Jimmys No. 43

If you’re ready for another interesting and unusual beer, try today’s Thursday Tap™: Cazeau Tournay Blond, a Belgian tripel (7.2% ABV) from Brasserie de Cazeau. Imported by our friends at Twelve Percent Imports, this slightly spiced beer with pronounced coriander notes is a perfect holiday brew for a wintery Thursday. As always, regular bar/restaurant service is available, and while supplies last. Tapping at 5 p.m.

It’s our annual Boxing Day Coat Drive at Jimmy’s No. 43. Bring in a new or gently worn coat and your first pint is on us! Last year we managed to collect several dozen coats for NYC residents. It’s a nice snowy day in NYC, so bring a coat for those in need. Regular bar service also available.

Nowhere to go tomorrow? Looking for family? Just want to get away from family?

Join Wandering Star Brewing Company and Jimmy’s No. 43 for our second annual Brewer’s Christmas/(Post-)Hanukkah Family Style Dinner. Last year, we played host to Green Flash Brewing Company when they were in NYC with nowhere to celebrate. We opened our doors to them and were amazed by how many people showed up to meet the brewers and partake of holiday cheer.

So, we’re doing it again. This time a bit closer to home with Wandering Star Brewing Company.From 2-6 p.m., we’ll be pouring their beers (along with other craft beer, hard cider and wine options), including:

• Mild at Heart—a 4.4% ABV English Dark Mild Ale
• Bert’s Disqualified Imperial Stout—Russian Imperial Stout (9.5% ABV)
• Zingari Wit—their amazing Belgian Witbier (5.0% ABV)
• Horatio American IPA—one of their newest beers, 6.6% ABV
• Red Nose Rye Holiday Ale—a brand new festive “Christmas” brew, this spiced winter rye beer is 6.7% ABV

At 3 p.m., a $25 ticket (get it online or pay at the door) gets you a plate for a family-style holiday dinner. We’ll have various roasts (pork, beef, lamb) and sides (potatoes, kale, other veggies based on today’s greenmarket), and desserts (pie!). All drinks are pay-as-you-go.

At 6 p.m. the regular bar service will resume, along with a limited kitchen menu. We hope you can join us on Christmas Day for a drink (or dinner)!

You’ve come a long way, Baby! Queens now has a true brewery after a long time of being essentially brewer-free since Prohibition. Today’s Thursday Tap™ celebrates the latest entry to the NYC beer market, Singlecut Beersmiths! We’ll have two of their beers on draft today: The 19-33 Lagrrr!, a 5.4% ABV lager; and the Pacific NW Mahogany Ale (6.0%).

As always, we tap at 5 p.m. while supplies last (and regular bar/restaurant/oyster service available). It may be the last day on earth (no, we don’t really think so, but it’s a good excuse to drink!), so come out and join the Queen of Queens: Singlecut Beersmiths.

Stuck in town for Christmas? Aren’t celebrating on the 25th? Need to get away from pesky relatives? Come on down to Jimmy’s No. 43 on December 25th for our Brewer’s Holiday Dinner! From 2-6 p.m. we’ll have Wandering Star Brewing Company hosting a family-style buffet dinner. (We’re anticipating offerings of leg of lamb, smoked ham, brisket, mashed potatoes, yams, greenmarket kale and desserts a plenty!) Wandering Star Brewing Company’s very own Chris Cuzme will be your host and Mary Izett (My Life on Craft, president of Homebrewers Guild) will be your hostess. Rumor has it that Alex Hall may drop by, as well.

Last year we began this tradition when Green Flash owners Mike and Lisa Hinkley along with their brewer Chuck Silva were holed up in NYC without a “family” to celebrate. We realized that a lot of New Yorkers were in the same situation, and what better way to celebrate the day than with your beer family! You can get your tickets here (tax, gratuity and beverages are not included). Note that regular bar service is available starting at 2 p.m. but the kitchen will only have a limited menu other than the Christmas/Post-Hanukkah Dinner.

Then, on New Year’s Eve, we’ll have two great options for ringing in 2013. If you are looking to sparkle (and eat), you should partake of our Sparkling + Seafood New Year’s Eve Party. Your night begins at 8 p.m. with a dinner that features oysters, shrimp, crab, lobster rolls, chowder and sides. You’ll get unlimited pours of sparkling wine, cider and special bottle-conditioned beer until the midnight toast! That’s four hours of ringing in the New Year at Jimmy’s No. 43. Tickets available now!

And back by popular demand, it’s our Craft Beer Slam! For only $60, you can enjoy an open bar from 9 p.m. until midnight (purchases after midnight are additional). For New Year’s Eve we’ll also have regular bar/restaurant service available for those who want to pay a la carte.

So get your craft beer (and sparkling spirit) to Jimmy’s No. 43 this holiday season for a great time with a great beer family!