Comedy O’Connell’s presents: The improvAcademy Showcase!

It’s happening every fourth Thursday of the month and each month we will present performances by ensemble members and rising stars from The improvAcademy!
Come and check out some of Tampere’s fastest growing improvisers!

The improvAcademy

The improvAcademy is a group from Tampere’s Improv Training Center, who offer weekly Chicago-Style Improv classes in English right here in Tampere since 2011! The improvAcademy is formed by the students and performs enthusiastically all over Tampere.

Frohes Oktoberfest!
O’Connell’s is joining the Oktoberfest celebrations too!
We have Paulaner Oktoberfest beer and Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Märzen flowing on our taps…

Willkommen!

Paulaner
Paulaner at 6.0 % ABV is festive, full-flavoured and ultra delicious, and is brewed specially for the most famous festival in the world.

A German brewer is only permitted to use four ingredients – no more. According to the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516, these are hops, malt, water and now yeast. The Paulaner master brewers only use the region’s best ingredients. The hops approved for Paulaner come from the Hallertau region of Bavaria, the yeast from its own pure culture, the precious brewing malt from the region and the purest, softest brewing water from its own two deep wells on the Nockherberg. The higher quality of the ingredients, the better the beer. The Paulaner experts therefore check everything thoroughly using their considerable experience and good noses

Tree Hugging Wood Chopping Mother Nature Loving IPA 6,0%

We all should hug a tree more often. That’s a scientific fact. Now you can conveniently and safely do it without stepping in to the wild and face bears and other scary things. Just sip this beautifully balanced IPA, which has been matured on a bed of American Oak chips.
Brewed with Centennial, Mosaic and Citra hops it delivers very fresh citrus taste, which is nicely combined with pine tree flavour, and then followed by malty backbone. The long lasting after taste comes with hints of wood and vanilla.
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Corne du Diable 6,5%

Generously hopped, Corne du Diable is a modern interpretation of the British India Pale Ales of old. This copper ale has a malty nose with a round, caramel mouth feel that is contrasted by confident bitterness and forward hop aromas resulting from dry-hopping. This west coast-style IPA has a piney citrus flavour with a roasted spicyness.
Ratebeer.com: 96p.

Here’s a few more new beers we’ll be getting into the line of taps this week:
________________________________________________________________________*Devil Dancer* 12%
When you dance with the Devil, the Devil don’t change. You do. Massive in complexity, the huge malt character balances the insane amount of alphas used to create it. At an incredible 112 IBUs, it’s dry-hopped with ten hop varieties.
_______________________________________________________________________*Pyynikin White IPA* 6,0%
Pyynikin White IPA, Wheat India Pale Ale, represents a new type of beer as it fills your mouth with massive fruity aromes. Then it twists to a funky bitter aftertaste. Fresh beer with plenty of orange peel.

Malts: Wheat, Pils
Hops: Centennial, Amarillo, Citra

We will soon have the very delicious Cornish Orchard cider back on tap!

Cornish Orchard Gold Cider 4,5%

This immensely refreshing cider has a light, champagne sparkle,with fruity apple tones and a long dry finish. The creative blend of bittersweet and dessert apples impart this classic cider with body and crispness.
Serve chilled as instant refreshment or enjoy with a hot bowl of pasta.

We will soon have a few kegs of Founders Brewery reDANKulous Imperial Red IPA coming to us!

reDANKulous Imperial Red IPA
reDANKulous Imperial Red IPA is a no frills, bold 9.5% ABV India Pale Ale. It pours a pleasing burnt amber with some sweetness due to the Caramalt and roasted barley used in the malt bill. But hops are the true headliner in this elaborate sensory experience. The spicy, piney, tropical complexities of Chinook, Mosaic and Simcoe hops hit you right away with their dank aroma—and they stick around. Take a sip to have your palate simultaneously walloped and caressed in all the right places. Combined, the hops take the beer to 90 IBUs. It’s not just ridiculous. It’s reDANKulous.

Did you know that O’Connell’s has a big bunch of board and card games and the like for you to while away the day with friends?
The newest ones including 7 Wonders Duel, Zombie Fluxx, Guillotine, Love Letter and Port Royal
Grab a few friends and make a night of it with a classic Games Night!
Here’s a few examples from our games shelf :
Mikado, Huhupuheita, Ubongo Trigo, Biblios, Gang of Four, The Great Dalmuti, Trivial Pursuit, Battle Sheep, Bang, Modern Art, Alias, Pictionary, Monopoly, Kimble, Carcassonne, Pueblo, SkipBo, Menolippu, Scotland Yard, Yatzy, Rappakalja-tupla
Chess, Scrabble, Tower/Keel over, Go, Playing cards, Darts board

Guest improv night brings us different visiting improv teams to our Comedy Stage once a month!

Each month, our show features a new GUEST improv team who will come and perform their own unique format in the first half of our show. Then, one lucky player will be chosen at random to perform a never before seen or rehearsed Two-Man show with our very own Trent Pancy.

This month we our proud to host Kaisa Kokko from Osuuskunta Kuje (Jyväskylä) as our guest!