Archive for January, 2007

  

  

  

Prix Fixe Dinner with Beer Pairing

Tuesday, January 23

To celebrate the accomplishments of local and regional craft brewers, fig is teaming up with Sean Wilson, President of Pop The Cap, to present a unique pairing of beer and food.  Treavis and Sean have carefully selected craft beers from both Asheville brewers and recent Tarheel State GABF award winners.  Chef William Klein will prepare a special four course menu designed to enhance the characteristics of these selections and complete the culinary experience.  Please note that 20% of the evening’s proceeds will go to Pop The Cap.

$50 not including tax or gratuity
Seatings at 6:00 pm and 8:30 pm
limited availability // reservation only
828-277-0889

Source: AIR Asheville 

Bruisin’ Ales has made a fun and friendly alliance with some other beerlanthropists in town, Mark and Trish Lyons, of Brews Cruise. Currently, Brews Cruise will make weekend stops at our store on Friday and Saturay nights between French Broad Brewing and the Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company. Times will vary. We pair light snacks with 2oz samples of two select beers for our cruisers.

We celebrate the brew in you and are happy to have you onboard.

For more info, contact Brews Cruise at 828/ 545-5181.

 

Bruisin’ Ales is featured in the Asheville Citizen-Times Take5 section today!

Source: Asheville Citizen-Times / Take5 

 

 

 

 

Super hoppy is all the rage right now, as we beer-lovers know. So what is the deal with hops anyway? Are they just for beer? Do they do anything other than produce that green, fresh taste?

According to Beer & Health, there are many medicinal properties of the hop plant and it has enjoyed a variety of uses over the years:

“The plant was used to treat hypersensitivity, nervous anxiety, depression, cramps, neuralgia, migraine and even obesity. Hops were also supposed to produce antiseptic, antibiotic, analgesic, moisture repellant, tuberculostatic and anaphrodisiac effects. The use of hops in modern medicine is limited to the sedative effect of the hop cones. Although the mechanism of this effect remains unexplained, various studies have shown that hops do in fact have a mildly tranquillizing effect and induce sleep.”

Source: Beer & Health / Medicinal properties of the hop

Hard to believe we’ve already added 40 new beers since our opening Dec. 20. Check out this week’s brand new gems:

Great Divide Old Ruffian, Hercules Double I.P.A., Yeti, and Oak-aged Yeti. These four tasty brews are all in BeerAdvocate’s Top 100.

Terrapin Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout (aka ‘Wake-n-Bake’) and Big Hoppy Monster

Dogfish Head Raison D’Etre and Olde School Barleywine (ABV 15%)

Weyerbacher Heresy (Old Heathen oak-aged)

Avery The Beast Grand Cru (ABV 14.6%)

De Dolle Stille Nacht

North Coast Pranqster

Sea Dog Bluepaw Wild Blueberry Wheat Ale