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Hey, all! It’s Father’s Day this weekend and what says love better than beer? NOTHING! We’ve got some great ideas for dear old Dad.

Bruisin’ Ales Gift Certificates: Have a fussy father? Let him pick his own bounty! Good for anything in the store—beer, tees, hats, books, glassware and more!

Splurgers of the Finest Kind:

Le Baladin Xyauyu (Italy)—One of the best barleywines we’ve ever had. Truly fantastic. Fruity, sweet and boozy, this is the perfect after-dinner beer. Serve in a snifter at room temperature. Especially sentimental, as the beer is named for brewer Teo Musso’s daughter’s imaginary friend. Awwww. [13.0% abv]

Cantillon Saint Lamvinus (Belgium)—Beer or wine? The most exclusive of the Cantillon fruit lambic line, St. Lamvinus is a lambic made with Merlot grapes aged in oak barrels. Serve at room temp in a red wine glass. For a lighter variety, try Cantillon Vigneronne, made with Muscat grapes and aged in oak. [5.0% abv]

Malheur Dark Brut (Belgium)—Sparkling beer! Skip the normal bubbly and toast to Dad with the beer world’s version of Champagne. Malty, sweet, and tart. Want a lighter version? Try the Malheur Bier Brute. [12.0% abv]

De Molen Storm & Averij (Netherlands)—A Belgian-style Imperial IPA. Big fruity hop aroma with a little yeastiness of orange peels, mango,pine-needles, peaches, hay and wet grass. Super yum. [8.0% abv]

T-shirts/Miscellany:

Beerlanthropy Tees—We’re all beerlanthropists around here. Is your Dad? With a center-back small Bruisin’ Ales logo.

Brewery Tees & Baseball Caps—A wide variety from your favorite breweries.\

The Brewmaster’s Table—The original beer & food pairing book, written by Garrett Oliver, brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery.

“Beer Y’all“—Get Dad the DVD about beer in North Carolina. Good stuff.

Beer Soap & Shampoo—Really. It’s awesome stuff.

Mix It Up:

At Bruisin’ Ales, you can make your own sixer or box of single craft beers. Perfect for the Dad who wants to try a bunch of one style or several varieties!

Bye-bye, old eye sore!
Scrutiny Hooligans reports that the ugly-ass electric sign at Pack Place is coming down. “The sign will be removed in the next few weeks because the electronic equipment that produced changeable text and graphics no longer works, and repairs would be too expensive, the head of Pack Place’s board said Wednesday.” So, go make the most of it and use the Pack Place Sign Generator before it’s too late!

Beer tasting: Be there!
Don’t forget! Magic Hat at the humble storefront tonight from 5-7pm. We’re tasting the Summer Scene sampler.

It’s just “Beer Y’all!”
The premiere of “Beer Y’all” is tonight at Asheville Brewing on Merrimon Ave. We still have $5 tickets available at the store. ($7 at the door) Come for the tasting and let’s go see a movie!

Re: Federal Beer Excise Action Alert
Sin taxes are the new black! More on the stuff we posted yesterday. This time from The American: “Hate the Sin, Tax the Sinner?” Great read. “It’s time to stop this nonsense. Whatever economic or social benefits one can dream up from the sin tax, we must also realize that the decision to tax must be weighed against the social benefits for reducing the behavior by slow and deliberate persuasion and voluntary action. When it comes to public policy, the preferred method of discouraging sin should fall under the category of alternative, mediating institutions, notably family, church, and school. That would leave government officials more time to focus on the sins they can really do something about—their own.”

So, how are you all feeling today? No reports of headaches at the humble storefront today. Must be because of all the tequila we didn’t drink. Just a bunch of work, ads, and other stuff. So, a few updates:

SOLD OUT
The Dogfish Head Mountain Weekend is officially SOLD OUT. No more tasting tickets and no more reservations at Zambra for the brunch. Sorry, folks! You can see Sam at the Thirsty Monk on Saturday, May 17 from 7-9pm. (We think Pint Night is going to be scary-packed, but it’s FREE. Maybe bring a helmet.)

Movie: Beer Y’all
The guys behind the new NC beer film “Beer Y’all” just dropped off some tix at the humble storefront for our valued customers. Only $5/ea for the premiere at Asheville Pizza & Brewing on Merrimon Ave. on May 21, 9pm. ($10/ea at the door) Come get yours and save $5!!

Another local brewery on Facebook
French Broad Brewing has just added a Facebook page. Go become a fan!

More Donkey Punch headed this way?
Sweetwater Brewing sent out a “tweet” today saying: “Donkey Punch Barleywine in a 22oz bottle slated for mid-June.” (Hate the name, not the beer.)

“Weird-Ass Beer of the Week”
San Fran apparently thinks that Hansenns Artisanal Strawberry Lambic (Oudbeitje) is “weird-ass.” It’s actually really tasty. We have some (for less $$ than in the article). Come try it.

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New movie, Beer Y’all, will premier at Asheville Pizza & Brewing on Thursday, May 21.

Synopsis: Beer. Rock & Roll. North Carolina.

In July 2008, seven friends spent nine days touring 27 North Carolina microbreweries and brewpubs and playing rock & roll. Beer Y’all is the movie they shot during the trip. Follow the film at http://beeryall.com

Beer Y’all premieres in screenings across North Carolina and on DVD in May 2009.

Yesterday we had an awesome time interviewing with Brian Cendrowski of Untamed Beer. (And a shout to his wife and camera person, Nicole.) We splayed out a bunch of rare goodies on the bar, chatted a while (much longer he planned, I think, but I babble), and sampled the new Japanese Baird Shizuoka Natsumikan Ale (tastes like marmalade!), Pisgah Vortex I Triple IPA, and De Stuise Black Albert.

About that time Dave Quinn, co-owner of Pisgah Brewing Co., showed up and chatted a bit, so that inspired us. Let’s go on a tour! We’re grateful our brewers are so accessible to people. Really, really grateful. We hopped on down to chat with John Stuart of Green Man, then Drew Barton of French Broad, and finally Tim Schaller and Carl Melissas of The Wedge. Good times! Look for the vlog post to appear early next week.

Brian’s got a really good round-up from Beer Wars, regarding the not-always-loved three-tier system. (We cover it briefly in the interview.) You should really read it. The laws of distribution around the country are often confusing, sometimes antiquated and usually frustrating. But it is what it is. *sigh*

Out of the interview, we learned a few things just by hanging and chatting. South Carolina stores can fill growlers but breweries can’t do samples. (Talk about ass-backwards.) Pisgah has made a special beer for the LEAF Festival—an amber, so fans of Fat Tire will love this local brew. John Stuart brewed his awesome Impy Stout to honor his 20th year of brewing. Drew and French Broad just signed-on with Empire Distributors and now have statewide distributing. Yay! The Wedge showed-off the awesome John Payne metal work and told us about their plans to show Thunder Road again this summer, but they’re going make an addition and have someone go around with a camera and do a side-by-side of Asheville then (in the movie) and now. Cool!