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Jax Beer Week — Day Two

02 Apr

jaxBeerWeek2013Brewer’s Pizza: 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Brewer’s Pizza in Orange Park, has been quietly churning out exceptional beers through its in-house brewery, Pinglehead Brewing Co. But, for the second night of Jax Beer Week Brewer’s will host Florida Beer night with special guest Carolyn Graham from Brown Distribution. Brewer’s will be featuring taps from all of their favorite local breweries and others from all over Florida.

Beer Specials

You can also find beer specials at these and many other bars around the area. Look for the official Jax Beer Week posters.

Solids & Stripes
Mellow Mushroom – Fleming Island
Taps – Fleming Island

 
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Posted by on April 2, 2013 in Beer, Beer Tasting, Jax Beer Week, Local Brewery

 

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Jax Beer Week — Day One

01 Apr

jaxBeerWeek2013Pele’s Wood Fire: Bell’s Brewing Co. Beer Dinner

In little over a year, Pele’s Wood Fire has established itself as a true destination restaurant. With over 50 craft beers on tap and many more in bottles, it has also proven itself as a gourmet eatery that is truly plugged in to what its guests are seek. So, it is not a surprise that they are opening this year’s Jax beer Week with an extravagant dinner paired with beers from Bell’s Brewing Co.

The menu, prepared by Chef Micah Windham, features his trademark flair for using organic ingredients with an artisan’s flair.

First Course

Prosciutto basil and tomato sandwich, beer cheese dip paired with Bell’s Amber ale.

Second Course

Arugula shaved fennel salad, spiced candy pecans, grapefruit segments, Oarsman vinaigrette served with Bell’s Oarsman a tart German style beer.

Third Course

Banana leaf wrap trout stuffed, beer bacon risotto, butter sauce paired with Bell’s Two Hearted Ale.

Fourth Course

Brown butter seared gnocchi duck confit, beer duck demi, shaved parmesan reggiano served with Bell’s Best Brown Ale.

Fifth Course

Ravioli with buffalo ragu, fresh tomato, garlic oil, basil, hand-pulled mozzarella paired with Expedition Stout.

Sixth Course

Hanger steak with Tuscan fries and a third coast malt shake, “Steak & Shake.” Paired with Third Coast Old Ale.

Seventh Course

Double Cream Stout infused vanilla pot de crem, beer candied nuts, baked cocoa nib meringue served with Bell’s Double Crème Stout.

The cost for the dinner – if tickets are still available — $75 per person including tax and gratuity.
Reservations must be made by calling 904/232-8545. Only 40 seats available.

Brewer’s Pizza: 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Brewer’s will host a night with Grassroots Natural Market. The guys from Grassroots of Riverside will come out and drink some brews, rub elbows and pour some beers for sampling.

M Shack

All week the burger wizards at the Beach’s M Shack will be featuring beer and burger parings. You could eat there every day, all week and still not have them all! But, from the looks of the menu, you sure will wnat them all.

M Shack daily specials include both beer and food combined:
  • Shipyard Monkey Fist IPA paired with Asian Burger, Sirracha Cole Slaw and Hoisin BBQ sauce & pepper jack cheese $9.95
  • Cigar City Maduro paired with Truffle Portobello Burger with Bacon Smoked Gouda and Sherry Glaze $12.45
  • Sea Dog Blueberry paired with super kale salad, apples, avocados,pecans, raisins, ginger garlic dressing $12.45
  • Narragansett Lager paired with classic combo with all beef Hebrew national hotdog $9
  • Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout paired with The Medurable: cheeseburger topped with foi gras and caramelized onions $24.95
  • Julian Cider paired with the Rooster and the Pig sandwich: marinated chicken breast, smoked ham and an over easy egg. $18.50
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Posted by on April 1, 2013 in Beer, Beer Food Pairing, Beer Tasting, Jax Beer Week

 

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Plenty of Events to Keep Beer Lovers Busy this Week

18 Jun
Pale Ale

Pale Ale (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The beer events keep on rolling through the month of June. Here are a few events that are coming up this week.

Monday, June 18
Engine 15

On June 18, 1812 – 200 years ago – President James Madison signed a Declaration of War naming the British Empire as the enemy. The war was fought for several reasons including trade restrictions, imprisonment of U.S. merchant sailors, the British support of native tribes against national expansion, and insults to national honor. The war saw the sacking and burning of Washington D.C., but it also saw victories in New York, Baltimore, and New Orleans. The victory in Baltimore led to Francis Scott Key writing the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

So, 200 years later, the folks at Engine 15 are setting up a rematch of sorts. In order to determine if the U.S. has superiority over the Brits, a blind beer tasting will be held today, June 18. Each person who participates will be presented with a special flight, dubbed the “The Flight of 1812,” consisting of two American brews and two British brews. Participants will be asked to taste and then rate each beer on a scale of 1-10. At the end of the night, the scores will be tallied and a winner of the Flight of 1812 will be announced.

Tuesday, June 19
Brewer’s Pizza

Last Saturday, June 16, Green Room Brewing celebrated their one-year anniversary with a very special release: Secret Spot Russian Imperial Stout aged in Maker’s Mark bourbon barrels. The brew is a rich mélange of organic cocoa nibs and locally roasted coffee that weighs in at a powerful 10% ABV.

On Tuesday, June 19, Brewer’s will tap a keg of this remarkable brew for consumption in the restaurant only, meaning no growlers will be filled.

In addition, Brewer’s will pay further homage to their friends at the beach by tapping Green Room’s Double Overhead IPA, Pablo Beach Pale Ale, and The Solid White IPA.

Wednesday, June 20
Engine 15

Never ones to sit still long, the guys at Engine 15 will feature an interesting food and beer pairing on Wednesday, June 20. Look for a special pairing of Engine 15’s own Ramming Speed Black IPA with carnitas tacos.

Thursday, June 21
Cork & Keg

In a clash of two worlds, Cork & Keg is featuring a Yin & Yang wine and beer pairing event. Experts from both the wine and beer worlds will be on hand to pour and help you compare the flavors of these two favorite beverages. Look for beers from Ballast Point, Ayinger, and Dogfish Head along side wines from Palm Ridge, Santa Ema, and Four Points among others. Tasters will be treated to appetizers, and a special gift for the $25 event fee.

Saturday, June 23
Northstar Substation

The first downtown pub crawl back in April was so much fun, the folks at Northstar Substation decided they wanted to do another. This time the crawl will begin and end at Northstar with stops at the newly-opened Underbelly, Lit, 1904, and a surprise bar inbetween. Registration will begin at 5:45 p.m. and the group will depart for the first stop at 6:45 p.m. The cost of the crawl is $15 and tickets may be purchased online at either the Northstar website or the Springfield Brew Crew site, or at the event. All proceeds will benefit the Jacksonville Miracle League.

 
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Posted by on June 18, 2012 in Beer, Events, Local Brewery, Team Hopheads

 

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Jax Beer Week Day 4: More Movies, Tastings, and Tappings

05 Apr

The only way to describe the first Jacksonville Beer Week up to this point is that it is an unqualified success. So far this week there have been beer dinners, tastings, and tap takeovers. Last night the screening of “Beer Wars” at the newly restored Sun Ray Cinema in 5-Points was interesting, entertaining, and with a pitcher of Intuition Ale Works’ Sun Ray Wit created specifically for the theater, delicious. The movie sparked several lively and interesting conversations segued to an equally engaging conversation over dinner with the owners and officers of Brown Distributing at Pele’s Wood Fire.
Tonight the Jax Beer Week festivities continue with:

Engine 15

The long-awaited tapping of Amber Waves Amber Ale happens this evening. Florida Times-Union journalists Roger Bull and Ed Stansel created the beer especially for Jax Beer Week on Engine 15’s equipment. The name of the ale refers to the name of the blog that Bull and Stansel write for the Times-Union. All proceeds from the beer will be donated to the St. John’s Riverkeeper.

Grass Roots Natural Market

The guys at Grassroots are all true beer lovers, all one has to do is look at the impressive selection of high quality brews available for sale at the Park Ave. grocer. Today from 4:00 until 8:00 pm you can stop by and taste some of the exceptional local brews they have available from Bold City Brewing and Intuition Ale Works. In addition, both Intuition and Bold City will have special cask beers for tasting – if one of the available casks is Intuition’s Golden Spiral made with kumquats and rosemary, do not miss it! As if all that was not enough Michael Payne of the newly announced Aardwolf Brewery in San Marco will be there offering samples of his home brews.

Brewer’s Pizza

Tonight Brewer’s is hosting a local IPA night with great hoppy beers from all the local brewers and the debut of their own Landslide Double IPA. They will also be offering a special soup and bread both made with IPA beer.

Mile Marker Brewery

Grab some popcorn and relax for a double feature of two great beer movies; “Beerfest” and “Strange Brew.” Our friends down south will transform the brewery into a movie theater and let the hilarity fly and the beer flow (mouse in bottle not included).

 
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Posted by on April 5, 2012 in Beer, Beer Education, Beer Tasting, Events, Jacksonville Beer Week

 

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