February Newsletter for The Ginger Man, Dallas

1) Pint Nights

2) Lunch hours

3) February Beer Tasting

4) Live music on Saturdays

5) Celebrate Texas & Chili Cook-Off

6) Sunday is Service Industry Night  

7) Special Event Booking

8) New draught beer

9) New bottled beer

10) Current wine selection

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1) Pint Nights are every Tuesday starting at 6 pm. Buy the beer of the day and keep the logo glass.
Our start time is 6pm
February 5th - Flying Dog glasses
February 12th - Chocolate Raspberries (Young's Chocolate/Framboise) glasses
February 19th - Smithwick's glasses
February 26th - Steinlager glasses

2) Lunch hours- The Ginger Man is open for lunch Wednesday through Friday at 11:30 am. Saturday through Tuesday we open at 1:00 pm

3) February Beer Tasting
"Taste of Texas"
Featuring Four Texas Microbreweries
Saturday, February 23rd
Starts at 3:30 pm
Reservations Strongly Recommended

4) Live music on Saturdays from 9pm until 1am - No cover
February 2nd - Jackson Eli
February 9th - Robert Gotcher
February 16th - Soylent Blue
February 23rd - Mike McFarland

5) Celebrate Texas & Chili Cook-Off
Saturday, March 1st 2008
From 12pm-2am
Celebrate Texas Independence Day with us!
Texas Food, Texas Beer, Texas Music & More
Live music by the Drop Top Rockets 9pm-1am
No Cover
Chili Cook Off - Maximum 3 persons on each team
The event will begin at noon with judging at 4:30 pm
All chili to be prepared with a St Arnold beer!
Donations benefit the Aflac Childrens Cancer Center
Full rules and regulations will be made available on our website or at the pub
Deadline for entry is Monday February 18th

6) Sundays are Service Industry Night
Happy Hour Prices from 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. for all service industry people

7) Special Event Booking
Host your next event at The Ginger Man
Birthday parties, Corporate Happy Hours, Private Beer Tastings, Private Oktoberfests
No event too large or small
Contact us at gm-dallas@gingermanpub.com or phone 214-754-8771

8) New draught beers:
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

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

Kostritzer Dark Lager- "Commonly known as “Black Beer”, this beer was made in the castles of two local aristocrats between the 1500s and 1600s, and won a wide reputation in the 1700s. This black brew has a
spicy aroma hinting at red peppers, figs and bitter chocolate. The same character emerges in big, expressive, smooth, long, dry, well-combined flavors."

Barons Black Wattle Original Ale, 5.8% ABV -"Barons Black Wattle Original Ale was the first in this new class of beer - flavoured by native Australian roasted wattle seed. This multi award-winning ale has a rich amber colour and a base malt flavour of toffee and caramel. The roasted wattle seed rounds out the offering with a unique taste that hints of hazelnut, chocolate and mocha. It is a full bodied, full flavoured beer that is surprisingly smooth with an amazingly silky finish."
http://www.baronsbrewing.com/beers/index.php

Hofbräu Dunkel - ( 5.5 % Alc. By Volume) "For centuries Munich’s favourite beer. Our dark lager. It has a light body, is easy to drink, with simple roasted malt flavor and slight caramel undertones."
http://www.hofbrauhausnewport.com/beer.html

Blue Moon Rising Moon Spring Ale - "is a handcrafted amber wheat ale with an extra zest, only brewed in the spring. Blue Moon Rising Moon Spring Ale is available in bottles and kegs. The brew has 164 calories per 12-ounce serving and 5.4 percent alcohol by volume."
http://www.coors.com/docs/Blue%20Moon%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf

9) New bottled beer
Rahr's Ugly Pug- "is a schwarzbier, or black lager. But the real story is its name. Fritz saw his mother-in-law’s pug, Oscar, lounging in a chair and he (Fritz) shouted, “What an ugly pug!” Everyone laughed. Your’re right – they were drinking a test batch that night."
http://www.rahrbrewing.com/uglypug.html

Rahr Red- "Rahr's Red is a delicious, medium-bodied amber beer. As it crosses over your tongue, you'll notice a bit of caramel-like malt character. You'll also notice a slight hops bitterness-there to remind you that despite its subtle flavoring Rahr's Red is a Texas beer."
http://www.rahrbrewing.com/rahrred.html

Boulevard Irish Ale - "Irish Ale, Boulevard's spring seasonal beer is our Midwestern tribute to the legendary red ales of old Ireland. Our recipe combines six kinds of pale and roasted barley malts to provide a rich, toasty flavor and tawny reddish hue."
http://www.blvdbeer.com/irishale.htm

Leinenkugels Berry Weiss- "Enjoy its unique color, aroma and sweet taste over ice, or mix it with Honey Weiss for a perfect refresher. This tasty fruit beer, around since 1996 and winner of the Bronze medal in the Fruits and Vegetable category at the Great American Beer Festival 2004, is brewed with Pale and Wheat malts, Cluster hops, and flavored with a blend of blackberries, elderberries and loganberries.
http://www.leinie.com/berry_weiss.html

10) Current Wine Selection
Reds
Louis Martini Cabernet~ Sonoma-California
Mirrassou Pinot Noir~ Central Coast-California
Rancho Zabaco Lodi Zinfandel~ Lodi-California
Whites
Martin Codax Albarino~ Rias Baixas-Spain
Frei Brothers Russian River Chardonnay~ Russian River Valley-California