New seasonal arrivals

Hope everyone had a great holiday and here we go for 2009!

New arrivals this week include Leinenkugel's 1888 Bock, Breckenridge Pandora's Bock, O'Fallon Goats Breath Bock which we will be tasting this Sat. from 1 to 3 in the store. Also we recieved Boulevard Irish Ale Today. Next week we anticipate Boulevard's new Smokestack Imperial Stout as well as a new irish beer from O'Malley's in Weston.

MORE NEW STUFF

SHIPYARD - PUGSLEY'S PORTER
PAWEL KWAK - 4 PACK WITH GLASS
UNIBROUE - TASTER GIFT PACKS
BOULEVARD - BOURBON BARREL QUAD

NEW KEGS TO ORDER

BOULEVARD SINGLE WIDE IPA

SATURDAY TASTING SCHEDULE

DEC. 13 - CHRISTMAS BEERS PART 2

DEC. 20 - SCHLAFLY SPECIALTY BEERS

MORE NEW ARRIVALS

Just in this week:

Shipyard - Prelude

Anchor - Christmas

Sam Adams - Chocolate Bock

Mendocino - Imperial IPA

O' Fallon - Whiskey Smoked Porter

Fall and Winter Seasonals

New Arrivals:

Lion Brewery - Sri Lanka
Imperial Lager
Lager
Stout

Armacord - San Marino Italy
Blond Lager
Blond Ale
Amber Ale
Brown Ale
Prima Donna Blond Lager

Fall and Winter Seasonals in stock

Blvd. Nutcracker
Goose Island - Bourbon County Stout,Matilda,Pere Jacques
Bell's - Expedition Stout,Double Cream Stout,Winter White
Breckenridge - Christmas Ale
Leinenkugel's - Fireside Nut Brown
New Belgium - Frambozen,2 Below
Great Divide - Hibernation
Avery - Old Jubilation
Sierra Nevada - Celebration Ale
O'Dells - Isolation Ale
Sam Adams - Winter Lager,Winter Classics
Blue Moon - Full Moon
Schlafly - Christmas Ale
Sam Smith - Winter Welcome

Coming Soon:

Blvd Bourbon Barrel Quad
O'Fallon Whiskey Porter
Mendocino Imperial Lager
Shipyard Christmas

Just a quick update for you all. Friday Aug.1st Southern Tier Pumpkin ale should be arriving in the store. Their Creme Brulee is already sold out and we did not get any.
Can't figure that one out but our rep will be hearing about it. This Saturday's tasting will be Warsteiner and it includes their regular and dunkel as well as their new flavored products: Radler,Lemon Lime,Orange,and Cola. The rest of the month sets up like this:

Aug. 9th - O'Malley's
Aug. 16th - Wheats and Whites
Aug. 23rd - North Coast
Aug. 30th - Summer Finale

Mark

New Beer Arrivals

Just a quick post to let everyone know that today we received some exciting products in the beer Dept. The first new arrival is from the North Coast Brewing Company and it's their version of a farmhouse saison called Le Merle. It checks in at about 7.3% abv. Next to check in is Unibroue's Quatre Centieme in honor of Quebec City's 400th anniversary. It is a belgian style blond at 7.5% abv. Last but not least is a 4 beer lineup from Brew Dog out of Scotland. First off is the Hard Core double IPA at 9.1% abv. Second is their Punk IPA at 6% abv. Third is Physics Amber at 5% abv and fourth in the group is their Rip Tide Imperial Stout AT 8% abv. Still waiting on Nogne and Bear Republic to arrived in MO. This weeks Heineken tasting is postponed and we will be having O'Malleys in next week to taste their Sun Ryes ale and their other products.
Mark

Farewell to an old freind

Hi all,
In this ever changing world we live in today life is full of surprises and challenges. Tad Brewer has left the store to pursue other interests in the beverage industry and we will miss his superior knowledge in craft beer. Good luck Tad!
I will be handling the beer department for now and will continue to update the blog with pertinent information and new arrivals. Today we received a new Trappist beer from the Achel brewery, Achel bruin 8 which boasts a 96 on rate beer and a 3.8 from beer advocate. They also have a blond 8 and a Trappist extra which should be arriving in the next week or so hopefully. They are the sixth of seven total in our store and in the world that are the renowned and can called themselves a "Trappist Brewery". Until 2001 you could only get these beers if you visited the Monastery. In 2001 they began bottling and exporting their brews around the world. Also on the horizon are Bear Republic of California and Nogne from Norway. We continue to have many summer seasonals in stock for your drinking pleasure including the new Coors Light 5 liter mini kegs which we sold out of the first week they were available to us. We have restocked and should have them for the balance of the summer season. I will keep you updated on any other happenings in the beer world in the store and remember to come on out this Saturday from 1-3 to taste some old world farmhouse saisons.
Mark