This weekend has been a ton of fun, thanks to everyone involved- breweries, farmers, winemakers, diners and drinkers. It’s a great feeling to look over the bar and see a slew of familiar faces, those who have helped to make things like ours possible, all mingling and intertwined. If we are not yet pals, please introduce yourself, and welcome to the community!

The fun continues tonight with AleSmith. They pulled together a cask of Speedway Stout for us and we have been sitting on it for a little over two months now-enough is enough, lets drink it! We will tap it tonight at 5. We will also have unreleased 2007 Barrel-Aged Speedway Stout available in bottles. On draft we are offering AleSmith Horny Devil, a Belgian-strong ale, and AleSmith IPA. The kitchen folks are making a few tasty treats as well. So far we have a mussel dish with Horny Devil broth,  and a chocolate dessert, mixed with that barrel-aged Speedway we already talked about.yum.

As it worked out, our current draft line-up is made up of 6 world class beers: The Horny Devil and IPA from AleSmith for start. We are also pouring Stone Pale ale and Stone’s 12th Anniversary Ale which is a brew called Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout made with unsweetened, unprocessed cacao. From across the way, we have Rodenbach Grand Cru and Ola Dubh. Rodenbach brewery only produces two beers, this and Rodenbach original. Grand Cru is a blend of beers matured in floor to ceiling wooden tuns for over two years at the brewery in Belgium. Its a beer that people seem to either love or hate as it is both very tart, and a little sweet. For me its love, love love. The first sip says “what the?!” the last says ” I think I need another tomorrow”.   Ola Dubh is quite a treat as well, it is a collaboration between Harviestoun Brewery and Highland Park distillery. Harviestoun’s Old Engine Oil Ale, (an Imperial Porter) is aged in the same casks used to make Highland Park 30 year old malt whisky, and you can taste that whisky!  Its an experiment gone brilliant, and from what I understand we can expect more from this new forged team in the future.  The best is that both of these beers pair perfectly with food, I actually think they are even  more palatable when paired with a meal as opposed to on their own.  Come to think of it, all of these beers will sit with food nicely.

Hope to see you soon.