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**** For
December, Beer Friday is Tomorrow, 1 Week
Early, on the 18th ****
We
are busy getting beer and root beer ready for the holidays - we admit we
slacked on home decorating. . .
Yes
we will be filling our ½ Gallon Refillable Growlers Wednesday – just in time for
the Holidays! Preorder now! Growlers@DevilsCanyon.com
Hosting a party? Going to a party? Looking for a last minute gift?
We have some exciting specials listed below! Like . . . Barleywine!
New Subscriber? Beer
Friday Info!
Devil's Canyon Brewery is a brewery
and is generally not open to the public. We sell our beer to bars and
restaurants up and down the peninsula. Here's the current list of locations.
If someone forwarded you this email, please check out the website and join the mailing
list.
On the last Friday
of the month we open our doors to the public at 6pm (Beer Club
Members: 5:30pm) and have 2 or 3 live bands. There is no cover charge. Your
first drink of the night is $8.00. You get to keep the Devil's Canyon pint
glass and bring it back to future events (Reduce, Reuse!). After that, drinks
are only $4.00. Food, Wine, Root Beer and Water is also available.
We are family
friendly but the brewery is not “kid-proof” so keep an eye on the little ones!
We can’t be held responsible if they get all Augustus Gloop’d Willy Wonka
style.
If you or
an acquaintance own a bar, restaurant
or somewhere that local award-winning beer and root beer isn’t being served –
talk to us! We’d love to do a tasting and see what styles fit best at your
location.
If you are
a local business that
may be able to use our beers and root beers in your recipes – we are very
interested in that as well. Ask us about our partnership program.
Our Website
It’s VERY
interactive. Take a look around. There is a calendar of events, a calendar of
locations running specials on our products, photos from events, tap locations
and more: www.DevilsCanyon.com
Happy Hour Specials
Did you know that we have a
calendar listing off all the Devil’s Canyon Specific Happy Hour Specials?
Take a look
at http://www.devilscanyonbrewery.com/calendar/
for one near you!
If you have a
favorite watering hole that pours Devil’s Canyon and they don’t have a Devil’s
Canyon beer special ask them about it and then let us know!
We’ll try to
get one rolling for ya!
Last Chance for the 2nd
Harvest Food Drive and Raffle
The 2nd Harvest
Holiday Food & Fund Drive is in full swing and we need your help. In these
tough economic times they are seeing an unprecedented number people seeking
food assistance, some for the very first time. Now more than ever their
services are needed to ensure that those being negatively affected by the
economic downturn and high food prices have access to the healthy food they
need to feed themselves and their families. 96¢ of every $1 donated is used to feed hungry people in
our community.
Devil’s Canyon Brewery is proud to be a 2nd Harvest supporter. We
have a donation bin located at the brewery, last Beer Friday we raffled off
growlers and a Christmas tree, this Beer Friday we will be raffling off highly
coveted ½ Gallon Refillable Growlers of our beer (or root beer!)
How can you get in on the raffle? Simply bring at
least 5 canned food items or donate $10 in cash, get a raffle ticket from Dan,
and squeal “Me, Me, Me, Me, Me” like a little girl as we hold the drawing. Must
be present to win!
Second Harvest Food
Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties has been providing services to the
community for 35 years. They are the single largest nonprofit provider of food
to low-income households in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties and are the
seventh largest food bank in the country. They provide food to an average of
176,000 individuals each month. Of those they serve, 67% are families with
children and 12% are senior citizens.
Everyone
on staff at Devil’s Canyon thanks you for your continued support of local
businesses and your local brewery.
This
holiday season let’s reach out even further and support those families in our
local community that need a helping hand.
Thank
You.
Devil’s Canyon Group
on Facebook
Simply Click Here and select "Become A Fan"
We
have also added a “Become a Friend” window on the brewery’s homepage.
Last
month we had 441 fans – this month we are looking at 541!
Very
Cool!
BFF!
Brewer’s Burp? – Well
Pardon Me!
This is
only going out to the Mailer Subscribers and Twitter Subscribers. The Uber Fans. The Deadicated Ones.
Beer Friday gets crowded. It’s a lot
of fun, but a lot of people know about it.
Do you know what’s
less predictable? Burps.
Never know
when one’s gonna come up - Kinda’ like our new Brewer’s Burp Parties.
Ya just never
know when we are going to twitter “BURP 03July, 6pm” or “BURP – Bring Your
Pool!” or something like that. However, you now know that it means we will be
open, informal and you better be ready for the unexpected even though,
technically, that is impossible – like giving 110%. But you get the idea. Watch
for BURP announcements.
Twitter Messages
Got a Twitter
account? More and more we are sending updates, announcements and real time
reports via twitter!
Follow
us: “DevilsCanyon”
You can see
our “tweets” on the front-page of the Devil’s Canyon website. We send out
secret, timely messages using it.
UPDATE! We
have added 2 Twitter “Lists”
·
Click here
to see the twitter stream of our Customers that use Twitter
·
Click
here to see a list of all the Bay Area Breweries that are using
Twitter
Scotch Ale, Lager and
Root Beer Cupcakes
We have partnered with Pastry a Go-Go,
a local San Mateo specialty bakery, and they have been
working our beer into several unique recipes. Owner Laura Mason makes
all of her desserts with premium quality ingredients that result in superior
quality and texture. We had her amazing treats at several Beer Friday’s now and
the response has been overwhelming!
We want to
remind you that you can order their delicious Devil’s Canyon Bakery offerings
through the website at http://pastryagogo.com
whenever the craving hits!
You can
follow the Pastry a Go-Go twitter feed at http://twitter.com/pastryagogo .
Beer
Cupcakes at Beer Friday? Check! Available to
order at anytime through PastryAGoGo.com? Doublecheck and Yum!
Did
You Miss The Santa Beer Bus!
Next Beer Bus
will be in the Spring. Watch the brewery calendar and Twitter feed for details.
Photos of
the 2009 Santa Bus are in the Photo Gallery
Size
of Last Month’s eMail
Apologies
for not compressing images before sending the last email, but thank you to the person
who emailed and let us know we needed to get our act together.
Photos
compressed!
Rare
Devil’s Canyon Winter Ale Available
It’s here
and we only have 2 - 13.2g kegs and 11 -5g kegs of it available!
A warming
winter ale, with rich flavors of caramel malt, honey and brown sugar, and
holiday spices. Balanced by a citrus and pine hop finish.
Our Winter
Ale is available in kegs, refillable ½ gallon growlers and will be on tap
outside during Beer Friday!
Pre-Orders: Growlers@DevilsCanyon.com
Uber-Uber-Uber
Rare Barrel of Monkeys Barley Wine Available
Bourbon Barrel aged for 8 Months, it’s
been a while since we have had our award winning Barley Wine available.
Pre-Order
ONLY! BarleyWine@DevilsCanyon.com
Limit 1
per person
16oz bottle,
abv. 17%, $20 each
December
SPECIALS
Well
we just mentioned the Winter ale and the barley wine . .
That
leaves us with reminding you that if you are going to a friend’s house, hosting
a party or looking for a last minute gift please consider:
Gift
Certificates
·
Refillable
growlers
·
Brew
On Premise
·
Any
Dollar Amount
Tap
Handles for your home kegerators
Tap
Tail Vinyl Stickers! (See Below)
Items
from Pastry-a-Go Go
There’s
our “hard sell” – hope it wasn’t too painful.
Tap
Tail Vinyl Stickers Now Available
Well this is exciting – several nights
spent at Tech Shop using
sophisticated computer stuff and a vinyl cutting machine has produced the first
ever available Devil’s Canyon bumper sticker-like tap tail laminate!
We
have had people ask us repeatedly about getting bumper stickers from the
brewery but we have never been able to figure out the best phrase or design to
put on one.
“Drink
Local Beer” or “Support Your Local Brewery” sounds great in a staff meeting.
It’s a different ball of wax when you get stopped for accidentally rolling a
stop-sign on a Saturday night.
The
answer came to use as we poured a nice frosty draught Root-Beer (now
available in refillable ½ gallon Growlers.)
The Tap Handle!
We
have a limited supply of sizes from 1” to 12” but we will be making more
so if you don’t get one this Beer Friday you can grab one anytime you stop by
to refill a growler or say hello.
Send photos of your Tap Tail to TapTail@DevilsCanyon.com - and here are the Tap Tail Directions (PDF) for your early perusal.
Brew On Premise – Our Gear, Your Beer
What if you could
make your own beer on a professional brewing system, under the guidance of award-winning
brewers? You could tweak that special homebrew recipe, have a company
team-building event, or just meet up with your mates.
Devil’s
Canyon Brewery is the only location in the San Francisco Bay Area that still
have a Brew On Premise program!
During
the approx. 5 hour process under the guidance of an award-winning brewer, you
will make enough beer for a 13.2 gallon keg or about 5 cases of 22oz bottled
beers.
Make
it an event with friends and you can mix and match cases of your different
brews.
This
is a perfect activity for a unique twist on any type of event you might host.
BOPs
are extremely sought after and they fill up almost as soon as we announce them.
·
Your
best bet is to ensure you are on our Twitter feed. That is the first
place we will post a notification.
·
Secondly,
check the website and the brewery
calendar.
·
Lastly,
simply ask the BOP Coordinator when
the next one is!
If you
have a special need to use our brewing system we do occasionally run batches
for special group events. Please contact us with the
details of your idea!
Special New Years Eve
BLAST!
Details
to follow, but if you don’t have plans for New Year’s Eve consider a VERY
affordable:
Thursday,
December 31st, 8pm-1am. Pathetic Honey with the Day Late Fools
The Mountain Terrance (http://themountainterrace.com )
$10
Cover include champagne toast at midnight.
We will
send out additional details next week, but suffice to say, some special Devil’s
Canyon products will be present . . .
Full Boar Scotch Ale
– Hopscotch Cheddar Cheese
In case you don’t
know . . .
Hopscotch
is a gold medal winning cheddar cheese from Fiscalini, soaked in Devil’s Canyon
Brewing Company’s award winning Full Boar Scotch Ale!
Immediately
after the cheddar has been milled, the milled curds are soaked in the Scotch
Ale for two hours. Then, the cheese is placed in molds and pressed for 18
hours. After pressing, the 40 pound blocks are weighed, vacuum sealed and boxed
for aging. The appearance is pleasing as the white cheddar is highlighted by
the dark beer surrounding each of the pressed curds. At 4 to 5 months the
flavor of the cheddar and the ale engage in a unique tasting experience, and
becomes more intense with further aging.
A great
cheese alone, it is also wonderful melted on pizza, burgers, quesadillas, mac
‘n cheese, etc. We also recommend pairing Hopscotch Cheddar with Devil’s
Canyon’s Full Boar Scotch Ale, or any of their award winning beers.
Available
online from http://www.GreateerCheese.com/
, it has
come to our attention that Bianchini’s Market - good old fashioned service in the
heart of San Carlos - now has it as well!
(Bianchini’s
Twitter? http://twitter.com/Bianchinis)
What are
you waiting for? Get Moooo-ving! (Sorry.)
Dock Sales
Did you know
you can buy Growlers of Root Beer and Kegs of our Beer directly from the
brewery?
Just call the
brewery!
We will get your full name & phone
number, and schedule a pick-up time weekdays between 10am- 5:30pm.
All orders
should be placed at least 24hr in advance so we can get your stuff
together. Pick up is at the front door facing Harbor Blvd.
No Kegerator?
We have a limited number of jockey boxes and hand pumps as well as ½ gallon
refillable Growlers! Check our current price list for .
. .um. . .. well. . .. current prices!
Don’t Fear The Porta-Potty
“Clean” is
the word. We’ve all been to the county fair and had the county fair outhouse
experience. Enough Said.
Our state-of-the-art Porta-Potty
is serviced 2 hours before Beer Friday.
During Beer
Friday the indoor bathrooms can get messy pretty quickly and we try to stay on
top of them as much as possible. Strangely enough, the Porta-John outside seems
to fair much better.
So don’t be
afraid of the big blue box.
Tap Locations and
Free Beer!
A map
with all of our customer locations is available here
Remember – a $15 receipt from any of the places our beer is served gets
you a free beer on Beer Friday!
Limit 2 for Beer Club
Members, 1 for non-Beer Club Members, See Daniel Curran for receipt
redemption.
Devil’s Canyon Online
Clothing and Stuff Store
Interested in
being the coolest person on your block?
Glad to help.
We have a shop at CafePress where you
can get Devil’s Canyon themed clothing. Everything from hats to sweatshirts!
We will not
mention that they make great holiday presents because its only October.
You can see
the shop right here.
If you have
suggestions for additional items feel free to let us know! CafePress@DevilsCanyon.com
Beer Friday Bands And
Caterererer
Food
will be catered by 1st and Main Sports Lounge (www.FirstAndMainSportsLounge.com)
Time for the December
Beer Friday Hootenanny and 2nd Harvest Fun-raiser!
As you know, the brewery is only open to the public
one day a month, (Beer Friday!) so this is a special
occasion indeed. Hootenanny was also an old country word for “party”. Now, most
commonly, it refers to a folk-music party. Expect bluegrass, new-grass, folk,
rock, dead-head’ish jams, backwoods traditionals, and musical surprise after
musical surprise.
The
evening will feature 4 bands, plus special guests and a late-night jam.
If
you like live music, show up. If you play an instrument, bring it.
The
Day Late Fools
are an acoustic trio who play 'Eclectic Acousticana' and have shared bills with
New Orleans' Radiators and the Dave Nelson Band among others. They cover
a large range of styles from rock, country, folk to bluegrass behind the strong
vocal talents of Stacey Erdman. The Day Late Fools are: Stacey Erdman
(Guitar and Vocals),
Larry Weissenborn (Acoustic and Electric Bass_, and Ted Kratter (Guitar,
Mandolin and Vocals)
The
Wires-n-Wood is
a grassy, greasy, gooey rockin jam-band featuring hot picking, singing, and
great original material. Hot off the stage at Alice's Restaurant, Pathetic
Honey is Dan Newitt (guitar, dobro), David Barrow (guitar), Greg Lauer (mando),
Kevin Kelsey (bass), and Karl Jesse on stringless, neckless banjos (aka drums).
The Stoney Mountain
Ramblers
play a raucous mix of traditional and progressive bluegrass, newgrass,
JerryGrass, etc. High-lonesome harmonies, barn-burning instrumentals, and the
“odd” cover. SMR is Steve Joynes (fiddle), “Woodie” Woodell (mando), Gary Anwyl
(dobro), Robert Zeien (guitar), Bill Hamburgen (bass) and Scott Dailey (banjo).
Pathetic
Honey is a grassy, greasy, gooey rockin jam-band featuring hot picking,
singing, and great original material. Hot off the stage at Alice's Restaurant,
Pathetic Honey is Dan Newitt (guitar, dobro), David Barrow (guitar), Greg Lauer
(mando), Kevin Kelsey (bass), and Karl Jesse on stringless, neckless banjos
(aka drums).
First
band will be on around 5:30/6:00, last set around 11. Jam from 11:30 to
Lights Out/Last Call.
American Beer – Quick Back Story:
In the
1800’s, the United States had over 1,500 breweries. When the 21st amendment was
ratified, only half of the facilities had survived prohibition. Even worse, due
to consolidation, by 1978 the number dropped to 42. Imagine, only 42 breweries
country-wide. Little diversity, few options, fizzy, yellow, watered-down
pilsners reigned supreme.
Thankfully,
people just like you have begun to rediscover real craft beer. Neighborhood
pubs and restaurants like this one are carrying more selections from their
neighborhood breweries. Local economies are being directly benefited, local
jobs are being created, and thanks to the growing appreciation for locally
brewed beers. . .
Today
there are over 1,400 breweries operating in the US.
Thank
You For Your Continued Support Of Devil’s Canyon Brewery and The Locations
Where our Products Are Carried!
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