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!

American Beer Screening and Growlers of McNeill's!

Tuesday, March 9 is a great night to love beer.

First, at 5:00 PM you can tune in to Beer Sessions on the Heritage Radio Network (tell all your friends you listened to the show before iTunes picked it up- which should happen next week!). Civilization of Beer mastermind, Samuel Merritt will co-host with our own Jimmy Carbone as they interview Beerlord (aka Toby Egan), Ben Wiley of Brooklyn's Bar Great Harry, and Brandon Moore of American Beer Distributing.

Then, at 7:30 PM, you can head over to Jimmy's No. 43 to see a screening of American Beer, the true story of five friends visiting 38 breweries in 40 days. Brandon Moore will at the screening as will the filmmaker, Paul Kermizian of Barcade. $20 gets you admission to the screening (seating is limited) and a growler of McNeill's (or a pint of something else).

Growlers? Does this mean...? Yes. Jimmy's has growlers!