Coalhouse Pizza (Expanded and busy as ever!!!)

Beer Bar:  Coalhouse Pizza

Address / Phone Number:  85 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT (203) 977-7700

Beer Stats:  52 Taps ($6-$9) / 50+ Bottles ($5.75-$14.75)

Happy Hour (Beer Deals): Monday - Friday 3PM-5PM $5 Drafts & $5 Flights

Food:  Yes (Pizza/BBQ/Wings & More)

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/COALHOUSE_PIZZA

***For my original post on Coalhouse Pizza, head here***


The Skinny:  Coalhouse Pizza in Stamford, has added to their space!!!  There is plenty of room now at Coalhouse for you and your fellow craft beer and awesomeee-food enthusiasts.  I recently checked out the new space when I attended one of their beer classes (that's right they host beer classes about once every six weeks).

The new dining space occupies a former music store that was just to the left (when facing the building) of Coalhouse Pizza.  There are plenty of additional tables as well as two large flatscreens for all your sports watching pleasure.  In addition to the extra seating, there is also a new game area, to the back of the building.  Add in all of these new additions to already amazing beer selection, killer food and great vibes and now you have even more reasons to head on over to Coalhouse.

As usual, the folks at Coalhouse have put together a very busy event calender.  Here is a rundown of  all upcoming events at Coalhouse Pizza, with the Craft Beer events bolded:

 

 

The Mojo Duo and Friends performing live

Friday, November 9th, 8:30PM

&

Friday, December 14th, 8:30PM

 

Wine & Cheese

Saturday, November 10th

 

Beer Glass Give-Away Night

Saturday, November 10th

 

Founders Brewing Flight Night

Tuesday, November 13th

 

Cisco Brewing Flight Night

Thursday, November 15th

 

Stone Brewing Flight Night

Tuesday, November 20th

 

Mystery Draft Contest

(Correctly guess the select mystery draft and win two free tickets two their next beer dinner!)

Friday, November 23rd

 

IPA Day

($5 IPA Drafts and Flights)

Saturday, November 24th

 

Sixpoint Brewery Flight Night

Tuesday, November 27th

 

New England Brewing Flight Night

Thursday, November 29th

 

Home Brew Competition

(Join Coalhouse when they announce the winners to their Open Style Home Brew Competition)

Tuesday, December 4th, 7:00PM

 



 



Tuesday Night Tastin' @ Eli Cannon's, Middletown

Location: Eli Cannon's Tap Room, Middletown

Date: Tuesday, May 8 7:00PM - 9:00PM

The Skinny: The awesome people at Eli Cannon’s Tap Room in Middletown are teaming up with the splendid folks at Oskar Blues Brewery for this complimentary, special tasting event. There will be 4 different Oskar Blues brews on tap (Including the newest member of the Oskar Blues line up, Deviant Dale's IPA!!!).  There might also be some free Oskar Blues Schwag up for grabs.  For a complete rundown of the Oskar Blues Brewery selections that will be featured at Eli Cannon’s Tap Room on Tuesday, look here:

Deviant Dale's IPA

Deviant Dale’s IPA (8% ABV, 85 IBUs) was born at the crossroads, in a juke joint, as if Dale’s Pale Ale sold its soul to balance Deviant’s foreboding aromas of citrus, grapefruit rind and piney resins with a copper ball-of-fire color and inscrutable finish. The 2011 GABF Silver Medal Winner (American IPA Category) is the Devil incarnate with untold amounts of malt and hedonistic Columbus dry-hopping. Oskar Blues’ southern spirit caught a northbound blues bus to ColoRADo to deliver the boundary bustin’ brewery’s first 16 oz. tallboy can.

Mama's Little Yella Pils

Oskar Blues’ Mama’s Little Yella Pills is an uncompromising, small-batch version of the beer that made Pilsen, Czech Republic famous. Unlike mass market “pilsners” diluted with corn & rice, Mama’s is built with 100% pale malt, German specialty malts, and Saaz hops. While it’s rich with Czeched-out flavor, its gentle hopping (35 IBUs) and low ABV (just 5.3%) make it a luxurious but low-dose (by Oskar Blues standards) refresher.

Dale's Pale Ale

America’s first hand-canned craft beer is a voluminously hopped mutha that delivers a hoppy nose, assertive-but-balanced flavors of pale malts and hops from start to finish. First canned in 2002, Dale’s Pale Ale is a hearty (6.5% and 65 IBUs), critically acclaimed trailblazer that has changed the way craft beer fiends perceive canned beer.

Gubna

Emphasizing that complexity of character can arise from simple elements, this ale is made with 3 malts and 1 hop. Its light amber color and slightly spicy malt character are derived from the use of German Dark Munich Malt and Rye Malt respectively. North American 2-row barley combines with the other grains to lay the foundation for the hop onslaught to come. Summit hops are used exclusively in the boil for bitterness, flavor and aroma but it doesn’t end there. Post-fermentation dry hopping allows the 10% ABV monstrosity to gently coax the citrus rind and grapefruit aroma to join the 100 IBUs already present. This beer will greet you with a pungent citrus blast, provide a spicy yet round middle and finish with a brisk, clean bitterness.

For Directions go (HERE)

For More info call Eli Cannon's @ 860-347-ELIS

Tuesday Night Tastin' @ Eli Cannon's, Middletown

Location: Eli Cannon's Tap Room, Middletown

Date: Tuesday,  May 1 7:00PM - 9:00PM                                    

The Skinny:  The awesome people at Eli Cannon’s Tap Room in Middletown are teaming up with the great folks at Sebago Brewing Company for this special tasting event.   There will be 7 different Sebago brews on tap.  Amongst the 7 will be 3 IPAs (one of which will be a cask IPA!!!)  For a complete rundown of the Sebago Brewing Company selections that will be featured at Eli Cannon’s Tap Room on Tuesday, look here:

Citra Dry-Hopped Full Throttle IPA CASK

Frye's Leap IPA

Frye's Leap IPA is an intense experience. It is a hoppy medium-bodied ale and is full of character. From the caramel malt which gives our IPA its golden color to the distinct fruity hoppiness, this beer is every bit as exciting as its namesake, the popular cliffs on Sebago Lake. Enjoy this refreshing beer with seafood, spicy foods and all things grilled. Take the Leap!

Full Throttle IPA

Big juicy American hops burst from this unfiltered deep amber ale. The caramel sweetness takes a backseat only to the abundance of citrusy, piney flavors and aromas. Dominated by Cascade, Centennial, Chinook and Falconer's Flight hops, our double IPA has been dry-hopped for over a month.

Barleywine 2011

2011 Barleywine is Sebago Brewing Company's boldest beer ever at 9.7% ABV, 60 IBUs, and an extended barrel-aging time. This beer is a blend of Old World influence and modern day ingredients and technique. Domestic malt and distinctly American hops produce this rich, full bodied ale. On top of it all, this beer was barrel-aged in charred oak bourbon barrels for over eight months. The end result is an unfiltered dark ruby colored ale with very intense aromatics.

Elegan's Saison

This style is renowned for its complex fruitiness and aroma. Elegans Saison (6.1% ABV) is a smooth ruby red colored winter version brewed with Pineapple Sage, an herb from the mountains of Central America long used as a tension reliever. Pineapple sage (salvia elegans) imparts delicate fragrances of lemongrass and tangerine to compliment the bready malt aroma and caramelized sugar flavors. A balanced bitterness ends each sip and cleanses the palate, leaving you thirsty for more.

Hefewiezen

Our Hefeweizen is a golden unfiltered wheat beer with it’s origins from Bavaria. We ferment it with a traditional German yeast strain which produces a unique spicy fruitiness and wonderful carbonation. Malted red wheat gives it a light crisp body and dense white head. Please sit back and enjoy our summertime seasonal beer!

Saddleback Ale    

Saddleback Ale is a crisp light all malt beer with roots from an Eastern European lager. The Czech hops balance the pale malt, revealing balance and natural drinkability. Saddleback Ale is the perfect session beer.

Brewery Event: Relic Brewing

Location: Relic Brewing, 95B Whiting Street, Plainville

Date:  Friday, April 27th, 5:00PM - 7:00PM & Saturday, April 28th 12:00PM - 3:00PM

The Skinny:  If you are looking for a place to get your Connecticut Craft Beer fill this weekend, then look no further.  Head on over to Relic Brewing in Plainville.  They will be open tonight and tomorrow afternoon for tastings.  You will also be able to purchase growlers to be filled so you can take home your favorite Relic Brews!  On tap at Relic Brewing will be Fortnight (a fantastic IPA) and Whiting St (Their signature Ale).  There will also be bottles of Prologue.

Growlers will be available in 64ounces and 32ounces (but seriously, who gets chooses the little growler? haha)

So head on over to Relic Brewing in Plainville for some good beer, a good time and to support a Connecticut Brewery.

For more info head to their website.

Willimantic Brewing Co turns twenty-one on April 14!!!th

Willimantic Brewing Company is turning 21! And they have a big celebration planned.

They turn 21 on Saturday, April 14th and want you to come celebrate their birthday with them.  So head on over to Willimantic and enjoy some food, music and a pint or two or three.

The theme of the event will be a Black & White Roaring-Twenties style party so they are asking that you come dressed for the occasion.  In addition to a live DJ providing tunes all night long, there will be Food and Drink specials.  There will also be fun giveaways all night long.

For more information head here.

Beer Event: "Kill the Casks" @ Plan B, West Hartford

Beer Bar: Plan B

Location: 138 Park Road, West Hartford, CT

When: Sunday March 25th, 2-5PM

Price: $45 Tax & Gratuity Included

The Skinny: Local 8 restaurant group which includes The Half Door, Plan B and Tisane is hosting this killer event.  The event includes Blue Point cask beer (until the casks run dry) as well as an assortment of food (IPA Fondue, Mesclun Salad, Cheeses, Smoked Chicken Salad, Chicken and Apple Sausage Sliders, Sweet n' Sour Meatballs, IPA Cookies and Beer Spice Cake).  There will also be live acoustic music by Russ Hillman.

For all the juicy food and beer details and to purchase your tickets go here