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We have 46 draft taps more than 50 in bottles - so many we had to use a whole page - click to see The Big Beer List!

The Avenue Pub MUG CLUB is here!

Sept Great Beer Schedule

Starting on Wed Sept. 1 the balcony will be open 7 nights a week. 5 pm on Fridays and 6pm all the other days of the week. Look for special releases and discounts geared towards getting people to go upstairs!

Monday nights are Monday Night football:

• Monday Sept 20th Black and Gold specials 1$ off Old Rasputin on nitro tap (yes, we are adding a nitro tap upstairs) & Pranqster Golden Ale.
• Monday Sept 27th $2 off any bombers on the balcony. We have some good stuff and even better stuff coming in.

Tuesday nights are Beer centric Trivia night on the balcony (Sept 7th, 13th, 20th, 27th):

Yes, its the craze but we want to do it our own special way. Open and close your tabs on the balcony and receive $1 off any draft we have on tap up there during trivia. 8pm till 10pm. Specialty beer and bar tab prizes for the winners! You don't have to come with a team...we will get you on one if you want to play (just not by yourself). The guys running this for us are a couple of our beer regulars.

Sept 7th prizes: 1st place $20 dollar craft beer bar tab & a bomber of Brooklyn Schneider Hopfenweiss, 2nd and 3rd place TBA

Wed. nights are beer tasting nights:

• Wed. Sept 1st: Good beer with a twist! We are lacing stouts with good bourbon and spiced rum and making beer cocktails come join us for a little experimentation. $15
• Wed. Sept 8th: The new Brooklyns are in! Our monthly shipment of Brooklyn beers just arrived. We will kick them off on the balcony with a tasting. Brooklyn Brown is on tap now but we will add : Brooklyn Pilsner, Pumpkin Patch Ale, Octoberfest, & Detonation (Oliver's new brewmaster reserve beer that was described to me as Blast on steroids)
• Wed. Sept 15th American craft interpretations of Octoberfest beers. Rogue, Harpoon, Brooklyn Shiner, Sam Adams, Magic Hat, Coney Island and more.
• Wed. Sept 22nd Oktoberfest in bottles. We will be picking some of the best Oktoberfest beers that can only be found locally in bottles. We haven't chosen the beers yet but look for a broad representations of different German styles including Kellerbier, Rauch Beer and Oktoberfest styles. We will include some high end bottles that we don't normally stock at the pub.
• Wed. Sept 29th TBA

Thursday nights are Saints on the Balcony:

Thursday Sept 2nd We are going to tap a cask of Red seal for this game!

Thursday Sept 9th (first regular season game) tables are filling up. RSVP now for guaranteed seating.

Friday Nights on the Balcony are Cask nights:

• Friday Sept 3rd NOLA Blueberry Cask
• Friday Sept 10th Northcoast Red Seal Cask
• Friday Sept 17th Oktoberfest Kicks off & Oktoberfest Cask Lagers
• Friday Sept 24th Oktoberfest Cask Lagers

Each subsequent Friday during October fest we will have a cask lager. For those of you had tried them last year you know how special these beers are; unpasteurized Franconian lager from tiny farmhouse breweries that do not not distribute out of their little villages. These beers are available to us through the efforts of Monschof brewery. The owner of Monschoff takes his own kegs around to these breweries and has them filled and then ships them to the US in very limited quantities with his own beer. Just like cask Ale these beers can only be served the night they are tapped. We have enough to tap 2 per night for a month but If I am not sure of the crowd I'll only tap one. RSVPs will help me determine how many to tap each Friday. Please see the attached list of beers and descriptions. The regular draft offerings are pretty special and will be coming on line Sept 17th.

Saturday Sept 11th Dan Stein's birthday party. You have to pay for your own beer but we will have a cask & Dan will pick the Tap list on the balcony. Come help us celebrate one of our favorite beer lovers!

Saturday Sept 18th the balcony will be closed for a private event.

Cicerone comes to the Pub!

Cicerone is the 'Sommelier' Certification program for beer. the only one of its kind it seeks to raise the standard of education for servers of beer in the US. there are three levels of certification beginning with basic serving knowledge and continuing through brewing and beer judging.

In Aug./Sept. Ray Daniels will come to New Orleans to conduct his level 2 and 3 certification - you can become level one certified online and continue your education when he travels to New Orleans in late summer. An optional review course will be held and can be attended by people not wishing to take the certification test. This is the first time he has been in this part of the country and The Pub is very excited to host this very special event. For more information or registration for the event please consult the Cicerone website.

 

Thanks to Vasu Tummala for this great shot of NOLA Brewing Blonde Cask Ale

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