Wow, haven't been able to get a word in, what with Mr Cicerone brewing up a storm, and blogging about it. So here's a small one......
July is Michigan Craft Beer Month, officially declared by our legislature! Support our local brewers by buying Michigan-made beer this month! Not only will you be helping our local economy, you'll be doing yourself a favour by buying some of the country's finest beers! It's a win-win if I ever saw one!
Here's one beer that will leave you very happy, and refreshed during the hot July days! And, there's a couple of facts in there about the Michigan beer industry, too. (Oops, after watching it, my accent makes it sound like I said "Legislator", but it was, indeed, "Legislature". Us Australians and our weird pronunciations.)
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
More CBS fun
Miss Eat It Detroit, Nicole, joined in the fun at Merchant's this past Saturday, too. Here are her pictures...
Friday, September 30, 2011
Merchant's event has been cancelled!
Boy, this makes me sad. $30 for over 50 beers, a full buffet, a BJCP styles table, ice cream made from beer from Treat Dreams, and lots of giveaways. We didn't sell ONE SINGLE TICKET. BIG sigh.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Upcoming beer events
Thursday September 15
Andiamo, Dearborn
Atwater Brewing beer dinner
Tuesday September 20
Foran's Grand Trunk Pub
Founders Beer Dinner
Friday October 7
Merchant's Fine Wine Beer tasting event at Knights of Columbus O'Kelly banquet hall, Dearborn, including cider, mead and sake. Ciceroney stuff, too ("Styles" table). Lots of food, including Dearborn Sausage Co hot dog stand, and Treat Dreams ice cream. More info on the way.....
Andiamo, Dearborn
Atwater Brewing beer dinner
Tuesday September 20
Foran's Grand Trunk Pub
Founders Beer Dinner
Friday October 7
Merchant's Fine Wine Beer tasting event at Knights of Columbus O'Kelly banquet hall, Dearborn, including cider, mead and sake. Ciceroney stuff, too ("Styles" table). Lots of food, including Dearborn Sausage Co hot dog stand, and Treat Dreams ice cream. More info on the way.....
Monday, August 22, 2011
Detroit Draft Divas at Merchant's
I recently became a member of said Divas, a group of delightful beer-savvy women (wearing awesome t-shirts) who get together periodically to discover and enjoy the delights of local good craft brew. Honorary Diva Todd Parker from Copper Canyon regularly joins the group, and this past Sunday Merchant's Fine Wine welcomed the Divas into the store for browsing, shopping, a beer scavenger hunt with prizes for winners, and following this, lunch and beers at Fort Street.
Thanks ladies! It was fun. Next time you'll be able to taste some beer, as Merchant's will have its license to do this.
Thanks ladies! It was fun. Next time you'll be able to taste some beer, as Merchant's will have its license to do this.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Mmm, Dan Roger's beer!
Big Rock Chophouse is having a beer and food event on Wednesday 11th. There'll be a saison, an imperial stout, an IPA and a "wild card" beer from Big Rock, Kuhnhenn, Short's and Merchant's Fine Wine, each paired with food. Here's more info.
I also believe you can add a "VIP" option to the ticket and hang out with Dan in the brewery (which usually means more beer!)
I also believe you can add a "VIP" option to the ticket and hang out with Dan in the brewery (which usually means more beer!)
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Nice article about Detroit's "women-in-beer"
This posting deserves much more than just a link to this Metromode article that came out today (I'd love to share some stories about Kristy & Gail and talk about what great women they are- I don't really know Sarah), but I'm here, at Merchant's, with a delivery of 93 cases of beer coming in the door as I write this! So, simply put, it's great to be a part of the craft beer industry, especially here in Michigan, and it's wonderful to be a woman-in-beer! Cheers to Kristy, Gail & Sarah. And to Amy who wrote the article!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tap:Detroit
Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 7:00pm
St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit MI, Detroit, MI
This year’s Detroit Beer Week kicks off on October 16 with “Tap:Detroit” – a charity beer event at St. Andrews Hall, co-produced by Live Nation and Liquid Table, with support from the Michigan Brewers Guild and other sponsors. Tap:Detroit will feature eight of Detroit’s best beer-friendly restaurants pairing multiple dishes with Michigan Beer, a rare beer and cask ale sampling, live entertainment on all three floors, and a cocktail lounge showcasing Michigan-distilled spirits and meads. Tickets are $35 for the main event, and $55 for all-access. A portion of proceeds from Tap:Detroit will benefit Pints For Prostates, a charity to build awareness and fund research for prostate cancer. More information at www.pintsforprostates.org.
Tickets are available online @ www.ticketmaster.com & www.localwineevents.com as well as St Andrew's box office, Kuhnhenn Brewery, Merchants Fine Wine, Grand Trunk Pub.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Mrs. Cicerone On TV
Annette was asked on somewhat short notice to appear on Channel 2's Saturday morning news show, to plug the Michigan Brewers Guild's Fall Festival. She was in three segments, and managed to get the plug in on the last one. Here are the clips, in the order they appeared:
Being on TV (or in any interview-type situation) is weird. It can be hard to get your information out there when someone else is steering the conversation, under tight time restrictions. Kudos to Mrs. Cicerone for doing a great job under pressure. (Now if I could just get used to being referred to as her 'entourage.') Chef Kelli was very cool, a good communicator, and a consummate professional. Here are links to the recipes from the two segments: Pancakes, Potato Salad, Fondue
The Michigan Brewers Guild Fall Festival will be on October 23rd at Eastern Market, from 1-6PM. More info here.
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Being on TV (or in any interview-type situation) is weird. It can be hard to get your information out there when someone else is steering the conversation, under tight time restrictions. Kudos to Mrs. Cicerone for doing a great job under pressure. (Now if I could just get used to being referred to as her 'entourage.') Chef Kelli was very cool, a good communicator, and a consummate professional. Here are links to the recipes from the two segments: Pancakes, Potato Salad, Fondue
The Michigan Brewers Guild Fall Festival will be on October 23rd at Eastern Market, from 1-6PM. More info here.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Aussies love Two Hearted Ale....
See?
Our friends Miro and Barney, the Beer Ambassadors from Melbourne (Australia) spent the day (yesterday) having beery adventures in Michigan. After picking them up at the Amtrak station in Detroit (where they'd arrived from Utica, NY) we went on a wee tour of downtown Detroit, and then headed home for a brief stop so they could have a nice fresh homebrewed Kolsch, made by Mr Cicerone. Then- on to Merchant's for some beer shopping, and then to Ann Arbor where we lunched at the Jolly Pumpkin Cafe. I enjoyed the smoked tofu salad with some Luciernaga (on tap). The guys drank Bam & Bam Noire, and had the magnificent truffled fries, and a pizza each, which they proclaimed to be quite delicious. Ron & Laurie Jeffries chatted to us at the cafe, and then the affable Mr Turriff, AKA The Big Banana, took us on a tour of the brewery- a must for any out-of-town beer nerd.
A stop at home to scoop up Mr Cicerone, and then on to Slows BarBQ for beers and dinner. Lots of meat and beers later - Dogfish Festina Peche, Liberty Street Clementine Lemon Thyme (exactly as it sounds, and delicious!), Rochester Mills Cornerstone IPA, Arcadia Angler's Ale, Celis White & Pandemonium Pale Ale- we headed home to taste the wares at Chez Cicerone and howl at the moon. This included Mr Cicerone's Rye Peppercorn Pale Ale, Batch 300 Rye Barley Wine, "Buster" Helles Doppelbock, and some Short's Anniversary Wheat Wine, Bahnhoff Berliner Weisse & Leipziger Gose that Barney & Miro had purchased at Merchant's. At this point I cried "Uncle", we abandoned the Brooklyn Black OPS that was supposed to have been a part of the evening's offerings, and we retired for the evening.
This morning, after a breakfast of Mr Cicerone's IPA, I dropped the guys at the Amtrak station, (along with the aformentioned Brooklyn Black OPS and a couple of cups) where they headed for Chicago. As I write, they are sitting at Hopleaf with Mr Daniels himself, enjoying the beers, food and hospitality of that wonderful establishment.
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Our friends Miro and Barney, the Beer Ambassadors from Melbourne (Australia) spent the day (yesterday) having beery adventures in Michigan. After picking them up at the Amtrak station in Detroit (where they'd arrived from Utica, NY) we went on a wee tour of downtown Detroit, and then headed home for a brief stop so they could have a nice fresh homebrewed Kolsch, made by Mr Cicerone. Then- on to Merchant's for some beer shopping, and then to Ann Arbor where we lunched at the Jolly Pumpkin Cafe. I enjoyed the smoked tofu salad with some Luciernaga (on tap). The guys drank Bam & Bam Noire, and had the magnificent truffled fries, and a pizza each, which they proclaimed to be quite delicious. Ron & Laurie Jeffries chatted to us at the cafe, and then the affable Mr Turriff, AKA The Big Banana, took us on a tour of the brewery- a must for any out-of-town beer nerd.
A stop at home to scoop up Mr Cicerone, and then on to Slows BarBQ for beers and dinner. Lots of meat and beers later - Dogfish Festina Peche, Liberty Street Clementine Lemon Thyme (exactly as it sounds, and delicious!), Rochester Mills Cornerstone IPA, Arcadia Angler's Ale, Celis White & Pandemonium Pale Ale- we headed home to taste the wares at Chez Cicerone and howl at the moon. This included Mr Cicerone's Rye Peppercorn Pale Ale, Batch 300 Rye Barley Wine, "Buster" Helles Doppelbock, and some Short's Anniversary Wheat Wine, Bahnhoff Berliner Weisse & Leipziger Gose that Barney & Miro had purchased at Merchant's. At this point I cried "Uncle", we abandoned the Brooklyn Black OPS that was supposed to have been a part of the evening's offerings, and we retired for the evening.This morning, after a breakfast of Mr Cicerone's IPA, I dropped the guys at the Amtrak station, (along with the aformentioned Brooklyn Black OPS and a couple of cups) where they headed for Chicago. As I write, they are sitting at Hopleaf with Mr Daniels himself, enjoying the beers, food and hospitality of that wonderful establishment.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
Try these with your Lutefisk
New at Merchant's (from Scandinavia).....
*Nogne O/Mikkeller collaboration "Tyttebaer" (say it quickly) - Wild ale chock full o' Brettanomyces and flavoured with "Scandinavian Cranberries', or Lingonberries. Kjetil (Nogne O brewer) and the Mikkeller guys have done it again with this one. It's fantastic.
*Nogne O (Norway) Tiger Tripel. Classic Belgian-style Tripel, 9% ABV (Yet to try it.)
*Beer Here (Norway) "Dark Hops" Black IPA 8.5%ABV
"Hops were harmed in the production of this beer."
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*Nogne O/Mikkeller collaboration "Tyttebaer" (say it quickly) - Wild ale chock full o' Brettanomyces and flavoured with "Scandinavian Cranberries', or Lingonberries. Kjetil (Nogne O brewer) and the Mikkeller guys have done it again with this one. It's fantastic.
*Nogne O (Norway) Tiger Tripel. Classic Belgian-style Tripel, 9% ABV (Yet to try it.)
*Beer Here (Norway) "Dark Hops" Black IPA 8.5%ABV
"Hops were harmed in the production of this beer."
*Bere Here "Morke" Pumpernickel Porter !!!!! 7.5% ABV. Mmmmm. Yum. Mmmmm.
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New beers at Merchant's
MICHIGAN
*New Holland Mole Ocho (Mole beer! Brewed with chilies & chocolate, not burrowing nocturnal creatures.)
*New Holland Imperial Hatter
*Short's Golden Rule organic IPA
*Jolly Pumpkin E S Bam (fresh batch)
*Arcadia Sky High Rye in 6 packs (fantastic beer!)
USA
*Rogue Double Mocha Porter (8.2%)
*Samuel Adams "Longshot" Homebrew contest winners 6pack (2 each Lemon Pepper Saison, Old Ale, & Barley Wine) (Note from Mrs Cicerone- nice job on the saison! Really peppery, just how I like them. Am yet to taste the Old Ale & barley Wine.)
BELGIUM
"Pink Killer" grapefruit Witbier from the "Silly Brewery (Note from Mrs Cicerone...very strange beer- in a good wKjetiay, I Think.)
Witterkerke Framboise- raspberry Witbier
ENGLAND
*We just got a fresh batch of two fantastic bottle-conditioned CAMRA approved English Bitters- Coniston Bluebird Bitter, & Ridgeway Bitter. Both great examples of the style, which is hard to come by here.
*From Ridgeway Brewing- Foreign Extra Stout. Another style that is a little hard to find.
*Oxfordshire Brewing, 3 fantastic English bitters/session beers. "Triple B"- 3.7%."Pride of Oxford"- 4.2%. "Marsh-mellow"- the strongest at 4.7%. This are classic examples of FULL-FLAVOURED BEERS that won't leave you staggering around after you've had a few.
*Hepworth Brewing- another three beautiful full-flavoured English ales. "Pullman Bitter" at 4.2%, "Iron Horse Pale Ale" at 4.8%, and "Classic Old Ale"- another style that is getting harder to find.
IRELAND
Hooray! Some craft beer from Ireland!
Porterhouse Brewing presents.....
*Oyster Stout (brewed with oysters!) Note from Mrs Cicerone- This is a great example of a dry Irish stout. Can't say I could taste any oyster though, especially as I was not eating any at the time, sadly....)
*Irish Red Ale
*Wrassler's XXXX Stout
GERMANY
*Lisberger Bock
*Burgerbrau Dunkler Bock
(Note from Mrs Cicerone- I'm falling behind in my homework. Havn't tasted these yet. But, O! I love Bock!)
(Separate Scandinavia edition to follow....)
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*New Holland Mole Ocho (Mole beer! Brewed with chilies & chocolate, not burrowing nocturnal creatures.)
*New Holland Imperial Hatter
*Short's Golden Rule organic IPA
*Jolly Pumpkin E S Bam (fresh batch)
*Arcadia Sky High Rye in 6 packs (fantastic beer!)
USA
*Rogue Double Mocha Porter (8.2%)
*Samuel Adams "Longshot" Homebrew contest winners 6pack (2 each Lemon Pepper Saison, Old Ale, & Barley Wine) (Note from Mrs Cicerone- nice job on the saison! Really peppery, just how I like them. Am yet to taste the Old Ale & barley Wine.)
BELGIUM
"Pink Killer" grapefruit Witbier from the "Silly Brewery (Note from Mrs Cicerone...very strange beer- in a good wKjetiay, I Think.)
Witterkerke Framboise- raspberry Witbier
ENGLAND
*We just got a fresh batch of two fantastic bottle-conditioned CAMRA approved English Bitters- Coniston Bluebird Bitter, & Ridgeway Bitter. Both great examples of the style, which is hard to come by here.
*From Ridgeway Brewing- Foreign Extra Stout. Another style that is a little hard to find.
*Oxfordshire Brewing, 3 fantastic English bitters/session beers. "Triple B"- 3.7%."Pride of Oxford"- 4.2%. "Marsh-mellow"- the strongest at 4.7%. This are classic examples of FULL-FLAVOURED BEERS that won't leave you staggering around after you've had a few.
*Hepworth Brewing- another three beautiful full-flavoured English ales. "Pullman Bitter" at 4.2%, "Iron Horse Pale Ale" at 4.8%, and "Classic Old Ale"- another style that is getting harder to find.
IRELAND
Hooray! Some craft beer from Ireland!
Porterhouse Brewing presents.....
*Oyster Stout (brewed with oysters!) Note from Mrs Cicerone- This is a great example of a dry Irish stout. Can't say I could taste any oyster though, especially as I was not eating any at the time, sadly....)
*Irish Red Ale
*Wrassler's XXXX Stout
GERMANY
*Lisberger Bock
*Burgerbrau Dunkler Bock
(Note from Mrs Cicerone- I'm falling behind in my homework. Havn't tasted these yet. But, O! I love Bock!)
(Separate Scandinavia edition to follow....)
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
St Patty's Day feasting tip.....
The ABSOLUTE best beer to go with corned beef is..... DIEU DU CIEL! ROUTE DES EPICES. It's a rye pale ale with black peppercorns from our friends at the Dieu Du Ciel! brewery in Montreal. Merchant's Fine Wine, Dearborn have it on display on the "New & Interesting" beer rack, in the import section under "Q", and in the cooler. Mr Cicerone brews an awesome rye peppercorn pale ale also, but you can only get that one if we like you.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Real Sahti from Finland at Merchant's
Merchant's just scored one case of a really unusual style of beer from Finland, Sahti.
If you are interested to try this really unusual, 7.5% ABV juniper flavoured beer come on by and grab a bottle. $5.99. We're keeping the whole case in the cooler, so please ask.
If you are interested to try this really unusual, 7.5% ABV juniper flavoured beer come on by and grab a bottle. $5.99. We're keeping the whole case in the cooler, so please ask.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock! At Merchant's!
One case of the famed,and spectacular Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock (2007) has made its way to Merchant's!
Also just arrived are Kuhnhenn's Fourth Dementia Olde Ale -11.5%ABV- (3 cases), and "Mayhem" - a new beer. It's 10.5%ABV Belgian-style strong made with Michigan-grown beet sugar. It's full of all those rich raisiny pruney flavours.
Arriving today also-
Bell's Hopslam
Founders Double Trouble IPA
And, another Michigan brewery has made its way to Dearborn. Tri City Brewing of Bay City is here. We have Lumberjack Pale Ale, and Brownhoist Nut Brown.
If any of you out there went to the Jolly Pumpkin Cafe last Thursday to get some of Ron's Lambicus Dexterius you are lucky! (It is spectacular!) Unfortunately though, demand on the day was overwhelming, and the original plan to save some back for distribution was quashed. It was all sold at the cafe. If you're a fan of Perseguidor, #5 will released for sale, also at the Jolly Pumpkin Cafe in Ann Arbor, on Sunday January 17th.
Happy New Year all!
Annette May
Beer Department Manager
Certified Cicerone (TM)
Merchant's Fine Wine, Dearborn
Also just arrived are Kuhnhenn's Fourth Dementia Olde Ale -11.5%ABV- (3 cases), and "Mayhem" - a new beer. It's 10.5%ABV Belgian-style strong made with Michigan-grown beet sugar. It's full of all those rich raisiny pruney flavours.
Arriving today also-
Bell's Hopslam
Founders Double Trouble IPA
And, another Michigan brewery has made its way to Dearborn. Tri City Brewing of Bay City is here. We have Lumberjack Pale Ale, and Brownhoist Nut Brown.
If any of you out there went to the Jolly Pumpkin Cafe last Thursday to get some of Ron's Lambicus Dexterius you are lucky! (It is spectacular!) Unfortunately though, demand on the day was overwhelming, and the original plan to save some back for distribution was quashed. It was all sold at the cafe. If you're a fan of Perseguidor, #5 will released for sale, also at the Jolly Pumpkin Cafe in Ann Arbor, on Sunday January 17th.
Happy New Year all!
Annette May
Beer Department Manager
Certified Cicerone (TM)
Merchant's Fine Wine, Dearborn
Saturday, November 14, 2009
New at Merchant's
I hope, as we speak, that many of you are in the queue to get into Ashley's Westland Cask Ale Festival! If not, it doesn't end until 6PM, so go! Mr Cicerone is there, doing some quality control, and having a couple of pints. I, unfortunately, am holding down the fort here at Merchant's while Kevin is in Arizona acquiring (I hope) some Firestone Walker Double Barrel Ale, for me!!
NEW BEERS!
*BELL'S ORACLE. MORE! *FOUNDERS BACKWOODS BASTARD
*DARK HORSE BOFFO BROWN *BELL'S SPARKLING ALE (Back after hiatus) *STONE DOUBLE BASTARD- and we have two 3 liter magnums. *STONE SELF-RIGHTEOUS ALE. MORE! *SIERRA NEVADA 2009 HARVEST ALE (We now have all 3- Estate Harvest 2009, Southern Hemisphere Harvest 2009, and (regular) Harvest 2009.
*DE DOLLE OERBIER RESERVA 2008 (Belgium) *AYINGER (Germany) WEIZENBOCK You know it's going to be good. *SCHNEIDER HOPFEN-WEISSE (Germany)
CHRISTMAS BEERS ARE HERE!
*BELL'S CHRISTMAS (Scottish-style ale, Michigan malt & hops) *GREAT LAKES CHRISTMAS (My favourite!)This one goes quick. *ANCHOR BREWING CHRISTMAS 2009 ("Our Special Ale") *SAM SMITH WINTER WELCOME
COMING NEXT WEEK!
*BELL'S/DE PROEF "VAN TWEE". A Belgian dark ale with cherry juice. *LOTS OF BELGIAN, & ENGLISH HOLIDAY ALES (including my favourite,"Tsjeeses" from De Struise)
Now, go drink cask ale!!
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NEW BEERS!
*BELL'S ORACLE. MORE! *FOUNDERS BACKWOODS BASTARD
*DARK HORSE BOFFO BROWN *BELL'S SPARKLING ALE (Back after hiatus) *STONE DOUBLE BASTARD- and we have two 3 liter magnums. *STONE SELF-RIGHTEOUS ALE. MORE! *SIERRA NEVADA 2009 HARVEST ALE (We now have all 3- Estate Harvest 2009, Southern Hemisphere Harvest 2009, and (regular) Harvest 2009.
*DE DOLLE OERBIER RESERVA 2008 (Belgium) *AYINGER (Germany) WEIZENBOCK You know it's going to be good. *SCHNEIDER HOPFEN-WEISSE (Germany)
CHRISTMAS BEERS ARE HERE!
*BELL'S CHRISTMAS (Scottish-style ale, Michigan malt & hops) *GREAT LAKES CHRISTMAS (My favourite!)This one goes quick. *ANCHOR BREWING CHRISTMAS 2009 ("Our Special Ale") *SAM SMITH WINTER WELCOME
COMING NEXT WEEK!
*BELL'S/DE PROEF "VAN TWEE". A Belgian dark ale with cherry juice. *LOTS OF BELGIAN, & ENGLISH HOLIDAY ALES (including my favourite,"Tsjeeses" from De Struise)
Now, go drink cask ale!!
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
"So the joke was...."
....that Jolly Pumpkin does not brew a pumpkin beer. Well, now we do. Just this one, packed with real pumpkins, hints of spice and a gentle kiss of cacao to liven the soul."
It's called La Parcela, and has just arrived at Merchant's in very limited quantities.
Slows BarBQ will have it on draft for their Jolly Pumpkin beer dinner next Monday. Call for details and to reserve a place as the dinner is limited to 30 people.
It's called La Parcela, and has just arrived at Merchant's in very limited quantities.
Slows BarBQ will have it on draft for their Jolly Pumpkin beer dinner next Monday. Call for details and to reserve a place as the dinner is limited to 30 people.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
New at Merchant's
Here's the "great-beers-for-cheap" scoop.....
*McChouffe Belgian Brown Ale, 750ml, only $5.45 bottle. Reduced from
$9.49. Wow. Beautiful beer.
*Maredsous Triple, Belgian abbey ale, 750ml, only $5.99 bottle. Reduced
from $8.99. Wow. Again.
*Sam Adams Longshot 2008 winners 6pk. Has two bottles of Mike McDole's
Imperial IPA. Only $6.99 6pk (reduced from $9.99). Once more. Wow.
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*McChouffe Belgian Brown Ale, 750ml, only $5.45 bottle. Reduced from
$9.49. Wow. Beautiful beer.
*Maredsous Triple, Belgian abbey ale, 750ml, only $5.99 bottle. Reduced
from $8.99. Wow. Again.
*Sam Adams Longshot 2008 winners 6pk. Has two bottles of Mike McDole's
Imperial IPA. Only $6.99 6pk (reduced from $9.99). Once more. Wow.
AND, NEW STUFF!
*OKTOBERFEST! (Speaking of such things, look out for Slows BarBQ
Oktoberfest celebration on Monday September 21st. It will replace the
regular "Beer Club" dinner. Mr Cicerone and I will be the speakers,
and yes, I, at least, will be wearing lederhosen. More details coming at a
later date!)
Time to don one's lederhosen, and sing the Schnitzelbank song! Arrived a
little early, but oh well. We have....
MUNICH Spaten, Hofbrau- bottles, and 5L MINI KEGS!, Paulaner, Hacker Pschorr.
OTHER GERMAN BRANDS Ayinger (my favourite!!), Erdinger Oktoberfest Weizen,
Weihenstephan Fest, Beck's O'Fest
USA Bell's, Flying Dog Dogtoberfest, Great Lakes, Summit (so far).
MORE NEW STUFF
*KUHNHENN 10TH ANNIVERSARY GRAND CRU- ONE CASE ONLY
*GREAT DIVIDE CHOCOLATE OAK-AGED YETI. Mmm. Has a hint of cayenne.
*GREAT DIVIDE 15TH ANNIVERSARY WOOD-AGED DOUBLE IPA
*HE'BREW "REJEWVENATOR" DOPPELBOCK/BELGIAN STRONG. Brewed with dates.
*ALVINNE EXTRA IPA- Belgian IPA
*LE BALADIN SUPER BALADIN "SOUR EDITION 2005". Italian sour Belgian-style
tripel. Quite lovely.
*OLD RASPUTIN "X11" 12th ANNIVERSARY BOURBON-AGED IMPERIAL STOUT
*GOOSE ISLAND "PERE JACQUES" 2009 BELGIAN-STYLE STRONG IN 22oz BOTTLES
*DOGFISH HEAD THEOBROMA (returns). (An interesting beer that,
unfortunately got stomped on by my spicy mole sauce.)
Next week there's some new beers coming from Shelton brothers, including a
single blend lambic from Drie Fonteinen.
Okay, all for now....
Annette May
Beer Department Manager,Certified Cicerone
Merchant's Fine Wine, Dearborn
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Friday, July 17, 2009
New at Merchant's
NEW BEERS!
*DOGFISH HEAD SAH'TEA Sam's take on traditional Finnish SAHTI. Brewed with
rye, juniper & Chai tea. Hmmm,and it WAS interesting. It tasted like juniper and chai tea. Sweet, viscous, a couple of ounces of this was enough for me. We shared this with our homebrew club.
*SOUTHERN TIER CREME BRULEE STOUT (Returns!) A fabulous offering from this great brewery, if you like vanilla caramelly stouts!
*STONE BREWING 13TH ANNIVERSARY ALE They say there are more pounds of hops per barrel in this Imperial Red Ale than in any other beer they have brewed. I'm a little scared.....Our friend Aaron, the rep for Stone, says "drink this one now, while the aromatics are prominent".
*GREAT DIVIDE'S CHOCOLATE OAK-AGED YETI IMPERIAL STOUT. It's got a dash of cayenne pepper in it. Sounds wonderful- can't wait to try this one. While I'm not a big fan of chocolate stout, I love the combination of dark chocolate and chili pepper. It's great in ice cream, and probably good in beer also.
*JOLLY PUMPKIN BAM WEIZEN (Returns)Mmm, lovely summer beer!
*EISENBAHN (Brazil) "LUST". Another lovely beer using the Methode
Champenoise technique. Gorgeous bottle. I've been known to give this one to friends about to be wed.
*HEAVY SEAS (Clipper City Brewing, Baltimore), THE BIG DIPA Double IPA 22oz. I've not had this, but all the Heavy Seas beers are nicely done, and tasty. And, gotta love the piratey theme!
*DOGFISH HEAD SAH'TEA Sam's take on traditional Finnish SAHTI. Brewed with
rye, juniper & Chai tea. Hmmm,and it WAS interesting. It tasted like juniper and chai tea. Sweet, viscous, a couple of ounces of this was enough for me. We shared this with our homebrew club.
*SOUTHERN TIER CREME BRULEE STOUT (Returns!) A fabulous offering from this great brewery, if you like vanilla caramelly stouts!
*STONE BREWING 13TH ANNIVERSARY ALE They say there are more pounds of hops per barrel in this Imperial Red Ale than in any other beer they have brewed. I'm a little scared.....Our friend Aaron, the rep for Stone, says "drink this one now, while the aromatics are prominent".
*GREAT DIVIDE'S CHOCOLATE OAK-AGED YETI IMPERIAL STOUT. It's got a dash of cayenne pepper in it. Sounds wonderful- can't wait to try this one. While I'm not a big fan of chocolate stout, I love the combination of dark chocolate and chili pepper. It's great in ice cream, and probably good in beer also.
*JOLLY PUMPKIN BAM WEIZEN (Returns)Mmm, lovely summer beer!
*EISENBAHN (Brazil) "LUST". Another lovely beer using the Methode
Champenoise technique. Gorgeous bottle. I've been known to give this one to friends about to be wed.
*HEAVY SEAS (Clipper City Brewing, Baltimore), THE BIG DIPA Double IPA 22oz. I've not had this, but all the Heavy Seas beers are nicely done, and tasty. And, gotta love the piratey theme!
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