Smokestack Series Beer Dinner at Newstead
July 8, 2008 Beer Events No Comments

Sorry about the late Round-Up, I’m currently in Kansas City for the Cards/Royals series. I plan on making a trip over to Boulevard and the Flying Saucer while I’m out here. Should be a blast. I’ll take lots of pictures. On to the Round-Up:
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Sorry for the small Round-Up today, everything just seems relatively quiet on the beer front in St. Louis.
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Nick Vickery of Schlafly Beer, sent me over the menu for the Schlafly beer dinner on Wednesday, May 14th at 7PM at the Newstead Tower Public House. Reservations are required and the cost is $40. You can make reservations by calling 314-535-7771.

If you haven’t already committed yourself to the Starr’s Beer Dinner (like I have) then you have two choices for beer dinners on Wednesday, April 30th. Newstead Tower Pub is keeping up with it’s commitment of hosting a beer dinner at least once a month and this time it’s to celebrate the upcoming St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival. Reservations are required for this event and the cost is $40. You can make your reservations by calling 314-535-7771.

Stephanie Kessler, the General Manager of Newstead Tower Public House, sent me over the menu for the New Belgium beer dinner they’re doing on Wednesday, April 9th at 7PM. Reservations are required and the cost is $40. You can make reservations by calling 314-535-7771.
Tags: beer dinner, new belgium, newstead tower pubIrene and I recently received some good news and I decided that we should celebrate by visiting Newstead Tower Public House. In reality we probably would have visited anyway, the celebrate is just an excuse to go. If you’re interested in a review of the food, I’d check in with a couple of guys that will do far better justice than I. But I’ll give you my thoughts from a beer nerd’s perspective.
Newstead Tower Public House
4353 Manchester Avenue (Map It)
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 535-7771
Beers: (Menu) The first thing you think of, or at least when I think of, when you hear the word “pub” is beer. Newstead carries 12 draught beers and 14 bottled beers. The 12 draught beers have a heavy emphasis on local and American craft beers, whereas the bottle selection tends toward European beers with a lot of the old standards (Orval, Smithwicks, Guinness, Sammy Smith). I appreciate the selections of the local beers, but I personally would have liked to have seen a couple of export draught selections as well. While by no means a terrible selection of beer, I think a little more creativity could have been put into the bottle selection. Perhaps the addition of a cask beer would have also lended a more authentic feel to the pub.
Food: (Menu) Instead of trying to juggle a number of different dishes, it looks like Chef Anthony Devoti has deicded on concentrating on kicked-up versions of classic pub cuisine. While the menu may seem limited, each dish seems like it’s extremely well put together and well-thought out. Prices are extremely reasonable as well.
Intangibles: This is an extremely beautiful location, with a warm and rich decor. This is a place where if I lived within walking distance I could see visiting on almost a nightly basis. While I’ve never visited a pub in the UK, this is almost exactly what I think of when I think of a pub. And if you’re lucky a Mardi Gras float will stop by.
Interesting Note: If the trend continues, it looks like Newstead will have a beer dinner at least once a month. This is an exciting proposition for those of us who love to see people pair food with beer.
I think Newstead is really on to something here and I can see myself visiting here quite often. The beer menu could perhaps use a little tinkering, but overall I think it’s living up to it’s gastropub moniker nicely.
Tags: beer dinner, beer menu, newstead tower pub, review, selectionFor those of you who haven’t quite yet made dinner plans for Valentine’s Day, let me remind you of Newstead Tower Pub’s Boulevard beer dinner. I was just send a copy of the menu for your perusal:

Laura Dale, the District Sales Manager for Boulevard sent me information about the next beer dinner at Newstead Tower Public House. Proving you can’t spell “Luv” without Boulevard, it’s a Valentine’s Day dinner featuring your favorite Boulevard products. Reservations are required, so make sure to call now to reserve your spot. Click the image below for more information.
Tags: beer dinner, boulevard, newstead tower pubI’ve just been told that Hopslam is now available at the Wine and Cheese Place in Clayton. Paul only received 8 cases, so you better get it while you can. Here’s this week’s Round-Up:
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