Crown Valley Brewery will be hosting a Super Bowl Party this Sunday night, February 7th starting a 6PM.

Crown Valley will be offering up an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet that will include wings, nachos, burger sliders, bison meatballs, chips & dip, toasted ravioli, cheese & sausage, veggie tray and a bevy of desserts.

Not only will your ticket include all of those snacks, but draught beer will be available all day for $2 per glass.  If the game isn’t exciting enough for you, they’ll be having contests and prizes all game long.

All inclusive tickets for this event are $30 and you must RSVP by calling 573-756-9700.

Crown Valley Brewery will be hosting their inaugural Brewmaster’s Dinner this Friday night, October 2nd.  Happy Hour begins at 6PM with the dinner beginning at 7:30PM.

Crown Valley will be offering up a four course meal that will pay tribute to some of Oktoberfest’s most delicious dishes.  Each course will be paired with a different Crown Valley Beer.

This event will also provide you with the first opportunity to try CV’s newest release, Oktoberfest Beer.  It will also allow you to tour their very impressive brewing facility and meet the brewers that brew the beer.

Tickets for this event at $45 and you must RSVP by calling 573-756-9700.

As you may remember from last week’s post, Crown Valley Brewery opened on May 2nd to the public, but I had a chance to get a sneak peak of the new brewery last Friday evening. Initial impressions are, “Wow.”  There was obviously a lot of love and money put into this venture.

I’ve heard all along that their intention is to become one of the biggest craft breweries in Missouri and based on the equipment I’ve seen, they’ve certainly got the opportunity to take a shot at it.  But only time will tell.

Here are some photos from the VIP event they put on.

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While you’ve been able to get their beer around town for the past few weeks, it looks like the new Crown Valley Brewery and Distillery will be open for business on May 2nd.

This will provide you with the chance to not only try some of the beer from the newest brewery in Missouri, but to also see the state of the art brewing facility that they have in place at Crown Valley.  Here’s some details about the brewery from the press release:

The 70-foot coppertop tasting bar is the centerpiece in the heart of the brewery. Its surroundings feature rustic alder wood walls, a stone fireplace, high definition televisions and a close-up view of the distillery and bottling line.

But it doesn’t stop there – behind the brewery is our beer garden complete with a fire pit and plenty of seating to enjoy the panoramic countryside.
The Brewery will feature handcrafted beers that include American Blonde Ale, Amber Lager, Porter, Traditional Wheat, Cider, Dubbel and Raspberry Wheat beers – all produced in the state-of-the-art 15-barrel microbrewery.

Sounds like an interesting weekend drive.  Though I will stress that one of my concerns is that this is an hour and a half drive from St. Louis and Crown Valley isn’t offering any food to eat while sampling beers.  Though I’m sure they’ve  had plenty of experience with intoxicated patrons due to wine sampling, it seems to be a major area of concern to have people drinking beer without anything to sop up the alocohol.  Hopefully this isn’t an issue that has been overlooked.

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Levar Burton was right, reading is important.  Had I read a little further down the press release I would have seen:

After sampling our beers made exclusively in Ste. Genevieve, guests can visit the country store for sandwiches and salads, Crown Valley gourmet food products and many other Missouri-made items. Or they can relax and indulge in a cup of gourmet coffee that is freshly roasted and brewed on-site.

A warm meal would be nice, but I guess this is better than nothing.

As many of you know, the Ste. Genevieve mainstay Crown Valley Winery has expanded into the brewing and distilling business. The new Crown Valley Brewery and Distillery and Brewmaster Mark Walters is eager to show off his handy-work.  Here is a list of where you can find some of their beers around St. Louis:

Draught:

• Big Bison Ale (Belgian Dubbel) – Tanglefoot Steak House (Festus, MO)
• Worktruck Wheat (Hefeweizen) – The Shaved Duck
• Old School Pilsener ( Bohemian Pils) – International Tap House & Thurman Grill & Provisions
• Raspberry Wheat – Al Hrabosky’s Ballpark Saloon

Bottles:

• Antique Amber Lager -  The Wine Experience Outlet,13216 Tesson Ferry Rd. St Louis (Both Bottled Beers Available)
• Plowboy Porter -  The Wine Experience, 12478 St. Charles Rock Rd., Bridgeton (Both Bottled Beers Available)

Brewmaster Mark Walters provide me with a description of each beer for your perusal:

Big Bison Ale – Belgian Style Dubbel brewed with German and Belgian Malts and a Trappist yeast strain,noble hops and large amounts of candy sugar. Deep ruby color with hints of dried fruits. (O.G. 17.5 ABV 7.2%)

Worktruck Wheat - Bavarian Style Hefeweizen brewed with all German Malts and hops. Unfiltered with big notes of banana and clove. (O.G. 13.1 ABV 5.2%)

Antique Amber Lager – An American Lager brewed with German Pilsner , Caramel malts and Hallertau Mittlefruh hops. An easy drinking session beer. (O.G.12.5 ABV 5.4%)

Raspberry Wheat – A light bodied American Wheat Beer aged on Oregon Raspberries for a big Raspberry nose but a mild Raspberry flavor. (O.G. 12.0 ABV 5.3%)

Old School Pilsener – Our Bohemian Style Pilsener. Brewed with all German Malts and generous amounts of Czech Saaz. Big hop aroma and flavor. (O.G. 13.8 ABV 5.6%)

Plowboy Porter – An well balanced English style Porter brewed with Pale,Chocolate and caramel malts complimented by English Fuggles. (O.G. 14.0 ABV 5.4%)

The Ste. Genevieve mainstay Crown Valley Winery is expanding into the brewing and distilling business.  The new Crown Valley Brewery and Distillery will be opening soon and Brewmaster Mark Walters is eager to show off his handy-work.  Mark will be at Spokes Pub and Grill from 1Pm-5PM on Saturday, January 31st.

Mark will be bringing along their first six beers to sample, which are the Sleighbell Spiced Ale, Barnwood Blonde Ale, Old School Pilsner, Big Bison Ale (dubbel), Crown Valley Raspberry Wheat and Worktruck Wheat (hefeweizen).  According to Sauce Magazine, Crown Valley is set to open this spring with a 120-seat taproom and a 150-seat beer garden.