The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown: Chris Cuzme Tells How Beer Will Win!

This Wednesday is the first ever Beer Versus Wine Challenge (get your tickets here). New York City Homebrewers Guild president Chris Cuzme is weighing in on the event, with a healthy respect for irony. Nicole (DeCicco, of Upstate Wine Company), you’d better bring your A-game!

Art courtesy of Firestone Walker.

How did the beer versus wine challenge come about? What made you want to be involved?

Hmmm, “challenge”? I prefer to call it a comparison, or a reminder and reassurance of why beer is so freakin awesome! I’ve wanted to do a Wine vs. Beer event at Jimmy’s No. 43 in this regard for a very very long time, and meeting Nicole during a wine sampling knocked it all into gear. She’s fun, charismatic, and knows her stuff. Nicole also has a mind akin to mine (and Jimmy’s No. 43 on the whole) in so far as she supports locally made products. There’s the ole saying, “Great minds think alike,” and, well, so do ours! Continue reading The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown: Chris Cuzme Tells How Beer Will Win!

Pick Your Potent Potable: It’s The Beer Versus Wine Challenge (11/2)

Oneology, phoneyology! Craft beer, daft schmear! When it comes to wine lovers and beer lovers, is there any way to solve the debate as to which beverage is better? Of course there is! Just head on over to Jimmy’s No. 43 on Wednesday, November 2nd, for the first ever Beer v. Wine Challenge. In this corner, wearing homebrew blue, is Chris Cuzme, president of The New York City Homebrewers Guild. Opposite him, dressed in burgundy and chablis, is Nicole DeCicco of Upstate Wine Company. Continue reading Pick Your Potent Potable: It’s The Beer Versus Wine Challenge (11/2)

Cider Is Poetry For A Rainy Day

If the weather today has dampened your mood, stop by Jimmy’s No. 43 for friends, cider and food.The rain and the gloom will be checked at the door, because we have ciders all ready to pour.

In case you don’t know, it’s cider week in New York. Tonight there’s a food pairing (we’ll give you a fork). What do we have? A prix fixe three-course meal. You’ll want to join in ’cause that’s practically a steal!

We love the autumn and our Oktoberfest brew. So please come and drink; we want to see you!

 

East Village Eats Tasting Tour Tickets On Sale Now

Unlock a vast variety of tasty local bites during Fourth Arts Block’s annual East Village Eats Tasting Tour, to benefit FABnyc. Explore block after downtown block of eateries and bars, noshing on bites like Destination Bar’s IPA-Mustard Pretzels, Jimmy’s No. 43’s Bahn Mi Sandwiches, Hecho en Dumbo’s outrageous Carnitas de Costilla, spicy Korean Fried Chicken at MONO+MONO, a half pint of craft beer at Idle Hands, Luke’s Lobster Shrimp Roll, and much more!  Tickets include a bite at participating restaurants, drink specials, and a free raffle ticket for a dining & theater excursion in the East Village via FABnyc.

Fourth Arts Block is leading in the development of the East 4th Street cultural district. Their goal is to build a lasting home for the arts while maintaining the block’s unique cultural ecology.
The tour is entirely self-guided, and guests must be 21+ to purchase. All tours must be started by 4PM.