As craft beer becomes more popular and pushes into the mainstream, more people are looking to experiment with the beverage. While industrial lagers inspired Shandy's and Cheladas to appeal to the not-quite-beer fan, craft beer fits better with those who would label themselves mixologists. Celebrating this new wave of blending flavors, Bison Brewing and Revival Bar & Kitchen are kicking off the First Annual Holiday Beer cocktail Event.
Taking place on December 18th, Bison Brewing will hold this event at Revivial Bar & Kitchen in its home town of Berkeley. Drinks vary in price depending on your cocktail and the even runs from 5-8 in the evening. Travel safely to this event by hopping on BART as Revival Bar & Kitchen is next to the Downtown berkeley BART Station. Keep reading for the official press release for this exciting new trend in the craft beer world. Happy Mixing and Holidays.
Revival Bar & Kitchen and Bison Brewing Present:
1st Annual Holiday Beer Cocktail Event
-- For Immediate Release --
Berkeley, CA -- A relatively new and growing trend, beer mixology is the art of crafting and blending cocktails using beer as one or more of the ingredients. Farm-to-table restaurant, Revival Bar & Kitchen, has teamed up with its local organic craft brewery, Bison Brewing, to pioneer the beer mixology movement in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Bison Brewing’s Director of Awesomeness and founder of BeerMixology.com, Ashley Routson, joined forces with Revival’s expert mixologist and BeerMixology.com partner, Nat Harry, to collaborate on a monthly series of beer cocktail events to be hosted at Revival.
“What bartenders say and what I’ve indeed experienced is that beer, for one thing, calms down, stretches out and provides a subtle fizz to a cocktail without the watery and innocuous impact of, say, club soda. Its yeastiness balances fruity effects, rescuing a cocktail from excessive sweetness. And its relatively low alcohol content, in relation to hard liquor, means it can add to the overall volume of a drink without making it too lethal.” -- Frank Bruni, Op-Ed columnist, The New York Times.
The inaugural event in the series is scheduled for Sunday, December 18th from 5-8pm and will feature three original cocktail recipes designed by Nat and Ashley, each prepared with one of Bison Brewing’s organic beers. In honor of the holiday season, the duo dedicated to go with a holiday beer cocktail theme -- adding a winter wonderland twist to each of the drinks. The featured beers include Bison’s India Pale Ale, Chocolate Stout, and Gingerbread Ale -- a holiday spiced porter.
Both of the beer mixologists will be in and around the bar, to engage the audience and answer any questions about the recipes and techniques used. Bison Brewing’s brewmaster and owner, Daniel Del Grande, will also be on hand to discuss how the flavor profiles of his beers interact with the ingredients in each cocktail.
In addition to spearheading the beer mixology trend in the Bay Area, Ashley and Nat have partnered with several other craft beer and mixology experts in the country to launch BeerMixology.com. With the goal of being the foremost resource on the science and art of beer mixology, BeerMixology.com is a collaborative website dedicated to the education and advocacy of beer cocktails.
Holiday Beer Cocktails
Where: Revival Bar & Kitchen
Berkeley, CA (next to Downtown Berkeley BART Station)
Date: December 18, 2011
Time: 5-8pm
Cost: Per cocktailAbout Bison Brewing
Bison was founded in 1989 in Berkeley, CA. Anchored with a brewing philosophy of drinkability, superior quality, and fair prices, Bison brews are certified organic to promote sustainable agriculture and green living. Bison is one of the pioneers of the organic movement, achieving organic certification in 2003. In addition to its #1 seller Organic India Pale Ale, Bison brews an array of interesting and popular beers such as Chocolate Stout, Gingerbread Ale and Honey Basil Ale.
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