BEER OF THE MONTH CLUB
May 2013 – Some of the Tipple's Staffs' Favorite Beers!
Complete 10 lists – try new beer and get your name immortalized on the wall!

1. Weihenstephaner OriginalMatt’s Favorite A good beer takes time. The long lager time makes this beer a matter of mild, flavorful beer enjoyment. Brewed in accordance with a centuries-old beer tradition on Weihenstephan Hill.
2. Young’s Double Chocolate StoutBryant’s Favorite Chocolate malt and real dark chocolate are combined with Young's award winning rich, full flavored dark beer to craft a satisfyingly indulgent, but never overly sweet experience.
3. North Coast Old Rasputin Aubrey’s Favorite A rich, intense brew with a robust palate, a fruity nose and a warming finish. Very complex.
4. Köstritzer Schwarzbier Cale’s Favorite Köstritzer barley malts give the beer its unique specialty fine malt flavor. The lively and elegant character creates a unique taste experience.
5. Ommegang BPA Ben’s Favorite This fine pale ale has citrus and tropical fruit aromatics shared with a well-balanced – yet abundant – hop character.
6. Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge Cale’s Favorite  It has a robust character but is beautiful and sophisticated with a full body and overtones of vanilla, dried cherry, stone fruit and cocoa. It is a complex, beautiful sour beer.
7. Stiegl Goldbräu Bryant’s Favorite Stiegl Goldbräu boasts an unrivaled, well rounded, balanced and wonderfully thirst-quenching flavor.
8. Left Hand Milk Stout NITRO Matts Favorite Dark & delicious, America’s great milk stout will change your perception about what a stout can be.
9. Franziskaner Weissebier Aubrey’s Favorite Deep golden color. Natural cloudiness, with yeast. Crispy, refreshing, spicy and fruity.
10. Theakston Old Peculier Ben’s Favorite Its initial sweetness is, "of roasted and vinous notes with a subtle bitter aftertaste." Strong fruitiness, often with "banana notes" standing out, is derived from Old Peculier’s fermentation process.
11. St. Bernardus Abt 12Cale’s Favorite A dark ivory colored beer with a high fermentation, this is the showpiece of the brewery. Thanks to its soft and unconditionally genuine aroma, the beer can be smoothly tasted. The Abt has a very fruity flavor.
12. Hitachino Nest White Ale Matt’s Favorite Hitachino Nest White Ale is brewed in the tradition of a Belgian style white beer with coriander, nutmeg, orange peel and orange juice.

Join Tipples Brews & Sisters Restaurant for a Wine Dinner - Friday May 10th, 2013: 7:00PM - 9:00PM

Tipple's Brews has teamed up with Sisters to offer boutique wine dinners. Each month at Sisters Restaurant you will have an incredible opportunity to enjoy exclusive wines paired with the most creative four course dinner prepared by Sisters. Your evening will be complete with live music featuring some of Gainesville's finest musicians. Please join us for our inaugural wine dinner on Friday, May 10, 2013 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Please call Tipple's @ 352-672-6303 for reservations. Hurry as seating is limited. Cost for the wine dinner is $80 per person. You will make your reservation with Tipple's and pay a $25 fee which covers your wine and holds your spot. At the completion of the wine dinner you will receive a bill for the remaining $55 from Sisters. We apologize for any inconvenience but we cannot offer refunds for this event. Please make sure you are able to attend before registering.

THE FOOD & THE WINE

Amuse
"To get the party started"
Lump Crab and Flounder Rollmop with Wood Ear Mushrooms and Avocado Hollandaise
Paired with Chidaine Montlouis Brut

1st Course
Soft Poached Egg in Aspic with Slivered Asparagus , Fresh Pea Tendrils and Artisan Greens
Paired with Mas de Gassac Guilhem Blanc

2nd Course
Fresh Bucatini with Broccoli Rabe and Grape Tomatoes
Paired with Eric Texier Cotes Du Rhone Rouge
 

3rd Course
Quail Con Pancetta, Barlotti Beans, Cappacollo and Sage
Paired with Les Pensees de Pallus Chinon 

4th Course
Strawberry Rhubard Float with Buttermilk Sorbet
Paired with Chidaine Vouvray Bouchet

*Food subject to substitutions depending on availability of ingredients.

* Vegan/Vegetarian Options available upon request at time of reservation.

More highly sought after wine...

2008 Domaine Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fumé "Silex"

Buy in store or Online at ShopTipples.com

From the Importer:

There are few winemakers in history as bullish or brazen, roguish or renegade, as the Loire Valley’s Didier Dagueneau. High-standards, incredible risk-taking, impeccable attention to detail, zealous allegiance to his terroir, and a willingness to take a stand against convention made this once-professional motorcycle sidecar racer the stuff of legends. Born in the Nièvre, where Burgundy meets the Loire Valley, Didier was the fourth generation in a family of winegrowers. In 1982, just after returning to his native village of Saint Andelain just outside of Pouilly-sur-Loire, Didier set his new career as vigneron in motion, and in typical form, there were no half-measures. Influenced by wine legend Henri Jayer of Burgundy, his grandfather Louis Dagueneau, André Chabanne of Pouilly-sur-Loire, enologist Denis Dubourdieux of Bordeaux, and Professor Renaud of the Pasteur Institut in Paris, Didier quickly found his own style.  By fusing modern winemaking with ultra-traditional methods of vineyard management, he was able to realize the ultimate expression of terroir and technique.

His passion for motorcycle racing moved to international dog-sled racing, for which he won both the European and World Championships. However dare-devilish in both winemaking and in life, Didier’s untimely death in a plane crash in 2008 shook the wine community to its core. Fortunately for all who love Didier’s wines, his oldest son, Louis-Benjamin, is now steering the domaine with the audacity, passion and talent that many critics and wine-lovers agree equal those of his father. Didier's were no small shoes to fill, but Louis-Benjamin, now with several harvests under his belt, has more than proven to be up to the task.  In fact, he and his sister, Charlotte, have brought new energy to an enterprise that was already considered at the top of its game.  While the solar panels on the winery roof are an immediate tipoff that the younger Dagueneaus are reaching for new heights, tasting the 2008, 2009 and 2010 vintages is proof that they are on a path that their father would have approved. - Beaune Imports

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