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Premier Gourmet presents… STOP WINING! We’re hosting a BEER AND CHEESE tasting! Wine goes well with cheese. BEER goes even better! Join us in our Café on Sunday, August 18th, for an afternoon of Gourmet Cheese and Beer Pairings. From the sublime to the delicious! 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm $15.00 per person...

Some bad news. Below is the "official release." Hopefully, the festival will be back again next year. ------------------------- The 3rd Annual Buffalo Brewfest has been canceled. The City of Buffalo has caused the cancellation due the excessive delays in the permit process. These are the s...

...just got this press release today. BRAKSPEAR TO QUIT BREWING British brewer Brakspear will sell its Henley town center brewery site by the turn of the year and end 200 years of brewing. Its brands will now be brewed under license by Refresh UK. Brakspear plans to concentrate on the development of...

a little bit of trivia about the Chouffe Brewery... The first ever batch of Chouffe-Bok was actually brewed at the Niagara Falls Brewing Company (the owners are friends). If you read the story on the back of the bottle, it talks about a Belgian Gnome going on a trip to the new world and encountering...

Joe, Thanks for your kind words! I'll be sure to pass them on to Josh. I also have an updated product list which I will email to Cass in the next few days. You may have noticed that there are a lot of new beers on the shelves. We are working on getting several new product lines as well - which hopef...

There will be a Buffalo Brewfest this year. I'll forward on more information as soon as I hear anything concrete. I am not one of the organizers this year, as I just don't have time. However, this year's organizers are working very hard to get things set up ASAP for what I'm sure will be a great fes...

Actually, it may not be an oxymoron. Depends on how you define "Molson Quality" They didn't say "high" quality brewing... _________________ Lyle Ostrow Premier Gourmet 3465 Delaware Avenue Kenmore, NY 14217 tel:(716) 877-3574 email: premierbeer@adelphia.net <font size=-1>[ This M...

I'm pretty sure it wasn't a different variety of hop. I was in their hop room and the only hops there were Cascades and Northern Brewer. Only whole flowers - no pellets of course! Both seemed exceptionally fresh and fragrant. Cascades are notoriously bad storage hops. In fact, they are one of the wo...

Were "September" and "February" the dates you purchased them, or the "brewed on" dates (as per secret cereal box decoder described in message above)? Coincidentally, I was at the Anchor brewery about two weeks ago and I can attest that nothing has changed. A beer like L...

Hey guys - I've been out of town and out of touch. Just returned! I though you might like to know how to "decode" the date codes on the back of the Anchor bottles. First of all, if it is 4 digits, just discard the last one - it just tells which conditioning tank the beer was in. The first ...

We don't have any in stock right now. It hasn't come in on our last two orders from the distributor. I'll speak to the importer directly and see what I can find out. I seem to recall hearing a rumor that it might not be imported any more - but don't quote me. Regardless, I'll find the answer. Boon G...

Actually, the Double Chocolate Stout was never D/C'd. It is just a seasonal release.

Howe Sound Brewing Company in Squamish is a personal favorite of mine. High quality English-style, hand-pulled ales. Last time I was there, they were experimenting with a really hoppy pilsner as well - quite tasty. They also have a really fun bar, a bakery, a restaurant, and fantastic rooms (they ar...

- this email just went out today to our e-brewletter list. If you want to be included on the list in the future, send your email address to premierbeer@adelphia.net. ---------------------------------------- Finally, we present a much delayed run-down of holiday/winter seasonal brews available at Pre...

Okay - I still haven't managed to get a Premier e-brewletter out. Just too busy. Anyway, here's some more new arrivals: Unibroue 10 - we got ~15 cases. I haven't tried it yet. My parents had a bottle with dinner last night and said it was tremendous. Anchor Christmas (Our Special Ale) - we've got to...