CU Beer Weekend, March 26

Seven Saints

Rotating Taps:

Southern Tier Unearthly IPA
Dark Horse Tres blueberry Stout

Wednesday: Whiskey Wednesday, half off Bourbon

Radio Maria

Tap list from 3/20

1. Two Brothers Monarch Wit $4
2. Coney Island Lager $6
3. Two Brothers Coffee Red Eye Porter $5.5
4. Founders Double Trouble $5
5. Dark Horse Scotty Karate $4
6. Corsendonk Brown Ale $6.5
7. Founders Imperial Stout $6
8. Veltins Pilsner $4
9. Kwak Belgian Ale $6
10.Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout $5
11.Ballast Pointe Sculpin IPA $6
12.Capital Rustic Ale $4
13.St Bernardus Prior 8 $6
14.Ska Modus Hoperandi $6
15.Chimay White $6.5
16.Moylan Dragoon's Dry Irish Stout $4.5
17.Left Hand Milk Stout $4
18.Two Brothers Moaten $6
19.Southern Tier Krampus $6
20.Dark Horse Tres Blueberry $5
21.Southern Tier Choklat $6
22.Bell's HopSlam $5
23.Pyramid Apricot $4
24.Victory Moonglow $4.5
25.Capital Eisphyre $5
26.Weihenstephaner Weissbier $6
27.Southern Tier 422 Pale Wheat Ale $2.25

Friday: Happy Hour with free appetizers 4:30 - 5:30, Capital Eisphyre on special
Saturday: $4 Jeremiah Weed drinks and $6 Jeremiah Weed John Daly's, Salsa Night at 10.
Sunday: Pinot Noir Dinner, $85 (sold out), 6pm; $2 wells, $1.25 PBR
Monday: 25% off bottles of wine; Board Game Monday
Tuesday: 1/2 price wine by the glass
Wednesday: $1 off all beers on draft; Trivia Night 11pm with MC Juice
Thursday: Downtown Champaign Classical Music Fest, free, 7-8:30pm; $5 Mojitos

April 11: 6pm, Kids Art4Kids to benefit Crisis Nursery, $7 in advance $10 day of

Blind Pig

Two Brothers Cane & Ebel; Warrenville, IL, American Strong Ale, 7% abv
Two Brothers The Bitter End; Warrenville, IL, APA, 5.2% abv
Two Brothers Bare Tree; Warrenville, Illinois, Weiss Wine, 11% abv
Schlafly Irish Style Extra Stout; St. Louis, MO, Foreign Stout, 8% abv
Southern Tier Choklat; Lakewood, New York, Imperial Stout, 11% abv
Unibroue Maudite; Canada, Belgian Strong Ale, 8% abv
Boulder Mojo; Boulder, Colorado, India Pale Ale, 6.8% abv
Capital Blonde Doppelbock; Middleton, Wisconsin, Doppelbock, 8% abv
Fullers London Pride; England, Premium Bitter, 4.7% abv
Delirium Tremens; Belgium, Belgian Strong Ale, 8.5% abv
Blue Moon; Golden, Colorado, Belgian White, 5.4% abv
Victory Prima Pils; Downington, Pennsylvania, Pilsener, 5.3% abv
Stella Artois; Belgium, Pale Lager, 5.2% abv
Pabst Blue Ribbon; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pale Lager, 5% abv
Rogue Double Mocha Porter; Newport, Oregon, Baltic Porter
Kasteel Rouge; Belgium, Fruit Beer, 8% abv
Monk’s Cafe; Belgium, Sour Ale, 5.5%
Lagunitas IPA; Petaluma, California, India Pale Ale, 5.7% abv
Left Hand Widdershins; Longmont, Colorado, Barleywine, 8.8% abv
Tucher Helles Hefe Weizen; Germany, German Hefeweizen, 5.3% abv
Lindemans Framboise; Belgium, Lambic, 2.5% abv
Gulden Draak; Belgium, Quadrupel, 10.5% abv
Rogue Nitro Shakespeare Stout; Newport, Oregon, Stout, 6%
Guinness; Dublin, Ireland, Dry Stout, 4.1% abv

CASK: Two Brothers Resistance IPA

Blind Pig Brewery (the Piglet)

Blind Pig American Pale Ale
Blind Pig Weizenbock
Blind Pig Oatmeal Stout
Dark Horse Fore Smoked Stout; Marshall, Michigan, Smoked, 8% abv
Allagash White; Portland, Maine, Belgian White, 5.5% abv
Moylan’s Kilt Lifter; Novato, California, Scotch Ale, 8% abv
Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye; Healdsburg, California, India Pale Ale, 8% abv
Schlafly Pilsner; Maplewood, Missouri, Pilsener, 4.9% abv
Rogue Dead Guy; Newport, Oregon, Heller Bock, 6.5% abv
Heilemans Old Style; Woodridge, Illinois, Pale Lager, 5% abv
Bells Hopslam; Kalamazoo, Michigan, Imperial IPA, 10% abv
Piraat; Belgium, Belgian IPA, 10.5% abv
Guinness; Ireland, Dry Stout, 4.1% abv

Sunday: 7-9 Trivia, $1 Old Style, $2 Jameson Whiskey, $3 Guinness Draughts
Monday (March 15): $1 off all bottles; Blind Pig Brewery Beer Club

Drink through a list of 150 beers, at 75 receive a Blind Pig Brewery Beer Club shirt, at 150 name on the Club Hall of Fame Plaque.

Crane Alley

Konig Pilsner 4.9%
Bells Sparkling Ale 9.0%
Bells Consecrator Doppelbock 8.0%
Bells Java Stout 7.5%
Bells Amber Ale 5.5%
Mikkeler Simcoe IPA 6.9%
Ohara's Irish Red Ale 5.4%
Three Floyds Robert The Bruce 7.0%
Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout 10.0%
Two Brothers Monarch Wit 5.4%
Guinness 4.2%
Rogue Kells Irish Lager 5.3%
Port Brewing Midnight Sessions Black Lager
Pabst Blue Ribbon 4.7%
Green Flash Imperial IPA 9.2%
Unibroue Ephemere Apple 5.5%

Coming Soon
Mikkeller Nugget IPA
Mikkeller Cascade IPA
Mikkeller Amarillo IPA
Mikkeller Nugget IPA
Mikkeller Tomahawk IPA
Schlenkerla Rauchbier
Einbecker Mai Ur Bock
Weston Cider 4.5%
Founders Imperial Stout 10.5%
Green Flash Imperial IPA 9.2%
Lost Abbey Serpent Stout 10.7%
Dogfish Head Old School Barleywine 15.0%
Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout
Avery Mephistopheles 16.8%
Great Divide Hercules IPA 9.1%

Food specials for the weekend of March 26

ENDIVE SALAD-Spinach and Belgian Endive with carrots, brussels sprouts, and bacon in a honey vinaigrette and goat cheese

CREOLE MEATLOAF - Ground beef and andouille sausage meatloaf with smashed potatoes and spicy trinity creole sauce

Mike n' Molly's

Tap list:

Guinness
Blanche de Brussels
Harp
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier
Rogue Juniper
Strongbow
Avery the Czar
Miller High Life
Hebrew Lenny's RIPA
Acme IPA


Sunday: Kayla Brown, 10pm$1 High Life, $2 Tullamore Dew and John Powers and rails, $3 (16 oz)Guinness
Monday: Abe Froman Project, 9-10pm, free/ Rockstar Karaoke, 10-2, free; $1 PBR
Tuesday: $1.25 High Life; $.50 off all taps
Wednesday: Bingo, 9:30-midnight, free; $2 Mickey's Big Mouth; $2.50 rails
Thursday: DJ Spinnerty; $2.50 Stella Artois bottles

Black Dog Smoke and Ale House

CASK: Two Brothers Long Haul Session Ale
Two Brothers Domaine Dupage
Port Brewing Hop 15
Two Brothers Ebel Weiss
Ohara's Irish Red
Schlafly's Irish Extra Stout
Moylan's Dragoon's Dry Irish Stout

Cowboy Monkey

Saturday: Dubstep Masacre, $5, 10pm
Tuesday: Open Mic Night, free, 10 pm
Wednesday: Salsa, free, 10 pm
Thursday: Zoo Improv, (donation) 7pm-8:30; closing at 9 for a private party

Highdive

Friday: DJ Delayney, $5, 10 pm
Saturday: DJ & Dancing, $5, 10 pm
Monday: 80's Night, free, 10 pm
Tuesday: St. Vincent, $13 advance, $15 at the door, 9pm

Canopy Club

Friday: Atheory, $5
Saturday: Dressed to Kill: A tribute to KISS, $5
Sunday: Pizza, Pitcher & a Movie, Girls Night Out, 6pm Bring it On, 8pm Legally blonde, 10pm Mean Girls
Monday: One Dollar Wild Mondays with Jobu, $1 beer and well; Diafanes, $7, 6pm
Tuesday: Trivia Diner: Live Game Show/The Piano Man
Wednesday:Rave to the Grave
Thursday: Foolstravaganza!, $7, 6pm

CU Bars in the News, Best Bars: Chevy's in Champaign

From WCFN 49.

Chevy's in Champaign

Chevy's is located at 103 West Marketview Drive, near the mall.

Dave Benton: We all know that central Illinois has a wealth of Mexican restaurants. But what does it exactly mean to be Mexican cuisine?

Jennifer Ketchmark: Here's what I learned while visiting Chevy's in Champaign!

When driving down Neil Street looking for a place to eat, don't forget to turn the corner and check out Chevy's.

(SOT) "We opened September 14, 1999, and this was the first one to open outside the major cities, we were able to bring in fresh Mex to the community, and we've been here ever since."

And that means food inspired by Spanish, Italian, and French flavors. And one thing this place doesn't do is cut corners.

(SOT) "Chevy's is fresh food, nothing is canned, you can go back in our kitchen and look for yourself. It's a very fun atmosphere, it's casual. It's a very happy place."

But to be a dish from south of the border doesn't mean that it has to leave your mouth on fire.

(SOT) "All of our food is medium spiced, however we can spice it up. We feel that medium spices are flavor."

And here are some dishes that will have you saying "Ole"!

This salad—mixed grill with everything from chicken breast to jumbo shrimp—and a chile verde burrito.

And from top to bottom this dish was my favorite!

And if it's not the food you are looking for, you better be looking for their margaritas. They come in grande size all the way down to samplers.

And just like the food, all flavors you see here are made from the fruit, not concentrate.

(SOT) "We also offer great flavors of margaritas, such as strawberry, straw-banana, melons, mangos, cranberry, you name it!"

And the make sure to go top-notch with something else too!

(SOT) "We use the real thing, the real tequilla, we have our secret sweet and sour mixes that have never changed."

(SOT) "We are the only restaurant in the area that has the Grand Platinum patron tequila. We sell high-roller 'ritas!"

And if that doesn't have you sold, you should come in for this big pull.

(SOT) "Chevy's is a fun, festive atmosphere, and we have a lot of fun colors like you can see."

(SOT) "We use some authentic Mexican pieces, the hats, the paintings, it really gives a feeling of fun warmth to the guests."

But wait, one more thing you should never miss here is the 5th of May.

(SOT) "Cinco de Mayo, it's the biggest celebration of the year for us. We have lots of specials and we bring in some type of music, decorations."

(SOT) "For Cinco de Mayo we are going to have $4 margaritas."

Bringing the flare of south to central Illinois is why this place made our list of best bars.

[SOTs: Cheryl Hussain, Chevy's owner; Mauricio Salinasm Chevy's general manager]

CU Bars in the News, Legends

from the buzz

One-on-One with Tracy Herbert, Legends' General Manager

Nothing too ground breaking in this article. The GM seems to be not just praising Legends, but also insults other campus bars in the process.

CU Bars in the News, "kids Art 4 Kids" benefits Crisis Nursery

from the Buzz.

"Kids Art 4 Kids" benefits Crisis Nursery

On April 11, Radio Maria will host its second “Kids Art 4 Kids,” an auction where artwork created by local children will be sold to benefit the Crisis Nursery. The event brings together several CU businesses and schools in an effort to showcase the artists’ work and support the community.

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The proceeds from the event will support crisis care for children in our community. Last year, Crisis Nursery provided more than 23,000 hours of crisis care to local children. Despite lackluster weather, last year’s event raised more than $3,000, a figure that will hopefully increase with this year’s spring date.

When: April 11, 6 pm
Where: Radio Maria in Champaign
Admission: $7 in advance, $10 at the door
You can start bidding now, so ask your bartender or server to see an auction book.

You can also check out the Facebook page for the event.

Passover Beverages

It's coming up on the time of Passover, this year it runs from sunset on March 29 to nightfall on April 5/6. Since you are here, you probably like beer. Most likely you did a search for passover beer or something similar.

*disclaimer* I'm not Jewish, and I'm definitely not a Jewish Passover law scholar. I've just done some research.

So, you want to have a beer during this Passover season, but you don't know what you can drink. Most beers are kosher, however, they aren't kosher for passover. There is one beer specifically created to be kosher for passover. Ramapo Valley Brewery Passover Honey Beer is a "beer" specifically made for Jews during passover.

This beer is made with molasses, honey, and hops.

The main ingredients in normal beer: barley (a grain), hops, yeast, and water can't all be used to make a kosher for passover beer, since there are two rules that prevent their use.

The first is a rule about chametz, which is pretty much five types of grains. They are Wheat, Barley, spelt (a forme of wheat), rye, and oats. Those are pretty much the main grains that are used in brewing beer (except for the spelt). Additionally, all yeast that works on those grains must be removed, along with anything in the house that has chametz.

The other main rule regards mixing flour and water, in that baking of bread must be completed in a certain time frame from the point that the water hits the flour (18-22 minutes). Malting grain takes much more time than is allotted, and the boiling of the grains also takes longer than is allowed.

Since there is currently only one beer that is certified kosher for passover, you may want to have some variety in your drink. Other options for you include mead and potato vodka.

There are some specific beverages that are made to be kosher for passover. Distillery No. 209 has created a kosher for passover gin. If tequila is your drink, there's Agave 99, which is a certified kosher for passover tequila. There are several different flavored brandies that are kosher for passover, including Slivovitz! Plum Brandy.

All forms of traditional whiskey are not kosher for passover, as they are made from grains. There may be some non-traditional whiskey made for the passover season (possibly made from sorghum, or certain sugars).

If you really want to make sure that the beverage you are drinking is kosher for passover, check to ensure it is listed on the label.

With enough research, and time spent at the liquor store, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to get totally wasted, while celebrating the time when the angel of death went down and slew the firstborn of Egypt.

Alcohol in the Local News, Lady Rose

From WCIA, CBS 3

Lady Rose

Nick Bland from the Corkscrew talks about Lady Rose.

CU Bars in the News, UI grads' beers going on sale at two local businesses

From the News-Gazette.

UI grads' beers going on sale at two local businesses

The date for the event is Wednesday, and is being known as Two Brother's Brewery Hog Heaven Night.

This is basically a reprint of the Blind Pig email.

Starting at 6 p.m., Black Dog, 201 N. Broadway Ave., U, will feature the new Long Haul Session Ale along with a special menu and its regular menu.

At about 9 p.m. The Blind Pig, 120 W. Walnut, C, will tap a cask of the new Resistance India Pale Ale. The Champaign bar also will sell Two Brothers Bare Tree Weiss, a special release beer in Two Brothers' artisan line.

The Bitter End and Cane & Ebel will also be on tap with Bare Tree.