Showing posts with label Newport Food Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newport Food Festival. Show all posts

Friday, 5 October 2012

Tiny Rebel at Newport Food Festival


This Saturday, Newport Food Festival returns to the City and Tiny Rebel Brewery will have a stand there selling their beers to take away or drink there and then.
According to Tiny Rebel, "Our stall is located between the Riverfront Theatre and the odd-looking red thing that I think looks like a pimped up penny farthing", must mean the Wave sculpture!

Don't forget their is also a beer festival at the Pen & Wig on Stow Hill to celebrate the Food Festival with Tiny Rebel beers on the downstairs bar and the others all upstairs.
The new beer from Tiny Rebel, Kootchie will also be available both on their stand and at the pub.
Tiny Rebel Brewery - Tiny Batch Edition - Kootchie, 6% ABV,
As well as their regular portfolio of beers, Tiny Rebel Brewery is also producing limited edition one-off brews, called their Tiny Batch Edition and Kootchie is the first of these.

Koochie is a Double Pale Ale and is deep-golden in colour and pours with a foamy-white head. A rich, hoppy aroma with citrus fruit smells such as pineapple and mango leads to Seville Orange Marmalade flavour and an intense bitterness at the end which increases in the aftertaste. The hop character lingers for a long time on the tongue after drinking. Koochie is brewed from Pale and Caragold Malts and Galaxy and Nelson Sauvin hops, the former from Australia and the latter from New Zealand. It is also dry-hopped in the fermenter with Galaxy.

Of course their regular range of beers will also be available - Fubar, Urban IPA and Chochoholic.

If you miss the Food Festival and the beer Festival, don't forget that Tiny Rebel Brewery are now doing brewery tours:

Elsewhere at the Food Festival Untapped Brewery have a stand on Bridge Street. I've no idea as to what other producers are there as the organisers of the Food Festival have not bothered updating their website to let people know or even bothered producing a full street map as promised on their website!

Thursday, 4 October 2012

Beerfestival to celebrate Newport Food Festival


To celebrate the Newport Food Festival, the Pen & Wig on Stow Hill will once again be hosting a beer festival in the upsatirs room. As well as the fllowing beers being, a range of ales from Tiny Rebel Brewery will be on the downstairs bar together with ciders from Gwynt Y Ddraig. The new Tiny Rebel beer 'Kookie', a 6% Double IPA will be on the bar as well as on the Tiny Rebel bar on the Riverfront.
The Festival kicks off on Friday 5th October at 1600 hrs and continues all day on Saturday 6th.

Dark Star Brewery
The Dark Star Brewery of Sussex have been brewing since 1994.
Dark Star Hophead (3.8%) Pale golden ale with a floral aroma. Full bodied and flavoured. An excellent session ale.
Dark Star American Pale Ale (4.7%) Both yeast and hops are imported from the USA to make this light, dry and crisp hop explosion of a beer.
Dark Star Revelation (5.7%) Four different hops are used in the mash with another used for dry hopping. A powerful blend.
Dark Star Summer Meltdown (4.8%) Thirst quenching summer beer with a hint of ginger and spices.

Liverpool Organic Brewery
Established in 2008, its a miracle the locals have not pinched the brewing kit!
Liverpool Organic Honey Blond (4.5%) English organic malt and hops are used in this new addition to the range. A slightly sweet but very drinkable ale.
Liverpool Organic Shipwreck IPA (6.5%) An Indian pale Ale with intense citrus flavours.
Redemption Brewery
Brewing in Tottenham since 2010, their beers are good enough to start a riot!
Redemption Trinity (3.0%) Malty and bitter. Surprisingly good drink for its low alcohol strength. Well worth a try.
Redemption Urban Dusk (4.4%) Chestnut premium bitter with a caramel and fruit flavour.

Devilfish Brewery
Brewed near Frome in Somerset by Iain Masson, who also brews at the Kite Brewery in Carmarthenshire.
Devilfish Gold Devil (4.2%) A light golden ale with a strong taste from this new brewery located close to Bath.

East London Brewery
Brewing in Hackney since 2011
East London ELB Pale Ale (4.0%) A light and pleasant session ale.
East London Nightwatchman (4.5%) This red tinged beer has a dark and smooth taste with a lingering hop aftertaste.
Hackney Best Bitter (4.4%) A very traditional style of ale for those who like their beer the way it used to be brewed

Windsor & Eton Brewery
Established in 2010 and brewed within sight of Windsor Castle
Windsor & Eton Conqueror (5.0%) .Rich, complex and distinctive. This Black IPA is a blend of five malts and two hops.

Raglan Cider Mill
Traditional cider made on a Monmouthshire farm.
Raglan Dry. Distinctive and dry. Winner of the 2011 Hereford International Cider award.
Raglan Medium Cider A popular cider that has a pronounced fruitiness.

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Monday, 24 September 2012

Newport to host food festival

The City of Newport will once again be hosting a food festival on October 6th in an attempt to improve the image of the chav-ladden City, the centre of which resembles post-1945 Dresden.



Amongst the highlights this year will be what is set to be heated discussion on if white cider or sherry are the best outside drinks, conducted by three of Newport's street drinking fraternity.

Also the North Wales Brewery will be attending and customers will have the opportunity to try which chips are best served with their beers. Hope Trading Standards check the quality of their beers as a mollusc shell was once found floating in one of their casks.

Stallholders are said to be looking forward to the event, at which the local chavs come and point at their wares and say, "Three pound for a jar of mustard! I can get that for 66p in Lidl".

Meanwhile the culinary delights of Skinner Street and Upper Dock Street will be on show with a competition on which outlet can fry the best pigeon. Let's face it, its not chicken in those places. Over the past few years the Skinner Street/Upper Dock Street area has gained acclaim in the world of gastronomy and it is now ranked only alongside Caroline Street in Cardiff as one of the finest open-air dining areas in Wales. Even the kebab shops of Swansea High Street cannot compare to the delicacy of deep-fried pigeon in Newport.

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Newport Food Festival

Clashing with the fantastic Cowbridge Food Festival, Newport Council have decided to make an attempt at turd polishing and hold a food festival in Newport. The one day event, being held this Saturday, is sponsored by Asda (Wal-Mart!).
Newport is, of course a famous destination for foodies, the kebab and fried kitten shops of Upper Dock Street and Skinner Street rival anything that Caroline Street in Cardiff can offer.
Joking aside I hope this is a success - if places such as Abergavenny, Cowbridge and even Bridgend and Neath can hold successful events then there is no reason that Newport can not hold one.
Let's have a look at the drinks producers then:
Bragdy gogledd Cymru/North Wales Brewery - How this comapany is still trading is beyond me - every beer I have had from them has been off. One to avoid or just pour on your chips.

Gwatkin Cider Co ltd - say hellow to Mark on the stall, he's easy to spot as he will be reading his copy of the Sun. He's not that familiar with big cities such as Newport so may get lost. Don't forget to tell him the football score if Liverpool are playing, he really likes to know these things when he is on the stall!


The Jacobi Brewery of Caio - excellent beers, far better than the North Wales stuff - have previously reviewed their beers here.

Toloja Orchards - horrible people, never heard a good word about them!

Untapped Brewing Company - excellent beers from this company, highly recommended.


Welsh Perry and Cider Society - somehow still trading after making a £30k loss at their recent International Craft Cider Festival in Nelson.



Full details about the Festival are available on their website here

A beer festival is also being held at the Pen & Wig pub, details here.

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Newport beerex at the Pen & Wig


To celebrate Newport Food Festival, the Pen & Wig is holding a beer festival over the 28th-29th October.
Beers on sale:
Wye Valley Goodbody’s Stout(4.7%)
Wye Valley Country Ale (6.0%)
Brecon Busters Broomstick Brew (4.7%)
Hexhamshire Devil’s Elbow (3.6%)
Hexhamshire Shire Bitter (3.8%)
Hexhamshire Blackhall Stout (4.0%)
Hexhamshire Devil’s Water (4.1%)
Hexhamshire Whapweasel (4.8%)
Hexhamshire Old Humbug (5.5%)
Bulmastiff Son of a Bitch (6.0%)
Bulmastiff Special Reserve (6.5%)
Untapped Ember (5.2%)
Untapped Eclipse (4.4%)
Untapped UPA (4.5%)
Hereford Owd Bull (3.9%)
Hereford Celtic Gold (4.5%)
Hereford Mutley’s Revenge (4.8%)
Hereford Best Bitter (4.2%)
Isle of Purbeck Studland Bay Wrecked (4.5%)
Cotswold Spring Gloucestershire’s Glory (4.1%)

Ciders as well!

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