NATIONAL PIE WEEK AT REDHOUSE 4th – 10th

It’s British Pie week and what better way to celebrate than to visit Redhouse and experience our wonderland of Pie and Ale?

A true British classic, the pie is one of the nation’s favourite menu choices.

A Brief History of Pie

The humble pie dates back to around 2000 BC and is believed to originate from the Egyptians. It wasn’t until the 12th Century, however, that the pie found its way into our mainstream cuisine.

The original English mince pies, made from chopped meat and dried fruit, are a somewhat acquired taste to those of us brought up on the sweet mince version.

The Americans originally treated the pastry top of a piesimply as a cover to hold the filling to be discarded prior to eating. Fortunately, this outrageous practice never caught on in Britain!

Pie Facts

60% of people eat at least 2 pies a month
75 million pies a month eaten in the UK
The top two favourite pies are chicken & mushroom alongside steak & ale
Pies feature in the top 5 selling dishes of both mains and desserts
Pies can also be referred to as pasty, turnover or patty
58% of pub customers consider ordering pie when they are having a meal in a pub

IT’S MR BURNS NIGHT – 25th JAN

So it’s our first burns night and we are trying to do things properly:

We will be serving our very own Haggis pie, Neeps / Tattie mash and Peas for £6.95

The entertainment will be traditional with a big scots lad piping the wee beastie and we will be reciting ode to the Haggis. The free haggis will be on the bar from midnight to keep all  the dram drinkers happy. Top Notch Macallan scotch will be £2.00 all weekend and we will be doing a pie and whisky special for £7.99.

So put your kilt on rally up some troops and head on down to the Redhouse Pie and mash shack for a good old Friday night knees up!

ALL AMERICAN PIE DAY – 23rd of JAN

We will be celebrating American pie day with a majestic range of sweet pies to get your sticky little mitts on. Thanks to the lovely ladies at pet lamb we shall be sporting three different American sweet pies:

Mississippi Mud pie

Peanut butter and Chocolate pie

Sweet potato pie

If you fancy washing it down with one of our American bottles for £6.00 Including:

Brooklyn East indian pale ale 6.9%, Goose island IPA 5.9%, Goose island 312 4.4%, Flying dog – Underdog atlantic lager 4.7%, Flying dog – wilderman farmhouse IPA 7.5%.

ENJOY x

BEER LAUNCH WITH TYNEBANK- 26th JAN

Our friends from Tynebank are giving us a lovely first taste of there new pacifica pale ale on the 26th of Jan and to mark the occasion in our pie loving way we have decided to use it in one of our lovely lamb pies.

So come down early and enjoy some top notch Ale and get yourself locked in next to one of our fires with one of our wholesome pies, who knows there might still be a few cheerful folk left over from Burns night to keep you entertained.

FIRST TASTE:

Product: Tynebank – pacifica pale ale 4%

OUR BUTCHERS ARE BANG ON…

The providers of our homemade pies are the Amble butchers based in Northumberland in the busy seaport of Amble.The shop was opened by Peter Forsyth 18 months ago and helped by Master Butcher Rob Edminson they have gained an excellent reputation for quality and service so we decided to go and see them.

From a farming family of four generations, Peter is fanatical about the quality and provenance of his products. Organic and free range lamb and pork is sourced from Hope Farm Amble and beef is sourced from local suppliers in Northumberland and County Durham.

The Amble Butcher’s pies are “legendary” in the town! Many local lads and lasses who work away from the town will take a pie with them for their workmates to show them “what a proper pie tastes like!” and thats exactly what we’re going to do so come down and get your chops round one.

IN THE FRIDGES

Here is some of the bottled and canned beers that we are starting with, the list will develop and progress with time. If there is something you like and we don’t have it, drop us an email on info@theredhousencl.co.uk.

Crafty wee buggers….

Here is some of the micros that we will be using to start with to name a few to get you excited for whats to come behind the bar in our ye olde pie mash and ale house: