Whether you’re dropping by Jimmy’s No. 43 tonight for a pint, joining us for the Sour Beer Vegetarian Dinner, or a Thursday Tap™ regular, tonight’s keg is one you’re bound to love. It’s the amazing Prof. Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse. According to Rate Beer, which gives this brew an outstanding 97 rating, “1809 is a very traditional interpretation of the ‘Berliner Style’ Weisse with an intense blend of lactic tartness and complex fruitiness.” The low ABV (5%) makes this a wonderful summertime beer. Jimmy will tap at 5 p.m. and you can get it while supplies last.
Month: August 2012
The Art Of The Sour: Food And Beer
Beer making is both an art and a science, but sometimes nature is better than nurture. Take, for example, sour beers—which we’ll feature at tomorrow’s Sour Beer Dinner (a few tickets remain here)—that are unique, interesting and benefit from natural microbes in their fermentation. Our friend, Matthias Neidhart, owner of B.United International, has this to say about pairing sour beer with food:
“The ‘true secret’ to incredibly flavorful food are wild, uncontrolled microbes: They have the capacity to transform flavors and aromas into something very special! Unfortunately many people in the various government agencies believe that ‘microbes/bacteria’ are harmful & dangerous. Kris of De Dolle, for example, only wants to use wooden barrels with LIVE bacteria to age his Oerbier/Stille Nacht.Using barrels of distilled spirit does not meet his concept!”
We hope our sour beer dinner goes a long way to proving Matthias’ point about great food and great sour beer!
Wall Street Journal Features Jimmy’s No. 43 For Sour Beer Month
We’re totally psyched that the Wall Street Journal reached out to Jimmy Carbone to talk about sour beer during August Sour Beer Month. Check out the video below:
If you subscribe to the WSJ Online, you can read the full article here.
It’s A Premiere And Meet The Brewer For Thursday Tap™ – Rockaway Brewing ESB
Brewers Marcus Burnett and Ethan Long ready their micro-kegs for bike delivery.
This week we have a very exciting Thursday Tap™: The Manhattan debut of new Queens brewer Rockaway Brewing Company’s ESB. Brewers Marcus Burnett and Ethan Long have been working on creating three great beers—a Summer Ale, an ESB and a Kölsch—that they hand deliver (well, bike deliver) around their Hunters Point neighborhood, and now they’re premiering their ESB this Thursday at Jimmy’s No. 43.
Marcus should be around to introduce patrons to his beer, so if you’re at the Thursday Tap™ be on the lookout for him. In addition, Rockaway Brewing is going to be one of the craft beer makers that will be at the September 8th Barrels & Kegs: A Rockaway Beach Beer Event. Come celebrate the tradition of surfing at Rockaway Beach and the amazing concessions along the Boardwalk.
Jimmy’s No. 43 will help staff three concessions areas (one at 86th, another at 96th and the third at 106th). You can buy a ticket, redeem it at any concession for a wristband, cup and punch card, then travel at your leisure along the boardwalk, taking in great food from purveyors such as Rockaway Taco, Caracas Arepa and Rippers, among many others. Your punch card gets you 20 4-oz pours from an amazing line up of breweries. In addition to Rockaway Brewing, brewers at the concessions will include: Sixpoint, Barrier, Brooklyn, Greenport Harbor, Kelso, Coney Island/Shmaltz, Blue Point, Founders, Long Ireland, and Wandering Star (among others TBA). You can get your tickets for Barrels & Kegs here, and don’t forget to join Jimmy at 5 p.m. when he taps the ESB from Rockaway Brewing Company. As always, while supplies last.
Menu Announced For August 16th Sour Beer Dinner
Jimmy’s No. 43 guest chef Jessica Wilson is working on an all-vegetarian menu as part of our semi-annual August 16 Sour Beer Dinner. This is one of our most popular dinners every year, and August is shaping up to be the perfect (read: hot!) month to feature sour beers. We’ll be working to pair some exquisite sour, wild yeast, and other naturally fermented beers. For the dinner we’ll have specially-curated beers (Prof. Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse, Vapeur Cochonne, Hanssen’s Gueuze, De Dolle Special Extra Export Stout, BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon Chien) with the following non-meat offerings:
- Zucchini Carpaccio with Walnuts
- Almond Yellow Pepper Soup
- Roasted Corn Omelette
- Ricotta Gnocchi Favas
- Tomato Panna Cotta with Basil Oil
We expect this event to be a sell-out, so be sure to get your tickets before they’re gone! You normally can’t touch these interesting and unusual beers at this price for a tasting, and you’ll be getting a five-course gourmet meal to go along with them.