Hey, It's been 3 years!

This Thursday December 29th is our 3 year anniversary. Wow! Amazing, and such a whirlwind of an experience this has been so far. In honor of that fact, we will be adding a few hard to get beers into our already tasty holiday line up. Beers that we will be pouring besides Pliny the Elder are:
Cantillon Kriek
Avery Meph Addict
Avery Mephistopheles
Avery Samael
Avery The Beast ...

New Year’s Eve 2011 Four-Course Beer Pairing Dinner

Come Join us on New Year's Eve for a nice relaxing beer and food pairing experience.

Appetizer
Smoked Quail
Sweet sausage and quinoa stuffing, maple-pomegranate glaze, bitter greens
. . . Van Steenberge Gulden Draak Belgian Strong Ale

Lobster Cake
Butter-poached Maine lobster, truffled quince, carrot, and jicama slaw, lobster- tarragon cream
. . . Brouwerij Bosteels Tripel Karmeliet Belgian Tripel

Salad/Soup
Wild Mushroom Cream Soup
Porcini mushroom aged balsamic stock, cream, oven roasted wild mushrooms
. . . New Holland Cabin Fever Brown Ale

Belgian Endive and Blue Cheese Salad
Red and yellow Endive, Keswick Creamery Blue Suede Moo, dried figs and prunes, Marcona almonds,
lavender honey, baby arugula, citrus vinaigrette
. . . Anchorage Love Buzz Pinot Noir barrel-aged Saison

Entrée
Pan-Seared Potato-Wrapped Red Grouper
Red Grouper, thinly sliced potato, carnival cauliflower florets, chive caviar nage
. . . Nebraska Hop God Belgian Strong Ale

Grilled Wagyu Culotte Steak
Wagyu Culotte steak grilled medium-rare, smashed sweet potato and butternut squash,
wilted spinach, purple Pommes Anna and brandied shallot gravy
. . . North Coast Old Stock Cellar Reserve barrel-aged Barleywine

Dessert
Stuffed Parisian Macaroon
Delicate chocolate macaroon, chunky peanut butter mousse, grape sabayon
. . . Flying Dog Gonzo Porter

Sticky Toffee Pudding
Rich date and fig cake, toffee rum sauce, kumquat and dried fruit compote
. . . Rochefort Trappistes 10 Belgian Quadrupel


$85 per person includes one selection from each course;
gratuity not included.       Reservations required

AVERY TAP TAKEOVER

The rep from Avery will be here on Wednesday, December 14th.
We will be pouring ... 

The Beast Grand Cru
Samaels Oak-Aged Ale
Mephistopheles Stout
Joe's Pilsner
Hog Heaven Barleywine ‘10
IPA
White Rascal
Old Jubilation Ale
Salvation Belgian Golden Ale
Fifteen Wild Farmhouse Ale ‘08
The Reverend
Meph Addict
Rumpkin Ale
The Czar Imperial Stout ‘10
duganA Double IPA
Maharaja Imperial IPA


Yum!

Pumking Carving Contest

PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST

TUESDAY, OCT 25th        -     STARTING TIME: 6:30 PM

• MUST BE OVER 21 TO PARTICIPATE
• FIRST BEER FREE, DISCOUNTS DURING CONTEST, SOUTHERN TIER PUMKING FOR CARVERS ONLY
• 1ST , 2ND AND 3RD PLACE PRIZES
• NO PATTERNS/STENCILS ALLOWED
• EVERY CARVING MUST INCORPORATE BEER THEME– BREWERY LOGO, BEER LABEL ETC.
• WE SUPPLY PUMPKINS AND CARVING KIT
• $ 20 ENTRY FEE

SEE BARTENDER TO SIGN UP BY SATURDAY, OCT 23.
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A Not So Crafty Treat

     Bad news to the fans of Beersgiving. This a portion of the e-mail that Big Dan got last night.

"Dan,

We had a board meeting this afternoon, and have decided that it is in the best interest of SunnyBrook to cancel this event."

     What this means is very simple. If you have bought a ticket from us, please bring it back and we will refund your money. Do not take it anywhere else.

     For anymore info, go to the Beersgiving website. Thanks for your understanding in this matter.

The Great Pumpkin is Here!

In addition to all the Heavy Seas beers on tap for "International Talk Like a Pirate Day", a special keg of their Great Pumpkin Ale was tapped, and is pouring right now.

International "Talk like a Pirate" Day

On Monday, Septemper 19 we will be celebrating in the whimsy of International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Heavy Seas will be sending up some of their limited edition brews for us to pour.

Welcome Back Wednesday

For Labor Day Weekend, We will closed Monday and Tuesday (Sept.5 & 6).

To welcome everybody back from the long holiday, on Wednesday, Sept 7th we will be tapping Russian River Pliny the Elder and Consecration and ... some IPA from Ballast Point just showed up and wants to come out and play on Wednesday. Say 5'ish.

Tröegs Perpetual IPA debut

On Thursday, August 18 at 5pm we will be pouring the World Debut (Limerick) of Troegs newest offering, Perpetual Ipa.
We will also have a firkin of their Scratch 45 Ipa.
As well as some other tasty goodies.

Night of the Fools

On Thursday, August 11 we will be pouring:

* Brugse Zot
* Brugse Zot - unfiltered version
* Brugse Dubbel

The legend behind Brugse Zot...

To welcome Maximilian of Austria to their proud town, the people of Bruges organised a colourful parade of merrymakers and fools. When they asked him at the end of the day to provide money for a new madhouse he replied : ‘Today I have seen nothing but fools. Bruges is already one large madhouse !’ Since then the people of Bruges are called ‘Brugse Zotten’ (fools of Bruges).

Sometimes the people of Craft Ale House (especially on a Thursday night) are known as ... let's just leave that up to your own interpretation.
Cheers!

*** The firkin of Troegs Scratch Ipa has been moved to 8-18-11.

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Merry ChistmaKwanzaChanukkahFestivus!!!

On Monday, July 25th we were be pouring lots of good Holiday beers. So bring your Holiday Cheer.


We will be pouring:

Troegs Mad Elf
St. Bernardus Christmas
Du Pont Avec Les Bons Voeux
and...

NIGHT OF THE HATTERS!

Starting at 5pm on Wednesday, July 13th. New Holland Brewing's world traveling beer rep Dr. Joel will be on hand, as we will be pouring:

Black Hatter
Farmhouse Hatter
Oak Aged Hatter
Rye Hatter

Also, a very elusive New Holland Firkin.
Yeah!

Weyerbacher IPA Project & Firkin Night

On Wednesday, June 29 at 5 pm we will be tapping a firkin of Weyerbacher Double Simco that has been enhanced with dried orange peel and a pinch of Cardamom.

We will also be tapping two new IPA project beers and one Brewers Reserve at that time.
1. North - India brown ale
2. Quebeck - ??? Citrusy
3. Steel - a west coast style ipa

Giraffes loose in Limerick

Actually there are 7 Giraffes from Scotland sitting at the bar right now. Come visit.

FLIGHT OF THE BASTARDS!!!

We will be offering flights of:
Stone Arrogant Bastard
Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard
Stone Lukcy Basartd (yes, that's how you spell it)
Stone Double Bastard

Also on tap will be a few other Bastards.

Founders Dirty Bastard
Founders Backwoods Bastard (yum)
Blue Point Old Howling Bastard
   
Get Bastardized!!!

It's the End of the World!!!

OR as they say in French Canadian speak, "La Fin du Monde". So, if you're still hanging around on Saturday, we will be offering half off bottles of Unibroue La Fin du Monde. (We would like to put it on draft but those silly Canadians can't figure out how to put that beer into kegs)

If anyone wants to bring in any bottles of Lost Abbey Judgement Day to share with the other poor souls that will be here, please fee free, since we have none.

Stay tuned for our next event on Wednesday, June 1st. We are pretty sure the majority of our customers will still be around, as will we.   ;-)

Whatcha think foodies?

I just put up a poll about the menu here. Though they are always tinkering with it at times, I thought we would ask our customers what they think. The poll is located on the left hand side, so scroll on down.

National Homebrew Day

We will have several members of our homebrew club "Bruclear"(sounds like Nuclear, as in power plant) doing live demonstrations  outside around our patio this Saturday afternoon (5-7-11) to celebrate National Homebrew day.
Come out, eat, drink and be merry!

Weyerbacher IPA Project - ROUND 2

Weyerbacher Brewing in Easton, PA is playing around with some recipes to come up with a new Ipa for their lineup of big beers. Craft Ale House was selected to be one of their test markets. Can you say Human drinking Guinea Pig. So come in, drink and vote, either online (http://www.weyerbacher.com/) or with a ballet that we have in house.

Mini / Impromptu Russian River Event

On Monday, April 11 starting at 5pm we will be tapping:
Russian River Blind Pig
Russian River Damnation
Russian River Redemption
and Russian River Supplication

Hope to see you then.

Ale House News

The Times Herald just ran an article on our restaurant. It is attatched below.

http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2011/03/24/business/doc4d8a89baaf26e119070100.txt?viewmode=fullstory

FIRKIN FRIDAY!!!

Today we will be the first beer bar to tap into a firkin from the Plank Road Brewing Company. It will be have extra dry hops added to the firkin to make it quadruple hops brewed for that truely crisp hops taste.
Come get it while it lasts.

FOUNDERS EVENT

On Wednesday, March 30th at 6pm
We will be tapping:

Centennial Ipa
Double Trouble
Devil Dancer Triple Ipa
Harvest Ale
Red’s Rye
Nemesis ‘10

Dirty Bastard
Backwoods Bastard
Imperial Stout
Breakfast Stout ‘09
Kentucky Breakfast Stout ‘10
Wheat Wine ‘09

Maybe more!!!

St. Patty's Day

Live Irish music from 12 - 3pm
Featuring The Triur Trio
Then from 5 - 8pm with
Killen Clark

* No Good beer will be harmed in the making of green beer
** $ 1.00 off all beers for those who come in wearing their kilts.

She Was Lost, But Now We Founder

As the resident cooler monster here, I know first hand what evil liquid lurks here at the CAH. Now,  I have been swore at secretly or maybe it was sworn to secrecy, it's hard to tell some days, but at the very least I can tell you this. On March 30, with the wonderful Bernie from Stockertown Beverages close by, it very well might be the most insane disply of Founders that this area has seen it quite some time. And, if all you CAH folks behave yourself, we might even tell you what we're going to pour before that day. Tweet quitely among yourselves.

FOUNDERS EVENT

Wednesday, March 30......Stay Tuned!

Let's Get Straight To The Point

Ballast Point that is. Come on over to the olde CAH on Tuesday March 1 at 6 pm, as we tap, not two or three beers, but 13 kinds of Ballast Point yummy goodness. We shall be featuring:

Navigator Dopplebock
Longfin Lager
Bonny Apricot Sour Honey Ale
Wahoo Wheat
Dorado Double IPA
Big Eye IPA
Sculpin IPA
Victory At Sea Imperial Porter
Piper Down Barrel Aged Scottish Ale
Yellow Tail Pale Ale
Calico Amber Ale
Black Marlin Porter
Sextant Oatmeal Stout On The Nitro

And maybe, just maybe, one or two more. 

We need more Cowbell!

And so we have it. Voodoo Cowbell Imperial Double Chocolate Oatmeal Milk Stout on Nitro was just tapped!

We be Slammin!

Get it while it's fresh. We will tap our keg of Bells HopSlam on Monday, February 21 at 6pm.

V-day!

CHOCOLATE AND BEER PAIRING

House-made chocolate truffles, each paired with a 3oz beer to compliment it’s flavors $10

Choose from the following truffle and beer combinations..... no substitutions please.
* very limited quantities available


OPTION 1:

Ginger Vanilla Truffle with Lindemens Peche Lambic -
White chocolate infused with vanilla bean, and ginger covered with white chocolate; pink Hawaiin sea salt garnish

Chai Spice Truffle with Dogfish Indian Brown Ale -
Milk chocolate infused with chai spices, vanilla ganache, covered in milk chocolate, gold dust garnish

Strawberry Balsamic Truffle with Bockor Bellegems Bruin -
Dark chocolate ganish infused with strawberry puree and aged balsamic vinegar, covered with dark chocolate; strawberry dust garnish


OPTION 2:

Pistachio Rose Truffle with Chimay Cinq Cents -
White chocolate, infused with cardamom ,organic rose petals and pistachio covered in white chocolate; pistachio & rose petal garnish

Mayan Spice Truffle with Southern Tier Choklat -
Milk chocolate, three chilies, cinnamon, and vanilla, covered in milk chocolate and cocoa powder

Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramel with North Coast Old Stock Ale -
Vanilla caramel infused with Fleur de Sel covered in dark chocolate; Fleur de Sel garnish

It's Ground-Dog Day!!!

On Wednesday, Feb 9 we will host our first Dogfish Head Event featuring:

60 Minute Ipa
75 Minute Ipa - firkin
90 Minute Ipa
120 Minute Ipa '09
Red & White
Black & Blue
Sahtea
Theobroma
Midas Touch
Indian Brown Ale
World Wide Stout
Raison D'Etre being poured through Randall the Enamel Animal filled with ...
and maybe more.
We will be offering a flight with 60, 75, 90 and 120.

Wendy, our Dogfish Head rep will be showing up to do some giveaways sometime around 6'ish. If she comes in and sees her shadow, we will have 6 more hours of partying. Yeah!

Please try to be as eco friendly / parking lot friendly and car pool as much as you can.

Johnny Cask is in the House!

We will be tapping our firkin of Dogfish 75 minute tonight (1/14/11) at 6pm.

Surprise!!!

The Legend Of Limerick Hallows

   A few hundred years ago, back when the only roads were made of dirt and stone and area was nothing more than a pit stop on the way to Reading or Philadelphia, the people passing through would hear bizarre tales. A tale about a strange creature who rose up from the ground on February 2 to forecast things to come. Most people laughed and said it was just a groundhog, but other people who saw the creature say otherwise. The locals got to be so scared of it, that rumour has it, they took after it with pitchforks and fire. Most people say now, that whatever it was, is now long gone. But the old timers in the area say there is still a couple of them around. And they say matter of factually, that one lives close to the Craft Ale House. One old timer says he might even have a video of this creature tucked away somewhere in his attic. I must go looking for this. I must find out the truth in this matter. Is it something to be afraid of? Or is something to look forward to? Stay tuned boys and girls, it's going to get interesting around here.

Home Brew Competition on Tuesday, Jan 4th

The Bruclear Home Brew Club will be meeting at 7pm on Tuesday, Jan 4th at 7 pm, with judging to begin shortly afterwards. This will be the 2nd annual Winter Brew competition.

CLOSED ON NEW YEARS DAY

We will be closed on Saturday, January 1st, and will reopen on Monday, Jan 3rd.