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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Brewers' Dinner - Wed Feb 9th 2011

Ladies and Gents, it's time for a wee feast!

Please keep in mind this is a scent-free event so please, no perfumes, colognes or other scented product.

Our latest beer dinner will showcase three of our own fine handcrafted beers and our welcoming beer of choice this time around is from the one and only Brewdog in the form of 5 a.m. Saint.
 
Come on down for an evening of great food, friends and beer. For 35 bones per head you just can't go wrong!


*When: 7:00PM Wednesday February 9th 2011

*Where: The Hart & Thistle: 1869 Upper Water St, Halifax, NS    T.902.407.4278 

*Tickets: $35.00 per person plus tax and gratuity - Call 902.407.4278 for reservations





The Menu:


Welcoming Beer  |  Amuse Bouche
- Brewdog 5 A.M. Saint -


 Charbroiled Red Fish | Soft Polenta | Smoked Vegetable Broth
-  90 Degree IPA  -


IBA Braised Coco Rabbit
Seasonal Vegetables | Chefs Potato
- Ink'd IBA -



 Eggnog Gelato Imperial Stout Float
Gingerbread Pudding | Commissar RIS Reduction




Monday, January 17, 2011

Commissar - Russian Imperial Stout

Born on January 17th 2011

Here it is folks, the moment we've been waiting for...

Commissar Russian Imperial Stout hits the taps today, Monday January 17th 2011 @ 4:00 pm. Three months in the making, fortified with bourbon, infused with vanilla beans and aged on oak this is sex in a glass. It's rich and luscious and at 10% ABV not to be messed with.

Enjoy.

Vital Stats:
Gravity - 22.9P/1.097
IBUs ~ 97
Hop Rate – 2.5 lbs/bbl
ABV - 10.0 %

Hops - Columbus, Centennial, Sorachi Ace
Colour ~ 55 SRM
Malts - Pale Ale, Crystal30, Crystal 75, Melanoidin, Chocolate

Adjuncts - Roasted barley, Dark Candi Syrup
Other - Bulliet Bourbon, Madagascar vanilla beans, Oak Spirals


Inspiration for the name comes from Russian revolutionist and later to be People's Commissar and founder of the Red Army Leon Trotsky who was taken prisoner here in Halifax by the British military in 1917 then held at a concentration camp in Amherst, NS until his release some time later. Read Trotsky's own account of the ordeal in his 1930 autobiography 'My Life'