Fulton is giving the end of imperial stout season a proper send off by offering three different Worthy Adversary firkins, starting on Valentine’s Day.
2/14 – Republic 7 Corners – Worthy Adversary with French Oak (will be available as a pairing with a dessert)
2/15 – Grumpy’s Downtown – Worthy Adversary with coconut & macadamia nuts
2/20 – Muddy Pig – Worthy Adversary with maple wood and vanilla beans
Town Hall has a week filled with releases of barrel aged beers they’ve been working on for the past year. Stop in every day to taste the newest release and take your favorites home with you.
All releases will be at 5pm
Monday 2/18- Twisted Trace- Our Barrel Aged Barley Wine has never tasted so splendid. We changed to barrels from a different distilllery because we were unhappy with the performance from the barrels we used before. Wow, that was the correct decision.
Tuesday 2/19- Double Barrel Aged Jack Frost- This Imperial Stout was aged for one of our aging seasons (6-12 months) in a whiskey barrel and then moved into a French Oak red wine barrel fresh from California and aged for another season. Special Beer!
Wednesday 2/20- Manhattan Barrel- Production on this beer will be increased next year! We stopped at a distillery we had not yet used (that I believe has natural cherry character) for a prospect barrel. We aged our Grand Cru with tart cherries for many moons then added it to this fine bourbon barrel. Well my father in law introduced me to Manhattans (he does not use bitters) I think he would be proud of this Bourbon “Manhattan”.
Thursday 2/21- Buffalo Bock- The return of the bourbon aged Weizenbock from last year. This beer surprised the brewers and the customers the first time it was made. It really is nice.
Friday 2/22- Tumaltuous Rare- Our wheat wine aged in bourbon barrels. Nice and delicate, this one offers great toffee character.
Sat 2/23- Czar Jack- Russian style Imperial stout. Nice beer and for those of you that missed the coconut character that we usually get from the wood last year….it is back this year! (I missed it.)
These beers will be sold in growlers this year. They will all be available but only by tickets. Tickets go on sale this Sunday when we open (11am) prices will be $45 for Double Barrel, $40 for Manhattan Barrel, and $30 for the rest. You will be permitted to by up to one growler of each style while they last. Due to supply, we will sell only 30 Tumaluous Rare, Manhatten Barrel, and Double Barrel jack Frost, 60 Buffalo Bock, and 100 each of Twisted Trace and Czar Jack.
We anticipate 750ml bottles will return next year. We are purchasing some equipment for this purpose that has not arrived yet.
P.S. We also will be featuring a special menu for Valentine’s Day and will release a full batch Blackerry Belgian Bruin Feb 14th. Yep, growlers will be avaiable. Call down and get your reservation today.
Cheers,
Mike
The fine folks at Excelsior Brewing are teaming up with Pittsburgh Blue to bring you a four-course beer dinner.
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1st Course
Beef Carpaccio – aged beef tenderloin, Maine lobster, shaved fennel & fried capers – paired with Big Island Blond
2nd Course
Razor Clam & Blue Crab Cake – sweet curry, crispy spinach & jalapeno – paired with XLCR Pale Ale
3rd Course
Ancho-Crusted Beef Filet – wheatberry “risotto”, Lacinato kale & mole reduction – paired with Bitterschlappe Brown Ale
4th Course
Salted Pretzel “Candy Bar” – with malt and Oar Lock Stout semifreddo – paired with Oar Lock Oat Stout
Tickets: $59/person (plus tax & gratuity)
Call 763-416-2663 or email tstrommen@parasole.com
The Blue Nile and Surly beer go hand in hand. So mark your calendar for the upcoming release of this year’s batch of Mild and join in the celebration.
It’s time for Mild to land on anticipating tastebuds, and the Blue Nile is happy to host the annual launch. In addition to that, the date the occasion falls upon also happens to commemorate seven years to the day since we first tapped a keg of Surly (which was the first week they debuted). We know the official anniversary beer won’t be out for Todd-only-knows how long, but we’re making our own party. At least eight Surlys will be on tap: Mild, Abrasive, Syx, Smoke, Darkness, Furious, Bender, and Cynic. There may be more, and we’ll let you know when we do!
6pm until whenever. There will be sample sets available, so you can get your fill without needing to turn in your car keys.
see you there,
al
Surly beer, sausage made with Surly, live music, meat raffle…find it all at Butcher & The Boar on Sunday.
This Sunday come join us in our winterized Beer Garden for the next installment of our Beer Bash series. We’ll be tapping 7 different Surly beers and releasing a special house-made Surly hot link. We’ve got live music by Aaron Berdofe & Dan Israel from 6-8 P.M. and we’ll be doing an hourly meat raffle from 5-9. Pretty much all around awesome. See you there.
P.S. Bring in a non-perishable food item for Joyce’s Uptown food shelf and get a free tap beer on us!