Chris “Ludacris” Bridges at 5Points Bottle Westside

This Wednesday Oct 13th Ludacris will be at our Westside store signing autographs and taking pictures! 

Ludacris will be signing bottles of his Conjure Cognac 4:30pm to 6pm. 

Must be 21, the bottle of Conjure must be purchased at the Westside store on the day of the signing, only one photo per bottle purchase.

 

Visit Conjure Cognac.

Abita SOS – A Charitable Pilsner for the Gulf

The centerpiece of a fundraising effort with the Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board is a new charitable beer created by Abita.

The brew, called SOS – A Charitable Pilsner, will generate 75¢ for every bottle sold. This Abita Beer is a message in a bottle...a distress signal for the troubled waters of our Gulf Coast. For every bottle sold Abita will donate 75¢ to the rescue and restoration of the environment, industry and individuals fighting to survive this disastrous oil spill.

This unfiltered Weizen Pils is made with Pilsner and Wheat malts. It is hopped and dry hopped with Sterling and German Perle hops. It has a brilliant gold color, a sweet malt flavor, and a pleasant bitterness and aroma.

Visit SOS ABITA to learn more and post your SOS message.


Find it at 5Points Bottle

Mixed Six Packs Available at 5PBWestside

Thanks in part to our recent expansion, Five Points Bottle Shop West is pleased to offer MIXED SIX PACKS.

Does your head spin a bit when you walk into our store and see ALL those beers? All those choices, all those labels and styles.  Exploring can be fun and we encourage our customers to try new beers. But we realize it can be a costly bummer if you plunk down 10 bucks for a beer you've never tried before and it's not your bag.  Choose-your-own, mixed (mix and match) 6-packs and let the fun begin.

American, Euro and more — Dogfish Head, Bell's, Weybacher, Allagash, Tilburg's and even Wells Banana Bread — we run the gamut on craft beer singles.

Vist our Westside location and you get to choose all 6 (or more) beers in your 6-pack from the 140+ beers we have hand-selected for 'singles' sales — at affordable pricing. 

Here's how it works. If you buy six beers you will receive a 10% discount on the total price of the six singles together. We sell singles as well of course, so if you do not want to try 6, you can get just one bottle or 2 or 3 or more.

So come to 5Points Bottle West and let our knowledgeable and friendly staff help you make a six pack to suit your particular tastes.

Aromas Brewhaha

Sunday August 29th 4pm

10 Special Draught Beers including:

Founders Black Biscuit
Founders Devil Dancer
Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout
Southern Tier Creme Brulee
Terrapin Hopzilla
The Bruery Tradewinds Triple
Cask of Bell's Two Hearted

Advice for the Bourbon Beginner

I like this simple approach to learning about Bourbon for beginner tasters. From the Chuck Cowdery Blog:

 My recommendation for a beginner is to work your way through the leading brands from the major producers -- Jim Beam white, Jack Daniel's No. 7, Evan Williams black, Wild Turkey 101.

 He says to taste them, compare them and most of all don't forget to smell them. From there on to step 2:

For the next round, pick the two or three of the first group that you liked best and figure out what that producer's step-up is. If you like Wild Turkey 101, you might want to step up to Russell's Reserve, Rare Breed or Kentucky Spirit.

After that, it makes sense, that you should be able to build on that technique and process to continue tasting more bourbons, comparing and just getting to know them.

Most of all, resist the lure of short cuts. They're a waste of time because they don't work. You don't become a bourbon connoisseur just because you drank a bottle of Pappy 23.

 Read the whole store here:

Advice For The Bourbon Beginner.

Six Course Wine Dinner @ Speakeasy

 

August 25 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Six wines paired with six courses for only $60 (includes gratuity).

Join us on Wednesday, August 25th at 7:00pm for a remarkable evening of wine and food bliss! Speakeasy is putting together a special menu to compliment six fantastic wines. Don't miss this opportunity to experience how wine and food can truly inspire one another. The price of $60 does include gratuity. The last dinner sold out quickly so get your seats today! Call Speakeasy to make a reservation 706-546-5556.

Menu and wine pairings will be posted ASP.

Speakeasy

269 East Broad Street

Athens, GA

AP.

Pleased to Meet You

Hugel & Fils' Alsace Man was in Athens this week to dine at The National and and share wine with local wine aficionados, including 5Points Bottle Shop Wine Consultant, Svetlanta Rostova.

Five Points Bottle Shop has long been a fan of Hugel & Fil and we carry both the Gentil and Pinot Gris. According to Svet, they are both beautiful wines. "The Gentil is very easy to drink and refreshing," she says, "while the Pinot Gris is powerful and good with spicy food."

From Salon.com explains:

"Pinot Gris (the "Gray" Pinot) is the grape, found most prominently in Alsace, France. A variant of the Pinot Noir grape (as is Pinot Blanc), it's hard to tell in the vineyard if a grape is Pinot Gris or Pinot Noir until the veraison, the moment when ripening begins and the grapes change into their true color. Although Alsatians think of it as a white grape, most Italians think of Pinot Gris as red, but in the end this may be a difference without a distinction, as the grape is most often treated as a white grape in the winemaking process."

Frederick Wildman writes about the producer:

The golden rule at Hugel is "The wine is already in the grape". As soon as they arrive at the Hugel premises in the heart of Riquewihr, the grapes are classified according to precise and strict criteria of quality. The presses are filled by gravity, not by pumping. After slow crushing, only the first part of the juice is conserved to merit the famous yellow label. The individuality of each grape variety and of each level of quality is respected."

Thanks, Alsace Man for stopping by our store.  It was a real pleasure.