While the weather outside is decidedly not frightful, we’re super excited about the line-up of beer events we have this week, including the return of (the fifth annual) Battle of the Belgians this coming Saturday, from 1-4 p.m. But first up, tomorrow night we welcome back Mike Lovullo, who used to curate our Tuesday Tasting program. Mike will be pouring from six different bottles from The Bruery in a guided tasting that will include (subject to availability):
- *Hottenroth Berliner Weisse
- *Autumn Maple, A Belgian-style Brown Ale with yams, molasses and maple syrup
- *Tart of Darkness, A sour Stout aged in wood barrels
- *Smoking Wood, A 14 percent ABV smoked imperial Rye Porter aged in bourbon barrels
- *Sour in the Rye, A Rye sour
- *Oude Tart, A Flemish Red aged in oak barrels
We are offering all six for a $35 ticket (here) or you can pay by the glass. Ordinarily, you have to buy the bottle to get The Bruery, so this is an excellent opportunity to try these beers at a fraction of the retail cost.
And of course our favorite annual event, Battle of the Belgians brings together brewers and distributors from around the globe along with a few home brewers thrown in for good measure. This annual event features the best of Belgium (from 12% Imports, Vanberg & Dewulf, Shelton Brothers, B. United, Duvel) alongside American-made Belgian-style beers. This year’s new representative is Italy! You’ll get three-hours of walk-around sampling plus food (we’re smoking a whole hog, plus vegetarian sides).
Expected to be available (subject to change):
- *Blaugies Moneuse
- *Wild Beer Somerset Saison
- *Mystic Table Beer
- *Jolly Pumpkin Fuego del Otno
- *Jolly Pumpkin Bam Noire
- *Bruery Oude Tart
- *Grimm Bees With a Buzz
- *Midnight Sun Trickster
- *Alvinne Melchior Pur Sang (aged in Red wine barrels with cherries)
- *Extraomnes Zest
- *De Dolle Oerbier
- *De Glazen Toren Saison d’Erpe Mere
- *Baladin Isaac
- *Del Borgo 25 Dodici
- *Loverbeer D’Uvabeer
- *Ichtegem’s Grand Cru
- *Smisje Catherine the Great
- *Saison de Pipaix
- *Plus selections from Stillwater Artisanal Ales chosen by brewmaster Brian Strumke
Tickets for Battle of the Belgians are on sale here.