Craft Austin

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Sofia, Are You Reading This?

What to get the man who drinks everything!

Join us Sunday, June 20 at 6pm for our Father's Day Brewer's Dinner. The five-course dinner will feature beers paired for each course.

Hand-pass Appetizer: Sausage and crawfish stuffed mushrooms

Plated Appetizer: Shrimp cocktail with spicy cocktail sauce and pesto aioli

Salad: Buttercrisp wedge salad with applewoods smoked bacon, maytag blue cheese and starburst tomatoes

Entree: Fire grilled and smoked veal chop, twice baked potato and white wine green beans

Dessert: Cinnamon and vanilla bean ice cream with Coffee Stout float

Tickets are $40 per person and will be sold in advance, RSVP now by calling your favorite uncle at 512.476.0100

Monday, June 7, 2010

Another One Bites the Dust

Statesman reporting that Round Rock Grapevine is closing . . .

Something Different

To celebrate their 16th anniversary Saint Arnold is releasing casks of their Amber Ale to select accounts. Not usually my favorite beer of theirs, but I am eager to try it from a cask:

Austin:
Ginger Man
The Dig Pub
The Draught House
The Flying Saucer

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Miles Davis/Dogfish Head Stuff

This should keep you entertained for the weekend:

First, the beer:
http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/occassional-rarities/bitches-brew.htm

Second, the album:
http://www.sonymusicdigital.com/miles-davis/details/5506691

And some more reading and viewing and listening:
http://feature.legacyrecordings.com/milesdavisbrew/
http://www.dogfish.com/community/news/press-releases/dogfish-unveils-bitches-brew.htm

Remember this:

Sam Announcing Dogfish Head's Miles Davis Bitches Brew Beer! from CraftAustin.com on Vimeo.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Squall is Here

DFH's Squall IPA is in town. Anyone seen it? I know Whip In has (had?) it. If I see it, I'll buy it, but I don't think I'll be making any special trips to get one.