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.

Speakeasy Wine Dinner

Join us on Wednesday July 14th at 7:00pm for 6 wines paired with 6 amazing courses! We can't stress to you enough what a value this tasting is! The kitchen staff at Speakeasy always goes above and beyond when creating the gourmet tapas to accompany the wine.

Tickets are on $45 per person including gratuity!

Call SPEAKEASY for a reservation 706.546.5556

the wines:
Banfi Principessa Gavi Perlante
Bonny Doon Albarino
Domaine Schlumberger Riesling "Les Princes Abbes"
Banfi L'Ardi Dolcetto d'Aqui
Murphy Goode Merlot
Antano Crianza

Date:	Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Time:	7:00pm - 9:30pm
Location:	Speakeasy Restaurant, East Broad Street

Sour Beer Festival - Sunday July 11 2pm @ Aromas

10 DRAUGHT LINES AND 2 CASKS

Terrapin/ De Poef Monstre Rouge Imperial Flanders Red Ale
Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus
Boon Oude Lambic Mariage Parfait
Ommegang Rouge
New Belgium La Folie
New Belgium Eric's Ale
Jolly Pumpkin E.S. Bam
BFM La Cuirvree Sour Pale Lager
The Bruery special release to be announced
Bell's Poolside White Ale Brewed with Michiga Tart Cherries

Casks:
Saint Somewhere
Moon River

Both Casks were made specially for Aromas and Five Points Bottle

NO TICKETS NECESSARY   ---  BEERS SOLD INDIVIDUALLY

FUNKYFEST - SOUR BEER FESTIVAL

Hey beer fans...little teaser for ya...guess what Five Points Bottle and Aromas are hosting in July? A SOUR BEER FESTIVAL!! We're calling it FUNKYFEST and it's going to be AMAZING!

Aromas will fill their draught lines with only sour beers! Plus we will have a few super rare casks.
A few highlights: Cantillon Rose de G...ambrinus (a blended Lambic with Raspberries), Terrapin-De' Proef' Monstre Rouge Imperial Flanders Red Ale (DEBUT of the fourth in the De' Proef' Brewmaster's Collaboration Series), and back by popular demand the LAST keg of Ommegang Rouge in Athens!! More details to follow!