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Tuesday, May 9, 2011

Throwback Party: Seattle, Washington

3:00PM-12:00AM @ Elysian Brewing Company

Time to dust off the flannel and cardigans! We will be hosting a THROWBACK PARTY on our actual birthday MAY 10, 2011 @ ELYSIAN CAPITOL HILL. We are heading back to the 90′s with our clothes, music, and some original food menu items — not to mention our Retro Happy Hour with 1996 Pint Prices from 3-5pm that day. Look for special treats from the Cellar!

Wednesday, May 10, 2011

Girl Scout Cookie Beer Pairing: Rochester, New York

7:00PM-1:00AM @ The Double Windsor

Ok, not to be a cliche pregnant woman, but this sounds awesome. Speakeasy beers (for you non-pregnant folk) and girl scout cookies, I mean, yes!

Below are the pairings:

* Payback Porter and Thin Mints
* White Lightning and Samoas
* Double Daddy Imperial IPA and Tagalongs
* Prohibition Ale and Do-si-dos

Thursday, May 11, 2011

Smuttynose Meet the Rep Night: Jersey City, New Jersey

7:00PM-9:00PM @ Iron Monkey

Smuttynose on the rooftop of Iron Monkey.

Big A IPA
IPA
Old Brown Dog
Short Batch
Star Island Single
Summer Weizen

$12 Flights
$5 Pints

Friday, May 12, 2011

Goose Island Ales from the Darkside: St. Paul, Minnesota

5:00PM-7:00PM @ The Happy Gnome

Bourbon County Stout brewed by Chicago gem, Goose Island Brewing stands as Timperial Stout’s favorite beer….tonight, three very special kegs will be tapped and should not be missed!
2010 Bourbon County Stout

Bourbon County Stout Vanilla

Old Max – Brett-Aged Danish Stout

Bourbon County Stout Fruit – Cherry Bark (the only keg in existence)

Big John

Saturday, May 13, 2011

Dogfish Head Total Tap Takeover: Sarasota, Florida

3:00PM-11:00PM@  Mr. Beery’s

So many Dogfish head beers:

Tap List:

60 Minute IPA
90 Minute IPA
Rasison D’ Etre
Midas Touch
Namaste
Red & White
Black & Blue
Theobroma
Olde School
Burton Baton
World Wide Stout
Aprihop
Hellhound
Bitches Brew
Fort
Immort Ale
Indian Brown
Palo Santo Marron
My Antonia
Pangea

90 Minute IPA thru the Hopinator 1000 with Fresh Whole Leaf Cascade Hop
Palo Santo Marron thru the Infusinator 2000 with Caramel Chips and Vanilla Beans

Squall IPA bottles
Vintage 120 Minute IPA bottles…

Sunday, May 14, 2011

Founders’ Flights and Bites: Chicago, Illinois

7:00PM-9:00PM @ Bad Apple

$30 will get you 5 bites and 5 beers by mid-west favorite Founders:

Cherry & Cheese / Curmudgeon

Pulled Pork Corn Arepa / All day IPA & shot of MBR smoked corn
moonshine

Citrus Scallop & Asparagus / Double Trouble

Oxtail Slider / Imperial Stout

Coffee Cupcake / Kentucky Breakfast Stout

Monday, May 15, 2011

Beer U: Inside the Craft Beer Industry: Escondido, California

7:00PM-9:00PM @ Stone Brewing Co.

You’re already well acquainted with the business end of the bottle, now you can get acquainted with the business! Join Stone’s craft beer evangelist and Head Blabbermouth Ken Wright for a truly enlightening evening. In between samples of craft brews, you’ll be treated to an insider’s view of the craft beer industry. Business talk has never been so tasty!

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BEER! BEER EVENTS!

Downtown Bar and Grill in Brooklyn. Pic courtesy of www.united-nations-of-beer.com.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Stoudt’s Promo Night: Reading, Pennsylvania

7:00PM-9:00PM @ Suburban Tavern & Restaurant

Our Head Brewer Brett Kintzer and brewer Jodi Stoudt from Stoudt’s Brewing Co. made a delicious Firkin/cask of our Fat Dog Stout. This is an imperial oatmeal stout which is bourbon oak aged and has been aging with Madagascar vanilla beans inside the cask! Talk beer with Eddie Stoudt and enjoy this special brew. There will also be 2 other Stoudt’s Drafts and the full line of bottles! If you are a cigar fan this will be a great compliment to a fine maduro wrapped cigar which you can enjoy upstairs in the Suburban Tavern’s new cigar Lounge. Pint glass giveaway from Stoudt’s and more. Hope to see you there.
Cheers, Eddie Stoudt.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Dogfish Head NO SUCK Beer Event: Brooklyn, New York

5:00PM-5:00AM @ Downtown Bar & Grill

This tap list is killer. You must go here between Wednesday and Sunday if you live in one of the five boroughs of NYC and feast on these Dogfish Head beers. You honestly cannot go wrong with any of these!

DFH 60 IPA 2011
DFH 90 Imperial IPA 2011
DFH 120 Imperial IPA 2009
DFH Burton Baton Imperial IPA 2009
DFH Midas Touch Spiced Beer 2010
DFH Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew Russian Imperial Stout 2010
DFH My Anonia Imperial Pilsner 2010
DFH Old School Barleywine 2009
DFH Red& White Witbier 2009
DFH Sahtea Farmhouse Ale 2010
DFH Saison Du Buff Farmhouse Ale 2010
DFH Theobroma Chile Beer 2010
DFH WW Stout Imperial Stout 2009
Sierra Nevada Big Foot Barleywine 2008

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Firestone Walker Afternoon: Norristown, Pennsylvania

1:30PM-4:00PM @ Capone’s Restaurant

Owner and founder of Firestone Walker, David Walker will be here with 4 amazing beers.

Double Jack (Draft and 22oz bottles)
Walkers Reserve (Draft and 22oz bottles)
Abacus (Maybe on draft but at least 22oz bottles)
14th Anniversary Ale (in 22oz Bottles)

Friday, April 15, 2011

Free Pint Glass Friday with Smuttynose: Winooski, Vermont

5:00PM-1:00AM @ Winooski Beverage Warehouse

Come welcome Smuttynose to our tasting room for another edition of Free Pint Glass Friday! We’ll have samples of the flagship goodies like Finest Kind IPA and some of the Big Beers, too!

Also, you’ll be able to sign up for an awesome Give Away Prize!

Saturday, April 15, 2011

Dark Lord v. Black Cat 2: Chicago, Illinois

7:00PM-9:00PM @ Intelligentsia Roasting Works

HOLY CRAP! If I lived in Chicago………..Dark Lord by 3Floyds….a vertical tasting. Oh my…

$100

Super rare, limited, vertical stout tasting!
Amazing food, desserts, coffee & beer!
Music!
Mayhem!
You must be 21 years of age to attend, sorry kids!

A unique opportunity to taste four different vintages of Three Floyd’s Dark Lord Stout at Intelligentsia’s Chicago Roasting Works. Each attendee will enjoy a small pour (2.5oz) of Dark Lord from 2006-2010. Food bar by Michael Sheerin (Blackbird Restaurant/Three Floyds), dessert bar by Mindy Segal (Hot Chocolate Restaurant), coffee bar by Intelligentsia. Only 90 tickets available! This event will sell out!

Dark Lord is the beer for which Three Floyds is most famous because it is widely rated as one of the best beers in the world. The brewery describes it as a “Gargantuan Russian Stout brewed with coffee, molasses, and honey.” It is sold only on one day per year, out of their brewery outside of Chicago. We have worked with them for the last 6 years, adding our Black Cat Espresso to the beer to give it a little extra complexity. For the last four years, we have squirreled away a case with the intention of putting on this event. A vertical tasting of this beer on this scale will never happen again! Representatives from Three Floyds & Intelligentsia will be there to chat with you about beer & coffee.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Brewery Tour with the Brewer: Bellingham, Washington

12:00PM-1:00PM @ Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen

1/3 of bb.com recently made a trip north to visit Chuckanut Brewery and was very impressed. For $5.00 you can tour the brewery and taste all of the beers on tap!

Monday, April 18, 2011

Homebrew and Bottle Collector Support Group: Boulder, Colorado

6:00PM-8:30PM @ Avery Brewing Company

Ok why haven’t we started something like this?!

Our first ever meeting was a great success!! Thanks to all those who made it with tasty homebrews and treasured bottles in hand. Hope you all enjoyed the Depuceleuse, 2008 Old Jubilation Ale and other brews that we broke out of the Avery cellars. Please plan to join us each month at 6PM on the THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH!

Group Info:
Have you ever crafted or aged a very special beer, only to serve it to a group of people that don’t know or really care what they’re drinking? It leaves you feeling hollow, right? That’s why we’re starting a monthly support group for homebrewers and collectors that meets on the 3rd Monday of each month. Bring your special beers down to the Tap Room (22oz. minimum) and open them around a group of enthusiastic and learned quaffers and revel in the time and effort that was spent crafting the beer. We’ll have the Barrel Room reserved and plenty of space to chat, sniff and taste! Each month, Avery Brewing Company will bring out a few treats from our own cellar to ensure a great selection.

This a free event, admission price is just a favorite bottle or two from your cellar or a homebrew of your own!

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EVENTS!!!!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Smuttynose Beer Dinner: Milton, Massachusetts

6:30PM-9:00PM @ Abby Park

Smuttynose is one of my favorite breweries- their IPA, Wheat Wine and Barleywine are all amazing and hopefully on the menu tonight! Enjoy a 5 course specialty dinner paired with 5 Smuttynose beers for $55.00. Call 617-696-8700 or email Aja (aja@abbypark.com) for reservations.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Grand Teton Thursday Beer Tasting: Greenville, South Carolina

5:00PM-7:00PM @ The Greenville Beer Exchange

Grand Teton Brewing Company hails from Victor, Idaho and brews some extremely delicious beers! This week we will be tasting their Bitch Creek ESB, Sweetgrass American Pale Ale, Pesephone Pils, and Black Cauldron Imperial Stout. Drop in anytime between 5pm and 7pm this Thursday to experience four Idahoan beers (and how many of those can you say you’ve had?) completely FREE!

Friday, March 25, 2011

Stone Brewing Co. Tasting: Boston, Massachusetts

5:30PM-7:30PM @ Wine Emporium

Stop by tonight to sample Stone Brewing Co. beers all the way from Escondido, California (sounds warm and sunny): Featured beers will include:

Stone IPA
Stone Smoked Porter
Arrogant Bastard Ale
Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
Ruination IPA
2010 Old Guardian
2011 Old Guardian

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Dogfish Fest: Dallas, Texas

11:00AM-5:00PM @ The Common Table

The Common Table is tapping 12 Dogfish Head beers all on one day, Saturday March 26th- starts @ 11AM.

Here’s the lineup: HOT DAMN!

Bitches Brew
Burton Baton
90 Minute
Indian Brown
60 Minute
Raison d’Etre
Palo Santo Morrin
Chateau Jiahu
Red & White
Aprihop
90 Minute dry-hopped through a Randall
Midas Touch
Namaste (yet to be confirmed but likely will be available)

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Meet the Brewer, Cantillon: Escondido, California

3:00PM-5:00PM @ Stone Brewing Co.

Spend two hours in the presence of beer holiness- Jean Van Roy, the head brewer of one of Belgium’s finest, Cantillon. Cantillon is known for brewing traditional lambics for over 100 years. We have been there, its amazing as are the beers.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Brown Bag Night “Stouts”: Los Angeles, California

6:00PM-9:00PM @ Blue Palms BrewHouse

The idea is that this is a way to strip away any pretensions and preconceptions about specific beers you are drinking, and to challenge and educate your palate about the flavors and aromas you experience.Price of admission? Just a bottle or two of beers that you bring in for the occasion. If you’re bringing a 22 oz. or 750 mL bottle, one should be enough. If it’s a 12-ounce bottle or can, please bring two (if possible– if you only have one, just bring the one).

If you want us to post about an event, go to an event or want to just drink good beer- email me at jess@beerblotter.com or leave a comment!

Picture courtesy of directorofpeoria.com.

After Big Wood Fest this past Thursday, we dedicated this weekend to laying low (aside from the Friday night trip to a casino). We did however indulge in Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Co. (Akron, OH) B.O.R.I.S. Imperial Stout, Great Divide Chocolate Yeti and Russian River Pliny the Elder.

I sit here writing events and sipping on this delicious Cranberry Saison homebrew. Thanks guys! But now for your week in beer.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Smuttynose Short Release Party: Peoria, Illinois

5:00PM-10:00PM @ Kelleher’s Irish Pub

Several beers from their everyday lineup, plus a few from Smuttynose‘s “Short Batch Series” will be available. What is this “Short Batch Series”? See below for a description from their website:

The Smuttynose Short Batch Series- brewed in volumes anywhere between 20 and 30 barrels, these limited-release, experimental beers are available on draft only and found at select beer bars up and down the East Coast. We normally release a few batches in a year, so they go quickly.

Stop by Stoudts Brewing Co.for their Annual Microbrew Fest this week!

A weekend of home brewing and beers at Fremont Brewing Co., it was quiet and delightful.  Fremont Brewing Co.’s Interurban IPA dry hopped with Centennial and Thai Basil as well as their Summer Solstice with lime are both amazing brews. But now for your beer week ahead.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Saison Du Buff Party: Dayton, Ohio

7:00PM-9:00PM @ South Park Tavern

Stone/Dogfish/Victory Party where all 3 versions of Saison Du Buff on Tap as well as other great beers from these great breweries. Not to be missed!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Bell’s Two-hearted Firkin Event: Greensboro, North Carolina

4:00PM-6:00PM @ Brixx Wood Fire Pizza

The first in the series of three Brixx Cask Events. This month will feature Bell’s Two Hearted Ale and tickets are $20 per person. Tasters receive a hearty Pairings Pizza, a pint of Bell’s Two Hearted Cask AND a regular pint of Two Hearted for a true comparison. A real treat as there are only a few of these firkins in North Carolina.

Wednesday, August 25, 2o1o

Smuttynose Beer Dinner: Brookline, Massachusettes

6:30PM-9:30PM @ American Craft

6 Beers-
5 Courses

Pouring the following Smuttynose beers: 2010 Rouge d’Shire; 2007 Gnome; 2009 J. Lohr Chardonnay Barrel Aged Triple; 2010 Big A I.P.A.; 2008 Imperial Stout; 2006 Wheat Wine (amazing and paired with dessert). Some food highlights include, Chili glazed steak skewers served over a roasted corn and wild rice ragu and Duo of seafood cakes, 1. Crab cake with a sweet chili aioli 2. Lobster cake with Dijon aioli served over a celery root slaw. Tickets are $85.00.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Upright Brewing BBQ Beer Dinner: Portland, Oregon

7:00PM-10:00PM @ Urban Farmer
Chef Matt Christianson of Urban Farmer Restaurant has partnered with Upright Brewing owner and head brewer, Alex Ganum, to celebrate summer’s quintessential ingredients: Beer and Barbecue. Chef Matt and Alex have collaborated on a five-course dinner that pairs Oregon Dungeness crab, Wagyu beef and Afton Field Farm chicken with farmhouse inspired beers that are brewed just a few miles from the restaurant in the Rose Quarter’s Left Bank Project. Price is $65 Per Person plus gratuity. For reservations, contact Urban Farmer at 503-802-4630.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Lost Abbey Night: San Diego, California

5:00PM-7:00PM @ Downtown Johnny Browns

TEN TAPS??? COMPLIMENTARY TRI TIP?? Lost Abbey/Port Brewing is one of my favorite breweries- cant’ go wrong here!

Taps to enjoy: 10 Commandments, Gift Magi, Judgment day, Carnival, Road to Helles, Avant Garde, Red Barn, Angel Share, Devotion

Bottles: Framboise de Amarosa, Red Poppy Bottles (rare, get this!), 09′ Older Viscosity

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Annual Microfest: Adamstown, Pennsylvania

12:00PM-11:00PM @ Stoudts Brewing Co.

From Beer Advocate’s website:

Sample some of the best beers the industry has to offer in your very own festival tasting glass. Soak up those delicious beers with Ed’s “Best of the Wurst” German-style buffet, which includes German sausages, red kraut, potato and pasta salad, and a nice assortment of Eddie’s Breads from the Wonderful Good Market.

The $30 ticket also gets you some great entertainment, and a free shuttle to and from all of the local hotels.

The festival sessions are from NOON- 4PM and 7-11PM. $30 per session. 21+ ONLY!

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Aromas Brewhaha: Athens, Georgia

4:00PM-12:00AM @ Aromas

Today experience an eclectic and rare tap list comprised of the following beers:

Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout (Athens Debut)
Founders Black Biscuit (Athens Debut)
Founders Devil Dancer
Southern Tier Creme Brulee
Terrapin Hopzilla Imperial IPA
The Bruery Tradewinds Triple
Ballast Point Sculpin
Coast Boy King
Cigar City Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
Cigar City Humidor 110K + OT Batch #3
Bell’s Two Hearted Ale Cask

This is one of the best tap lists I have seen in awhile- the Founders and Cigar City beers alone will make this event top notch.

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