I’ve been told by a number of people that Burns Night at the Schlafly Tap Room is one of their favorite beer events in St. Louis. I can now proudly count myself as one of those people as well.
If you’ve never attended, you must try and do it at least one. The pageantry, the revelry, the poetry, the delicacies and of course the beer. It makes for one hell of an evening. If you weren’t able to attend, here’s some photos from the evening.
“Get yer haggis, right here. Chopped heart and lungs boiled in a wee sheeps’ stomach. Taste’s as good as it sounds. Good for what ails ya….”
Groundskeeper Willie
Schlafly will be holding their longest running event, Burns Night, this Monday, January 25th which is devoted to Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns. Beginning at 5pm, you’ll start to see a bunch of people proudly sporting the tartan ready to get their fill of Scottish delights such as haggis, shepherd’s pie and scotch eggs.
Sit back and listen as St. Louis Brewery co-founder Tom Schlafly recites his yearly poem and then wait for them to release this year’s addition of the Scotch Ale. I have not yet attended this event, but I’ve heard from many people it’s one of the best beer events in St. Louis.
So dust off your bagpipe and your kilt and get your arse to the Tap Room on Monday night.
If you’re a new homebrewer or you’re just looking at upgrading some equipment then you may want to block away some time this Sunday, September 27th from 12:30 until 3:00 PM for the St. Louis Area Brewers Flea Market located in the parking lot of the Schlafly Tap Room.
Homebrewers from the area will be peddling their wares and you may be able to pick up quite a bargain on some used equipment. You can also sell some equipment of your own, for more information check out the St. Louis Brews forum and I’m sure I’ll see you there.
If you’ve never had some of Schlafly’s Belgian offerings, this weekend’s Belgian Beer and Mussle Mania Schlafly Tap Room gives you the perfect opportunity to try them. Stephen Hale sent me over a list of some of the treats Schlafly has in store for this weekend:
Oh, I hear there will be some mussels too. This “festival” runs on Friday, July 24th and Saturday, July 25th from 5:00 p.m.-Midnight both days. There is no cost for the event, just show up and buy some mussels and beer!
While these obviously won’t be ready for next week’s Cod and Cask Festival at the Schlafly Tap Room, they will be ready this spring. I hope you like Real Ale, because we’re about to get a whole lot of it!
Rather than sit back on the success of the Biere de Garde, Schlafly has decided to expand their offerings in their Bottled Conditioned series with a Tripel and Grand Cru. Regular customers of the Schlafly Tap Room will be familiar with both of these offerings, but may be impressed by the unique flavor and aroma contributions of bottle conditioning. Both of these beers were being shipped to wholesalers this week and should be on store shelves this weekend.
How often has this happened to you? You’ve wandered down to the Schlafly Tap Room on a Tuesday or Wednesday and try and order up a delicious pint of cask ale and you’re quickly told, “Sorry, we’re out of the cask beer.” It’s a harrowing tale, to be sure, but it looks like those scary days are now behind us. According to Mitch Turner, two different casks of beer will now be available at the Tap Room seven days a week.
Now, there are two caveats with this. The first is that since these are casks beers they can be tempermental and there may be times where two casks may not be available. Though if the server tells you that there is only a single choice for your cask pleasure, I’m sure you’re somehow recover. The second caveat is that it’s up to us beer aficionadosto make sure these casks continue to run dry.
As you may know, cask beer has a relatively short shelf life of about seven days, so if it all doesn’t get drunk up, it goes to waste. If it starts going to waste, then they’ll probably scale back to one or two casks per week again. We don’t want to see this happen, do we? So do your part and drink up!
Shout out to Carl for bringing this to my attention.
