Taste & Liquor Day of the Dead Halloween Hip Hop Brunch
A bottomless boozy brunch with DJs, dance-offs, classic Halloween games and a Day of the Dead theme, we’re in. Turning out plenty of themed tricks like hot choc cocktails and dishing up treats like Jerk Burgers, Goat Curry and Carribean BBQ, expect spooky cups, plates and bowls to runneth over at this year’s Day of the Dead special Brunch’in and Hip Hop Daytimer.
Sat 28 Oct at SK Cash and Carry, Birchall Street, Birmingham, B12 0RP. 12pm -7pm. From £10 www.theticketsellers.co.uk

Salt & Earth Kitchen Takeover at The Jekyll & Hyde Gin Parlour
Ruin your appetite in truly decadent fashion at this gourmet adventure and celebration of the mother of all apertifs, gin. The Jekyll welcomes the former head chef at Two Cat’s Kitchen, Nikki Astley, with a four course creative pairing menu including cocktails and wine. Menu insights so far include Monkfish sashimi, Corn steamed in its husk with stinky Parmesan & a smoked butter, Duck, quinoa, ginger & tamarind and Coffee, chocolate, chilli & clay. Book fast, tickets limited.
Tue 24 Oct at The Jekyll & Hyde, 28 Steelhouse Lane, City Centre, Birmingham, B4 6BJ. Tel: 0121 236 0345 7pm – late. £45 inc. canape cocktails and wine www.thejekyllandhyde.co.uk

Birmingham Beer & Cider Festival
Start exercising your drinking elbow know as The Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA)’s Beer & Cider Festival raises a pint or several to a couple of our favourite national pastimes.
With more than 200 real ales, ciders and perries to sample over three days, they are properly rolling out the barrel with this one. Sup up.
Thu 26 Oct – Sun 28 Oct at The Custard Factory, Gibb Street,Birmingham B9 4AA. Tel: 0121 224 7777. 11am – 10.30pm. From £10 www.birminghambeerfestival.org.uk

Bar meets Barbecue at Smultronstalle
A delectable pairing of local gastronomic powerhouses Smultronstalle’s Robert Wood and Low n’ Slow’s Andy Stubbs. This 6 course cocktail-paired menu almost sold out on release but more dates have been added. Keep an eye on their twitter feed here for more details.
Wed 18 Oct (more dates to be added) at Smultronstalle, City Arcade
Union Street, Birmingham B2 4TX. £75pp For bookings and enquiries email reservations@barsmultronstalle.co.uk

Breaking Bad Cocktail Experience at Heisenbar
Almost sold out for October but now taking bookings for Nov 17 & 18 this is molecular-based cocktail making at its best. Take an award winning mixologist, add a six course cocktail menu and themed food dish (Pollos Hermanos obvs) and you’ve got a mighty popular night out on your hands – and hopefully nothing too illegal. Step away from the the box-set yo, and book it all up fast.
Fri 20 Oct (sold out), Saturday 21 Oct, Sun 22 Oct, Fri 17 Nov & Sat 18 Nov at The Heisenbar, Milk Street, B5 Birmingham. £40 www.eventbrite.co.uk/

Bottomless Yorkshire Pudding wrap Part at Rub Smokehouse & Bar
A dream dining experience for big appetites and roast lovers, limitless Yorkshire puddings with different fillings including 14 Low n’ Slow Brisket, pulled chicken & pork, lamb shoulder, toppings including apple sauce, mint sauce, horseradish and mint jelly and extras like smoked cheddar mash, roast potatoes, spring greens, cauliflower cheese even a sprinkle of crackling. Frankly they had us at ‘gravy fountain’. Mexican accompaniments will also be available, because, why not? A special Yorkshire Pudding dessert table comes with treacle, cream, chocolate, fruit and ice-cream and did we mention it’s eat all you can (1.5hr slots)?
Tue 17 Oct, 6pm – 11pm at Rub Smokehouse & Bar Birmingham, Unit 2 Regency Wharf, Birmingham B1 2DS. £18.95 www.rubsmokehouse.com

Kaye Winwood’s Backward Running Dinner Party at Two Cats Kitchen
‘Life is uncertain, eat the pudding first’. Following the devastatingly surreal and delicious success of Breakfast of Champions comes food provocateur Kaye Winwood & chef Chris Hughes’ latest creation. The dinner party in homage to the Jim Crace book The Devil’s Larder for Birmingham Literature Festival’s 20th anniversary. The ticket includes five courses, entertainment and a flight of drinks as well as a reading/appearance from the author himself. In typical Kaye Winwood style it will all be exquisitely inspired by Jim Crace’s unforgettably sensual stories weaving delicious fictions and adventurous flavours throughout this wildly creative afternoon or evening. Extremely limited tickets and more information are available here.
Sun 15 Oct 2pm & 7pm at Two Cats kitchen (now closed to public but open for this special event for Birmingham Literature Festival). £99pp www.birmingham-box.co.uk

Also Now Booking: Food and Feminism combine at Kaye Winwood’s Protest Feast 3pm at mac Birmingham Nov 19, £30pp, see www.macbirmingham.co.uk for more details.