Tasting Room Info 10/12-10/15

Draft List:
Hommel Bier
Southside Blonde
Strawberry Rhubarb Tart
Fresh Hop Red Saison
"Heart of Gold" Wheat Wine
UCBC Schlossturm
O'Fallon Pumpkin

Soda:

Pear Ginger, made with Yellow Tree Farm Pears and Moyoga Ginger

To Go:
In addition to growler fills, we also have Strawberry Rhubarb Tart and Hommel Bier bottles available for purchase.

Food:
This week, we will be serving Pork Empanadas from Salume Beddu, along with our Marcoot Jersey Creamery Cheese Curds, Companion Pretzels with Mustard, Billy Goat Chips and Chamomile Shortbread from Entre. Over the next few weeks, we will be building towards our full food menu. Stay tuned for details...
For those of you who have not yet seen our Grand Opening menu for Saturday, check out our previous blog post! Entre will be serving up some incredible food, for which we have provided suggested pairings.

Events:
Tasting Room Hours: Wednesday & Thursday 4:00-10:00
Friday 4:00-11:00
Saturday 2:00-?? (We will be opening the Tasting Room a bit later this week, due to a private event in the morning and preparation for the party!)

Thursday:
Beer Premiere @ 6:00 PM This week, we are sharing a very special Beer Premiere with you! We had a surprise delivery on Sunday from our good friends at Half Acre--a 5 gallon keg of Tasty Waves, one of their latest beers! In lieu of one of our beers, we thought it would be fun to share samples of Half Acre deliciousness. If you haven't had the pleasure of trying their beer, come by for a free sample Thursday PM.

We will also be showing the Cardinals game in the Tasting Room! While the Cardinals are winning, all drafts will be $1 off.

Friday:
Fest-of-Ale at Missouri Botanical Gardens 6-10PM
"Enjoy appetizers, beer tasting from local breweries and live music under the stars with the Young Friends of the Missouri Botanical Garden."
Participating Breweries include Perennial, Augusta Brewing Company, Crown Valley
Brewing and Distilling Company, Ferguson Brewing Company, Kirkwood Station Brewing Company, O’Fallon Brewery, Six Row Brewing Company, Square One Brewery
and Distillery, Urban Chestnut Brewing Company, and 4 Hands Brewing Company
Tickets are still available at mobot.org.

We will also be showing the Cardinals game in the Tasting Room. While the Cardinals are winning, all drafts will be $1 off!

Saturday:
Grand Opening Party! 2:00-Midnight
Check out our previous blog post for more info, including live music schedule, menu, etc.

Grand Opening Party Details

Happy weekend everyone! We have officially finalized all the details for our Grand Opening Party next Saturday and we would love to share them with you.

When : Saturday, October 15th from 2:00PM-Midnight
Where : 8125 Michigan, Ste. 101 (For those of you who have not yet visited, although our address is technically on Michigan, the entrance to our Tasting Room is on Virginia by the big parking lots)
What's up : Live Music Schedule...Beth Bombara & Karl Eggers 2:30-4:30
Megan Rooney & Spectator 5:00-6:30
Ryan Snowden spinning his Soul set 7:00-11:00

Our amazing Grand Opening Menu, created by Entre.

Elotes Local corn on the cob,

crema, chile, lime, cotija cheese $3

or

served off the cob with crema, chile,

lime, cotija cheese, crispy onions, fried egg $4

Tamales roasted chicken or fall squash,

served with pipian 1 for $3, 3 for $8

Salume Beddu Hot Dog, peperonata,

house made pickles, crispy onions,

spicy aioli, apple mustard $6

80/20 Bacon Burger with caramelized onions

(bacon, cheddar, fried egg extra) $8

Poutine twice cooked fries, cider gravy, feta $6

Blue Cheese Crostini, honey,

yellow tree farm pear 2 for $3

Mexican Chocolate S’more spiced shortbread,

smoked marshmallow and Kakao

Mexican chocolate bark $3

Lemon chamomile Shortbread

Beer Lineup :
Southside Blonde Belgian Blonde
Hommel Bier Dry-Hopped Belgian Pale Ale
Fresh Hop Red Saison American Red brewed with Saison yeast, Fresh Hopped with Sorachi Ace hops
Strawberry Rhubarb Tart Witbier brewed with Strawberries and Rhubarb
Saison de Lis Chamomile Saison
Heart of Gold Wheat Wine
Abraxas Mexican Chocolate Stout

We will also be pouring our house made Ginger Pear soda, made with Yellow Tree Farm pears, as well as wines by the glass and a few Bourbons.

We are hoping the forecast for the day is accurate...70 degrees and sunny! We are really looking forward to having you all there. Please feel free to email info@perennialbeer.com with any questions. Kids and dogs are welcome. See you on the 15th!

Tasting Room Info 9/28-10/1

Perennial Beer
Hommel Bier - Dry hopped Belgian Pale Ale
Southside Blonde - Belgian Blonde Ale
Strawberry Rhubarb Tart - Belgian Witbier with Strawberries and Rhubarb
Fresh Hop Red Saison - Red Saison with Sorachi Ace Fresh Hops

Guest Beer
Urban Chestnut Schlossturm - Alt Bier
2nd Shift El Gato Grande - Double IPA
O'Fallon Pumpkin Ale
O'Fallon Brown IPA

This week, we will be serving Billy Goat Chips, Marcoot Jersey Creamery Cheese Curds, Companion Pretzels and Entre's Carrot Cupcakes. Starting Friday, we will also have a Salsiccia sandwich from Salume Beddu.

This Saturday, we have some exciting things going on at Perennial! We are happy to announce that Thunder Biscuit will be playing on the patio from 4:00-7:00, and Wanderlust Pizza will be serving their amazing pizza starting at 4:00! We hope you can join us for some beer, pizza and great live music on a beautiful St. Louis autumn day.

This week, we are also gearing up for our Grand Opening festivities on Saturday, October 15th. The party begins at 2:00, when we will have live music, delicious food from Entre (menu coming soon!) and eight Perennial beers on tap!

Perennial Tasting Room Menu: 9/14 - 9/17

BEER & SODA

All beers also available in 5 ounce tasting glasses for $2

Hommel Bier $5 / $12 growler fill

Southside Blonde $4 / $12 growler fill

Strawberry Rhubarb Tart $5 / $15 growler fill

2^nd Shift Cat Spit Stout $5

O’Fallon Pumpkin Ale $5

Urban Chestnut Schlossturm Alt $5

Peach Tulsi Soda $2

In addition to our beer and soda selections, we also offer wines by the glass as well as a few Bourbons

FOOD

Thursday John Perkins from entre will be serving Porchetta sandwiches and Veggie Burgers

Friday Phil will be grilling Salume Beddu Salsiccia and Veggie Burgers from 5-8

Saturday Wanderlust Pizza will begin serving at 4:00

Billy Goat Chips, Marcoot Jersey Cheese Curds, Companion Pretzels and Macaroons from Bittersweet Bakery will also be available at all times.

EVENTS

Thursday Beer Release 6:00 PM Featuring Strawberry Rhubarb Tart

Saturday Free Tour 2:00 PM Call 631-7300 to make a reservation

Festivale 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Bottleneck Blues Bar

Sunday Amazing Taste 1:00 PM- 5:00 PM Wildwood Town Centre

Open House and Tours

We were excited to open our doors for the first time to give the public a sneak peek of our brewery and tasting room to kick off St. Louis Craft Beer Week on Sunday, July 31st. The Seoul Taco food truck set up in our parking lot, and now we know--bulgogi tacos are friggin' delicious!

It was great to see so many people in our space and to have some beer flowing at our bar. We blew through a half barrel by pouring 5 oz samples for our 90 minute open house, so we took that as a good sign.

As we told those who were able to make it down yesterday, we hope to brew the first batch on our system this week--which should place our opening date around the first week of September. Thanks to everyone who checked us out, and we'll keep you posted on our developments over the next few weeks.

Create A Perennial Beer Contest Winners

We are excited to announce 2 winners of our "Create A Perennial Beer" contest! The winners are a Mexican Chocolate Stout, submitted by Scott Brazell, and a "Root" Beer submitted by Robert Pesold.

These beers were chosen by a collective vote of the Perennial team, and we admit that it was definitely not easy. There was an abundance of creative entries, and over 100 total to choose from.

We plan to release the Mexican Chocolate Stout in our "In Season" series sometime in the late fall. In Scott's words:

"a Mexican Chocolate stout...faint cinnamon, almond, and chili pepper (more fruity chili, not so much heat)"

Sounds damn good to us, and a great way to welcome the winter.

The Root Beer will likely be a released in the late winter in our "Farmhouse" series. According to Robert:

"A nice ale that involves adding some sassafras root or bark in the brewing process...wouldn't it be nice to have a beer that had hints of sassafras in it? A grown up root beer."

Yes Robert, grown ups need their soda pop too. Everyone loves root beer, but hasn't it always been missing that little something...?

As advertized, we will coordinate with Scott and Robert to come in and brew these beers with us. Congratulations Scott and Robert!

As a special thanks to everyone else who entered the contest, your first beer at the tasting room will be on us. Look for our brewery and tasting room to open in early September.