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The Festive Friday Question

Steve — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:29:17 +0000

Wasn’t it about a month ago that I was putting together the last Festive Friday Question? Where the Hell did the year go? It’s been quite a year. Derek has joined me full time in the basement and we’ve brewed a lot of beer & had a lot of fun with it. We’ve brewed a lot of one-off/seasonal brews and, in my humble opinion, managed to be quite creative with them (God, I love the American craft brewing scene, so much innovation, so much great beer out there!) Batch #3500 came along and I’m kicking myself for not stashing away a sixtel of it to see in the New Year, oh well, live & learn. We have collaborated on a slew of brews with our friends Stillwater Ales, Brewer’s Art & 3 Stars Brewing Co. as well as brewing batches with Meridian Pint, Punks Backyard Grill and Dawsons Liquors and I’m happy to say that this will continue in the New Year. January will see the next batches of BW Rye and Channel Crossing and we’ll also be brewing with DC Brau! We’ll be starting off the year in style with a Beer Club/Big D pint night at Victoria Gastro Pub on January 2nd which will feature not only The Big D but also a pre-release of Jacob’s Winter Celebration, Winter’s Wolves Winter Ale (cask & draft), Strongman Pale Ale (single hop Sorachi Ace) and Draft Punk.

There will be more Big D pint nights in January at various locations such as Alewife & Max’s Taphouse … watch this space for details.

Following the success of our Beer Week joint beer dinner with Evolution we’re planning a series of quarterly events throughout 2012 and I’m excited to announce that the first will be on January 28th with Stillwater Ales. We’re in the process of finalising the menu/beer pairings and will post details soon.

So, let us get on to the business of the day … The Friday Question. Last week I asked the number of the bottle of Winter Migration (a limited run of 900) … the answer is … drum roll … 867 which makes Mat Amendt the winner, congratulations. This week I offer up a couple of very nice festive beers, BrewDog’s “Christmas Porter” and Bell’s “Christmas Ale” (pictured below) and a growler of Oliver Ale. The question is this … how many different BrewDog beers have I had the pleasure of drinking in 2011? Simple, eh? Submit your answer via the comment option before next Friday’s post and you could win these rare treats.

These tasty treats could be yours!

Have a wonderful Christmas (or whatever else you may celebrate!)

Cheers

the friday question

Steve — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:01:18 +0000

Firstly, a big thanks to all those who went along to the Firkin night at the Metropolitan Coffee House yesterday for our Chelsea Best Bitter. I’m proud to say that the firkin kicked in record time, an hour better than the previous record I’m informed. Speaking of the Chelsea Best that leads me nicely to the answer to last week’s question. The Ale House sold 912 pints of Chelsea Best over the course of the 2 day celebration of the Chelsea vs AC Milan game, so, congratulations to Sam, who guessed 724 and wins a growler of Oliver Ale for getting closest!

So, the results are in for the Champion American Beer at the Great British Beer Festival. Congratulations go to the Cambridge Brewing Co. and there “YouEnjoyMyStout” . That leads me to this weeks Friday question … a particular company supplied firkins from 26 U.S. breweries to this years’ GBBF. What is the total number of firkins that they shipped? As usual please post your answer via the comment option below and you good win something!

Things seem to be hotting up for the Baltimore Beer Week this coming October and I’ve heard lots of talk of events being planned and hopefully some more details will appear on the official website (www.baltimorebeerweek.com) in the near future. I can tell you that we will be participating in meet the brewery pint nights at Metropolitan Coffee House (Federal Hill) on Wed. October 14th and Bertha’s (Fells Point) on Thurs. October 15th. More Oliver events will be announced soon.

Cheers

Steve

Pint Night at Frisco Grille, Columbia, July 22nd

Steve — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:25:46 +0000

Oliver's Nut Brown Ale

Join the brewery at Frisco Grille (www.friscogrille.com) for a special pint night on the evening of Wednesday July 22nd. Meet the brew team and pick up a souvenir pint glass with your first purchase of Oliver Ale. We’ll have four of our beers available including a cask-conditioned ale and a smooth pour. See you there!