Cu Beer Weekend; May 27 Memorial Day Weekend

Seven Saints

Tuesday Brewsday: O'Fallon Wheach cans $2
Whiskey Wednesday: Bourbon

Radio Maria

(I need to update this, yes I know, I'm the one who does it)

Rogue Mogul Madness
Breckenridge Chocolate Cream Imperial Stout
Two Brothers Double Crooked Tree
Stone Cali-Belgique
Founders Centennial
Big Sky Heavy Horse Scotch
Bells Expedition
Lefthand Week Sauce
Ballast Point Navigator
Tucher
Ommegang BPA
Founders Double Trouble
Arcadia Cereal Killer Barleywine
Struise Stillwater Outblack
Duvel Green
Lefthand Nitro Sawtooth
North Coast Old Rasputin Nitro
Petrus Oud Bruin
Flossmoor Station Pullman Brown
Dark Horse Too Cream Stout
Flossmoor Station Rail Hopper IPA
Goose Island Fleur

Wychwood Spring Ale
La Trappe Dubbel
Ballast Point Tongue Buckler
PBR

Saturday: Beer Brunch featuring beers from Smuttynose $30, 11am

1. Welcome; guava mimosa with Summerweizen
2. vunderbar pilsner; beer poached egg, bacon-onion potato hash, aged cheddar, beer bernaise
3. Big A ipa; chorizo and gorgonzola omelet, hickory smoked pink peppercorns, buttermilk biscuit
4. Cask Maple Sugar Old brown dog;chicken fried braised beef shoulder, blue corn cakes, brown dog maple syrup
5. gravitation quad; raisin brioche french toast, roasted plantain mascarpone

Friday: Happy Hour with free appetizers 4:30 - 5:30,
Saturday: $6 John Daly's, Salsa Night at 10.
Sunday: $2 wells, $1.25 PBR; Bloody Mary Bar
Monday: 25% off bottles of wine; Random Beer Specials
Tuesday: 1/2 price wine by the glass
Wednesday: $1 off all beers on draft
Thursday: Chillax

Crane Alley

Boulder Mojo Nitro 7.2%
De Proef K-O 10.0%
Dark Horse Crooked Tree IPA
Cherish Kriek Lambic 5.0%
Victory Prima Pils 5.3%
Founder's Breakfast Stout 8.3%
Nogne 0 #500 Imperial IPA 10.0%
Ballast Point Calico Amber Ale 5.0%
Troubadour Magma 9.0%
Dieu du Ciel Corne du Diable 6.5%
Stone Arrogant Bastard 7.2%
Southern Tier Hop Sun 4.8%
Schlafly Hefe Weizen 3.9%
Saint Somewhere Lectio Divina 8.0%
Gulden Draak 10.5%
Original Sin Hard Cider 6.0%
Stone Belgo Old Guardian Barleywine 12.0%
Smuttynose Robust Porter 5.8%
PBR 4.2%

Destihl

Champaign Blonde Ale
Bar Sinister Mild Ale
Belgian Pale Ale
Deadhead Double Red Ale
Black Angel Stout
Raspberry Wheat ale
120 Shilling Scotch Ale
Triton Barley Wine
Tripel
Quadrupel
Roadblock British Red ale
Baldock IPA
Biere Brune
Weissenheimer Hefeweizen
Strawberry Blonde Ale
Hoperation Overload Double IPA

Blind Pig Brewery

Blind Pig Summer Session Ale
Schlafly Pilsner; Maplewood, Missouri, Pilsener, 4.9% abv
Port Brewing Hot Rocks Lager; San Marcos, California, Dunkel, 6.5% abv
Founders Curmudgeon; Grand Rapids, Michigan, Old Ale, 9.8% abv
Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier; Germany, German Hefeweizen, 5% abv
Bells Java Stout; Kalamazoo, Michigan, Stout, 7.5% abv
Lost Abbey Serpent’s Stout; San Marcos, California, Imperial Stout, 11% abv
Ballast Point Navigator; San Diego, California, Doppelbock, 8%abv
Lagunitas Undercover; Petaluma, California, American Strong Ale, 9.75%abv
Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree; Marshall, MI, Imperial IPA, 13.6% abv
Guinness Ireland, Dry Stout, 4.1% abv

Blind Pig

Cask: Left Hand Sawtooth
Rogue XS Imperial Red; Newport, Oregon, American Strong Ale, 9% abv
Left Hand Week Sauce; Longmont, Colorado, Porter, 6% abv
Pangaea Lilja’s Hop Nest Monster; Wisconsin Rapids, WI, India Pale Ale, 7% abv
Big Sky Double IPA; Missoula, Montana, Imperial IPA, 7.8% abv
Strongbow Cider; England, Cider, 5.3% abv
Southern Tier Jah-va; Lakewood, New York, Imperial Stout, 10.6% abv
Founder’s Porter; Grand Rapids, Michigan, Porter, 6.5% abv
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA; San Diego, California, India Pale Ale, 7%
Breckenridge ‘72 Imperial Choc. Cream; Denver, Colorado, Sweet Stout, 7.1% abv
Delirium Tremens; Belgium, Belgian Strong Ale, 8.5% abv
Blue Moon; Golden, Colorado, Belgian White, 5.4% abv
Duchesse de Bourgogne; Belgium, Sour Ale, 6.2% abv
Dark Horse Raspberry Black Ice; Marshall, Michigan, Fruit Beer, 9.4% abv
Pabst Blue Ribbon; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pale Lager, 5% abv
Sam Adams Rustic Saison; Boston, Massachusetts, Saison, 4.35%
Celis Raspberry; Webberville, Michigan, Fruit Beer, 3.9% abv
Tucher Helles Hefe Weizen; Germany, German Hefeweizen, 5.3%
Lagunitas IPA; Petaluma, California, India Pale Ale, 5.7% abv
North Coast Scrimshaw; Fort Bragg, California, Pilsener, 4.4%
Boulder Mojo Risin’; Boulder, Colorado, Imperial IPA, 10% abv
Bells Best Brown; Kalamazoo, Michigan, Brown Ale, 5.8% abv
Lindeman’s Framboise; Belgium, Lambic, 2.5% abv
Belhaven Scottish; Scotland, Bitter, 3.9%
Guinness; Dublin, Ireland, Dry Stout, 4.1% abv

Black Dog Smoke & Ale House

Ballast Point Even Keel
Ballast Point Navigator Doppelbock
Lost Abbey Barrel-Aged Angel's Share
Victory Hop Devil
Mikkeller Breakfast Stout
Southern Tier Raspberry Wheat
Lagunita's Sonoma Farmhouse Saison
Port Hot Rocks Lager
Lefthand Nitro Wake Up Dead

Quality Beer

(old list)
Anchor Liberty
Boulder Hazed and Infused
Lagunitas ipa
Stone ipa
Stone sublimely self-righteous
Two brothers cane and ebel
Two brothers domaine du page
Victory prima pils
Flossmoor station stationmaster wheat
Smuttynose old brown dog
Avery white rascal
Goose island pepe Nero
Pyramid apricot
Original sin
Founders dirty bastard
North coast old rasputin

Piccadilly

Weekend Wine Tasting;$3, Friday 4-7pm, Saturday 1-4pm

Sean Minor “Four Bears Vin Gris 2010” (100% Pinot Noir): Carneros , California
Sean Minor “Four Bears Cabernet Sauvignon 2008”: Napa Valley , California
(82% Cab Sauv, 13% Merlot, 3% Cab Franc, 2% Petite Verdot)
Radio Boca Tempranillo 2009: Valencia , Spain
Los Molles Viognier Reserva 2010: Valle del Limari , Chile

San Miguel Lager
San Miguel Dark Lager
Left Hand Stranger Pale Ale
Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shutdown Ale

Alcohol in the news; foods to drink with beer

From the Buzz

The best foods to drink with a brewski

Beer is a drink that could, and should, be used on many different occasions. Varieties of beer differ on a number of levels such as bitterness, alcohol by volume and ingredients included. With flavors that vary on such wide ranges, beers and food should be paired in ways that complement each other.

Starts out nice.

One way to do this is by matching beer and food by their country of origin.

Also good...

Try pairing a Corona or a Dos Equis with some chips and salsa, or a Pacifico with some tacos. The slightly watery taste of the Corona and Dos Equis won’t overpower the spiciness of your choice of Mexican food, and the Pacifico’s smooth taste makes it easy to enjoy many in a single sitting. A lime wedge is popular with all three of these beers.

uh...

For the distinct flavor and aroma of a Guinness, the famous Irish beer, some sausages would go perfectly.

um...

Beck’s, perhaps the most popular German beer in the U.S., is a dark beer with a strong flavor. Try a bratwurst with sauerkraut to go with the dry and slightly skunky taste of a Beck’s beer. Also meshing well with German beer is a giant pretzel; salty foods work well with almost all beers.

well...

Of course, there is always the sports bar food that goes fantastically with some good American beers. A Sam Adams, Coors or bottle of Busch pair well with a juicy cheeseburger, buffalo wings or heaping plate of nachos. A Chicago style hotdog seems appropriate to be paired with a Miller Lite or Old Style, the sponsored beers of the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs, respectively.

It's basically an article pairing food with crappy beer. The only beer mentioned in the article that is even interesting is Sam Adams.

But, it's the buzz; so what do you expect, a quality article?

Alcohol in the news; craft brewers can still distrubute under ill. bill

From WAND NBC


Craft brewers can still distribute under Ill. bill

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- An Illinois bill would allow craft beer brewers to distribute their own beer, reversing a court ruling to stop that practice.

Only craft breweries could self-distribute through a special license. Larger companies from in-state and out-of-state, such as Illinois-based Pabst Blue Ribbon and St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch InBev, no longer have those rights.

Anheuser-Busch InBev filed a lawsuit last year saying out-of-state and in-state brewers face different standards for self-distribution in Illinois. A federal judge agreed and stripped all brewers of that right. But the judge delayed implementing that ruling to give the Legislature time to make adjustments to self-distribution rights.

The legislation passed both houses with little opposition. It now heads to Gov. Pat Quinn for review.

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The bill is SB754.

Alcohol in the news; Urbana discusses liquor licenses

From WAND NBC

Urbana City Council Discusses Liquor Licenses

URBANA, IL- It may soon get tougher for businesses in Urbana to sell packaged liquor.

Urbana City Council members discussed limiting the number of class "c" liquor licenses at a meeting Monday night.

The number of licenses may be cut back from 27 down to 16.

Any additional businesses that would want to sell packaged alcohol would have to go through a public hearing and the regular council process.

Mayor Laurel Prussing changed the ordinance after a backlash against two businesses on Philo Road seeking licenses.

CU Beer Weekend; May 20

(Sorry I missed last weekend, I took the week off due to my birthday)

It's the end of American Craft Beer Week. Don't forget this Sunday.

Chambana Craft Beer Pub Crawl

4 pm Crane Alley; Founders Black Biscuit
5 pm Black Dog Smoke and Ale House; Dark Horse Soin Oats
6 pm Mike n' Molly's; Two Brother's Askew
6:45 pm Seven Saints; Ballast Point Sculpin
7:30 pm Quality Beer; Two Brother's Pahoiehoie
8:15 pm Blind Pig; Dark Horse Raspberry Ice Black
9 pm Radio Maria; Founders CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)

Sign up at any of the bars listed to reserve your glass, you don't need to sign up to go.

Seven Saints

Tuesday Brewsday: Two Brothers Monarch Wit $2
Whiskey Wednesday: Irish

Radio Maria

Rogue Mogul Madness
Breckenridge Chocolate Cream Imperial Stout
Lefthand 400# Monkey
Stone Cali-belgique
Founders Centennial
Big Sky Heavy Horse Scotch
Bells Expedition
Lefthand Week Sauce
Two Brothers Monarch Wit
Hofbrau Original Lager
Lefthand Twin Sisters
Founders Double Trouble
Arcadia Cereal Killer Barleywine
Struise Stillwater Outblack
Blanche de Bruxelles
Lefthand Nitro Sawtooth
North Coast Old Rasputin Nitro
Petrus Oud Bruin
Flossmoor Station Pullman Brown
Dark Horse Too Cream Stout
Flossmoor Station Rail Hopper IPA
Goose Island Fleur
Bitburger
Wychwood Spring Ale
La Trappe Dubbel
Ballast Point Tongue Buckler
PBR

Friday: Happy Hour with free appetizers 4:30 - 5:30,
Saturday: $6 John Daly's, Salsa Night at 10.
Sunday: $2 wells, $1.25 PBR; Bloody Mary Bar
Monday: 25% off bottles of wine; Random Beer Specials
Tuesday: 1/2 price wine by the glass
Wednesday: $1 off all beers on draft
Thursday: Chillax

May 28: Memorial Weekend Beer Brunch, 11am -2pm. Brunch items paired with Smuttynose beer. Including a cask of Maple Sugar Old Brown Dog.

Crane Alley

Morland's Old Speckled Hen 5.2%
St Feuillen/Green Flash Bier de L'imite 9.5%
Bell's Two Hearted Ale 7.0%
Wittekerke Wit 5.0%
Victory Prima Pils 5.3%
Founder's Imperial Stout 10.5%
Avery Maharaja IPA 10.5%
Flossmoor Station Panama Red 6.5%
Troubadour Magma 9.0%
Dieu du Ciel Route des Epices 6.5%
Stone Double Dry-Hopped Sublimely Self Righteous 8.7%
Southern Tier Hop Sun 4.8%
Smuttynose Summer Weizen
Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ale 8.7%
Gulden Draak 10.5%
Crispin Cider 5.8%
Stone Belgo Old Guardian Barleywine 12.0%
Port Brewing Midnight Expressions 5.0%
PBR 4.2%

Destihl

Champaign Blonde Ale
Bar Sinister Mild Ale
Belgian Pale Ale
Deadhead Double Red Ale
Black Angel Stout
Raspberry Wheat ale
120 Shilling Scotch Ale
Tripel
Quadrupel
Roadblock British Red ale
Baldock IPA
Frankengluten Belgian Sorghum Ale
Weissenheimer Hefeweizen
Strawberry Blonde Ale

Blind Pig Brewery

Blind Pig India Pale Ale
Blind Pig Irish Dry Stout
Schlafly Pilsner; Maplewood, Missouri, Pilsener, 4.9% abv
Bells Oberon; Kalamazoo, Michigan, Wheat Ale, 6% abv
Big Muddy Saluki Dunkeldog; Murphysboro, Illinois, Dunkel, 5.4% abv
Lakefront Black IPA; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Black IPA, 6.5% abv
Avery Out of Bounds Stout; Boulder, Colorado, Dry Stout, 6.3% abv
Duvel Green; Belgium, Belgian Ale, 6.8% abv
New Holland Golden Cap; Holland, Michigan, Saison, 7%abv
Lagunitas Undercover; Petaluma, California, American Strong Ale, 9.75%abv
Avery DuganA; Boulder, Colorado, Imperial IPA, 8.5% abv
Guinness; Ireland, Dry Stout, 4.1% abv

Blind Pig

Cask: Smuttynose Maibock
Tommyknocker Hop Strike; Idaho Springs, Colorado, Black IPA, 7% abv
Big Sky IPA; Missoula, Montana, India Pale Ale, 6.2% abv
Schlafly Summer Lager; Maplewood, Missouri, Helles, 4.5% abv
Avery The Maharaja; Boulder, Colorado, Imperial IPA, 10.54% abv
Strongbow Cider; England, Cider, 5.3% abv
Southern Tier Jah-va; Lakewood, New York, Imperial Stout, 10.6% abv
Founder’s Porter; Grand Rapids, Michigan, Porter, 6.5% abv
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA; San Diego, California, India Pale Ale, 7%
Fuller’s 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
Duchesse de Bourgogne; Belgium, Sour Ale, 6.2% abv
Stella Artois; Belgium, Pale Lager, 5.2% abv
Pabst Blue Ribbon; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pale Lager, 5% abv
Sam Adams Rustic Saison; Boston, Massachusetts, Saison, 4.35%
Celis Raspberry; Webberville, Michigan, Fruit Beer, 3.9% abv
Tucher Helles Hefe Weizen; Germany, German Hefeweizen, 5.3%
Lagunitas IPA; Petaluma, California, India Pale Ale, 5.7% abv
North Coast Scrimshaw; Fort Bragg, California, Pilsener, 4.4%
Boulder Mojo Risin’; Boulder, Colorado, Imperial IPA, 10% abv
Stone Old Guardian Belgo; Escondido, California, Barleywine, 12% abv
Lindeman’s Framboise; Belgium, Lambic, 2.5% abv
Belhaven Scottish; Scotland, Bitter, 3.9%
Guinness; Dublin, Ireland, Dry Stout, 4.1% abv

Black Dog Smoke & Ale House

Lost Abbey Barrel-Aged Angel's Share
Victory Hop Devil
Mikkeller Breakfast Stout
Southern Tier Raspberry Wheat
Lagunita's Sonoma Farmhouse Saison
Port Hot Rocks Lager
Lefthand Nitro Wake Up Dead

Quality Beer

(old list)
Anchor Liberty
Boulder Hazed and Infused
Lagunitas ipa
Stone ipa
Stone sublimely self-righteous
Two brothers cane and ebel
Two brothers domaine du page
Victory prima pils
Flossmoor station stationmaster wheat
Smuttynose old brown dog
Avery white rascal
Goose island pepe Nero
Pyramid apricot
Original sin
Founders dirty bastard
North coast old rasputin

Piccadilly

Weekend Wine Tasting: $3, Friday 4-7pm, Saturday 1-4pm

Wopart Brut Rose Cava: Spain
Escarpment Over the Edge Pinot Noir: Martinborough , New Zealand
Cade Sauvignon Blanc: Napa Valley
Vilosell Red (Tempranillo, Merlot, Cab Sauv, Shiraz ): Spain

Pyramid Curve Ball
New Belgium Somersault
Abita Strawberry Lager
Boulevard Amber

Alcohol in the news; Champaign will probably have a new package liquor tax

3 stories from around town on a proposed package liquor tax

• From the News-Gazette

Champaign backs 4% liquor tax to keep police department jobs

CHAMPAIGN — The city council on Tuesday night took steps to reverse a plan to cut three civilian positions in the police department, a proposal which opponents had argued would be a significant blow to police officers' safety.

The caveat: Residents, or at least those who buy alcohol, will have to pay for it.

...

That is where a new package liquor tax would come in. In a separate 6-3 vote, council members on Tuesday night tentatively supported the establishment of a 4 percent tax on retail liquor sales. If the new tax receives formal approval this summer, it could bring in roughly $700,000 per year to pay for city services, Finance Director Richard Schnuer estimates.

• From WCIA 3/Illinois Homepage.net

It could get more expensive to buy booze in Champaign

It needs to figure out a way to bring in more money, or else people at the police department could get booted from their jobs.

"I think it's a good way to collect more money and get money in community, because people here drink," said Kathleen Crombez from Champaign.

...

"I think if Champaign puts a 4% tax on alcohol, people will go to Urbana to buy liquor," said Eric Wildhagen from Champaign.

...

Here's how the tax breaks down:
If you drink a glass of wine each night, that adds up to about 73 bottles of wine over a year.
If each bottle costs roughly $10 that adds up to a total of $730 spent on wine through out the year. The proposed liquor tax would add about $30 dollars to that tab.
If you drink a can of beer each day, it would add up to about $9 extra each year.

• From the Daily Illini

Champaign city council votes on police desk cuts, packed liquor tax

The straw poll called by Mayor Gerard also included a vote on a four percent tax on packed liquor. Such a tax has been passed in the cities of Normal and Bloomington, and the city of Champaign could take in around $700,000 if the tax is passed.

The council voted 6-3 in favor of the tax.

The new liquor tax, if formally passed, would essentially pay the $212,000 needed to retain the three staff positions which would allow the police lobby to remain open 24 hours a day. Richard Schnuer, finance director, said the new tax, if formally passed, would not be adopted until July, and that August 1 would be the first effective date of the tax.

So, Friar Tuck is in Savoy...

American Craft Beer Week

Things going on this week:

Wed: CU Beer Club, May gathering. American Craft Beer (East vs. West)

At Crane Alley, 6:30.

Bring 22+ ounces of American Craft Beer

Sunday: Chambana Craft Beer Pub Crawl

Sign up at any of the hosting bars.

Starts at Crane Alley at 4 pm, finishes at Radio Maria at 9 pm.

4 pm Crane Alley; Founders Black Biscuit
5 pm Black Dog Smoke and Ale House; Dark Horse Soin Oats
6 pm Mike n' Molly's; Two Brother's Askew
6:45 pm Seven Saints; Ballast Point Sculpin
7:30 pm Quality Beer; Two Brother's Pahoiehoie
8:15 pm Blind Pig; Dark Horse Raspberry Ice Black
9 pm Radio Maria; Founders CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)

Alcohol in the news; Extra on Tap Episode #31

From Extra 92.1

EOT Episode #31

Weltenburger Pils



They first try to guess what the beer will taste like, before tasting it.

Alcohol in the news; Destihl drops in

from the Buzz


DESTIHL drops in

In September 2009, I interviewed Matt Potts, CEO and brewmaster of DESTIHL Restaurant and Brew Works, as part of my very first article ever for buzz. DESTIHL had opened two years before in Normal, Ill., and it was about to start construction on a new Champaign location.

“We hope to start construction within the next 60 days,” Potts told me a year and a half ago.

...

So first, the beer. Fourteen kinds are currently on tap in Champaign. Don’t expect to see a list of domestic and imported beers, because every kind was brewed about 20 feet away in the big steel machinery at the front of the restaurant. DESTIHL makes about 50 different varieties at its two locations at any given time, which it rotates throughout the year.

Second, the food. DESTIHL’s menu is the kind that lists about six ingredients for each item — you know, the kind that makes you certain it’s going to be a taste bud-intensive meal before you even order. Executive chef Manny Martinez said that 90 percent of the items are made in-house, even the butter — the butter — which, Potts said, is made from local milk and cream. DESTIHL has relationships with about 40 farms to bring in local ingredients like honey, pork, cheese and produce.

Alcohol in the news; whet your whistle 5.11

From WCIA 3 Illinois Homepage.net

7 Saints 5.11

7 Saints is here to help us Whet our Whistle.

A 10+ minute segment with Andy Borbely. Andy makes Cubs and Cardinals inspired drinks.

Cubs: Ramos Gin Fizz. Egg white, lemon and lime juice, sugar, orange flour water, heavy cream, (looks like North Shore Gin, cointreau) (shake for a day and a half); Blue cuarcao, peach bitters; and then he did something with frosting.


Cardinals: Manhattan variation; Buffalo Trace Bourbon, cherry bitters, sugar (simple syrup), and an Andy stove mixture.

Alcohol in the news; Quality Beer

From the News Gazette

It's Your Business: New bar opens in downtown Champaign

Downtown Champaign recently welcomed a new watering hole to its lineup of bars.

The long-vacant Lox Stock & Bagel space at Neil and Chester streets is now home to Quality, a place where people can choose from more than 100 different beers, including many microbrews from around the U.S. It opened April 30.

...

Their focus is on American craft beers. On tap they feature 16 of these beers, usually a few pale ales, a wheat beer, stout and others. The beers on tap, such as from Two Brothers Brewing Company and Flossmoor Station of Illinois and Founders Brewing of Michigan, will rotate.

...

Quality is open at 3 p.m. daily and can be reached at 359-3425.

Name Change

Downtown Champaign cupcake bar Cakes on Walnut has changed its name to Cream & Flutter to reflect an expansion in its sweet offerings.

...

Cream & Flutter was considered as a name early on.

A retail element has been added to the shop, including chocolate, cocoa and butter — ingredients they use in their recipes.

Along with an updated logo and look to the menu and packaging (done with the help of University of Illinois graphic designer Samantha Snyder), the shop's interior has been modified.

...

Hours are the same: 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The shop can be reached at 355-5400 and http://www.creamandflutter.com.

Alcohol in the news; Cinco de mayo margarita showdown

From the Buzz

cinco de mayo margarita showdown

In order to get ready for the holiday itself, buzz took to some local restaurants and bars to find the best margaritas around.

They visit several places and drink Margaritas.

Cocina Real, Fiesta Ranchero, and Esquire Lounge. They also tried some mixes and the Frutista Freeze from Taco Bell (add your own tequila).

Alcohol in the news; Cinco de Mayo Spirits

From Illinoishomepage.net/WCIA 3

Cinco de Mayo Spirits

sam samet piccadilly and brian mckay from art mart.

We sample wine from Argentina and beer for Cinco de Mayo.

a 12 + minute segment with sam.

CU Beer Weekend, May 6

Seven Saints

Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous
Arrogant Bastard

Brewsday Tuesday: Lagunitas IPA $2
Whiskey Wednesday: Scotch

Radio Maria

Rogue Mogul Madness
Bells Hopslam
(I can't remember)
Stone Ruination
Lefthand 400# Monkey
Stone Smoked Porter
Bells Expedition
Stone Cali-Belgique
New Holland Dragons Milk
Port Older Viscosity
Ommegang Abbey Double
Founders Double Trouble
Arcadia Cereal Killer Barleywine
Original Sin Cider
Blanche de Bruxelles
Wexford Irish Cream Ale
Moylans' Dragoons Dry Irish Stout
Liefmans Cuvee Brut
Flossmoor Station Pullman Brown
Wychwood Spring Ale
New Holland Imperial Hatter
Southern Tier Chokolat
North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner
Dark Horse Too Cream Stout
La Trappe Dubbel
Ballast Point Tongue Buckler
PBR

Friday: Happy Hour with free appetizers 4:30 - 5:30,
Saturday: $6 John Daly's, Salsa Night at 10.
Sunday: $2 wells, $1.25 PBR; Bloody Mary Bar
Monday: 25% off bottles of wine; Random Beer Specials
Tuesday: 1/2 price wine by the glass
Wednesday: $1 off all beers on draft
Thursday: Chillax

May 28: Memorial Weekend Beer Brunch, 11am -2pm. Brunch items paired with Smuttynose beer. Including a cask of Maple Sugar Old Brown Dog.


Crane Alley

Morland's Old Speckled Hen 5.2%
St Feuillen/Green Flash Bier de L'imite 9.5%
Bell's Two Hearted Ale 7.0%
Wittekerke Wit 5.0%
Victory Prima Pils 5.3%
Founder's Imperial Stout 10.5%
Avery Maharaja IPA 10.5%
Flossmoor Station Panama Red 6.5%
Troubadour Magma 9.0%
Stone/Green Flash/Pizza Port Highway 78 Scotch Ale 8.8%
Stone Double Dry-Hopped Sublimely Self Righteous 8.7%
Southern Tier Hop Sun 4.8%
Smuttynose Summer Weizen
Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ale 8.7%
Gulden Draak 10.5%
Crispin Cider 5.8%
Stone Belgo Old Guardian Barleywine 12.0%
Port Brewing Midnight Expressions 5.0%
PBR 4.2%

Destihl

Champaign Blonde Ale
Bar Sinister Mild Ale
Belgian Pale Ale
Deadhead Double Red Ale
Black Angel Stout
Raspberry Wheat ale
120 Shilling Scotch Ale
Tripel
Quadrupel
Roadblock British Red ale
Baldock IPA
Frankengluten Belgian Sorghum Ale
Weissenheimer Hefeweizen
Strawberry Blonde Ale

Blind Pig Brewery

Blind Pig Summer Session Ale
Blind Pig American Pale Ale
Blind Pig American Dark Ale
Schlafly Pilsner; Maplewood, Missouri, Pilsener, 4.9% abv
Smutty Nose Summer Weizen; Portsmouth, NH, Wheat Ale, 5.2% abv
Hofbrau Maibock; Munich, Germany, Heller Bock, 7.2% abv
Konig Pilsener; Germany, Classic German Pilsener, 4.9% abv
Dieu du Ciel Aphrodite; Canada, Stout, 6.5% abv
Wychwood Wolf Rider; England, Bitter, 5.7%% abv
Tommyknocker Butt Head Bock; Idaho Springs, CO, Doppelbock, 8.2%
Boulder Mojo Risin; Boulder, Colorado, Imperial IPA, 10% abv
Guinness; Ireland, Dry Stout, 4.1% abv

Blind Pig

Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter; Frederick, Maryland, Imperial Porter, 9.2% abv
Avery Karma; Boulder, Colorado, Belgian Ale, 5.2% abv
Bells Oberon; Kalamazoo, Michigan, Wheat Ale, 6% abv
New Holland Imperial Hatter; Holland, Michigan, Imperial IPA, 9.4% abv
Ommegang Hennepin; Cooperstown, New York, Saison, 7.7% abv
Dark Horse One Oatmeal; Stout Marshall, Michigan, Sweet Stout, 8% abv
Founder’s Imperial Stout; Grand Rapids, Michigan, Imperial Stout, 10% abv
Left Hand Fade To Black; Longmont, Colorado, Smoked, 7.8%
Fuller’s 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
Duchesse de Bourgogne; Belgium, Sour Ale, 6.2% abv
Stella Artois; Belgium, Pale Lager, 5.2% abv
Pabst Blue Ribbon; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pale Lager, 5% abv
Dieu du Ciel Rosée d’Hibiscus; Canada, Wheat Ale, 5.9%
Celis Raspberry; Webberville, Michigan, Fruit Beer, 3.9% abv
Tucher Helles Hefe Weizen; Germany, German Hefeweizen, 5.3%
Lagunitas IPA; Petaluma, California, India Pale Ale, 5.7% abv
North Coast Scrimshaw; Fort Bragg, California, Pilsener, 4.4%
Rogue XS Imperial Red; Newport, Oregon, American Strong Ale, 9% abv
Stone 2007 Old Guardian; Escondido, California, Barleywine, 11.26% abv
Lindeman’s Framboise; Belgium, Lambic, 2.5% abv
Belhaven Scottish; Scotland, Bitter, 3.9%
Guinness; Dublin, Ireland, Dry Stout, 4.1% abv


Black Dog Smoke and Ale House

Hofbrau Maibock
Troubadour Magma Triple IPA
Boulder Nitro Mojo IPA
Smuttynose Summer Weizen
New Holland Mad Hatter IPA
Dark Horse Plead the 5th Imperial Stout


Quality Beer

Anchor Liberty
Boulder Hazed and Infused
Lagunitas ipa
Stone ipa
Stone sublimely self-righteous
Two brothers cane and ebel
Two brothers domaine du page
Victory prima pils
Flossmoor station stationmaster wheat
Smuttynose old brown dog
Avery white rascal
Goose island pepe Nero
Pyramid apricot
Original sin
Founders dirty bastard
North coast old rasputin

Piccadilly

Weekend wine tasting: friday 4-7, Saturday 1-4 $5. Wine from Three Wine company, with Matt Cline (owner/winemaker). 4 beers, Steenbrugge dubbel Bruin, Avery New World Porter, Mikkeller Single Hop Chinook, Founder's Double Trouble.


Mark your calendar!

May 22: Chambana Craft Beer Pub Crawl , Sunday, May 22, starting at Crane Alley at 4, then heading around Urbana and Champaign until at least 9pm.

Alcohol in the news; Urbana Liquor Licenses

From WCIA 3

Urbana Liquor Licenses

URBANA - More places to buy alcohol could be on the way to Urbana. Two new convenience stores have applied for liquor licenses. They're under construction on Philo Road.

One business owner in the area is concerned. Jerommie Smith of Truly Fit is now looking for other locations. His lease is up in about two years and the pending liquor licenses could play a role in his decision.

Alcohol in the news; Yorkville Savion Blanc

From wcia 3/ illinoishomepage.net

Yorkville Savion Blanc

Todd Fusco, Manager of Corkscrew in Urbana, is here with a Yorkville Savion Blanc, for today's Whet Your Whistle.

It's a short, 3:30 piece. They talk about an organic wine, no pesticides, herbicides, and have sheep do the mowing.

Alcohol in the news; Liquor-license applications irk Urbana residents

from the news-gazette

Liquor-license applications irk Urbana residents

URBANA — Two new convenient stores proposed for the Philo Road business district are seeking liquor licenses, and nearby residents and business owners are less than thrilled.

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Urbana's liquor ordinance does limit the amount of licenses that can be issued based on the city's population. But in January the council, on Mayor Laurel Prussing's recommendation, approved a change to the population limit for Class C liquor licenses. The move allowed for more Class C liquor licenses to be permitted in the city, increasing it from 11 to 27. A Class C license allows a business to sell packaged beer, wine and hard liquor to be consumed off the property.

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The two convenient stores that have applied for Class C liquor licenses are Q-Mart, proposed for 2005 Philo Road, and The Short-Stop, proposed for 1720 S. Philo Road. Both applications are pending, said Prussing, who is also the city's liquor commissioner.

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"If you're concerned about crime in that area, I don't think it's coming from the liquor stores, but the apartments. We're working with an apartment owner to get him to have a plan for dealing with some of his tenants," Prussing said.

It's not the liquor, it's the people who drink it.

Michelson and other members of the neighborhood safety task force will take up the topic of crime and liquor stores at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the second floor conference room at city hall, 400 S. Vine St. It is open to the public.