Our coverage of Dark Lord Day 2009 has been mentioned at the Sun Times blog by our New Best Friend, Mark Konkol!
http://blogs.suntimes.com/konkol/2010/04/dark_lord_day_is_coming.html
Video episode #113: Short Pour Promo; Brew Sizzle.
Thanks in part to Jeff Moses at The Night that Never Ends (aka the Monterey Beer Festival), this week we unveil our newest and coolest show promo featuring our most Brew Centric content - this baby will screen at GABF and Monterey as part of the Short Pour Film Festival! Enjoy our sudsy best 60 seconds from the more brew heavy episodes of The Happy Hour Guys; at GABF we will be on full display in the main tasting hall as part of the festivities! Woo hoo! Now heres where you folks, our wonderful fans, come in; lets crowdsource a little. Youve been with us all the way along: is there anything missing that youd like to see? Remember that we have a limit of 60 seconds, and the spot is presently at 59.99999 - so something would have to go if we replace it with something else. Email us at info@thehappyhourguys.com with your comments, suggestions, or just plain beer love. Cheers!
Video episode #112: The Guys learn the Wisdom of Adam. (Avery.)
Yes, we realize that we promised you this months ago, but better late than never!
Kegs 'n Eggs (and Beer). Mmmmm..
A beautiful week of weather in Rhode Island as The Happy Hour Guys made a couple of stops in Providence. First, one of the best St. Patty’s Day celebrations ever: Kegs & Eggs at McCormick & Schmick’s just off Main Square. Then, Julian’s fine restaurant in the Federal Hill district.
McCormich & Schmick’s was, well, Schmick’sy, but Green Eggs & Ham and a pint of Sam Adams Noble Pils went down very nicely on such a special day. Add to this banquet the Beer & Collectibles bar Julians, where there we found Oak Aged Yeti on tap and a collectibles of everything from matchbooks on the tables to a series of pez dispensers in the men’s room.
Add to that a cornuopia of Star Wars collectibles, and you have a formidable place indeed. Enjoy!
Julians: http://www.juliansprovidence.com/
Special coverage for St. Paddy's Day!
We salute Alec Harvey at the Birmingham News for his fantastic coverage featuring The Happy Hour Guys’ recent stop in that town. Video is below. And thanks, Alec, for running it on St. Paddy’s Day!
http://blog.al.com/aharvey/2010/03/webs_happy_hour_guys_feature_f.htm
Elevator Brewing, Columbus!
Downtown Columbus, early Spring. 161 North High Street.
elevatorbrewing.com
The Elevator Brewing Company and Draught Haus, which makes its home in the historic Columbia building, built in 1897 by the Bott family to house the Bott Brother’s Billiards and a Gentleman’s Saloon. The hand-carved Phillipine Mahogany bar (which won the Blue Ribbon for craftsmanship at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago) is absolutely stunning - in the early days of the club, it served whisky that was distilled on the second floor. The stained glass windows, and original mosaic tile floor are in pristine shape. Down by the brass rail on the floor, there is the old-school ‘trough’ by your feet, so that you could spit (or whatever, should you not want to lose your seat!) There was a bordello on the second floor, and between the first and second floor sits a ‘managers table’, or an open area that looks down on the floor below. This structure is the original ‘birdcage’, where the girls would hang out to advertise to the gentlemen below. Ah, the good ole days. Kidding.
As with most places like this, they did a brisk business until Prohibition in 1920. Post Prohibition, for years it was known as the Clock Bar, complete with a murder and a haunting.
The building is now on the National Register of Historic Buildings, and has been restored to its original glory. Elevator, an innovative local brewer, took control of the space 7 years ago, and is brewing both in the space itself and in warehouse space across the street. The brews are solid and original, including a mocha plum stout that made us wish we could stay longer.
The fact that such a gem popped up in downtown Columbus only continues to prove to us that there are amazing bars, spaces and stories EVERYWHERE. Cheers!
Video episode #110: Beer and Politics; Free the Hops!
Jimmy, Mark, Molly, Jeff and Lakisha make a stop in the Deep South, at the J. Clyde in Birmingham Alabama. Turns out the very politically active folks at freethehops.org have a lot to teach the rest of us about loving beer, making change and caring for a community. Join the team as they prove that all great politics are local, and all great beer is craft. Cheers!
