Jimmys No. 43

Jimmy’s No. 43 is happy to be co-hosting the official launch party for Cider Week NY: Harvest Beer & Cider Sessions this Saturday, October 19th from 1-4 p.m. We’ll have dozens of ciders in a walk-around tasting format. Your $50 ticket (available here) gets you the chance to hobnob with the cider makers from the region who are at the core of Cider Week’s mission, plus this year we’re adding in the ciders from the U.K., Spain and France, in addition to some great ciders from other regions across the U.S., all part of the Wide World of Cider!

Among the offerings will be:

• Harvest Moon Cidery/Critz Farms Four Screw (on draught),
• Virtue Sidra (on draught) with Greg Hall (who will be giving a special presentation at 6 p.m.),
• Breezy Hill with Elizabeth Ryan,
• Steampunkt (Oakes Winery),
• Slyboro,
• Aaron Burr with Andy Brennan,
• Eden (Ice Ciders),
• Naked Flock,
• and Farnum Hill with Steve Wood (presentation at 4 p.m.),
• Henney’s and Olivers (from U.K.),
• Drouhin and Dupont (from France),
• Spanish Sidra from Asturias region,
• Others TBA.

On the beer side of things, we’ll have special fall brews (fresh hop and harvest beers) from Carton, Barrier, Bridge & Tunnel (join Rich Castagna at 3 p.m. for a special beer seminar), along with other brewers who will be in attendance. Your ticket to Cider Sessions grants you free admission to the post-event talks with Steve, Rich and Greg!

And if it’s a more intimate gathering you prefer, be sure to get your ticket to the Vermont Sail End of Cider Week Dinner (with beer/cider option) on October 28th. Vermont Sail Freight will be coming down the Hudson with our order on Sunday, and we’ll be cooking up this farm-to-ship-to-chef prix fixe dinner the next day. It doesn’t get fresher than this! We hope you’ll join us for the 3rd Annual Cider Week NY (all our events are listed here).

We’re shaking things up tonight and instead of our regular Tuesday Tasting, we’ll have Johnny Brilliant and Jessica Garcia Agullo from Iberian United visiting. They’ll be here with their latest collaboration beer between Brian Strumke’s Stillwater and L’Anjub. “Aloja” is a 6.9% ABV dry Saison. Brian brewed this new beer with Spanish nugget hops from Leon and a new saison yeast, which gives off white pepper tones. The water used to brew the beer affected the way the yeast activated, resulting in a lot of lively effervescence and a “prickly” sensation. The effect is very much like champagne, which makes for a challenging tap situation. We plan to be able to pour from our keg, but we’ll also have some bottles for back up just in case.

The name, “Aloja”, refers to a mythical Iberian water woman (L’Anjub means “water cistern”… we hope that Stillwater needs no translation). This creature was both attracted and attractive to human men, so they would often leave the water to breed with mortals. However, the Aloja is a very jealous bi… beast! So best not to cross her!

Jessica and Johnny will be in around 7:30 p.m. Join us for some bubbly fun with this interesting and unusual beer.

We’re loving our German “biers” so much that we’ve decided to continue our Oktoberfest celebration into October proper (many craft beer lovers know that the official Fest ended on Sunday). That said, we contributed to an article over at Complex on how to be an Oktoberfest expert, and we’ve got a great line-up for tonight’s Tuesday Tasting (many of these beers are also available a la carte), including:

Today Jimmy’s No. 43 is gonna go Against the Grain for Thursday Tap™! We’ll be serving up this Louisville, Kentucky, brewery’s An Ale Pleasure, a 12% ABV barrel-aged Imperial Rye Stout with dark, flavorful malts, chocolate, rye, biscuit, and peat notes. The beer is a a collaboration with the Danish brewery ToØl, and has been aged in bourbon barrels, scotch barrels, port barrels, ash, hickory, red oak, white oak, cherrywood, and more.

Normally, we’d be talking about how this big beer is perfect for the cooler weather, but you know what?! It’s still a great beer, and you can let it sit even on an unseasonably hot day like today and get even more flavors and nuance as the beer warms up along side you. So, come on in for a big cool one, and enjoy this interesting and unusual beer (and hard to find on draught locally).

As always, we tap at 5 p.m. and regular bar/restaurant/oyster service is still available. While supplies last.

Plus lots of cool Thursday Taps coming up (Vicaris Generaal!, pumpkin beers + carving for Halloween) and oysters and Tuesday Tastings and happy hour and lots more. We’re excited and can’t wait to see you at Jimmy’s No. 43.