complete and the first draft includes goodies like pub cheese ball encrusted with Enna Chocolate’s cocoa nibs, Spring Brook Farm (Arlington, VT) Ashbrook cheese soufflé with Enna Chocolate’s cocoa power & our vegetable ash, house-made chocolate cruller with maple cream, fried cheese curds with muhammara, house-made whipped hop honey, plus – more chocolate and cheese! Check out this page for more details on the menu. We’ll be updating it as we finalize the beers as well.
As always, ticket price is INCLUSIVE of tax and gratuity. So grab your seat today
Fri 3/2 A Spirit-ed Celebration with Sea Hagg Distillery
Every year, Portsmouth Beer Week ends up being not just about craft beer, but about community and friendship as well. To that end, we thought, why not invite one of our favorite neighbors over for an event? Come join us on Friday, March 2nd for a spirit-ed celebration with local distiller Ron Vars of Sea Hagg fame. Ron will be here at 6pm, but we will be highlighting three of his spirits (Sea Hagg Blueberry Rum, Ice Pik Vodka, and Rocky Peak Cinnamon Whiskey) in various food and drink specials all day.
Sun 3/4 Smokin’ Sunday: Smoked Beers & BBQ
Come visit us here at Hobbs Farm for a day of smoked beers, BBQ food specials, and a fire in our beer garden! Special beers that day will include a one-off keg of Chipotle Dippity Do, a special cask of Smoked Peach Pilsener, and the return of one of our favorite beers – our Campfire Smoked Robust Porter.
Also, during Portsmouth Beer week, we’ll be serving up the Collaboration Belgian IPA we made with the 17 other breweries in and around the seacoast. More information on this beer can be found here.
Hope to see you here during Portsmouth Beer Week. We’re so fortunate to have such a robust community celebrating beer here on the Seacoast! Be sure to check out all the events taking place during this special week at our neighboring breweries, restaurants, and bars – there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Cheers!!
