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Birthday Beer Dinner with Athens Gyros this Saturday Feb. 4th 6pm!

Greetings,

This Saturday Feb. 4th is my birthday and we’re having a beer dinner from 6 to 9pm with Athens Gyros Westport to celebrate! In honor of my ethnic heritage, Chef Andy Ziegler has concocted a special Scandavian-themed menu for the day and here it is including our suggested beer pairings:

• Fried Red Potatoes- smashed red potatoes topped with fresh Carr Valley cheese curds and smothered with Bacon Blue Fundito made with Verily Belgian Dubbel. Pairing suggestions: Verily Belgian Dubbel, Janethan Wired Espresso Porter and Hop-Bearer IPA!
• Scandi Chicken Gyro – topped with whole grain mustard Janethan Robust Porter yogurt sauce, green cabbage slaw, and tomatoes. Pairing suggestions: Alferd Black Rye Imperial Saison and Verily Belgian Dubbel!
• Scandi Lamb Gyro – topped with whole grain mustard Janethan Robust Porter yogurt sauce, green cabbage slaw, and tomatoes. Pairing suggestion: Hop-Bearer IPA!
• Scandi Eggplant Gyro – topped with whole grain mustard Janethan Robust Porter yogurt sauce, green cabbage slaw, and tomatoes.
• Birthday Cake! Pairing suggestions: Geronimo Imperial Stout and Janethan Wired Espresso Porter!

  • Athens Gyros’ full menu is also available.
  • Meanwhile the day before we’re releasing our first new beer of 2017: CRAG MARTIN Special Bitter! This take on a traditional English-style pale ale is well-balanced and at 4.4.% abv is highly sessionable!

Come on by!

Skal,

Jim

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March/April Music Calendar

Music starts at 7:30PM unless otherwise noted and all shows are no cover.

Friday March 31st: Ryan Mauer & The Angry Fix.

Saturday April 1st: Yid Vicious.

Friday April 7th: Treemo with Jourdan Haines & Mary Wallin.

Friday April 14th: Common Chord.

Friday April 21st: Open Mic with the Brewmaster at 7PM!

Saturday April 22nd: Sugar Still.

Friday April 28th: Halfway to Halloween Party with DJ Cardinal Din Sibo!

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Geronimo Imperial Stout Release Party Friday 12/30!

Holiday greetings,

At 12% abv Geronimo Imperial Stout (named after my 4-legged black cat) is our strongest beer representing one of my favorite beer styles. Imperial Stout is the king of the stout family that is like a black barleywine with wonderful complexity in terms of aroma and flavor. Expect a beautiful mix of dark roasted malts/roasted barley, caramel malts with dark fruit esters and significant hop bitterness in the finish with warming alcohol notes!

Geronimo will be on tap when we open at 3 and Cardinal Din Sibo will DJ starting at 5. Then at 9 we’ll show the counter-culture classic western Little Big Man!

Here are my initial tasting notes for Geronimo: incredibly smooth/dangerous for 12% abv! Baltic Porter-like smooth dark roasted malts/roasted barley with some caramel up front with a huge “RIS” finish, including good balancing hop bitterness and of course some booze.

Come get warmed up with a pour of Geronimo this Friday while enjoying the excellent spinnings of WORT’s Cardinal Din Sibo before taking in Little Big Man at 9!

Cheers,

Jim

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Utopian Imperial IPA fall release party w/Carley Baer this Friday Nov. 11th!

Greetings all,

Yes our Imperial IPA–UTOPIAN–will be back by popular demand this Friday November 11th and will be on tap when we open at 3pm!

I can report that this the third batch of Utopian is probably the best yet. It has reached the target ABV of 9.9% and will be very freshly kegged on Friday before we open! Another reason why this batch is showing much promise is a change in the dry-hopping roster. I substituted six ounces of Chinook with six ounces of Simcoe for the seven days before transferring to brite tank dry hop addition last Thursday 11/3 (and for reference this is a one barrel batch). Six ounces of Amarillo were added on Sunday for the four days before transfer addition.

I’m a long time fan of Chinook as a good all-purpose hop with fine bittering and aroma/flavor characteristics but I don’t think it adds much in terms of dry-hopping. Simcoe, on the other hand, adds all sorts of yummy dank-ness!

So come on by this Friday for the release of Utopian at 3pm. We also have the excellent Milwaukee singer-songwriter Carley Baer performing at 7:30!

Hop Heads of the world unite!

Jim

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Westportierfest Oktoberfest release party w/Aaron Scholz & Chris Boeger this Friday 9/23!

Happy September all,

This Friday marks the return of WESTPORTIERFEST Oktoberfest! This is our take on the classic Märzenbier lager style that originated in Bavaria and is THE seasonal style of mid-September through early October coinciding with the huge Oktoberfest celebration in Munich! Rich, malty, smooth, and quite drinkable at 5.5%, Westportierfest awaits your discerning taste buds starting at 3 Friday!

Then at 7:30 Aaron Scholz & Chris Boeger take the stage. Aaron Scholz is a singer-songwriter who moved to Madison 20 years ago to play in a loud rock band. That band never made it but Aaron stuck around and found his own style of acoustic music. Madison native Chris Boeger has handled the low end for many local folks including Ladybeard, The Hometown Sweehearts, The Beat Chefs, Josh Harty, Cash Box Kings, Catfish Stephensen and many more!

Chris even used to play with Aaron, some time back in the late 20th century and when paths crossed again last year, they dusted off the partnership to begin anew. Aaron plays acoustic with Chris doing some lap steel and upright bass (no, not at the same time). They’ll do some of Aaron’s originals as well as a selection of only really good songs that other people wrote.

Hope to see you this Friday.

Ein Prosit!

Jim

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