Month: August 2013

It’s going to be a great Thursday Tap™ tonight as Yonkers Brewing joins us with four (count ’em, four!) of their great beers. On tap, we’ll have:

• The brewer’s flagship beer, Yonkers Lager, an easy drinking, 5.2% ABV, Vienna Lager with a balance between the rich malt character and hop presence
• Yonkers IPA, a 6.0% ABV west-coast-style IPA
• Yonkers Stout (nitro pour)
• Yonkers Belgian Pale Ale

We’ll be starting Thursday Tap™ at 5 p.m., and we  will be there with Nick Califano, Jackie Rubbo, Sharif Abou-Taleb and John Rubbo from Yonkers from about 6 p.m. on.  Plus regular bar/restaurant service available. Join us for great local beer and meet the Yonkers Brewing team!

Beginning this evening from 6-8 p.m., Tuesdays are Happy Hour Night at Jimmy’s No. 43! We’ll be featuring beers and offering food samples (while supplies last) and, of course, there’s the Tuesday Tasting at 7:30 p.m. ($20 – Tonight’s tasting is Scandinavian beers).

At tonight’s Happy Hour, we’re On The Road to Pig Island! We’ll be featuring a variety of sausages from Flying Pigs Farm, which will be bringing whole hogs to our annual Union Square Pig Pick-up next Wednesday, September 4th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Tickets for Pig Island can be purchased here.)

Plus, we’ll be featuring happy hour specials on all our NY State beers including, Barrier Brewing.

Also tonight, we welcome City Council Member Jessica Lappin for a meet-n-greet. Stop by and hear more about the upcoming Manhattan Borough President election.

Or just come in for a pint (or two!) at the new Tuesday Night Happy Hour!

• Turnhoutse Patriot Saison (draft) is a 6.5% saison brewed with barley malt, spelt, American hops, and fermented with a French saison yeast strain.  Brewed in honor of the city of Turnhout’s 800th anniversary.  The city of Turnhout is known for the manufacturing of playing cards which is why their logo is a hand of cards and playing cards are featured on most of the labels.
• Ace of Spades (bottles) is a 6.5% amber ale hopped with Tomahawk and Simoe and fermented with brettanomyces during secondary fermentation.

And around 6 p.m., we’ll be bringing in Lawless Jerky for meaty samples of their artisan, small-batch jerky!

It’s a birthday weekend at Jimmy’s No. 43 and we’re having a double celebration with a bunch of owner Jimmy Carbone’s favorite brews. Not only is it the publican’s birthday (on Saturday… drop by in the evening and raise your glass to him!), but eight years ago this week, Jimmy’s No. 43 was born. Running a restaurant in NYC has its highs and lows. Among the highlights:

• Highlight – Being one of the very first craft beer bars in the East Village… thankfully, not too many people stumble in these days asking for a Budweiser!
• Highlight – Raising money for great community groups through our various cookoffs (can’t wait for cassoulet in January!); speaking of which, our friends at FSNYC are having their annual Tomato Fest this Sunday (8/18)… mmm, tomato-based cocktails! Plus, Teen Battle Chef Summer Interns will lend a hand, assisting local chefs serving up tempting tomato dishes to guests in the name of supporting sustainability and a healthy food system for all!
• Highlight – Introducing many new brewers to the city’s beer drinkers, such as Barrier Brewing, Bronx Brewing and more recently beers from Grimm Artisanal and Port Jeff.
• Lowlight – Surviving Sandy… we’re still trying to get over last year’s power outage.
• Highlight – co-founding the Good Beer Seal (in 2009).
• Lowlight – The St. Patrick’s Day counter-programming of all British beers (the revelers were not amused).
• Highlight – Bringing in the beers of small breweries around the world via some amazing importers such as Vanberg & Dewulf, Shelton Brothers, 12 Percent, and Rowan Importers.
• Highlight – Offering an affordable space for up-and-coming arts groups; currently August is Fringe month, so come out and see their shows.
• Highlight – Sharing great craft beer with Jimmy’s Community!

And speaking of great craft beer, today is Thursday Tap™, and in celebration of the birthday boy and bar, we’ll be tapping Jolly Pumpkin’s Luciernaga (“The Firefly”), a 6.5% Belgian-style pale ale. Another one of Jimmy’s favorites we’ll have available through the weekend is La Rullés Estivale (Bière De Gaume), another Belgian pale. Plus The Wild Beer Company’s Sommerset Saison. And Jimmy’s favorite beer these days: Carton’s Boat Beer! And because we love our locals, we’ll have plenty of Barrier, Newburgh and other NY brews on tap and available by the bottle.

Join us! (Regular bar/restaurant service available; BYOB – bring your own birthdaycake – optional.)

It’s still feeling a bit muggy out there (despite the drop in temps), so for today’s Thursday Tap™, we’re pulling out a great new cider from Critz Farms in Cazenovia, NY. Their Harvest Moon Four Screws Cider “is crafted from a special blend of sweet and tart dessert apples pressed on our 1890′s rack and cloth Four Screw Press. We are proud to offer farm visitors a bit of history with this Syracuse-built antique. Sweetened with pure maple syrup, Four Screw’s subtle fruitiness and complex flavor is highlighted when served with local New York cheeses.”

And coming up this weekend, we’ll be putting on a few more interesting and unusual beers. Be on the lookout for new beers from Barrier Brewing and Jolly Pumpkin’s Weizen Bam. Pair with our summer menu featuring shrimp tacos or spicy sausage.

As always, the Thursday Tap™ goes live at 5 p.m., with regular bar/restaurant service available.