The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1
As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.
We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.
To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.
The project has been overseen by Media Production lecturer Roy Hanney who describes it as an opportunity for students to work across disciplines and unleash their creative talents in their first year at the University. ..All the films were inspired by student work featured in the anthology Dreaming Beasts a spin-off from the Tongues Strings literary cabaret that was founded by English Department colleagues Hugh Dunkerley and Dave Swann. Roy Hanney asked his students to choose a poem from Dreaming Beasts and produce a short two-minute film that illustrated the poem.
Christina Carabini on July 7th, 2011