Beer Dinner and movie screening in Nashville

Hey Nashville, come out tomorrow night to Fido's Cafe and enjoy a 3 course food tasting paired with some delicious brews, including our Tule Duck Red Ale!
Paired with a screening a of Beer Wars, this is the perfect mid-week pick-me-up for any beer lover in the Nashville area.

Christmas Time!

To ring in the 2010 Christmas season, we've got several offerings and happenings from us to help keep you all warm and fuzzy with beer!

First off, on December 16th, Reno's Firkin & Wolf Pub and Restaurant will host their first Buckbean Beer Dinner!
The menu is as follows:
Original Orange Blossom Ale with rosemary lavash with smoked Chinese chicken, sweet pepper relish, toasted coriander and sweet mustard sauce
Tule Duck Red Ale with bitter greens tossed in lemon oil and sea salt, topped with venison and wild mushroom Wellington with smoked tomato relish
Black Noddy Lager with Kahlua roast port over Hawaiian slaw with toasted sesame dressing, carmelized pineapple and sweet chili
Very Noddy Lager with roasted hazelnut cannoli with mocha java mousse and toasted pecan praline

A meal not be missed! $40 or $70 per couple. Call Firkin and Wolf at 775-333-9653 for reservations.



Secondly, we've got a birthday bash for our brewer Dan this Saturday the 11th at Buckbean. Come down and get Very Noddy Specials, play darts, hang out with Dan and listen to him spread his gospel of beer, but also be the first to try the new Bourbon Barrel Tule Duck Ale! Dan's been been brewing special batches of Tule Duck in oak Bourbon barrels and it'll debut tomorrow for the public to slurp, gulp, or sip to their enjoyment. We'll also have live music from 4-6!



For the beer lovers in your life, Christmas is the perfect time to give the gift of ale, and Buckbean has got you covered with some special holiday gifts!

Choose from:
1. Mixed four pack (including the 2010 World Beer Cup bronze winning Very Noddy Lager) and two pint glasses for just $15.00
2. Add a Buckbean T-shirt to the deal for only $10 more
3. If you can't quiet decide on what your beer enthusiast would want in their stocking, give them a gift certificate! A $25 gift certificate for only $20 or $50 gift certificate for only $40!

Keep in mind, these are only redeemable after December 25.


So there you have it. Plenty of ways to get your Buckbean fix this December. Enjoy and Cheers! Happy Holidays from Buckbean Brewing Company!

Las Vegas gets a Noddy invasion from Buckbean!

For those of you Las Vegas-ites, we have a ton of cool events and happenings this weekend. Fill yourself up with good beer!

Saturday!

The Village Lake Las Vegas, Buckbean Brewing Company and New Vista Community host “Brews Best Village Beer Fest” on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the event for $25 per person with proceeds benefiting New Vista Community or can be pre-purchased at www.NewVistaCommunity.org.


The festival will showcase beers from Buckbean, Boulder Dam Brewing, Barley’s Brewing, Gordon Biersch Las Vegas, Backyard Brew Pub, Stone Brewing Company, Tenaya Creek, Nevada Beverage and more. The breweries will set up along the waterfront cobblestone streets of The Village and guests can taste top-notch beers while enjoying live music. To round out the evening guests can choose from one of the many restaurants in The Village for dinner.

Festival guests don’t have to worry about the drive home after a day of beer tasting; guests can stay the night with a special package at MonteLago Village Resort or Vacation Villas. To book a Brews Best Beer Fest special package at the Resort, please call 1-888-600-2688 or visit www.montelagovillage.com. For Vacation Villas, please call 702-568-1174 or visit www.lakelasvegasrentals.com.

Double Helix at Palazzo from 4:30-7pm (event is 5-7pm). This will be a tasting of the entire line and feedback from guests will "help" them decide which beer will be added to the list.

Sunday!

Motley Brews Tailgate 2010. This is a craft brew festival featuring 80+ beers from around the world plus football on TV and snacks for only $30 in advance/$35 door. The Noddy Girls will have a table to themselves to promote Buckbean. www.motleybrews.com/events.htm


Monday!


Come out and visit the Noddy Girls, drink good beer, and enjoy the finer side of Sin City. See you there!

A Surly Tasting and the Return of Doug's Very Noddy Lager!

Friday, October 29 is going to be a great beer day at Buckbean!
Doug's Very Noddy 40th Birthday Lager, better know as the Very Noddy Lager, unleashes to the patrons of holiday ales. This amazing beer that packs quite a punch (10.5% ABV) won Bronze at the prestigious 2010 World Beer Cup as one of 44 beers entered in the "Other Strong Beer" category. We are going to celebrate this release with $2 pints of ALL beers on tap, but the Very Noddy should be your first stop.

As if the Very Noddy Lager wasn't enough to be excited about, we will also be offering you the change to try four beers from Minnesota's Surly Brewing Company, one of our favorite canned breweries around. We'll have offerings of the Bender, Coffee Bender, Cynic Ale and Bitter Brewer. If you attended CANFEST you can get a free tasting of all the beers; if not, it's only $1.00 to try the brews. You will also have the chance to buy the beers for $1.00/can. Please note: cash only transaction- all the money goes to the non-profit Great Basin Bird Observatory.

Come down anytime tomorrow and kick in the fall season with some awesome local & out-of-area brews!

CANFEST breweries and info!

LESS THAN ONE WEEK LEFT!

The sudsy wonder of canned beer is taking over people!

Friday the 8th at Buckbean Brewing Co. the winners of each judging category will be announced at 6 p.m. Beer will be flowing and there will be a chance to meet some cool beer industry media folks and brewers themselves.

And then of course Saturday is the main event.
The confirmed breweries as of today are:
21st Amendment Brewery
Anderson Valley
Big Sky Brewing Co
Bohemian Brewery
Buckbean Brewing Co
Caldera Brewing Co
Capital Brewery
Four Peaks Brewing
Great River Brewery
High Noon Saloon & Brewery
Mammoth Brewing Co
Maui Brewing Co
MillKing IT Productions
Mudshark Brewing Co
Northwoods Brewing Co
Oskar Blues Brewery
Prescott Brewing Co
Rochester Mills Beer Co
Santa Fe Brewing Co
San Tan Brewing Co
Surly Brewing Co
Tall Grass Brewing
Uncommon Brewers Inc


Please visit our new website www.canfestreno.com for more info.

And thanks to our great sponsors this year, including That Can Holder, Hi-Cone/Mumm Products, Ball, Digiprint, Wild 102.9, Abbi PR, and Bourns Productions!

The Can-o-lution is Almost here!

CANFEST is right around the corner. Ah, we just cannot wait to have one full evening of the greatest canned breweries in the world together in one room serving out their delicious brews.

In case you're curious of who's coming, here is the list of our 100% solid, attending breweries:
21st Amendment Brewing Co
Uncommon Brewers
High Noon Saloon and Brewery
Maui Brewing Co
Mammoth Brewing Co
Anderson Valley Brewing Co
Mudshark Brewing Co
Caldera Brewing Co
Buckbean Brewing Co
Four Peaks Brewing Co
Capital Brewery
Northwoods Brewing Co
Rochester Mills Brewing Co
Surly Brewing Co
MillKing It Productions


There are plenty more to come, we just don't want to tease anyone until everything is set in stone.

Also, we're holding a contest to send one lucky blogger to Reno for CANFEST.
The deadline for entries was yesterday, and now the voting has begun!

Click here to choose your favorite

To view the entries before voting, all the links below will guide you to them:


Josh, Lost in the Beer Isle

Jim, Beer and Whiskey Brothers


Scott, The Beer Snob

Sean, Beer Search Party

Greg, Pour Curator

Rebecca, Calipidder

Stephen, Definitive Ale

Mark, Atattooedtale




Tickets for CANFEST are now on sale on the Grand Sierra Resort's website
$30 gets you a tasting glass, unlimited tastings, expo access, food samples, and a grand ol hoppy time!

Buckbean and the Bonanza Team Up for a Beer Dinner