Thursday, August 21, 2008
OK… I know this is incredibly short notice but we are
taking tonight’s (Thursday) beer tasting on the road to
Buzzards Bay Brewing in Westport. Owner Bill Russell and
his gang have “Lager Education Night” every Thursday
from 5 to 7 PM. They have 2 grills to cook on (bring
your own grillables)…picnic tables…cornhole…farmboy
golf…and you get 2 pints of either their 10th
Anniversary Ale or Gold Medal Lager as well as the pint
glass for 5 bucks! They also give a brief tour of the
brewery. Megan and I went earlier this summer and its
lots of fun. I know a few of you expressed interest a
few weeks back and I had hoped to give you more notice
but we’re rapidly running outta Summer and tonight’s
weather should be perfect so I hope a few of you can
join us. There is more info as well as directions on
their website at (buzzardsbrew.com).
Staying on the topic of beers we have a boatload of
Oktoberfests/Pumpkin/Autumn beers that have just
arrived. I don’t know about you but my favorite season
as a whole, and definitely my favorite beer season is
the fall. The nights getting cooler…the leaves changing
colors …and yummy fall beers to drink. We have a huge
display in the front of the store, and as you know, some
are in and out quickly. So be sure to get here early
before your favorite is all gone. Here is a sampling of
what we have in so far.
Dogfish Head Punkin… Wachusett Octoberfest …Shipyard
Pumpkinhead Ale…Saranac Octoberfest and Pumkin…Poast
Poad Pumpkin…Erdinger Oktoberfest…Jacks Pumkin Spice…Paulener
Oktoberfest…Smuttynose Pumpkin…Brooklyn Oktoberfest…Blue
Moon Harvest Ale… Southampton Pumpkin, and Southern Tier
Pumpking which come in the 22 oz size.
We do have a wine tasting this Friday night from 4 to 7
PM. Our friend Jeff from…who is he with this week?...oh
yea Sun Wholesale will be here with a very impressive
lineup of wines. We will start with Hunter’s Sauvignon
Blanc from New Zealand. Typical Marlborough style (which
is my favorite) bursting with citrus and this 1almost
has a pink grapefruit finish. From there we head to the
Willamette Valley in Oregon for the outstanding wines
from Belle Vallee Cellars. Next is a great alternative
to those watered down Pinot Grigios out there called
Belle Vallee Pinot Gris. Same grape… just more color,
body and most of all… flavor! Next we have 2 different
style Pinot Noirs, Whole Cluster Pinot Noir and their
award winning and highly rated Willamette Valley Pinot
Noir. Last but not least a red blend called Southern
Oregon Red.
The Patriots play their only preseason game that matters
and that Brady will play in Friday night so stop by
before the game…try some wine… pick up a 6-pack of your
favorite fall beer and get that DVR set to tape the
Olympics and the Pats (sorry Redsox we’ll get back to
you when the Olympics are over) and get ready to enjoy 1
of the last weekends of the Summer. Just a quick
reminder we have 2 wine tastings and 1 beer tasting next
week (corksfinewine.com for more info) as we gear up for
Labor Day and the big golf tournament. The big Kick-off
beer tasting is September 13th and we’re leaning towards
November 7th for the Holiday Wine tasting. Yikes summer
isn’t even over and I have us getting ready for
Christmas…see what fall beers do to me?
Robert
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