Food and drink news this week includes a Shindigger Block Party in the Green Quarter, Sadlers Yard’s Summer Jam, a Kosmonaut Street Party in the Northern Quarter and the launch of a new gin distillery called The City of Manchester Distillery.
Block Party: Shindigger Sessions in the Green Quarter
ShinDigger Brewing Co. was set up by two mates selling homebrew at student house parties and since then, has developed into a beer business success story. This weekend sees the debut ShinDigger Sessions at the Green Quarter’s RedBankCo. As well as serving their own Lager (4.1%), West Coast Pale Ale (4.7%), Weiss (5.4%) and IPA (5.6%), they’ll also be launching brand new session brew Everything’s Peachy (4.2%). With the bar serving up non-beer booze, food will be served all day from local street food legend Nasi Lemak Street Food and Neapolitan stone baked pizzas from RedBankCo. Expect a full line up of DJs from Reform Radio including Battlestar Mancunia, Better Days and Inside Out Mcr. With this the first of these Sessions events, the goal is to express the ethos of ShinDigger through beer, music, cool venues and collaborations. Sounds good. Read our full preview here:
Sat 6 Aug, noon until the sun goes down, RedBankCo., Manchester, M4 4HF, tickets available here: bit.ly £4 online or £6 on the door.
Street food festival: Summer Jam at Sadler’s Yard
A full day festival of music and food, Sadler’s Yard Summer Jam is set to arrive this Saturday. The line ups for both look superb – the music stage sees John Haycock, Rachel Rimmer, The Lake Poets, Napoleon IIIrd, Honey Feet and Stealing Sheep, followed by DJ sets from Dutch Uncles and SMS. The food line up is just as tasty, with beer from Portable Street Beer House, burgers from What’s Your Beef?, Honest Crust pizzas and The Mexican Pilgrim’s fare. The Pilcrow x Blawd will also be running a doughnut workshop with freebies for the lucky first 400 jam/dough fans.
Sat 6 Aug, 12-10pm Sadler’s Yard, Hanover Street NOMA, Manchester, M60 0AB, check @SadlersYard for updates and news. Tickets are free, but it is recommended to reserve your place to guarantee entry. Limited walk ups on the day: www.eventbrite.com
Gin tours: The City of Manchester Distillery opens in the Green Quarter (pictured)
Located in a regenerated railway arch in the resurgent Green Quarter, The City of Manchester Distillery has been born. After extensive travel and dreaming up his gin concept, former University lecturer Dave Rigby has created this home of Manchester Three Rivers Gin. The venue offers Gin Experience tours beginning with a G&T and introduction to the Distillery. After a tour around the gin production, guests are invited to the gin school, to learn about botanicals and flavours. Then comes the science bit. You get to create your very own gin using the copper pot stills, choosing from over 50 flavours such as Madagascan vanilla, liquorice root or elderflower. With your 700ml bottle safe in your backpack, the tour then finishes in the onsite bar with gin cocktails aplenty.
From Thu 18 Aug, City of Manchester Distillery, 21 Red Bank Parade, Manchester, M4 4HF. Tel: 0161 839 2667, www.manchesterthreerivers.com
Street Party: Northern Quarter’s Kosmonaut celebrates summer
The NQ bar is celebrating our balmy Manchester summer climes with a day of (inside) live art and DJs, plus a reveal of upcoming food and drink menus. Regular DJs Pasta Paul and Matt Ward are kicking things off, followed by Cosmic Baggy, Jamie Groovement, Trash-o-Rama, with Lil’ Fee & Veba and Joy Social picking up the musical baton into the evening. On the hour from 12pm until 6pm, drinks will be served at the bar on the house, but be warned, they’re only free for ten minutes. Bar positioning will be key. Food comes from Holy Crab, seafood street food specialists set to takeover the Kosmonaut kitchens from September. Get a preview of their tequila oysters, crab fritters and smoked haddock crispy pops beforehand.
Sat 20 Aug, Kosmonaut, 10 Tariff Street, Manchester, M1 2FF, noon-late, FREE, www.facebook.com
In short: The Real Junk Food Project carries on with their latest event, this time appearing as a guest of Inca Pop Ups and Robert Owen Brown at The Vaults in Bolton. As ever, the menu will be devised from what’s available, is a pay-as-you-feel arrangement and all funds with fund the project fight food poverty and waste. Wed 10 Aug, 7pm,
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- Words:
- Kate Holmes
- Published on:
- Sun 14 Aug 2016
