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Boulevard Beer Buffet!

July 13, 2009 from 6pm to 10pm – Kindling Spirits

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My second article for Beer Connoisseur was just posted and it's a timely one for a couple of reasons. For one, the Saison style is one of my personal favorite summertime beers, hands down. Who am I kidding? Saisons are one of my favorite beers regardless of season.

The other reason is that, for the intrepid brewer, saisons are also a terrific style to brew in warm weather as they benefit from a relatively hot primary fermentation. In fact, members of the Aleuminati Alechemists are taking advantage of this fact even now for our third collaborative beer brewing session. I hope to get in on this action soon as well, but with a baby due to arrive any day now, I'm gonna wait until I can focus on the beer again. Until then, you can read about the saison-brewing exploits of Aleuminati luminaries like Ray Grace and Rob DeNunzio right here.

Oh, and if you haven't subscribed to Beer Connoisseur Magazine yet, and want to become a founding member - complete with many additional benefits - I invite you to use my special invitation code when you subscribe. Just enter FBC-0102 in the 'Promotions' field when subscribing!

Cheers!

Boulevard Beer Buffet!

On Monday, July 13th we're gonna take our usual "Drink Wisely" session at Kindling Spirits down a new path ... or perhaps I should say a new Boulevard!

Boulevard Brewing Co. has partnered with beerphilosopher.com and Kindling Spirits to bring you an evening of great beer, great food and great conversation around the other two!

Beginning at 6PM, we'll host a casual "meet and greet" featuring some fine Boulevard beer in a way you've likely never seen it before - packaged in new aluminum bottles! This is your chance to sample some beer and give the brewery feedback on their new packaging. I don't know about you, but I could definitely fit some Boulevard aluminum bottles in my cooler for upcoming Sunset Concerts! Let 'em know if this is a product you'd like to see hit our local market!

After the meet and greet wraps up, we'll convene in Kindling's banquet room at 7PM for a session of Boulevard beers, including Unfiltered Wheat, Single-wide IPA and the Smokestack Series The Sixth Glass - accompanied by one of Kindling's excellent buffet-style dinner spreads which I'm told will feature a nice salad, chips and their bistro-style steak sandwich.

I can taste it already!

As if that weren't enough, Nicole from Boulevard is gonna walk us through the featured beers during dinner and then break out a special "mystery beer" she's bringing in just for the event. I don't know what it is yet, but it promises to be something unique and elusive. How do you like that, fellow beer geeks?

Seating is very limited, so be sure and RSVP early to get a spot. They'll undoubtedly fill up fast!

Tickets are only $15 each.

Kindling Spirits is located at 1420 Main St. in Crainville, IL (just east of the Carterville crossroads in the old Pioneer Cabin location).

Please RSVP to (618) 985-2226 and tell 'em the Beer Philosopher sent ya!

This is sure to be a terrific night and let's face it, you can't eat a decent meal for this price anywhere else in the region and get great food, great beer and increase your beer IQ all at the same time.

RSVP ASAP!

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THIS JUST IN!!! Boulevard dinner is selling out QUICK! If you're around, and available, be sure to RSVP right away to Kindling by stopping in or calling (618) 985-2226! We'd hate to turn anyone away, but we can only seat 40, so get on it!

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Favorite beer style(s) of the moment:: Being the "founder of the feast," so to speak, I suppose I had better remain objective. Suffice to say there are few styles I don't like in some measure. No matter the style, or sub-style, every beer has some redeeming quality or it wouldn't be beer at all ... how's that for dancing around the question? Who writes this stuff, anyway? Ohhh ... never mind.

Who am I?:: Proud husband, father and founder of beerphilosopher.com and the Aleuminati here. I am a freelance beer writer and certified beer geek (sans beer gut, thank you). Although the afore-mentioned are my primary haunts, I am also an editor and beer-channel steward for helium.com.

Let's see ... I'm ordained (don't ask), have a black belt ... and hate eggplant. That's important.

Oh, and back to the beer ... I'm a home brewer of questionable talent.

The rest of the stuff is pretty boring.

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How did you find out about the Aleuminati?: It just came to me one day and I know I had to do something with it! So I did.

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At 4:25pm on June 21, 2009, Rob Boostrom said…: Very informative! Thank you for the tips.

At 12:00pm on June 20, 2009, Rob Boostrom said…: I need your opinion. A recent item in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch suggests that for bottle-conditioned beers one should be cautious about letting the yeast get into the glass.

It has been my understanding that any sediment in a bottle should be swirled around with the last inch or so of liquid and then poured in. Is that just the case with unfiltered wheats or would that apply here as well? The comment in question is about half way through the article.

At 7:28pm on June 15, 2009, WuWeiBrewing said…: Thanks!

At 7:53am on May 31, 2009, Celeste Goff said…: Thanks Shawn!

At 8:49am on May 20, 2009, Barry Steel said…: hey shawn
thanks for the invite ...
just finished f=drinking a 5 week old cervecia that is made with the zest of 2 lemons which grow in my garden ... home brew is great and so drinkable in australia

At 2:31pm on May 15, 2009, Mark the Video Beer Reviewer said…: Thanks for the warm welcome Shawn and the kind words on my blog! I'm looking forward to participating in the community. I will post at least some of my beer review videos here. Hopefully they can contribute to the love of good beer. Cheers!

Mark

At 3:52pm on May 12, 2009, Wordguy said…: Thanks for the welcome Shawn. I've been meaning to try that DFH Brown. Nice review.

-Alan

At 11:23pm on April 24, 2009, The Local Brew said…: Shawn,
Thanks for posting the "I Am A Craft Brewer" piece on facebook! We are still in Boston, but as soon as we get back to Long Beach, Aleuminati will get a fresh new upload of the video straight from our hard drives! For now, people can check it out on Vimeo.

At 10:47am on April 24, 2009, Travis said…: I was at the Schlafly festival. Well run event, and they took real good care of us. Were you there?

At 8:59am on April 20, 2009, Lost said…: Thanks for the complement on my blog!

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