The new hefty machine has arrived. We’re adjusting to Vista (eh, we just wanted 8GB of RAM), but the best is the sweet rotating 24″ flat screen HD monitor for all our graphical endeavors. We don’t really game online or anything, so we’re not really sure what to do with it yet, but nonetheless, it’s cool. It’s fun to play with. We hadn’t upgraded peripherals in years, so this was a gift to the home office. Dig.

Happy 4th, everyone! Have a fun and safe holiday weekend.

We are open limited hours today from 12-5pm!

New Stuff
There are a handful of newbies this week. Just a handful. But a new saison from the classic Dupont Brewery, which (for the most part) revitalized the style? Nice. Holy Mackerel is a new addition to the store–a nifty edition of single-batch brews. This one is an American Strong Ale. And the Coney Island series is turning out to be a huge success for Schmaltz Brewing. Some buy it for the kitsch, some for the beer.

DUPONT Avril Saison
GORDASH Holy Mackerel Mack in Black
SCHMALTZ BREWING Coney Island Sword Swallower
SCHMALTZ BREWING Coney Island Albino Python

You got game
There are still tickets available for the Beer & Baseball event tonight. You can get them at the store or at the door before the game. Event starts at 5:30pm. Go beer! Go Tourists!

Cooler busted
As if the computer issue wasn’t enough, our craft cooler blew-up this week. We lost 12 cases of beer total, which is a real tragedy. Thankfully, we found someone who’ll take the stuff even damaged, so at least it’s not a total waste. So, sorry for the poor selection of cold ones this weekend.

Patience is a virtue
Finally, please be patient during our computer woes. We’ll update the beer list as soon as we can.

It’s a frantic week around Bruisin’ Ales. Pretty excited about kicking-off Terrapin’s RoggenRauchBier and the pre-game event at McCormick Field.  On the other hand, we can’t stand working from a laptop, so here’s the low-down for this week before our eyes start bleeding.

NYTimes says beer cellars are cool
For some reason, we never thought we’d see an article about beer cellaring in the mainstream media. The NYTimes is there and it’s actually a really good read. We chuckled at Dr. Bill’s Thomas Hardy vintage tasting, starting with 1968 through 2004. Was anyone still standing? Check out that beer cave, too. Pretty sweet.

A new take an The Merger
That is how we are going to address this thing now: The Merger. One guys wants to get to the heart of things: how will it affect merchandising and sponsorships in sports. Pretty interesting. Oh, and Johannesberg Business Day thinks we Americans are getting too “nationalistic” about the whole ordeal.

Pabst is on to something…
With all the success of resurrecting their own brand among young urban hipsters, Pabst is now taking on the return of Schlitz, the shiny gold aluminum gem of many a 70’s beer raid. We expect the return of delicious TAB any day now.

Well, the computer has officially bit it. Fried. Dead. Unresponsive. As it goes, the freaky reason was that dust and gunk built-up on the heat sink, then we had a few power outages which first hit the sound card, then fried the motherboard. Sheesh. We’re buildling a new one as we speak, so hopefully the new machine will show up on the doorstep next week. It’s a little strange that we get so attached to geeky things—we’ve had the old 25″ tan monitor for over 10 years—and it was custom built by LP, our friend and Master of All Things Computer.

Please be patient with us as we get ourselves back on the Internets. We are craving Fark and The Onion.