Big Mike's Wholesale Ale Tees

My friend Mike Taylor sells real ale t-shirts to the wholesale market. This Blog is a blatant promotion of his product.

Go on! Buy One! 

Blurb follows taken from http://bigmikesrealale.com/about-us/

Big Mike's Real Ale was formed in 2014 by real ale enthusiast Mike Taylor who noticed a gap in the market for tasteful, fashionable and trendy real ale themed t-shirts and decided to do something about it.

We now offer a core range of ten original quirky designs that are intended for the wholesale market. All of the designs can be screen printed on to other garments such as hoodies, hats and long sleeved shirts. Ladies fit garments are also available on request.

Please note that the printing is undertaken by others and for this reason there is a minimum order of 50 tees. This can be made up of a variety of sizes but in order to keep the costs low there must be at least 50 of each design in your order.

If you would like a quote or have any queries please email Mike at bigmikesrealale@live.co.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/bigmikesrealale

Twitter: @bigmikesrealale

2nd CAMRA Spring Equinox Festival Horsham Drill Hall, 28th-29th March

Following the highly successful first event last March, we would love to see you at the second CAMRA North Sussex Spring Equinox Beer & Cider Festival. This year’s date has been moved back a week, due to hall availability and to avoid a clash with the Sussex CAMRA Branches Beer & Cider Festival, Brighton. The venue is the Drill Hall, Denne Road, Horsham, RH12 1JF, in the town centre about a twenty walk from the station. There will be over fifty beers, with a healthy mix of winter and spring ales available. All six of our excellent branch-area brewers will be featured, plus other local favourites and some gems from further afield. There will also be a great selection of local cider and perry.

Sessions are Saturday 12noon-4pm and 6-10pm; Sunday

12noon-4pm. Tickets are £6 Saturday, £5 Sunday, and include a souvenir glass, plus a free pint for card-carrying CAMRA members. A £1 donation will be made by the branch to a local charity for any returned souvenir glasses, along with the value of any donated surplus tokens. Hot and cold baguettes and snacks will be available at all sessions. The acoustic music scene in Horsham is particularly strong, and was a real feature of the first event. We will again be providing an excellent line up for the Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon sessions.

Tickets go on sale at the start of January, available from Beer Essentials, the Malt Shovel, and Kings Brewhouse, all in Horsham. Postal applications (cheques payable to CAMRA North Sussex) to The Treasurer, 19 Felbridge Avenue, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 7BD. More info, including a beer list in due course, at camra.equinox@gmail.com; twitter@camraequinox; www.northsussexcamra.org.uk.

Southsea Beerex, 20th-21st March

The Southsea Beerex is a new beer festival at the Wedgewood Rooms, Albert Road, Southsea.  In collaboration with the Leopold Tavern we aim to bring some of the country's greatest beers to our little bit of Albert Road.

Session times:

Friday 20th March 6pm until 11pm

Saturday 21st March 12pm until 5pm

Saturday 21st March 6pm until 12pm

http://www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk/WhatsOn/SouthseaBeerex.aspx

147b Albert Road
Southsea
Portsmouth
PO4 0JW
Box Office: 023 9286 3911

Havant Brewery February Newsletter

The following is a monthly newsletter from my friends at the Havant Brewery, Hampshire. 

Hi All

Welcome to the first Newsletter of 2015. We have been trying to get one out earlier, but we have just caught up from Christmas! We have new beers planned for this year, the first being BA LA, Black And Lagered Ale, already available. The date is set for our open day, 18th April, and we have other events planned in the brewery for this year.

So here goes ...

Open Day

This year we will have 6 different beers to try and then its only £2 per pint. Mike will be doing brewery tours throughout the day in-amongst the Victory Morris Men entertaining us with their dancing and singing and Strumdiddlyumptious Ukulele Band rocking the joint. This year we will also have The Burrito Man onsite for when you get hungry. The same as last year soft drinks are available for drivers and Children, all free of charge. Free entry, come and see us and have a good day. Saturday 18th April, 11am-4pm.





New Beers

BA LA Black And Lagered Ale, is a Schwartz style black lager with at least 6 weeks lagering (storage) to its credit. It has a clean, neutral flavour with smoky, roasted notes. Hops are clean and fresh and build to a lasting crescendo. 4.3%. Available in casks now and will be in bottles by the beginning of March. Will be at our open day.

A HA Amber Hoppy Ale. No other details yet except we are aiming for a 3.7% hoppy ale. Will be at our open day.

Havant 50 A 5% Golden Ale. This is a very special ale for us as we are brewing it to celebrate, as both of us have a big birthday this year. (No prizes for guessing). More details to follow and will be at our open day.


Bottled Beers

For March / April we have the following bottled Beers (while stocks last).

Havant Decided
3.8% ABV, Traditional Pale Ale; Clean, Crisp & Dry with a Floral bouquet.

Havant Dropped
3.8% ABV, Red Autumn Ale; Clean, Crisp, Dry with a fruity background. Only a few remaining.

Havant Started
4.0% ABV, Best Bitter; Fresh & zingy with strong malt overtones.

Havant Herd
4.2% ABV, Milk Stout; Dark, rich, smooth, velvety stout. Only a few remaining.

Havant Finished
5.0% ABV, Extra Special Bitter; Toffee, Coffee, Crisp.

BA LA
4.3% ABV, Black And Lagered Ale; Available from 9th March

Havant Winter Brew
4.3% ABV, Dark Amber Beer; Lightly hopped, infused with Ginger & Whiskey. Only a few remaining.

Both Havant 50 and A HA will also be in bottles around the end of March.

Shop opening hours

Until the end of March the shop will be open the following hours:
Thursday & Friday 12noon till 4pm
Saturday 10am till 2pm
Also for those of you waiting we now have our brewery pint glasses back in stock.

And finally

That’s all for now folks. Hopefully we will see you at our open day. Bye for now. Cheers.
Mike & Caroline

http://www.thehavantbrewery.co.uk/

PS. when visiting the Brewery, please use the Tanneries car park, turn right just after the mini roundabout (if you carry on the end of the road is blocked off). Ignore the parking signs, if you are visiting us there is no problem. Visitor’s parking spaces are numbers 1 to 4 and any unoccupied red parking space.