14 Dec 10 Sour Growler Tuesday, BACCO Beer Dinner, Westbrook Launch & More!
Ever since we ran Petrus Aged Pale draft for growler fills, people have been begging for us to put it on again. The draft version of this beer was a one time, commemorative release and we wanted to save the last keg for a while. With the Christmas season in full swing, we thought this was the right time to put a smile on all the sour-heads faces so at 5pm tomorrow (Tuesday) we’ll be offering growlers of this most sour gem! The draft of this is markedly more sour than its original, bottled counter-part so if you are a fan of barrel aged sour/wild ales you do not want to miss this one! At 7.3% ABV and barrel aged for over 20 months, the flavor and aroma of this golden blonde ale are incomparable.BACCO Italian Beer Dinner (12/16)
Please join us for our final beer dinner event of 2010. We are wrapping the year up
with a bang! This will be a truly spectacular evening featuring rare and exquisite craft beers from Italy and the divine food of Michael Scognamiglio, owner/chef of BACCO Italian Restaurant! Over an intimate evening of five courses, artisinal Italian craft beers with a holiday/seasonal slant will be presented. Each perfectly paired course is sure to delight the novice and connoisseur alike.
Reservations are limited, and required, so call BACCO at 843.884.6969 to reserve your spot. This will be a perfect occasion for small group holiday parties or to give a unique pre-Christmas
gift! For complete menu details and additional information please visit our web site post here: Italian Beer Dinner Menu. To request a vegetarian option or discuss dietary concerns, please
contact the restaurant. This will truly be a night to remember. We hope you can join us!
Westbrook Brewing Launch Party (12/20)
Monday December 20th from 4pm to 6pm please help us welcome Charleston’s newest brewery to the market with the official Westbrook Brewing kick off! Edward Westbrook and company will be on hand for a special meet and greet, free tasting and growler sales event featuring their specialties: Belgian Pale, IPA and White Thai! Come learn about Westbrook Brewing and their plans for the future.
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Cheers,
The Charleston Beer Exchange
14 Exchange Street
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 577-5446
http://www.thecharlestonbeerexchange.com
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12 Nov 10 Charleston Beer Exchange News
Sierra Nevada 30th/CBX 2nd Anniversary Weekend
To celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of The Charleston Beer Exchange and the 30th Anniversary of Sierra Nevada (which are on the same day!) we are throwing an all out Sierra Nevada celebratory weekend at CBX! To start, we’ll be kicking things off tomorrow morning (Saturday 11/13) at opening with Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale and Pale Ale on the growler station for only $7.99 per fill and every fill will come with a Sierra Nevada pint glass – absolutely free! Of course we can only offer this while supplies last but we’ve got a good amount to kick things off. We’ll also have Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Harvest Wet Hop Ale on the growler station and the free glass offer still applies! We’ll have plenty of Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary coasters to giveaway too! We’ll keep this going as long as the beer lasts. Come early to ensure you don’t miss out.
On Monday (November 15th) it will be the actual dual anniversary day and for this special day we’ll be tapping all four of the special Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary release beers on the growler station simultaneously! This will be an amazing opportunity to pick up growlers of these very limited releases including “Fritz & Ken’s Ale” Imperial Stout, “Charlie, Fred & Ken’s Bock” Imperial Helles Bock, “Jack & Ken’s Ale” Black Barleywine, and the highly anticipated, just released “Our Brewers Reserve” Grand Cru Ale. Each one of these beers commemorates some of the founding fathers of the American craft beer renaissance and each one scores ratings nearing the perfect 100 point mark. Anybody that buys all four of the special anniversary growlers on Monday will receive an extra special, beautiful Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary commemorative snifter style glass. These are super limited!
Dogfish Head Double Randall Tuesday (11/16)
If we’ve still got your attention, we’ll tip you off to a special event we are hosting during our “Rare Beer Tuesday” time slot next week! Claus Hagelman of Dogfish Head will be joining us from 4:30pm to 6pm to launch/debut our new “Dogfish Head Randall 3.0″ program and we’ll be doing two different Dogfish Head beers through two Randalls with some very crazy special treatments! Stay tuned to Monday’s announcements for the specifics but prepare for some really wild stuff! If you’re not sure what we’re talking and/or saying “What’s a Randall?” check this link out: Dogfish Head Ranall The Enamel Animal. Lots more to come on this!
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Cheers,
The Charleston Beer Exchange
14 Exchange Street
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 577-5446
http://www.thecharlestonbeerexchange.com
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04 Oct 10 Smuttynose Trifecta at the Charleston Beer Exchange
Friends, Charlestonians, countrymen, lend me your beers;
Smuttynose Brewing Co. has long been one of our all around favorite brewers and following a terrific, recent visit from Vice President Kevin Love (hopefully you made it to the meet & greet last weekend), we’ve decided to pay tribute to some of the best people and beers in the business. Hailing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, we have a truly ridiculous trio of Smuttynose rarities on the block this week and you can bet that each one of these Smutt-tastic masterpieces can only be found at The Charleston Beer Exchange! Check this out:
Rare Beer Tuesday (10/5)
You know how we do it every Tuesday at 5pm: we tap an super-extra-special keg for growler fills! This week we’ll be unleashing vintage 2004 Smuttynose Barleywine! You read that right, this vintage keg is almost 7 years old (kegged on 1/27/04), matured in perfect conditions for a truly unique experience! At 10% ABV and boasting a huge malty profile, this beer was meant for aging. The beer currently scores a nearly perfect 97 points on Ratebeer.com and we can only imagine the wonder some time has done for it!
Rare Bomber Thursday (10/7)
Our next leg of the Smuttynose insanity will kick off at 5pm Thursday when release 22oz counter-pressure filled bomber style “growlers” of Smuttynose Short Batch #10 Belgian Stout! The Smuttynose Short Batch Series is a tiny production, draft only series of one-off experimental beers. The brewery uses this series to try new things and have fun! This one is an 8.3% ABV Belgian-style stout that is as impressively delicious as it is scarce. Don’t miss out!
Click here for a reminder of how Rare Bomber Thursday works.
Cask Ale Saturday (10/9)
To round out this Smutt-tacular week, we’ll be gravity tapping a cask (firkin) of a special edition Smuttynose Big A IPA on Saturday at 2pm! This real cask ale version of the always sublime Big A was specially dry-hopped with Simcoe, Santium,Centennial and Cascade hops along with a nice addition of French Oak! This is the same dry-hopping blend that led this beer to take home the award for Best American Beer at the Great British Beer Festival! Plan to be here promptly if you don’t want to miss this!
Remember, unlike our regular growler fills, real cask ale is highly perishable and must be consumed the same day so plan accordingly. It is beer in its purest form, free of force carbonation and filtering allowing for a unique experience in texture, taste and aroma.
Glass Onion Sustainable Seafood Dinner with COAST Brewery (10/12)
Tuesday, October 12th, The Glass Onion will host a Sustainable Seafood Initiative dinner with COAST Brewery. David Merritt and Jaime Tenny, brewer and owners of COAST, will be on hand to discuss their beers paired with a four course seafood menu. Sure to be a wonderful evening! Visit http://www.ilovetheglassonion.com for menu and additional information or call (843) 225-1717 to make your reservations!
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Don’t forget, you can always see what on tap for growlers live on our website by visiting TheCharlestonBeerExchange.com and clicking the “News/Growlers” tab.
Cheers,
The Charleston Beer Exchange
14 Exchange Street
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 577-5446
http://www.thecharlestonbeerexchange.com
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