Pratt Street Ale House » three spires ale

New on cask

Steve — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:40:56 +0000

Today sees the debut of the Three Spires Ale on the beer engine. It’s a hoppy little golden ale, 5% a.b.v., clean and refreshing and dangerously drinkable. Come get some!

Three Spires Ale, now on the beer engine

Three Spires Ale

Steve — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:40:03 +0000

In homage to my hometown of Coventry comes “Three Spires Ale”, a golden ale @ 5% a.b.v. It is generously hopped with English First Gold, Kent Goldings and Fuggles. Although it is going to be served as a nitro pour as a replacement for the Blackfriar Stout I have racked a number of firkins as well and these will be distributed over the next 2 weeks. I’ll keep you posted as to where and when it will be available.

Cask conditioned "Three Spires Ale" coming soon

Winter wonderland Part 2.

Steve — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:24:30 +0000

No photos this time, just look at the pictures from the last WW post and add more snow! It was a hell of a walk to the Ale House from Fells Point. A lesson quickly learned was not to bother wearing my glasses, they were covered in snow in seconds, result zero visibility. There were a lot of city trucks out though, so some of the roads weren’t too bad. What I really love about the walk is the silence! With the exception of an occasional passing vehicle or other weary pedestrian and a distant siren, the only noise was the sound of my own labored breath and the snow beneath my boots. The city looks so serene under cover of snow, so calm, it’s hard to believe that this is Baltimore, with its triple digit homicide rate etc. The main difference between today’s journey and that of Saturday was the wind today! As I neared the Ale House strong gusts of wind would blow the freshly fallen snow along the street, almost like a creeping fog, causing a momentary whiteout. It felt as if I was breathing snow!

But here I am. Monday’s Irish Red fermentation is progressing well and needs a little aeration by rousing to keep those yeast cells dividing. Yesterday’s Three Spires Ale was a little on the warm side so I’m chilling it back a little but otherwise fermentation got off to a good start. If you haven’t read the previous post, the Three Spires is going to be a new nitro pour ale available at The Ale House in place of the Blackfriar Stout, which I’m retiring for the time being. It’s a hoppy little Golden Ale @ 5% a.b.v. which should fit nicely into our portfolio. I think it will be a great cask conditioned ale also so I’ll be filling a few firkins before the bulk of the brew goes to conditioning and subsequent nitrogenation. Speaking of firkins, we’ve just bought a few new ones to add to our stockpile to try and keep up the demand for cask conditioned ale, which is showing a healthy upward trend at the moment. That makes me a happy brewer.

The Strongman Pale Ale is on tap now so when the snow stops and the pub can open again come stop by for a pint. I think you’ll like it. We should hopefully be open tomorrow, Thursday.

Stay safe and warm

Steve

An eclesiastical beatdown.

Steve — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:49:32 +0000

The Bishop challenges the Friar. There can only be one winner. The Bishop dusts off his Miter and the Blackfriar is vanquished. No, I haven’t lost the plot, it’s just a round about way of saying that since we started brewing the Bishop’s Breakfast, sales of the Blackfriar Stout have been slow so I thought it was time for a change. Out of the ashes comes the Three Spires Ale (hello Coventry) , a hoppy little Golden Ale, 5% a.b.v. (or thereabouts) which will be replacing the Blackfriar on our nitro tap as soon as the current supply of Blackfriar is done. I’m brewing it tomorrow. It’ll also be an excellent candidate for casking so look out for firkins of it in a couple of weeks. I’ll post updates on the Oliver Ales facebook page.