Cape Ann – Schooner Lannon Sunset Cruise, Sunday Aug. 1st 6-8pm

After such a successful cruise early this month we worked out a last minute cruise. We’ve managed to steal 16 tickets so that we could make them available for our customers. Give us a call and we’ll take down your name and credit card information if you’re interested in coming down for it.

$25.00 gets you 3 beers and a 2 hour sunset cruise….what can be better. You must be 21 or older to join us. Call soon because tickets will go fast.

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Cape Ann Brewing Company
978 281-4782
www.capeannbrewing.com

Cape Ann Brewing Company announced a new beer release on Tuesday – Fisherman’s Brown Ale. With a mild hop bite, it’s well balanced with a roasted-chocolate character.

I’m not sure if this is a new year round style or if this is a seasonal/special offering. Maybe Jeremy will see this post and give us a run down on the full specs (I’d assume that it’s about somewhere in the ballpark of 4-5% abv and about 20-30 IBU’s).

Until then, if you happen to sample this deliciously sounding brew, please let us know your opinion.

Enjoy!!

Sean
2Beerguys.com

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Amesbury Days Invitational Craft Brewers Festival

Amesbury is an up and coming community with a long history of community activities, creativity, and craft brew enjoyment. In recent years there has been a resurgence in the craft brewing tradition, which for Amesbury has culminated in the opening of several outstanding pubs, a brewery, as well as discerning palates. Amesbury Days is looking to highlight this with our first Invitational Craft Brewer Festival.

• Start: July 2, 2010 5:00 pm
• End: July 2, 2010 8:00 pm
• Venue: Town Hall Parking Lot
• Address: Friend Street, Amesbury, United States, 01913

What makes this any different from other area beer festival? This festival is geared toward the smaller, lesser known brewers who put quality above quantity, who have passion, a unique message, and a stake in the art of beer making. Come down and try beers from brewers ….

• Clown Shoes
• Ipswich
• No Where
• Blue Hills
• Oskar Blues
• Wachusetts
• Bear Republic
• Mayflour
• Victory
• Cape Ann
• Cody
• Woodstock Inn
• Haverhill Brewery

Event Sponsors are Heat Events and Great Brewers.com and brewery sponsor Carrigetown Liquors

The first 300 participants will recieve a souviener 16 oz. pub glass with the event logo on it. Event T-Shirts will be raffled off as well as on sale. In addition, local resturants such as, Phat Cats, Ale House and Murphy’s Riverside have donated gift certificates to the event to raffle as prizes.  For more information, please visit: www.amesburydays.org

River Merrimac Bar & Grille & Cape Ann Brewing Co. Beer Dinner presented by 2Beerguys.com

2Beerguys.com invites you to a 5 course beer dinner on Thursday, May 20th at the River Merrimac Bar and Grille restaurant in Newburyport, MA.

We have team up with Cape Ann Brewing Company (from Gloucester, MA) and the River Merrimac Bar and Grille to create a fun filled evening of beer and tasty treats.

In addition to the amazing selection of Fisherman brews, a special beer was made to showcase this wonderful event. The dinner will conclude with a rare Root Down Brown created by TJ Peckham (From Cape Ann Brewing Company), Mike Tache (from River Merrimac) and the 3 Beerguys – Ian Cowpar, Sean Jansen and Ryan Jansen (from 2Beerguys.com).

Details:
Where: River Merrimac Bar and Grille, 50 Water Street, Newburyport MA.
When: Thursday, May 20th.
Cost: $50.00 – Includes Taxes and Gratuity.
To reserve a ticket: 978-463-4040.  (Tickets go on sale Monday, May 3rd, 2010.  Call anytime after 11 AM EST.)

Menu:

• First Course: Cape Ann Brewing – Fisherman’s Kolsch Style Ale, paired with Seared Duck Breast Frisee Salad
• Second Course: Cape Ann Brewing – Fisherman’s Brew, paired with Brew Steamed Mussels & Brown Butter Orecchiette Pasta
• Third Course: Cape Ann Brewing – Fisherman’s IPA, paired with Grilled Tandoori Lamb Tips & Basmati Rice
• Fourth Course: Cape Ann Brewing – Fisherman’s Greenhorn Double IPA, paired with Roasted Fennel & Proscuitto Flatbread Pizza
• Fifth Course: Cape Ann Brewing – Root Down Brown, paired with & Malted Milk Ice Cream Float

$50 Per Person, Tax & Gratuity Included
To Make Reservations Call 978-463-4040

For more information, visit: www.2beerguys.com or www.rivermerrimacbarandgrille.com

Help us > help you to celebrate craft beer during the American Craft Beer week 2010 (May 17th thru 23rd).

Hope to see you there.

Ian, Sean, Ryan
2Beerguys.com

Drink Craft Beer, You’ve Earned It!!!

Biltmore Beer Dinner  – 4/12/2010‏

Experience a unique pairing of their finest brews and inspired cuisines with Cape Ann Brewing Company on Monday, April 12th at 7:30 pm.

If you are attending the Fisherman’s Beer Dinner at the Biltmore tonight, here’s the menu:

• First: Braised rabbit arancini with housemade fig jam (with the Ale)
• Second: Pulled pork sliders (with the Brew)
• Third: Catfish hush puppy (subject to change) (with Bavarian wheat)
• Fourth: Spicy shrimp ponzu (a garlic, lime, chili sauce) (with Green horn)

Details:

• When: Monday April 12th, 7:30pm
• Tickets: $30
• Address: 1205 Chestnut Street, Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464
• Phone: 617.527.2550
• RSVP today to mills.breanne@gmail.com

http://thebiltmoregrill.com/

I’ve made a collection of beer events on St. Patrick’s day. These events are all across the east coast, so check them out to see what’s in your area.

Enjoy!!

Sean
2Beerguys.com

Drink Craft Beer, You’ve Earned It!!!

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Cape Ann Brewing Company
Gloucester, MA

Top o’tha mornin’ to ya! ‘Ere’s to hopin’ all ye lad’s and lass’ have had a fine weekend and have managed to keep yer britches dry in this foul weather we’ve been havin’. As ye might be guessin’, we are just a wee bit excited for /Lá Fhéile Pádraig, /otherwise known outside Eire as St. Paddy’s Day. Ok…I’ve run out of irish things to say….

• 3/17 – St. Patrick’s Day! Complimentary Corned Beef & Cabbage, courtesy of CABC and Duckworth’s Beach Gourmet.
• 3/18 – Hair of the dog…come on down and recover from that colossal hangover with the hair of the dog that bit’cha!

http://www.capeannbrewing.com/

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Gardner Ale House – St. Patrick’s Day is Wednesday – You’re Invited!‏
Gardner, MA

You are invited to come on out to the Ale House for our St. Patty’s Day hullabaloo. We break out the highly anticipated ROCKER RED Irish Red Ale at lunch (11:30 AM). With that we have Corned Beef & Cabbage or a straight ahead Corned Beef Sandwich with mustard. With that you might like a touch of the Dew (Tullamore Dew), or another fine Irish Whiskey. Perhaps a very fine, dry Irish Stout, as in our Naked Stout. Dew drop in, anytime, all day long. Irish tunes, food and drink. Irish bartenders, too.

St. Patty’s Day Open House & All Day Party

• 11:30 AM – Rocker Red (Irish Red Ale), Naked Stout (Dry Irish Stout), Magner’s Hard Irish Cider, Fine Irish Whiskeys, Specialty Drinks including the Long Ireland
• 11:30 AM (Continued…) – Irish Lunch with Corned Beef Sandwich ($8) and Corned Beef & Cabbage Lunch Special ($8)
• 5 PM Dinner – Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner ($12) Plus our Regular Menu and more Specials
• Free Jameson Stuff – We’ve got enough Jameson in the house to sink a ship…along with it we have stuff to give away like Jameson Logo Pint Glasses, T-shirts, Swizzle Stix, Pins that Light up…all that crazy stuff.
• 7 PM till 11 PM – CAVES ON MARS on their tour dubbed “Irish For A Day”

www.gardnerale.com

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Gritty McDuff’s – St Patrick’s Day at Gritty’s
Portland, Maine

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day early at our special “Irish Style Beer Dinner” on Tuesday, March 16th at Gritty’s Portland. Call ahead for details and to book your reservation NOW! An amazing 5 course dinner paired with your favorite Gritty’s beers. Just $30 per person. This special Irish Style Beer Dinner starts at 6pm.
Call 772-2739 for reservations.

March 17th St Patrick’s Day at Gritty’s!
Special St Patrick Day Menus in all locations, special beer, Bagpipers and Celtic Music at Portland and L/A Brew Pubs! Plenty of fun and great beer: Irish Red Ale, Oatmeal Stout and more!
http://www.grittys.com/

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FX Matt Brewing Company (Saranac) – You don’t have to be Irish to get a little Irish in you this St. Patrick’s Day…
Utica, NY

Just drink Saranac Irish Red Ale and Saranac Irish Stout! They are the perfect beers to get you in the spirit of ‘ol St. Patrick. We brewed these two lucky beers with Irish inspiration that we’re sure you’ll love. You can read more on each of theses brews through the links above, and when you’re out celebrating, be sure to ask for a Saranac!

While digging through some historical artifacts, we found the picture posted here. The photo is F.X. Matt II (Fred’s father and Nick’s brother, pictured on right) with Peter Coleman, owner of Coleman’s Irish Pub, in our aging cellar next to the tank of green beer we exclusively brewed for them in 1989.

Coleman’s is a bar located in Syracuse, NY at the top of Tipperary Hill. This area, known for its Irish flare (just check out the traffic light reversed to resemble the Irish Flag), hosts Green Beer Sunday every year to kick off St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. The festivities include a parade where they deliver green beer in a tanker in front of the pub.

Although the green beer they serve now is not ours, we actually made Coleman’s green beer right here in the Brewery at that time. How cool is that? Today, you can enjoy Saranac Irish Red there on tap. We thought you would enjoy this story about a tradition known near and far. Slainte!

Did You Know? Saranac Irish Stout is the 50th variety of Saranac ever brewed. http://www.saranac.com

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Cigar City Brewing Company – CCB Tasting Room Open For St. Patrick’s Day
Orlando, Florida.

St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Wednesday and while we usually aren’t open Wednesday evenings, we have this really great Irish-Style Dry Stout called Patio Tools and we can’t think of a better day to drink it then on St. Patrick’s Day. So we’ll be keeping the Tasting Room open till 9PM on St. Patty’s Day. So stop by and quaff of a pint of Patio Tools Irish-Style Dry Stout (or one of our other fine ales) or just grab a growler to take home for your St. Patty’s Day revelry! http://www.cigarcitybeer.com/

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Marshall Brewing Company – The “Ale” with Local Roots
Tulsa, OK.

March 16th – One Day St. Patrick’s Day Sale

• St. Patrick’s Day T-Shirts = $20 (photo attached, limited supply)
• Glassware = One for $5 or three for $10
• Regularly stocked tees = $15 & $20
• Tin Logo Signs = $30
• Hours: 10 AM – 6 PM
• Payment: Cash or Check only
• Location: 618 S. Wheeling Ave, Tulsa, OK

http://marshallbrewing.com/

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Legend Brewing Newsletter – St. Patrick’s Day‏

Richmond, VA
It looks like it will 70 degrees and sunny on the deck for St. Patrick’s day. We’ll have all the great Irish lunch and dinner specials and live entertainment as well.

It’s going to be so much fun even St. Patrick is going to make an appearance! Come on by and spend St. Patrick’s day with us on the deck at Legend.

For more details visit the web site: http://www.legendbrewing.com/

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Rohrbach Brewing Company – Irish Happenings!‏
Rochester, NY

You know St. Patrick’s Day is not far off when happy lads and lassies all around Rochester are enjoying pints of fine McDermott’s Irish Ale. If your favorite establishment doesn’t serve this fine traditional Irish ale please suggest that they do. McDermott’s Irish Ale is also available in growlers at fine beer store in the area. Also, stop for our famous corned beef and cabbage lunch or dinner available through the 17th. Cheers!

The Rohrbach Brewing Company http://www.Rohrbachs.com

Don’t miss the opportunity tomorrow night to support two of your favorite local business’ and get a great deal and have a great time in the process. Please give the Franklin Cafe and book your tickets now. (978) 283-7888.

Details:
Where: Franklin Cafe, 118 Main St., Gloucester, MA 01930
Price - $50.00 Per person (gratuity included)
Website: http://www.franklincafe.com/

Dinner Menu – 5 Course Food/Beer Pairing

First Course:
Oyster Two-ways: Baked Duxbury Oyster with Pancetta, creamy spinach and parm. Duxbury oysters on the half shell, Fishermans Brew Mignonette, Apple, served with Fisherman’s Brew.

Second Course:
Mini cape and lobster roll: Butter poached lobster, Old bay frites, Pea tendrils, paired with Fisherman’s Ale.

Third Course:
Tea Smoked Salmon: Smoked Atlantic Salmon, French green beans, Butter sauce, Almonds, served with Fisherman’s Tea Party.

Fourth Course:
House Made Bratwurst: German style sausage with mustard beans, Purple sauerkraut, Rye, served with Fisherman’s IPA.

Fifth Course:
Stout Cake: Stout cake with pumpkin creme brulee and creme Friache foam served with Fisherman’s Pumpkin Stout.

Other Important Brewery Updates (as of 3/10/2010):
Next week’s Trivia Night will be paired up with Knitting night next Tuesday so bring your thinking caps and you knitting needles cuz you’ll need both.

This change is due to the fact that next Wednesday is of course St. Patricks Day and as such, there will be a crazy St. Patty’s day throw down at the pub. Come early for complimentary Corned Beef and Cabbage from Duckworth’s Beach Gourmet. Seriously, does it get any better than that???

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Weekly Calendar

• Monday – Homebrewing with TJ. 6pm – 9pm.
• Tuesday – Newly established knitting night. 6:30 pm – 9pm.
• Wednesday – Trivia night. 6:30pm – 9pm. $35.00 gift certificate to the winners.
• Thursday – Shuffleboard night.

Open Hours Monday – Saturday 11am – 9pm.

Holiday Calendar:

12/31: Thursday – New Years Eve in the Azores!!!
1/01: We’ll be opening up at 5pm as we recover from our crazy NYE.

New Years Eve: Most noteworthy though is New Years Eve as we will be offering “New Years Eve in Azores”. Thanks to the LLC’s infinite wisdom, as most of you know we are forced to close down at 9:00pm. As such, we’ll be celebrating the countdown to the new year with our Portuguese friends in the Azores Islands, a group of 17 islands of the coast of Portugal.

We’ll have some free hors-d’evoeures starting at 5pm and will ring in the new year at 8:00pm. So if you’re tired of the same old New Years Eve’s or just to impatient to wait until midnight then come on down and
celebrate the end to this, THE WORST YEAR EVER, with us and let’s toast to a brighter and better 2010.

More about knitting night: The inaugural knitting night took place on Tuesday 12/15 at Cape Ann Brewing. The first true ladies night you’ve ever been to.  Our co-sponsor of the evening was the Coveted Yarn.  Coupons were available for use at the the Coveted Yard after knitting night was over.

Coupons for Cape Ann Brewing Company: Udine4less.com/capeannbrewing

About Cape Ann Brewing Company:

Cape Ann Brewing Company Gloucester MA. Located in the heart of Gloucester, the pub at The Cape Ann Brewing Company is the ideal place to have a beer with friends or make new ones.

Brewing award winning beer in the brewery in the back, it’s served in a comfortable family friendly environment. Large German beer hall style tables, a bar shaped like the port side of a boat, rocking chairs and an array of games including Risk, Chess, Darts, and Biminy Ring Toss add to the welcoming atmosphere you’ll always find at the brewery. We’re a family owned and run business established in 2004.

also, non-alcoholic drink options are:  Dr. Brown’s Soda’s – Rootbeer, Cream, Black Cherry, Cel-Ray, Diet Black Cherry, and Diet Cream Coke, Diet Coke, Iced Tea, Bottled Water.

• Address: 27 Commercial St. Gloucester, MA 01930
• Phone: 978-281-4782
• Restaurant type: Bar/Grille /Seafood
• Website: http://www.capeannbrewing.com/
• Brew Pub Hours: Monday – Saturday. 11am – 9pm.

Don’t forget that Cape Ann Brewing offers some great gifts for the whole family. T-Shirts, Pint glasses, Tap Handles, Sweatshirts, Hats, Long Sleeve Shirts and, just in last week, hand made mugs with the CABC logo. These are the same mugs that we use down here for our brand new mug club. Come down and ask about it. Cheers!

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- Haverhill, Ma -  On a warm September Saturday, the Haverhill Brewery welcomed over 500 beer lovers over two separate sessions at the 4th Annual Haverhill Brewery Riverfront brewfest.  The weather was great and the day was packed with live entertainment, tasty food and good friends.

Two different sessions were hosted between 12:30 – 4 p.m. and 5:30 – 9 p.m. This year’s festival featured over over 20 different microbreweries from the area. Many new breweries attended the event for the first time. Here a partial list of those who attended:

• Berkshire Brewing Company
• Boston Beer Company (aka Sam Adams)
• Boston Beer Works
• Cambridge Brewing Company
• Cape Ann Brewing Company
• Gardner Ale House (cask)
• Harpoon Brewery
• Honest Town (cask)
• John Harvard’s Brewing Company
• MagicHat Brewing Company
• Martha’s Exchange
• Mercury Brewing Company (aka Ipswich and Stone Cat)
• Milly’s Tavern
• Pennichuck Brewing Company
• Shipyard Brewing Company
• Smuttynose Brewing Company
• Woodchuck Cider

And of course, the Haverhill Brewery.

The Cask cellar included a sneak preview of the 2009 Joshua Norton Imperial Stout. During the first session, Big Jim of WFNX was the DJ and provided some fun entertainment.  Here are some photos of the festival:

Sean, Ian and Ryan from 2Beerguys.com	Jeff and Mark from Martha’s Exchange
TJ from Cape Ann Brewing Company	Scott Pouring for Milly’s Tavern
Harpoon Brewery	James from Pennichuck Brewing Company
Damian from Woodchuck	Mike from Mercury Brewing Company
Katie giving a Tour of the Tap	Tim hiding out in the cask cellar

There are a TON of things going on at the Cape Ann Brewing Company. Along with their release of the infamous seasonal Pumpkin Stout (in my top 5 overall favorite list), the brewery has an open home brewing night and the Thursday night raw bar. Here’s all of the details of what’s going on:

Pumpkin Stout Released on 8-14-09

It’s fall again(at least as far as Craft beers are concerned) so go check out your local package stores and get a case or two or three. If your store doesn’t have it cause a scene, scream at the top of your lungs right in the face of the clerk and voice your displeasure with such a colossal oversight. That might be a bit of an over-reaction but I assure you, this is what needs to be done. Cheers!

2beerguys.com Review click here

The fisherman’s pumpkin Stout pours a medium brown color, settles a dark brown color, covered in a fizzy, light brown, small head that quickly diminishes. Thin lacing with very little clinging ability. The aroma is very enticing with a sweet chocolate scent, paired with gentle pumpkin notes. Initial taste is slightly sweet, moving to a moderately bitter finish. Chocolate dominates the taste, covering up most of all of the pumpkin. Medium bodied, the mouthfeel fantastic with a velvety coating. A slightly dry texture, and soft carbonation.

Reviewed on December 6th, 2007.
ABV 6.75%
Overall 21/30

Return of the Dunkelweiss – Released on 8-13-09

We welcome the return of the Dunkelweiss to the tap selection. Meaning Dark Wheat, the Dunkel has similar flavors to the Bavarian Wheat with some roasted, chocolate notes. Very Yummy. If
you haven’t had it yet come on down and try it out.

Raw Bar Thursdays:

Fisherman’s Raw bar night occurs every Thursday. So come on down and bring your appetites for all kinds of raw shellfish. Also we can welcome back the Ale and the IPA so for those of you who have missed your old friends come say hello.

Home Brewing Mondays:
Every Monday Night, TJ and friends will be creating small homebrew batches. Stop by the brewery every Monday Night to learn more about home brewing and the craft of making beer. ‏ See how the process works on the small scale and then see the fruits of your labor come to fruition a few weeks later when this trial beer is available on tap at the pub.

Cape Ann Brewing Hop Harvest‏

Mark your calendars folks. On September 8th we’ll be having our first Annual Cape Ann Brewing Hop Harvest. Come on down to the Brewery sample our Fresh Hop IPA while we put you to work harvest our locally grown hops from L’Abbe Lindquist Farms. We’ll then use those hops in a small homebrew batch. Should be a good time and we hope to see you all. The event starts at 5pm and runs til 9pm.

Beers on Tap

If this wasn’t enough to convince you to take a trip to Gloucester, Ma – Here’s the list of beers that on tap (as of 8-19-09)

• Fisherman’s Brew – Amber Lager
• Fisherman’s Eclipse – Scwarzbier
• Fisherman’s Bavarian Wheat – Hefeweizen
• Fisherman’s Dunkelweiss
• Fisherman’s Tea Party – Barley-Wine made with 3 types of Tea
• Fisherman’s Pumpkin Stout

As you can see, there’s a lot going on – don’t miss out.

Sean
2Beerguys.com

Drink Craft Beer, You’ve Earned It!!!