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Yes, it’s brutally cold out, but the weekend offers a respite… both in temperature and in our kitchen, as cassoulet comes to town! Our favorite winter dish will be on the menu all month, thanks to visiting chef Annette Tomei, who will be creating several new cassoulets for guest of our weekend ticketed events, French Beer & Cassoulet with Shelton Brothers on Saturday, January 11, and our French Wine Prix Fixe Cassoulet Dinner, which will take place Monday, January 13, at 7 p.m.

On Saturday, Shelton Brothers’ Jim Barnes will host an intimate French beer tasting, with three cassoulets and brunch items to pair. The beer list includes:

– Au Baron Cuvée des Jonquilles
– Trou du Diable Grivoise de Noël
– Trou du Diable Cholie Fraulein
– Brasserie St. Germain Page 24 Brune
– Bourganel Bière au Nougat
– Mont Blanc La Rousse
– Pays Flamand/Nøgne Ø Prototype
– Cidrerie du Perche L’Hermetière Cidre Brut
– Cidrerie du Perche L’Hermetière Poiré

The tasting starts at 1 p.m.; tickets available here.

Monday’s Prix Fixe Dinner (tickets here) offers wines from the Laguedoc area of France to be paired with a Bistro Menu curated by Chef Annette. The wine (food pairings TBA) includes:

Viognier, Domain de Massaic (white)
Cru Beajolais, St. Amour (red)
Carignan “Noe” Old Vines, Domain Faillene Ste Marie (red)
Corbieres Rouge, Domain Faillene Ste Marie (red)
Deforville Moscato d’Asti (sparkling, sweet from Italy)

So come down to Jimmy’s No. 43 and get warm with cassoulet (and don’t forget, the Sixth Annual Cassoulet Cookoff – $30 at the door, includes one drink – takes place on Sunday, January 12, at 1 p.m.)!

While most of us would agree, a nice glass of the bubbly stuff is how we’ll great midnight Tuesday, there are plenty of great celebration-worthy beers we’re drinking right now. What would Jimmy drink (WWJD???) to celebrate? Well, we have a partial list here, or you can check out some of our celebration-worthy brews over at Complex.

Among Jimmy’s choices are:

• Barrier Brewing’s Barnacle Brown – an easy-drinking, mellow American brown that still packs a bit of a punch at 6.2% ABV.
• Trappist Achel Bruin from St. Benedictusabdij de Achelse – You can drink as big as you want with the various degrees (we love the 8°, but the 5° might be better suited for daytime drinking) of this classic Belgian Trappist ale.
• Trappiste Rochefort – another Belgian Trappist with a wide-range on ABVs (the 8 is 9.2%), this is one of our favorites for celebrating.
• Adnams Broadside – This UK brewer makes an ESB that is everything you’d expect it to be; sessionable (4.7% ABV) to boot!

And if you’re looking for the best beer party for New Year’s Eve, our open bar tickets are still available. Ring in 2014 with Jimmy’s No. 43!

We hope on this Christmas Day (whether you celebrate or not) that you are enjoying great food (+ great beer! we’re open, so come on down!) with your family and loved ones (pets count!). We’re feeling very blessed this holiday season, and we are happy for our many friends in the greater NYC community that we’ve been honored to support in 2013. In no particular order, these include:

Yes, it’s true! We’re open Christmas Day and every day this week. For the last three years, Jimmy’s No. 43 has been home away from home for those who (a) need a “family” to borrow for the day, (b) don’t want to celebrate (or celebrate traditionally), (c) don’t want to cook (or have no kitchen in their 8-story walk-up, (d) want craft beer with their Christmas Day dinner, or (e) make your own reason here! It doesn’t matter why you join us at our craft beer & kitchen for a buffet of traditional holiday dishes (roasts, veggies, dessert), but for only $25 (beverages, tax and tip additional) you get a plate at our table for a very Berry Christmas! (We open at 1 p.m. and expect dinner to be served by 2 p.m.; tickets available here. Bar service will be available all evening for those who want to drop by for a beer later in the day.)

Then on Thursday, December 26th, we’ll have our annual Boxing Day coat drive: a new or gently-used coat gets you a free pint! And on New Year’s Eve, we’ll be celebrating with an early bird dinner or our open bar from 9 p.m. – midnight.

No matter what you’re doing this week, Jimmy’s No. 43 has craft beer and our kitchen to keep you in the holiday spirit as we make our way to 2014. Cheers!

Wake up sleepy head! We’ve decorated our ceremonial Caga Tió log in anticipation of today’s Spanish Xmas with Iberian United! Our main event takes place this evening at 7 p.m. (one seating – tickets here), as Guest Chef Louise Leonard puts together a tapas menu that is being carefully paired with Spanish beers from Iberian. The pairing menu will include (subject to change):

• 1.   Boquerones, Shaved Fennel, Citrus, Radish –  paired with Trigo
• 2.  New Potatoes, Romesco, Garrotxa, Pickled Leeks – paired with 1907
• 3.  Raw Beef, Quail Egg, Piquillo Peppers, Fried Shallots – paired with Porter
• 4. Chorizo Toast, Prawns, Preserved Lemon, Parsley – paired with Sagra
• 5. Vanilla Ice Cream, Turon, Olive Oil, Orange and Sea Salt – paired with Juliet