check out Jeff's new position at The Farmhouse!!!!

Hey folks,





We got some awesome news about Jeff (aka El Jefe) and his new position at the Farmhouse Tap & Grill in their press release below!!  In the short amount of time I've been in VT, Jeff has been an exceptionally awesome person and (as you know) has an astounding knowledge of beer and wine.  So please stop by the Farmhouse to say congrats and to buy one of the many amazing beers he will be selecting on draft and bottle, and keep your eyes out for some Farmhouse/Bevy promotions coming in 2012 if not earlier!

And don't forget to stop by the Bevy this weekend for some great new selections!

Victory Dark Intrigue - limited run of barrel-aged Storm King
Hill Farmstead Anna - another great saison from Shaun, this will local wildflower honey
Lawson's Sugarhouse IPA
Woodstock Inn Wassail Ale - winter warmer
Sierra Nevada 12-packs on sale!
Magic Hat Hex 12-packs on sale!  $7.99.  Kind of ridiculous.
Magic Hat Winter Variety 12-packs, including Ravell
Alchemist Heady Topper (as always)

See below!!!!!!!!

Hugs,
Evan G.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Farmhouse Tap & Grill Taps a New Bar Manager

(December 2, 2011)
We are pleased to announced that Jeff Baker will be taking the beer program & taproom reigns at The Farmhouse Tap & Grill.  Jeff brings 7 years of beverage industry and restaurant experience to the position.  Farmhouse’s former Bar Manager, Chad Rich, has left to pursue his own venture.  Chad tapped Jeff Baker to take over the helm at Farmhouse and has been grooming Mr. Baker for several weeks now.

Most recently Jeff was the Beer Buyer and “Curator of the Collection” for Beverage Warehouse in Winooski, VT, the state’s largest beer and wine retail outlet.  Before his return to Vermont, Jeff was the Wine Educator for The Wine Gallery of Brookline and Boston, MA, helping them earn the “Best of Boston: Wine Shop” two years in a row.  While in Boston Jeff also earned certificates from the International Sommelier Guild and the Elizabeth Bishop Wine Resource Center at Boston University.

Jeff’s extensive knowledge of the beer and wine industry coupled with his background in Philosophy will support The Farmhouse Tap & Grill’s mission to establish a sustainable food system and deliver superior local products from the farm to the table….not to mention keep Farmhouse’s great brews a-flowing.

About The Farmhouse Tap & Grill:
The Farmhouse Tap & Grill opened in 2010 as a joint venture between Paul Sayler, Rob Downey, Jed Davis and a group of investors all dedicated to the concept of sustainable food systems.  The farm-to-table restaurant was paired with a craft beer tap room to showcase the bounty of Vermont brews.  Brews from our backyard and beyond are tapped side by side to demonstrate that some of the best beers in the world are produced right here in the Green Mountain state.

For additional information, please contact:
Jed Davis
The Farmhouse Tap & Grill
T: 802.859.0888
F: 802.859.0889
jed@farmhousetg.com
http://www.farmhousetg.com

Specialty glassware, Closeouts and Adds

Got a few new goodies, a ton of new glassware and some killer closeouts in this weekend:

Adds:
+ Rogue XS Imperial Stout 7oz
+ Geary's Summer Ale
+ MGD "64" Lemonade

Closeouts:
- Magic Hat Demo Black IPA 1/2 barrels $69
- Rogue XS Imperial Red, Imperial Porter and Imperial IPA 750mL swingtop bottles 1/2 price!!!
- Poperings Hommel Bier 750mL in a gift tin $4.99!
- Izze Sparkling Blueberry (non-alcoholic) 4 pks $2.99!

And I totally stocked the glassware cabinet with new goodies from the likes of Victory, St Feuillien, La Trappe, Trapp Family, Cuvee des Trolls, Achouffe (all three), Schneider, Erdinger, Liefmans and many many more! Stop on by to see what's new. The cabinet is right between the main registers.

Cheers and happy graduation to all the Seniors out there! Be safe!
El Jefe

Badass Keg Deals!

We got a hell of a deal in our Keg Room! We received four 1/2 barrels of Long Trail Brewmaster Series Coffee Stout - Ratebeer.com 98 and BeerAdvocate.com B+ - for $100 plus deposit! That's $65 dollars off the regular price for some delicious, dank, rich local stout!

And there's still a few left-over closeout kegs available:
- Magic Hat Odd Notion Green Apple Wit 5 gal. (only 1 left!)
- Magic Hat Howl Black Lager 1/2 barrels $49
- Narragansett Lager 1/2 barrels $49
- Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter $49 (only 1 left!)

Cheers!
Jeff

Exciting new (limited) adds!

First I want to start by thanking Tom for coming up from Smuttynose tonight for our Free Pint Glass Friday - it was a huge success!

A large amount of awesome, limited release beers were added to the beer room shelves today. Check these out:
+ White Birch Tripel
+ White Birch Tavern Ale (Smoked Imp. Brown Ale)
+ White Birch Hop Session Ale
+ White Birch Indulgence (Black Ale w/ chocolate malt)
+ White Birch Hooksett Ale (hoppy Belgian-style ale)
+ La Trappe Oak-Aged Quadrupel 375mL (in the Rare & Vintage Cabinet - only 12 bottles available!)
+ St. Feuillien/Green Flash collaboration "Biere De L'Amitie" 750mL
+ Bockor "Omer." Traditional Blond 750mL and 4pks (a personal favorite! Check out my review.)

And for those looking for a light-weight, beach & park friendly local beer:
+ Magic Hat #9 12 pack CANS!

And finally to coincide with our Smuttynose tasting we released these from our cellar (very small amounts available):
- Smuttynose Really Old Brown Dog 2010
- Smuttynose Imperial Stout 2009 & 2010

Cheers!
Jeff

New Adds

Got a few new things for the weekend:
- more Mikkeller Koppi Coffee IPA (very limited)
- Crunk Juice alcoholic energy drinks
- Margaritaville 6pks

And don't forget about our 5 gallon keg specials:
- Magic Hat Circus Boy $45
- Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter $49
- Wolaver's Brown Ale $49
- Magic Hat Odd Notion $45
- Southern Tier Creme Brulée Imperial Stout $39

Cheers,
Jeff

Closeout kegs and "Big Game" beers!

We got in a limited number of closeout 1/2 barrel kegs today from Magic Hat and Otter Creek! We still have a few 5 gallon and 1/2 barrel kegs from Southern Tier as well! Call for details - 655-2620.

And for all you Steelers fans out there - unfortunately we cannot get Yuengling in Vermont - BUT we do have Iron City Lager in 30 packs on sale for $14.99 plus deposit!

For you Green Bay fans we have the Milwaukee usuals (Old, Best, etc) plus Leinekugel's Sunset Wheat and Nut Brown Ale and Buffalo Water Blonde Lager!

Cheers,
Jeff

Seasonal Adds

A few new seasonals came in today:
- Smuttynose Pumpkin 6pks
+ Magic Hat Hex
- Magic Hat Hi.P.A. (returns for a short while!)

Cheers,
Jeff

New IPA's and more Steals & Deals!

Lots of goodies this weekend:

After long last, the much anticipated new release from Southern Tier, 2XIPA 6 packs are now in stock and ready to rock. This is a new Double IPA from S.T. that stacks up in attitude between their regular IPA and their Un*Earthly Imperial IPA. Love it. Get some! (Also on draft at The Farmhouse Tap & Grill).

Furthermore, another new(-ish) Imperial IPA from Rogue, the XS Imperial IPA 7oz bottles have arrived and are located in the Rare & Vintage Cabinet due to their small stature. Big beer, small bottle, smaller price tag than before. How could things get any better, you ask? Well, Rogue also sent us 750mL's of their newest Double Rogue - Double Chocolate Stout!

Seasonal additions:
- Otter Creek Oktoberfest 6 and 12 pks
- Magic Hat Night of the Living Dead Variety 12pks

And something completely strange:
+ Coors Light 5.7 Liter "Home Draft" mini-keg-type-thingys They actually look like a propane tank or incendiary device! Weird.

And if those weren't enough reasons to love us, we restocked our Steals & Deals Room today:
- Grimbergen Blonde and Double 6 packs $3.99 + dep. (Reg. 11.29!)
- Otter Creek Russian Imperial Stout 22oz and Quercus Vitus Humulus 22oz $2.99 (Reg. $5.99!)
- Sam Adams Cream Stout 6 packs $3.99 + dep.
- Smirnoff Ice 22oz $0.99! That's Ninety-nine cents!

And oh, yeh - one last thing:
CLOSEOUT KEGS!!!!
- Sam Adams Noble Pils 1/2 barrels
- Otter Creek Kolsch 1/2 barrels
- Wolaver's Coffee Porter 5 gallons
- Beck's 1/2 barrels

Call or stop by for keg pricing! These won't last long!

Whew. That was a lot of work. Hope to see you soon!
Cheers,
Jeff

Happy American Craft Beer Week!

Oh, yes good patrons of Craftily Constructed Creations of Carbonated Concoctions, 'tis American Craft Beer Week once again and time to show your support for those who Artfully render your delicious libations.

Now this is no mere ploy to get you to come in and shop, oh no! dear friends and brew-patriots! This is a call for all of you to reach out to your favorite craft brewers and give them a slap on the back, a high-five, a hoot, a "Like," a "Tweet," and to say thank you to them for what they do! They are truly artists, struggling against the giants to get their hand-made beers into your glass.

So this week, make it a special point to order a Hill Farmstead, a Rock Art, a Trapp Lager, an Otter Creek or a Wolaver's, a Magic Hat, a McNeill's, perhaps a Trout River or Harpoon, an elusive Lawson's, a Switchback or a pint of Long Trail. Make a trip to the Alchemist, the Bobcat Cafe, Three Needs, American Flatbread Burlington Hearth, Madison or Norwich Inn, the Shed or Vermont Pub. Or if you live in the Burlington area, stop in the brand new Farmhouse Tap & Grill and sample a number of these fine Vermont-brewed craft beers all (responsibly) in one sitting!

I tip my hat to all you Publicans, all you Brewers, all you who make Vermont one of the best beer states in this nation! Happy Craft Beer Week!

Cheers,
Jeff

http://www.americancraftbeerweek.org/

New and More Steals & Deals

We got in a couple new brews and we re-stocked our "Steals & Deals" room with lots more goodies (and there's more to come)!

New Adds:
+ Victory Whirlwind Wit 6 packs
+ Rogue John John Juniper (aged in Gin barrels)

New Steals & Deals:
- Rogue Santa's Private Reserve 6 packs and 22oz
- Stoudt's Winter 6 packs
- Heavy Seas The Great Pumpkin 22oz
- Magic Hat Howl 6 packs

Cheers,
Jeff

In this week and Victory coming soon!

A little late on the update:
+ Rogue (OR) Maierfest Lager 22oz
+ Southern Tier (NY) "Iniquity" 22oz (Imperial Black Ale)
+ Woodchuck (VT) Fall Cider 6 packs
+ Sierra Nevada (CA) Anniversary Ale IPA 6 and 12pks
+ Magic Hat (VT) Roxy Rolles (released as Fall seasonal this year with new recipe)

Also, I know I've been saying that Victory Brewing is coming to Vermont for over a year, and yes the newest delivery date flew by this week without a sign of Victory. They're finalizing their contract with their VT distributor and are hoping to ship to VT the first week in September. Cross your fingers!

And I got word today that De Dolle (Beglium) will be on it's way to Vermont before the end of the year!

In the meantime, you've got plenty of catching up to do. See you in the Beer-Room soon?
Cheers,
Jeff

Next in line

The closeouts are going fast, so don't miss out! The Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca has a "B+" on Beeradvocate.com and a "90%" on ratebeer.com...a super tasty Belgian white for warm days (like this weekend)!

Added to the Beer shelves this week:
+ Widmer Brothers Brewing "Drifter" Pale Ale 6 packs
+ Guinness "250th Anniversary" Stout
+ Magic Hat #9 bombers (22oz) - they're back!

Cheers,
Jeff

Tasting this Friday!

Hey everyone, don't forget that Free Pint Glass Fridays continues this week with Magic Hat! They'll be pouring some of their year-round tasties plus Hi-PA and the Poppy Agave Pilsner. We hope to have a surprise beer as well, but no promises there...you'll just have to show up and see! Try the beer, keep the glass.

Friday, Feb. 20th, 5pm-8pm.
Free and open to the public. 21+ with proper ID.

Cheers,
Jeff

New Beer

A couple new ones:
+ Harpoon 100 Barrel Series "Catamount Maple Wheat" 22oz
+ Magic Hat Lucky Cat 12 packs
+ Labatt "Heritage Brewmaster Series" Porter 6 packs

Returned from MIA:
+ Spanish Peaks Black Dog and Raspberry 6 packs
+ Southampton IPA and Altbier 6 packs (Double White is still MIA)

And we got what we think might be our last shipment of Unibroue "17" if that's up your alley. More Dogfish Head Red & White arrived today and is on the shelf. Sierra Nevada Torpedo is back in stock too. (Still waiting on more Bigfoot...don't forget to reserve yours today!)

Cheers,
Jeff

Mardis Gras F.P.G.Fri. announced and SALES!

I know, this is getting ridiculous: another Free Pint Glass Friday was just booked for Feb. 20th, 5pm-8pm, with our new Rep. from Magic Hat, John. Same rules apply: stop in, try their newest odd notion, the newest seasonal and all the year rounders in a M.H. pint glass, and you my friend get to keep that pint glass! No strings attached...well, there might be strings of beads attached since we're going to be amping you up for the impending Mardis Gras weekend! Mark your calendars!

In other news, I marked down a few really tasty beers this week, just cause I'm a nice guy! Gulden Draak magnums are now $5 off and Three Philosophers 4packs are $2 off! Get 'em while they last!

And lastly, got in a really limited amount of Ommegang gold-rimmed chalices. $6 each and they're right by the front door with the other stems and pints.

Cheers,
Jeff

PS> New arrivals:
+ Blue Moon variety 12 pack (Blue, Full, and Pale Moons)
+ Smirnoff Twist has two new flavors that I already forgot...mango and something else tropical?

New Rogue Beer List

Here's the skinny on the new Rogue's:
+ Santa's Private Reserve 220z and 6 packs
+ Yellow Snow IPA 22oz, GROWLER! (that's right!), and 5 liter mini-keg (really?! Yup, really!)
+ Dead Guy Ale Glow-in-the-Dark growlers! (5 cent deposit!)
+ XS Series swingtop ceramic 750mL additions: Imperial Stout (which I'm sampling right now! See BA for my review), Imperial Red Ale, and Imperial Porter
+ Morimoto Imperial Pilsner swingtop ceramic 750mL
+ Dry-Hopped St. Rogue Red 22oz

Good week for Pacific Northwest brews in VT!

Also, the Free Pint Glass Friday with Magic Hat/Orlio has been rescheduled for 11.14.08, 4pm-8pm. See previous posts for the low down or check out the Event Posting on BeerAdvocate.com

Cheers,
Jeff

From the Desk of Jen (Owner)

Hi-yo! I got an email today (my day off) from Co-Owner Jen regarding new beers:
"We got in new Rouge's today including more of the "XS" series and Dead Guy growlers...we also got in 5 liter cans! I already have them in the system. All hand marked and on the shelf. Phew!"

She also told me that the Magic Hat/Orlio tasting is going to have to be postponed due to complications getting a tasting license from the Vermont DLC. I'll let you know when we get a date.

Cheers,
Jeff

It's Harvest time! And beer tasting time!

So the hops have been picked, they've been overnighted to the breweries, the beer's been made, shipped out and Wet Hop/Harvest Ales are arriving at the Bevy! Sierra Nevada's much sought after 12th release of their Harvest Ale Wet Hop is now in stock, but flying out the door by the case. Don't miss out on this once a year (well, ok, they made a Southern Hemisphere one, so twice a year) brew! Harpoon's Glacier Harvest '08 Wet Hop Beer (100 Barrell series #24) arrive just today and is on the shelf for your purchasing pleasure. I'm actually sipping on one right now, and it's mighty fine. A little less hoppy than the Sierra one, but a great big bottle session beer.

Also in, for the first time in VT, is Smuttynose Wheat Wine (Style) Ale. At 11.4%, it's the strongest beer that Smutty puts out. Somewhat sweet and really rich, this bad boy should age gracefully and improve in the cellar. Stash a few bottles, but drink a couple this winter. This beer will take the chill out of your bones. I'd serve it at cellar temp. (65 degrees F) and in a snifter or wide wine glass.

Brasserie Dupont's "Avril" has arrive in 750mL bottles. Haven't gotten into it yet, but I plan to tomorrow.

And finally: FREE BEER TASTING! (POSTPONED * See Next Blog for explanation)
Friday, November 7th, from 4pm to 8 pm, clear your calendar because Magic Hat & Orlio Organic Ales are going to be in house pouring samples of their tasty local brews. And not only that, but they'll be pouring into full-sized pint glasses, glasses which you'll get to keep if you step in and taste. Oh yeh! Free beer and a free (not stolen) pint glass! What could be better?