Drinking Winter beer to wash down the holidaze

Winter beers pouring now and in the waiting at The Gate. Happy Holidays!!

1. Guinness - Dublin
2. Boddingtons - Strangeways Brewery, Manchester
3. Old Speckled Hen - Abbot House, Westgate Brewery, Bury St. Edmund's
4. Sierra Nevada Extra Special Pale Ale changing to Sierra Celebration - Chico, CA
5. Stella Artois - Louvain, Belgium
6. Brooklyn Lager - Brooklyn, NY
7. Smuttynose Wheat Wine - Portsmouth, NH - changing to Arcadia Hopmouth - Battle Creek, MI
8. Brooklyn Brewmasters Reserve Cuvee D'Achouffe - Brooklyn, NY
9. Anchor Christmas Ale - San Francisco, CA
10. Avery 13 - Boulder, CO - changing to Brooklyn Monster Barleywine - Brooklyn, NY
11. Ithaca Double IPA - Ithaca, NY - changing to Magic Hat Roxy Rolles - Burlington, VT
12. Steinlager - New Zealand - changing to Harpoon Bohemian Pilsner 100 bl series #15 - Windsor, VT
13. EKU - Kulmbach, Germany - changing to Radeberger Pilsner - Frankfurt, Germany
14. Yuengling Lager - Pottsville, PA
15. Heavyweight StickenJab Alt - Ocean Township, NJ - changing to Arcadia London Porter Ale - Battle Creek, MI
16. Lagunitas Censored Ale changing to Lagunitas Imperial Red - Petaluma, CA
17. Kelso Nut Brown Ale - Brooklyn, NY
18. Hofbräu Hefeweizen - Munich, Germany
19. Weyerbacher Prophecy changing to Weyerbacher Winter 2005! - Easton, PA
20. Hebrew Genesis Ale changing to Hebrew RIPA - New York
21. Legacy Euphoria Ale - Reading, PA - changing to Blue Point Winter Ale - Long Island, NY
22. Hoegaarden - Hoegaarden, Belgium - changing to Chimay Tripel - Notre-Dame de Scourmont, Chimay, Belgium
23. Smuttynose Winter Ale 2005! - Portsmouth, NH - Taste the difference a year makes...
24. Blackthorn Cider - Somerset, England

Other beers in the pipeline are: Arcadia Cereal Killer, Legacy Hedonism Ale, Lagunitas Undercover Shutdown Ale, Abita Christmas as well as many finely aged porters, stouts, barleywines and christmas ales!

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A few of this week's featured beers described...

Head down to our corner and give a few of these beers a try - while supplies last!

AVERY 13 - Weizen Bock - 9.5% ABV
Unlucky 13? If anything, 13 has been a lucky number and year for us! Here is our version of a Weizen Doppelbock, a very rarely brewed style marrying the complexities of two great German traditions, Weiss and Doppelbock. The aroma is dominated by fruity and spicy esters produced by the German Weiss yeast strain with a dry drinkability from the wheat malt. The flavor and color are dominated by the unique specialty grains that produce the Doppelbocks flavors of fresh baked bread, toffee and cocoa, and a dark-ruby red hue. Since goats have traditionally adorned Bock labels, we chose a Rocky Mountain Goat for this Rocky Mountain Bock. Peace to all and follow your dreams! Brewed with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, malted wheat, imported German specialty grains and hops, and one unique German yeast.

WEYERBACHER PROPHECY - Abbey Tripel - 9.3% ABV
Merry Monks' Tripel aged in bourbon barrels -
Merry Monks Tripel: premium Pilsener malts, candi-sugar, and yeast strains- all imported from Belgium. True to style, our Trippel is bottle/keg conditioned. This means we add a bit of candi-sugar and yeast just prior to bottling/kegging. This imparts a special effervescence to the beer, a creamier carbonation, and also extends the shelf life. The on-going fermentation inside the bottle/keg will change the character of the beer as it ages, and you'll find it becomes drier with age. You may want to lay this beer down for future evaluation.

SMUTTYNOSE WINTER ALE - Abbey Dubbel - 6.8% ABV
A full-bodied, amber beer brewed with a special Trappist ale yeast. Stylistically reminiscent of a Belgian Abbey Double, it features fruity aromas and flavor, balanced by soft Crystal hops. Warming, mellow & pleasantly complex. 2005 is the inaugural year for this beer.

SMUTTYNOSE WHEAT WINE - American Wheat Wine - 11% ABV
Another recently created American style, wheat wine, as its name implies, is a strong ale made with a substantial measure of malted wheat as well as barley. A close cousin to barleywines, wheat wines are typically strong, full bodied, deep gold to amber in color and feature a subtle soft tangy flavor derived from their wheat malt.

HEAVYWEIGHT STICKENJAB ALT BIER - Alt/Lager/Sticke - 6.4% ABV
Style be damned! An Alt that's a lager? Stickenjab is a sticke or secret alt that was smacked upside the head with lots-o-German hops. Formulated in the collective mind of NJAB (New Jersey Association of Beerwriters), this beer is one of a series of collaborative brews. Munich and pilsner malts support an armful of Hersbrucker hops. Crisp, clean amber brew.

SOUTHERN TIER UNEARTHLY IMPERIAL IPA- Double IPA - 11% ABV
An Uninhibited Infusion of Hops. We continue our commitment to innovation with our most aggressive offering yet Unearthly is a manifestation of the brewers crafts skillfully balancing art and the forces of nature to produce a divine liquid. Delicately pour a taste into a fluted glass. Smell the enchanting aromas of the hops come forward as your first sip divulges this beer’s fervent soul. To underestimate Unearthly is to trifle with the mysteries of the universe so please consume wisely.

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This Weeks Draughts!

Here's what we're pouring at the Gate this week. If one you like is being replaced, come help finish off the keg!! If one is in the waiting that you love, come help finish the keg standing in it's way!!

1. Guinness
2. Boddingtons
3. Old Speckled Hen
4. Dogfish 90 Minute IPA - changing to Sierra Nevada Extra Special Ale
5. Stella Artois
6. Brooklyn Lager
7. Smuttynose Wheat Wine
8. Sly Fox Christmas Ale - changing to Anchor Christmas 2006
9. Fullers ESB
10. Avery 13 - changing to Brooklyn Monster Barleywine
11. Ithaca Double IPA
12. Steinlager
13. EKU - changing to Radeberger Pilsner
14. Yuengling Lager
15. Heavyweight Alt (LAST ONE) - changing to Arcadia London Porter
16. Lagunitas Censored Ale - changing to Lagunitas Imperial Red
17. Rodenbach - changing to Kelso Nut Brown
18. Hofbrau Hefe Weizen
19. Weyerbacher Prophecy - changing to Weyerbacher Winter 2005!
20. Hebrew Genesis Ale - changing to Hebrew RIPA
21. Southern Tier Unearthly IPA - changing to Legacy Euphoria Ale
22. Hoegaarden - changing to Chimay Tripel
23. Smuttynose Winter 2005!
24. Blackthorn Hard Cider

Most likely coming soon, depending on the weather, depending on our mood, depending on any number of other things. Keep your eyes open: Sierra Porter, aged Red Hook Dry Stout, Sly Fox O'Rielly's Stout, Arcadia Hop Mouth, Arcadia Cereal Killer Barleywine, Legacy Hedonism Ale and Harpoon Winter Warmer to name a few.

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Live Music on Thursday!

Hey Everyone,
This Thursday, December 14th, at The Gate:
Megan Van Dusen and Bill Fiorella
plus Very Special Guest Stuffy Shmitt
celebrate the release of
Megan & Bill's new CD "This Country Life"

Music starts at 8:30pm. BE THERE!!

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Blogging from the Gate, Brooklyn

It's hard for me to keep up with the beers we serve because there are so many and they change so often. Fortunately I can keep tabs pretty easily, but I don't think everyone else can.

So as a service to everyone out there on the internets, I will now provide a weekly list of the fine brews pouring from our taps. You keep an eye out, and come in for a pint of your favorites or those you're curious to try. I'm sure you will only be happier when you leave (a few hours later...)!

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