Our Favorite Beers of 2010!

We take great pride in carefully selecting the best of American and imported craft beers. AOL City's Best agrees; Here is a short and by no means decisive list of some of our favorite beers from 2010:

Amager Porter
Avery Depuceleuce
Ballast Point Sculpin
Barrier Rembrandt Coffee Porter
Bear Republic Ryevalry
Birra del Borgo Te Ale
Brooklyn Detonation
Cantillion Iris
Cigar City Jai Alai IPA
Cigar City Maduro Oatmeal Brown
Fantome Saison
Greenport Hopnami
Pretty Things 1901
Pretty Things Hedgerow Bitter
Shmaltz Geektoberfest
Sixpoint Gorilla Warfare
Sixpoint Signal
Soogard Julebuk
Southampton Keller Bier
Southern Tier Oaked Unearthly
Stillwater Autumnal
The Bruery Rugbrod Rye
Troubadour Magma

Eat and Drink Well!

3rd Annual Cassoulet Cookoff

Via http://www.ediblemanhattan.com/20101222/jimmy-no-43s-3rd-annual-greenmarket-cassoulet-cookoff/

Start:
January 22, 2011 1:00 pm
End:
January 22, 2011 4:00 pm
Cost:
20.00
Venue:
Jimmy's No. 43
Phone:
212-982-3006
Address:
43 E. 7th Street, New York, NY, United States, 10003
Amateur and professional chefs join forces for the Greenmarket Cassoulet Cookoff! The event benefits Greenmarket, so all entries must feature ingredients from local farms such as Violet Hill Farm, Flying Pigs Farm, or 3 Corner Field Farm, to name a few. Tickets are $20 and available at the door only; all proceeds will be donated to Greenmarket. Think your cassoulet stands a winning chance? Send Jimmy an email at foodkarma@gmail.com to register.

Peace And Happy

We want to wish everyone a Peace and Happy.

Enjoy your holidays!

http://www.ediblemanhattan.com/20101223/peace-and-happy-from-edible-manhattan/

Wild Foods Dinner

We're hosting a Wild Foods Dinner with our favorite wild food gatherers Les and Nova, this Sunday, for a post-New Amsterdam Market dinner (check them out in this recent NYT article!).
You'll get the opportunity to mix with vendors and staff of the New Amsterdam Market and celebrate the end of the season. Les and Nova will bring their wares- things like wild mushrooms, Jerusalem artichokes, wild watercress- and we'll make a meal using other New Amsterdam vendors like Nordic bread, sausages from Brooklyn Cured, and pork from Mosefund Farm. A selection of local New York State Wines and craft beers will be available.
Tickets ar $55 and can be purchased at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/7784.

The Winners of Battle of the Belgians!

We had a great time this past Saturday.... Thanks to all the people who helped make this event a success!

The results are in, and the winners of the battle are:

Popular Choice:
Best American: Stillwater Cellar Door
Best Belgian: Hanssens Oude Gueuze
Best in show: Vapeur de Bises

Judges Choice:

Saison
Belgian: Dupont Avec les Bons Voeux
American: Stillwater Cellar Door

Gueuze
Belgian: Hanssens

Abbey/Trappist
Belgian: Chimay/Westmalle/Rochefort --- all equally excellent
American: Barrier Double

Sour
Belgian: Rodenbach
American: Ommegang Zuur

Hoppy
Belgian: Vanberg Hop Ruiter
American: Bear Republic Ryevalry

Special
Belgian: Malheur & Scaldis Refermentee
American: Allagash Interlude

Unique
Belgian: Orval
American: Goose Island Sophie

Special thanks to Anna Mumford for the video!

Battle of the Belgians - Jimmy's 43 from Letitia Productions on Vimeo.

Battle Of The Belgians This Saturday!

We are so excited for Battle of the Belgians this Saturday, and will be pouring lots of rare and special beers. We believe that Belgian beers are the basis for so much of what's happening in the American craft brewing scene and we'll be featuring these beers on all our draft lines. So many American breweries are moving toward Belgian styles and expanding their portfolios: Green Flash's collaboration with St. Feullien moved the brewery away from big American hoppy beers and into the Belgian styles, Sixpoint brews a terrific selection of Belgian styles with an American slant, and Allagash's use of wild yeasts has made them one of the top American breweries. We'll be featuring beers from these breweries, and a bunch more. The full draft line-up is:
-Ommegang Zuur
-Allagash Interlude
-Pretty Things Baby Tree
-Sixpoint Belgian Rye
-The Bruery 3 French Hens
-Green Flash/ St. Feuillien L'Amite
-Avery The Reverend
-Stillwater Stateside Saison
-Bear Republic Ryevalry
-Barrier Dubbel
-Sly Fox Ichor
-Goose Island Sofie
-Flying Dog Raging Bitch

We'll see you there!