Dayton On Tap

Chappy’s Tap Room will open a rare keg of Bell’s Hell Hath No Fury Ale – 7.7% ABV  this Thursday night at 7pm.   They’ve also got one case of bottles of Bell’s The Oracle DIPA – 10% and they will offer 6 oz. tastes of this very limited ale.

Originally conceived along the lines of a Belgian Dubbel, Hell Hath No Fury… Ale morphed during development into something entirely different. Blending a pair of Belgian abbey-style yeasts into a recipe more akin to a roasty stout, Hell Hath No Fury… Ale offers up warm, roasted notes of coffee & dark chocolate together with the fruity & clove-like aromas.

Bell’s take on the West Coast-style Double India Pale Ale, The Oracle places hop intensity first & foremost, making only the slightest concession to malt & balance.  The fireworks start with the floral aromatic punch of two separate dry-hop sessions with Amarillo and NZ Pacific Jade. Resinous, citrusy hop flavors mixed with aggressive bitterness from a massive kettle addition deliver on that aromatic promise.

Miami Valley Beer Fest
features Big Beers and Barley Wines!
Saturday, Oct 9th from 2-6pm the Roundhouse at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds will  be filled with unique and interesting beers that you won’t get a chance to try anywhere else.

In 2009 Mike & Donna Schwartz, owners of Belmont Party Supply, teamed up with Resident Home Association to bring Miami Valley Beer Festival to the Dayton area. Planning for a boutique, quality event, the first year was a great success. Over 300 people attended  and this year the goal is to double the event, yet still keep it intimate.

Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Admission includes a tasting glass, door prizes, raffles, live entertainment and allows you to sample 20 unique craft beers.  Live music will be provided by skilless villains.  Food will be available for purchase, provided by local restaurants like Chappy’s and Thai9.

You can pick up tickets at Belmont Party Supply,Brewtensils, 5th Street Wine & Deli, Blind Bob’s, Boston’s Bistro, Chappy’s Tap Room, Harrigan’s Tavern, Jimmie’s Cornerstone Bar, King’s Table, Miami Valley Wine & Spirits, One Eyed Jacks, Oregon Express, Peach’s Grill, South Park Tavern, Thai 9, The Pub and Trolley Stop.  Tickets are also available online. All ticket proceeds benefit The Resident Home Association (RHA). Learn more by viewing the video.

Mike Schwartz of Belmont Party Supply & Aaron Spoores of Cavalier Distributing

What advice do you have for first time attenders?
This is not an event where you should show up to the bar two hours early and start pre-gaming.  Come with a fresh palate as you will want to enjoy every nuance of this fundraiser.   Drink Responsibly..   there are a lot of beers to try, most with elevated alcohol percentages.  Make sure you get some food.  There are great area restaurants involved so have a bite.  Deja Blue is a sponsor so make sure enough water.   Dress accordingly..  this event is inside the roundhouse but it is not heated..  This is a giant part of the ambiance and the experience.

What makes this festival different from Ale Fest?
First off, both are great events for the Craft Beer Movement.    Ale Fest I think has an attraction to a wider array of drinkers.  They offer something for everyone.   Pedestrians, Experience and Geeks.   Where Miami Valley Beer Fest sort of cuts out the Pedestrian level.  MVBF is set up to basically only be a 500 person event that focuses on Big Beers and Barley Wines.   Which isn’t a bad thing..  its really kind of neat..  its chillier outside which screams “BIGGER BEERS” We will have Port barrel aged barely wines, Russian Imperial Stouts aged in 16 yr old Scotch Whiskey Barrels, Belgian IPA’s, smoked porters, trappist ales, old ales and even a Punkin beer.

I hear there will be some really special beers featured,  can you tell us about them?

The whole list is special, but the highlights are:

Cask Conditioned Flying Dog Ragin Bitch. This beer is dry hopped with simcoe hops. Cask conditioned ale is unfiltered and unpastuerized. Yeast is active going through secondary refermentation. Its also naturally carbonated..

Variety of barrel aged Barley Wines. Calvados, port, cabernet, bourbon, and aged scotch whiskey barrels.  To see a bigger list of featured beers, click here.

AND NOW A CHANCE TO WIN FREE TICKETS…

We have THREE PAIRS OF TICKETS to give away!.  Simply comment on this post and tell us about your favorite craft  beer and we’ll randomly choose winners on Friday, Oct 8th .  Be sure to enter your correct email address, (which will not be made public).  We’ll contact the winners by email and post their names here as well!

UPDATE:  Ticket Winners Trang, Kim and Shannon will be enjoying their brews tomorrow courtesy of DaytonMostMetro.com!

Just got this email from our friends at Spinoza’s, and it seemed like useful info to share with you all, especially since I’m on vacation and to lazy to write anything original 🙂

1. You should always store bottled beer upright, not on its side. This minimizes oxidation and contamination from the cap.
2. Bottled beer is pasteurized. Keg beer is not. That’s why it’s critical for kegs to stay cold (38°F). As the temperature rises, CO2 expands (causing foamy beer) and dormant bacteria may become active and ruin the keg
3. The type of water used for brewing makes a difference. The best ales are produced with hard water (with more natural salts like calcium) while soft water is better for lagers.
4. Before the 1400s ales were flavored with herbs like rosemary and thyme. Hops were first introduced to preserve beer but are now a desirable flavor.
5. Dogfish Head’s Midas Touch Golden Elixir is made from a 2,700-year-old beer recipe that was found in a royal tomb in Turkey. The tomb is believed to be the burial place of the legendary King Midas.
6. In 1814 a brewery tank containing 3,500 barrels of beer ruptured in London causing a beer tidal wave that flooded the streets, demolished two houses and claimed the lives of 9 people.
7. Pabst Brewery produced the first six-pack of beer in the 1940s. The brewery conducted numerous studies, which found six cans were the ideal weight for the average housewife to carry home from the store.
8. Anheuser-Busch uses rice in its formula and the company alone consumes about 15% of the entire U.S. rice crop.
9. Belgium wins the “country with the most individual beer brands” award with more than 400 brands and counting.
10. The familiar Bass symbol, a red triangle, was registered in 1876 and is the world’s oldest trademark.
11. Hops contain an herbal form of estrogen that is rumored to make men chesty (a syndrome known as “Brewer’s Droop”) and lead to erectile dysfunction.
12. The ’33’ on Rolling Rock bottles was originally a printer’s error. It refers to the 33 words in the original slogan. It has generated enough mystery over the years that the company decided to keep it.
13. Guinness sells an average of 7 million glasses a day.

source: Kegworks.com

New On-Tap This Week at Spinoza’s:

Avery Brewing “Maharaja”
Boulder, CO      Style: American Double/Imperial IPA        10.30% ABV
Maharaja is derived from the sanskrit words mahat, – “great” and rajan – “king”. Much like its namesake, this imperial IPA is regal, intense and mighty.

21st Amendment Brewing  Co.  “Hell or High Watermelon Wheat”
San Fransico, CA      Style: Fruit Beer     5.5% ABV
Unfiltered, American-style wheat beer. Brewed with 400 pounds of fresh watermelons.

…plus 10 other craft brews on tap!

This Sat from 1-5pm 200 beer lovers will have the chance to experience the largest selection of cask ales ever assembled in Ohio!  Cask conditioned ale is beer that is brewed from traditional ingredients and matured in the cask from which it is served. This means that it is fresh and unfiltered and therefore has a unique flavour.  Cask ale is naturally conditioned as a by-product of the secondary fermentation that takes place inside the cask, It is then served directly, without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide or chemical treatments of any sort.

What you’ll taste  is a live product, full of flavour and character: beer in its natural state.

Casks expected to be tapped include:

Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout & Porter
Founders Centennial IPA
Goose Island Dry Hopped Citra IPA & TBA
Great Lakes Dry Hopped Commodore Perry IPA
Greene King English IPA
Morland Old Speckled Hen English Pale Ale
Heavy Seas/Clipper City Below Decks Barleywine,
Little DIPA-2nd Runnings Double IPA, & Tripel
Left Hand 400 lb. Monkey English IPA
Thirsty Dog Belgian IPA
Tröegs Javahead Stout

Chappys Tap Room & Grille
2733 West Alex-Bell Road, Dayton, OH

Available for $40 & limited to 200 beer fans at Chappys.
Call (937) 299-RIBS (7427).

Glen Brailey’s pizza parlor a the Mall of Fairfield Commons  is building a reputation for hosting phenominal beer dinners.  Spinoza’s will be doing it again Tuesday, May 25th  at 7:00 pm.  Lindsey Shafer from Goose Island Brewing Company, a craft  brewer located in Chicago,  will be on hand to talk about the unique Goose Island beers featured at this special event. For just $24.95 per person plus tax & gratuity, you’ll enjoy a five course dinner complimented with six brews from Goose Island.  Seating is by reservation only. Previous beer dinners have sold out quickly so you’ll want to call 937-426-7799 for reservations quickly to reserve your seats.
Goose Island Event Menu:
“Summertime” German-Syle Kolsch paired with House-made Soft Pretzel and Roasted Garlic Aioli

“312” Urban Wheat Ale paired with Bruschetta with Goat Cheese and Roasted Yellow Pepper-Cilantro Pesto
“Sofie” Belgian Style Farmhouse Ale paired with a salad of Mache Lettuce, Chilled Wild-Caught Sea Scallops, Honey Roasted Pecans, and Lemon Caper Vinaigrette

“Matilda” Belgian Style Pale Ale paired with Hearth Baked Pizza with Pesto, Lump Crab, Pine Nuts, Goat Cheese, and Roasted Chilies

“Pere Jacues” Belgian Style Abbey Ale paired with Strawberry Cheesecake with Belgian Chocolate Sauce
“Night Stalker” Imperial Stout- A heavily-hopped imperial stout, Night Stalker is a heavyweight of a beer. It delivers a formidable punch of hops and rich roasted malt notes to the nose in a silky body that’s as dark as night.

Rogue Ales is an craft brewery in Oregon known for fun, full flavored beers.  The brewmaster at Rogue believes “variety is the spice of life,” so they brew over 60 different ales from all natural ingredients.  This special keg release part at Chappy’s Tap Room and Grille in Moraine on Wed, March 3rd at 6pm is for a very special Rogue Dead Guy Ale-in the style of a German Maibock, using Rogue’s proprietary Pacman ale yeast. Deep honey in color with a malty aroma and a rich hearty flavor.

From the Rogue site:

“In a collaboration of crafts, Rogue Brewmaster John Maier and Rogue Spirits Master Distiller John Couchot have joined forces to create a distinct, innovative series of brews called John John Ales. The series will take Rogue Ales legends and age them in Rogue Spirits barrels. A 3,100 gallon batch of John John Ale produces 1357 cases of beer. The first of the John John series is John John Dead Guy Ale, Rogue’s award winning Dead Guy Ale matured in Rogue’s award winning Dead Guy Whiskey barrels.”

Having never tried beer aged in a whiskey barrel I looked for advice from the net and here’s what I found out from my friend Michelle at Drink of the Week:

“Since Dead Guy Ale is brewed in the German Maibock-style–a lighter version of traditional bock–the beer flavor does not overpower the whiskey notes, they just go together like beans and rice. The whiskey is definitely present with its warm smoke, but the ale offers a nice brightness that makes this pairing very smooth and drinkable.”

I say let’s go check it out oursevles, so see you at Chappy’s!

This gourmet pizza parlor may be located in a mall, but don’t let that stop you from checking it out. Proprietor Glen Brailey is creating a suburban mecca for fans of California style pizza’s,  artisan salads, live music and craft beers.  With 120 seats, additional patio seating (eventually spring will be here and you’ll appreciate this), and an outside entrance so you don’t have to go into the mall, it’s the kinda place that could easily become a great date destination. Checkout the upcoming live music schedule.

Spinoza’s next beer dinner is scheduled for Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 7:00 pm. Beer expert Lee Hill from Sierra Nevada Brewery (Chico, California) will be on hand to talk about craft brewing and the unique Sierra Nevada beers featured that evening. This is a reservation-only event. Their first beer dinner last month sold out quickly so reserve early if you want to go! Call 937-426-7799 or email reservations. Cost is $24.95 per person plus tax & gratuity. Four-course dinner and six (6) different Sierra Nevada beers are included. Vegetarian options will be available.

Follow this link to REGISTER ON LINE

MENU:
Welcome Beer
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen
Served with fresh, house-made Soft Pretzel and
Mustard/Garlic Aioli Dip

Appetizer
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (draft)
Cheddar Cheese & Pale Ale Soup with Romano Croutons

Salad
Sierra Nevada Glissade (draft)
Organic, locally grown Arugula Lettuce, Cluster Tomatoes, Toasted Nevada Pine Nuts, and Parmesan/Asiago Shavings

Intermezzo
25th Year Bigfoot Barleywine Ale

Entreé
Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA
Spinoza’s Hearth-baked Italian Meat & Cheese or Roasted Veggie Stromboli with Creamy Italian Gorgonzola Sauce

Dessert
Sierra Nevada Porter
Italian Tiramisu Parfait

Spinoza’s is located  at the corner of North Fairfield Rd and Pentagon Parkway- at The Mall at Fairfield Commons.  Head to entrance B near Sears.

Hours Of Operation:
Mon – Thurs: 11:30 am – 9 pm
Fri – Sat: 11:30 am – 10 pm
Sun: Noon – 7 pm

Oakwood’s Dorothy Lane Market will host their monthly tasting on Wed, Nov 18 from 5:30 to 8:30pm with special guest John Bisson of North Coast Brewing Company. This California brewer is a pioneer in the craft beer movement, started in 1988 as a local brewpub in the historic town of Fort Bragg, located on California’s Mendocino Coast.

Featured beers will include Old #38 Stout, Blue Star Wheat, Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, Old Stock, PranQster Belgian Style Ale, Red Seal Ale, and Scrimshaw Pilsner.

No reservations necessary, a nominal tasting fee will be charged.