March Newsletter for The Ginger Man, Houston

1) Pint Nights

2) St. Patrick's Day Celebration

3) Texas Thursdays

4) Beer Blends Menu

5) Special Event Booking

6) Service Industry Night

7) New beer on draught

8) New beer in a bottle

9) Current Wine Selection

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1) Pint Nights are every Wednesday starting at 5:30 pm. Buy the beer of the day and keep the logo glass. One glass per person. While supplies last.
March 6th- St. Arnold Spring Bock glasses
March 13th- Blanche de Bruxelles glasses
March 20th- Cooper's glasses
March 27th- Spaten Franziskaner glasses

2) St. Patrick's Day Celebration
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Live Music by Abbey Rode from 7:30pm until 11:30pm
www.abbeyrode.com
Serving traditional Irish food & beer
Doors open at 1pm
No Cover

3) Every Thursday we are offering discounted prices on all Texas draughts throughout the entire day.

4) Beer Blends Menu- Come in and try our Specialty Blends.

5) Special Event Booking
Host your next event at The Ginger Man
Birthday parties, Corporate Happy Hours, Private Beer Tastings
Corporate Happy Hours- Call or e-mail us to set up your Corporate Happy Hour. Happy Hour prices for corporate groups of eight or more with an advance reservation.
Contact us at gm-houston@gingermanpub.com or phone 713-526-2770

6) Service Industry Night- Every Monday is Service Industry Night  
Discounted Prices to all service industry people.

7) New beer on draught
Pranqster Belgian Style Golden Ale - "Belgian Ales represent the height of the brewers' art. Sophisticated brewing techniques, yeast blends and unique flavoring elements have elevated the beers of Belgium to the status enjoyed by wine in other countries. Pranqster follows in this tradition using a mixed culture of antique yeast strains that results in a floral nose, a full fruity flavor and a clean finish. It's a deceptive 6.9% alcohol and should be enjoyed with a full head. "We're excited about the techniques we've developed to bring this fruity, complicated ale to the American market," says North Coast Brewing Co. Brewmaster Mark Ruedrich. "Belgium produces the most diverse group of beers in the world. We've always been impressed with them, and it's really gratifying to be able to create something in that style."
http://www.northcoastbrewing.com/prank.html

Saint Arnold Spring Bock - "An authentic, German-style Bock, celebrating the coming of spring. This strong, deeply flavored lager has been aged to create a smooth, malty taste with a hint of sweetness. A light addition of German hops balances the malt flavor."
Original Gravity: 1.064 (16.3° Plato)
Color: Copper
Bitterness: 24 IBU
http://www.starnold.com/products/profiles/bock.html

Samuel Adams White Ale – “Spicy yet smooth. Brewed with 10 exotic spices. The style gets its name from the white, milky appearance of this unfiltered wheat ale. On the malt side, we use malted two row Pale barley, malted wheat, and Munich malt to give this beer a crisp, malty, cereal finish and smooth mouth feel. The hops used are Noble Tettnang Tettnanger hops. At the end of the kettle boil, we add a proprietary spice blend to give the beer a unique and complex flavor. The spice blend includes orange and lemon peel, dried plum, grains of paradise, coriander, anise, hibiscus, rose hips, tamarind, and vanilla. The beer is coarse filtered, leaving a white haze from the malt proteins.”
http://www.samueladams.com/world_of_beer.aspx

Sierra Nevada ESB (Early Spring Beer) - "Our ESB combines the best of English tradition with West Coast style. A blend of malts featuring British-grown Maris Otter is balanced with the earthy spiciness of hand-selected English and US hops. The ale is left unfiltered, which enhances mouthfeel and hop aroma creating a slightly reddish-copper hue."
http://www.sierranevada.com/beers/esb.html

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale - "is an award-winning example of the traditional barleywine ale style. It boasts a dense, fruity bouquet; an extremely rich, intense palate; and a deep, reddish-brown color. This ale is superbly balanced between an almost overpowering maltiness and a wonderfully bittersweet hoppiness."

“…Bigfoot captures the imagination, and its character is as big as the name implies, with a huge hoppiness in its earthy aroma, a chewy palate, and a great depth of flavor.”
– Michael Jackson,
Michael Jackson’s Beer Companion
http://www.sierranevada.com/beers/bigfoot.html

Lagunitas The Hairy Eyeball - "Our New Year’s Release for the seasoned beer folks… Big, brown warmer with several types of crystal malt. No actual eyeballs can actually be found in the beer."
IBU: 56.7
ABV: 9.0%
http://www.lagunitas.com/

Czechvar Premium Czech Lager - "The most precious thing we have… Our own cultivated yeast culture (Saccharomyces cerevisiae subsp. uvarum), matured under the careful supervision of our brewers, yields the a key component of our beer’s delicious taste. We use only top quality ingredients to produce our beer, and each is equally important for its unique taste.

Pure virgin spring water, which has waited almost 10,000 years to be freed from our 300-meter deep wells, lends our beer the unmistakable delicious taste that you enjoy every time you drink. Our beer excels with its perfect harmonious taste arising from a combination of top quality domestic ingredients and the age old experience of generations of brewers. Our production employs only the latest technologies while scrupulously observing traditional production procedures in order to preserve uniform high quality.

We place great emphasis on our beer’s maturing (“lagering”) – at least 90 days for our premium original lager. Female cones of top quality Žatec (Saaz) hops (Humulus lupulus) make our beer truly exceptional, giving it its unmistakable, highly valued, gentle hop character. The grain of a unique variety of Moravian barley (Hordeum vulgaris), which we carefully select each year from first-class crops, gives our beer its inimitable golden hue.
http://www.czechvar.com/web/Products/Premium-Czech-Lager.html

Fireman's #4 Blonde Ale - "This light bodied blonde ale is perfectly balanced with a touch of Crystal hops for bittering and aromatics. Fireman's #4 is a great choice on any hot Texas summer day or pair it with spicy foods to help you put out the fire.
http://www.realalebrewing.com/beer_styles.php

Coming soon on draught
Carlsberg- "is brewed from water, malt and hops. But without good yeast, you don't get a great beer, and Carlsberg's yeast has a unique story: The yeast used in the fermentation process comes from the strain of yeast isolated and developed at Carlsberg Breweries' research facility in 1 3 to solve the problem of wild yeast destroying the bacteria. Named "Saccharomyces Carlsbergensis" the yeast culture was given freely to the world, and is still used by many breweries all over the world."
http://carlsberg.com/

8) New beer in a bottle
Weihenstephaner Vitus - "A light-coloured, spicy single-bock wheat beer, for both beer lovers and the beer connoisseur. Extra long and cold storage in our monastery cellars makes this single-bock a really special beer with full body and a distinctively great mouthfeel. Prost!"
http://www.brauerei-weihenstephan.de/index.php?page=home_2_1&

Coming soon in a bottle
Dogfish Head Red & White - "A big, belgian-style Wit brewed with coriander and orange peel and fermented with Pinot Noir juice. After fermentation a fraction of the batch is aged in Oregon Pinot Noir barrels, and another fraction is aged on oak staves. The beer is blended together before packaging. This has been one of our most popular Limited Edition beers at both our Rehoboth Beach, DE brewpub and at festivals. It successfully marries the refreshing citrusy qualities of a Belgian-style white beer with the robust complexity of a bold red wine." 10% abv
http://www.dogfish.com/brewings/Occasional_Rarities/Red_._White/57/index.htm

9) Current Wine Selection
Reds
’05 Michael David Petite Petit
(Lodi) $8.00/glass $32/bottle
Full bodied, rich and ever-changing, this wine opens with notes of black cherry, vanilla and mocha and lightly toasted oak. It leads the palate and the nose to a fragrantly scented cigar-box encased in brown spice and leather. The finish is soft and sweet.

’05 Taft Street Sonoma Pinot Noir
(California) $8.00/glass $32/bottle
Distinctive mushroom and sage are evident, and a lively acidity brings the wine into harmony. This sleek Pinot has a firmness, which stays attractive in its lengthy finish.

’06 Alamos Malbec
(Argentina) $8.00/glass $24/bottle
Presents a deep, opaque violet color with purple hues. The nose is intense and complex, with ripe black fruits, sweet spice & a touch of violets. The mouth feel is sweet and supple, with black cherry & cassis flavors mingled with spicy black pepper and a touch of leather. The finish is long & persistent with soft, sweet tannins.

Whites
’06 Ten Mile White (Chard/Viognier/Chenin Blanc)
(California) $8.00/glass $32/bottle
Lightly sweet with tropical fruit and floral notes balanced with just the right touch of acidity.

’06 Codax Albarino
(Spain) $7.00/glass $28/bottle
Fresh lime and pineapple aromas, tangy, crisp and mouth-watering acidity, lingering finish, dangerously drinkable.

’06 Bertani Due Uve (Pinot Grigio/Sauvignon Blanc)
(Italy) $8.00/glass $32/bottle
Full-bodied, assertive and well defined, with nuances of elderflower combined with hints of peach and apricot.

’06 Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc
(New Zealand) $8.00/glass $32/bottle
Full-flavored medium bodied wine with vibrant currant-leaf and gooseberry aromas, some herbaceous nuances, and a hint of ripe citrus. A pale straw-colored wine with lemon-lime tones, this wine refreshes the palate with a crisp, clean, lingering finish.