They are far worse than the nastiest, most ravenous, palest-faced B-movie zombies ever concocted in the history of Film anywhere in this or any other hemisphere. They used to wet their cribs every night dreaming of exactly what they have unleashed these last eight years. They have secretly inserted little How-to-create-scary-and-ever-increasingly-disgusting-assholes microchips deep within the sub-consciences of Dario Argento, Clive Barker, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Stephen King, Charles and Marilyn Manson, George Romero, Rob Zombie, and O.J. Simpson, to name a few, to make sure We the People have some bizarre point of reference. They have rewritten the U.S. Constitution for just such unnatural purposes. They are fucking relentless.
The torturous Bush/Cheney Last-Chance-Texaco/Rewrite-Recent-History Road-show is up, currently running on TV News Channels near you. Not unlike Burger King, the Whoppers are charbroiled, flying off the political grill and splashing down inside the gluttonous collective American gellified belly. You can have it your way, but if you chew it, you taste it – either way you’re puking.
I fucking hate zombies. Even funny ones with bad makeup. Given a choice, I would rather eat fistfuls of raw chuckburger and wash them down with a bottle of cod liver oil than sit through most horror movies. But I would much rather empty Roger Corman’s dungeon vaults and subject myself to every shitty-shit, piece-of-crap, dingleberried flick that ever went straight to video than be forced to relive even five murderous, blood-lusty minutes that these Republican Alien Nosferatus have held office – draining our throats and squishing out through our torsos these past ninety-six months. On every single issue – barf – from failing to read memos, to spinning 9/11, to bombing creepy Taliban-types far from Osama – not to mention a half-million or so innocent Iraqis – to bullshitting the nation and the world about WMDs, to stealing elections, to expanding each consecutive Al Qaeda freshmen class, to polluting the planet and warring for profits, to buying off most of Mass Media, to scribbling over Rumsfeld/Rice’s unreadable roadmaps, to torturing at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and anyplace else they can get away with, to suspending Habeas Corpus, to hawking bridges to Nowhere, to spending cash faster than they can chop down forests to make the paper, to watching New Orleans drown from Air Force One, to killing and/or maiming thousands of American servicepersons and then leaving them in tenement hospitals to will themselves well, to lying about Pat Tillman and Christ only knows how many others, to flaying our Interior and frying our individual rights, to moronically over-selling duct tape and color codes, to giving away jobs and shops to any and every foreign country, to auctioning our ports, to illegally wiretapping all communicative electronic products yet invented, to reforming Church with State through false Christianity, to bribing every dirty skinflint in Government, to blowing a few trillion under the table for Occupations, and on and on ad nauseum, to Now, bailing out the rich and infamous, who have already stolen all the money they could carry away during the first seven-and-a-half years of this tricky, trickle-down administration – these soulless psychosluts have sold out whatever was left of Main Street and Wall Street And the Middle Classes And the quarantined American Dream since they usurped power in 2000. Witnessing these gutless undead cunts trying to reinvent themselves on Television the week before Christmas – between Charlie Brown, Football, the Grinch and fat SUV/Fast Food ads – all I can do is continue dry-heaving.
-Robert Francis Cole
Christmas 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Narcissism By Proxy
narcissism by proxy
translated from the fragmentary journals of the 18th. Century Dutch physician Robels Almanssonn
…it is too easy to call her vain or narcissistic, it’s too imprecise—narcissism implies that she’s made the necessary distinction between how she sees herself and how others see her, and that her eternal preference is her own image—but this isn’t the case, and in considering her we should not make the common mistake of confusing narcissism with its polar opposite—in other words, she’s never bothered to formulate a self-image, her only concern is for how she might most advantageously be seen by the other, the other for her being always and only male—she can only see herself as the other sees her, so if this is a narcissism it’s the narcissism of displacement, or narcissism by proxy—the way she conducts herself, there’s never a single moment of risk, of refusing to look at herself the way men do, of deliberately leaving men’s expectations unfulfilled, or of utterly forgetting about men for a moment—she cannot risk that, because the sole definitive perspective she has of herself is in fact the male perspective—she doesn’t want to be her own object, she only wants approval, to be the slavish infantilized object of men—[section damaged or missing] …she never risks looking at herself as herself—she never stakes out any subjectivity—she’s unable to individuate herself because, again, no stand-alone self has been formulated, there’s only an object in need of male definition, not an individual arguing for her own particular desirability—or a self-defined person taking the risk of being undesirable, unsexy, unglamorous—while she’s not of course a whore as defined by the trade, she is there only to please the other, to gain male approval, never mind the narrowness of the pleasure she gives—there’s nothing enduringly erotic about someone who is desperate to please—she is common, she is the kind of commoner that keeps insisting that she’s extraordinary—perhaps the only thing that’s extraordinary about her is her unerring commonness, or the commerciality of all her attempts at transgression—[section damaged or missing] …whatever her flaws, her shortcomings, her tantrums, there’s always a ready phalanx of opportunistic men to feign interest for a taste—she doesn’t understand that true sovereignty, or true individuality, is defined by the impossibility of an audience, that the degree to which one is without an audience is the measure of one’s success in the struggle toward individuality […]
translated from the fragmentary journals of the 18th. Century Dutch physician Robels Almanssonn
…it is too easy to call her vain or narcissistic, it’s too imprecise—narcissism implies that she’s made the necessary distinction between how she sees herself and how others see her, and that her eternal preference is her own image—but this isn’t the case, and in considering her we should not make the common mistake of confusing narcissism with its polar opposite—in other words, she’s never bothered to formulate a self-image, her only concern is for how she might most advantageously be seen by the other, the other for her being always and only male—she can only see herself as the other sees her, so if this is a narcissism it’s the narcissism of displacement, or narcissism by proxy—the way she conducts herself, there’s never a single moment of risk, of refusing to look at herself the way men do, of deliberately leaving men’s expectations unfulfilled, or of utterly forgetting about men for a moment—she cannot risk that, because the sole definitive perspective she has of herself is in fact the male perspective—she doesn’t want to be her own object, she only wants approval, to be the slavish infantilized object of men—[section damaged or missing] …she never risks looking at herself as herself—she never stakes out any subjectivity—she’s unable to individuate herself because, again, no stand-alone self has been formulated, there’s only an object in need of male definition, not an individual arguing for her own particular desirability—or a self-defined person taking the risk of being undesirable, unsexy, unglamorous—while she’s not of course a whore as defined by the trade, she is there only to please the other, to gain male approval, never mind the narrowness of the pleasure she gives—there’s nothing enduringly erotic about someone who is desperate to please—she is common, she is the kind of commoner that keeps insisting that she’s extraordinary—perhaps the only thing that’s extraordinary about her is her unerring commonness, or the commerciality of all her attempts at transgression—[section damaged or missing] …whatever her flaws, her shortcomings, her tantrums, there’s always a ready phalanx of opportunistic men to feign interest for a taste—she doesn’t understand that true sovereignty, or true individuality, is defined by the impossibility of an audience, that the degree to which one is without an audience is the measure of one’s success in the struggle toward individuality […]
Friday, December 19, 2008
ALE FEST ANNUAL GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST AND PRESENT
THE GATE'S
ANNUAL GHOSTS
OF CHRISTMAS
PAST AND PRESENT:
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An Extraordinary Array of Holiday Ales
w/ Cheese Pairings on Christmas Eve!
The Gate and BeertenderBrooklyn Wish
you all the very best
this Holiday Season and
Thank You for being a part of
Our Community!
-Bobby, Dawn, Pat, Jesse,
Jay, David, Emily, Chris, Johnny,
Bill, Michelle, Nick, Frank and Maria
ANNUAL GHOSTS
OF CHRISTMAS
PAST AND PRESENT:
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An Extraordinary Array of Holiday Ales
w/ Cheese Pairings on Christmas Eve!
The Gate and BeertenderBrooklyn Wish
you all the very best
this Holiday Season and
Thank You for being a part of
Our Community!
-Bobby, Dawn, Pat, Jesse,
Jay, David, Emily, Chris, Johnny,
Bill, Michelle, Nick, Frank and Maria
Recession Session Hiatus!
The Recession Busters' will be taking a
Holiday Hiatus. Sessions resume Jan. 8
with Jay Green!
The 2009 Lineup:
Jan 8 DJ Kool Kear
Jan 15 DJ Al Key
Jan 22 DJ Doublewide
Jan 29 DJ Mikey Palms
Feb 5 DJ Miles
Holiday Hiatus. Sessions resume Jan. 8
with Jay Green!The 2009 Lineup:
Jan 8 DJ Kool Kear
Jan 15 DJ Al Key
Jan 22 DJ Doublewide
Jan 29 DJ Mikey Palms
Feb 5 DJ Miles
Saturday, December 13, 2008
BEAR REPUBLIC ath the GATE!!
A MASSIVE 20 LINE MAULING!!
+ 3 CASKS!!
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17TH 7PM
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+ 3 CASKS!!
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17TH 7PM
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RECESSION BUSTER ALERT!!!!
THE RECESSION SESSIONS CONTINUE!!!
Way Number 3:
Thursday, December 18th 10PM
DJ AL KEY!
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Way Number 3:
Thursday, December 18th 10PM
DJ AL KEY!
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NEW PHOTOS!
SLY FOX ALE FEST!
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Recession Session #2
DJ MIKEY PALMS
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Recession Session #2
DJ MIKEY PALMS
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
RECESSION BUSTERS ALERT!
WAY NUMBER TWO!
THURSDAY DECEMBER 11TH 10PM
BEER SPECIALS!
CHEAP SHOTS!
ALL AMERICAN
HIGH FALLUTIN FUN!
with very special guest DJ
MIKEY PALMS!
+ JAY GREEN
THURSDAY DECEMBER 11TH 10PM
BEER SPECIALS!
CHEAP SHOTS!
ALL AMERICAN
HIGH FALLUTIN FUN!
with very special guest DJ
MIKEY PALMS!
+ JAY GREEN
SLY FOX IPA PROJECT!
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10TH 7PM
12 SLY FOX LINES!
6 IPA PROJECT LINES!
COME ON DOWN!!
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12 SLY FOX LINES!
6 IPA PROJECT LINES!
COME ON DOWN!!
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
RECESSION BUSTER'S
WAY NUMBER ONE!
Thursday, not Wednesday December 4th
10 PM 'til the old lady wants your ass home!
Kick Off with DJ DOUBLEWIDE!
$5 LAGUNITAS EVENT BREWS 'TIL MIDNIGHT
$3 LIMEY BASTARD SHOTS
NO COVER!
WHO WANTS SOME?
COME N' GIT IT!
Thursday, not Wednesday December 4th
10 PM 'til the old lady wants your ass home!
Kick Off with DJ DOUBLEWIDE!
$5 LAGUNITAS EVENT BREWS 'TIL MIDNIGHT
$3 LIMEY BASTARD SHOTS
NO COVER!
WHO WANTS SOME?
COME N' GIT IT!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
3rd ANNUAL FRANK ZAPPA/LAGUNITAS FREAK OUT!!!!!
One of the Gate's Yearly,
Quintessential Ale Fest Events!
DJ MILE's Spins Zappa and Beefheart all night long!
PRIZES + GIVE-AWAYS! + NO COVER EVER!
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IMPERIAL RED + BROWN SHUGGA + CAPUCCINO STOUT
KILL UGLY RADIO + CZECH PILS + LUMPY GRAVY + IPA
CENSORED ALE + HAIRY EYEBALL + LUCKY 13 + HOP STOOPID
WET HOP HARVEST ALE (Only keg Outta California!)
OLDE GNARLYWINE + SONOMA FARMHOUSE ALE
+ NEW DOGTOWN PALE ALE!
22 oz. Bombers of 207 IMPERIAL STOUT
22 oz. Bombers of WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY!
Quintessential Ale Fest Events!
DJ MILE's Spins Zappa and Beefheart all night long!
PRIZES + GIVE-AWAYS! + NO COVER EVER!
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IMPERIAL RED + BROWN SHUGGA + CAPUCCINO STOUT
KILL UGLY RADIO + CZECH PILS + LUMPY GRAVY + IPA
CENSORED ALE + HAIRY EYEBALL + LUCKY 13 + HOP STOOPID
WET HOP HARVEST ALE (Only keg Outta California!)
OLDE GNARLYWINE + SONOMA FARMHOUSE ALE
+ NEW DOGTOWN PALE ALE!
22 oz. Bombers of 207 IMPERIAL STOUT
22 oz. Bombers of WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY!
RECESSION BUSTER'S!!!!
Join the
Recession Buster's
Every Thursday!
DJ's + Drink Specials
Begins December 4th 10 PM!
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Recession Buster's
Every Thursday!
DJ's + Drink Specials
Begins December 4th 10 PM!
click poster for full view!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Follow the Election Here!
Beertender's final prediction:
Obama: 364
McCain: 174
Note: I submitted this prediction over a month ago. -J
Obama: 364
McCain: 174
Note: I submitted this prediction over a month ago. -J
Sunday, November 2, 2008
BYE BYE BUSH!
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 7 PM
Come celebrate history with the folks
at the Gate... A Night of Imperials to
send off the Imperialist!
Come celebrate history with the folks
at the Gate... A Night of Imperials to
send off the Imperialist!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
FREAKTOBERFEST/SLIGHT RETURN!
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THE GATE’S ALE FEST 2008
RETURNS THIS WEEK WITH:
CONEY ISLAND FREAKTOBERFEST
SLIGHT RETURN!
Wednesday, October 29th7pm - late
THE GATE 321 5th Avenue (at 3rd St) Park Slope, Brooklyn
FREAKTOBERFEST... and so much more!Shmaltz Brewing rolls out the entire line up, along with some special rare treats for what will be a true October classic.
Coney Island Craft Lagers on draft:
FREAKTOBERFEST - 6.66% Blood Red Lager (Seasonal)
ALBINO PYTHON - White Lager with Spices
SWORD SWALLOWER - Steel Hop Lager
CONEY ISLAND LAGER
BARREL-AGED HUMAN BLOCKHEAD - 9% Strong Lager aged in a Jack Daniels Whiskey Barrel. LAST KEG EVER!!
HE'BREW on draft:
BITTERSWEET LENNY’S RIPA
ORIGIN POMEGRANITE ALE
GENESIS ALE
REJEWVENATOR - last tastes of our Summer Seasonal Half Doppelbock, Half Belgian Dubbel brewed with Figs!
BARREL-AGED MESSIAH BOLD - Special one-time project: Messiah Bold aged for 3 months in Rittenhouse 100 Rye Whiskey Barrels
and Introducing:
JEWBELATION 12 - First keg tapped in NY!! 12 Malts, 12 Hops, soaring to 12% Alc
Monday, October 13, 2008
DUVEL DRAUGHT RELEASE!
ALE FEST THIS WEEK AT THE GATE:
Tuesday October 14th 8:00 PM
ALE FEST CASK PREVIEW TUESDAY!
ARCADIA HOPMOUTH DOUBLE IPA- DRY HOPPED with COLUMBUS HOPS!
“Columbus is a relatively newer strain of hops similar to Centennial but with less Cascade character”. –homebrewheaven.com
Wednesday October 15th 7:00 PM
Please join us for the U.S. launch of Duvel on draught and the airing of the third and final Presidential DebateUPCOMING ALE FEST EVENTS:
Sneak Preview every Tuesday!
Wednesday Oct. 22nd SIERRA NEVADA HARVEST EVENT
Wednesday Oct. 29th Freak Event with SCHMALTZ and HE’BREW
Wednesday Dec. 3rd OUR 3rd Annual LAGUNITAS/FRANK ZAPPA FREAK OUT!
Sneak Preview every Tuesday!
Wednesday Oct. 22nd SIERRA NEVADA HARVEST EVENT
Wednesday Oct. 29th Freak Event with SCHMALTZ and HE’BREW
Wednesday Dec. 3rd OUR 3rd Annual LAGUNITAS/FRANK ZAPPA FREAK OUT!
Monday, October 6, 2008
PUMPKIN ALES AT THE GATE!
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8TH 7:00 PM
All the finest Pumpkins have been gathered.
Come n' git 'em
SMUTTYNOSE PUMPKIN ALE
SOUTHERN TIER PUMPKING
DOGFISHHEAD PUNKIN'
WOLAVER'S ORGANIC PUMPKIN
ELYSIAN NIGHT OWL PUMPKIN
WEYERBACHER IMPERIAL PUMPKIN
SOUTHAMPTON PUMPKIN
ARCADIA JAW-JACKER PUMPKIN
CAPTAIN LAWRENCE PUMPKIN
+ CASK POUR SNEAK PREVIEW TUESDAY 10-7
FISHERMAN'S PUMPKIN STOUT!
All the finest Pumpkins have been gathered.
Come n' git 'em
SMUTTYNOSE PUMPKIN ALE
SOUTHERN TIER PUMPKING
DOGFISHHEAD PUNKIN'
WOLAVER'S ORGANIC PUMPKIN
ELYSIAN NIGHT OWL PUMPKIN
WEYERBACHER IMPERIAL PUMPKIN
SOUTHAMPTON PUMPKIN
ARCADIA JAW-JACKER PUMPKIN
CAPTAIN LAWRENCE PUMPKIN
+ CASK POUR SNEAK PREVIEW TUESDAY 10-7
FISHERMAN'S PUMPKIN STOUT!
THANK YOU!
Thank you to all who attended, volunteered, shook it, donated, rocked, got inked and made the first annual CONEY ISLAND FREAKTOBERFEST a smashing good time!
Special thanks to my fellow conspirators Mikey Palms, Jeremy Cowan, Matt Polachek, Ben Granger and Erica Crawford… what a party!
Thanks to Bobby Gagnon from the Gate, Alan Jestice from the Blind Tiger, Brian Delaney and Tim Reinke from the Spring Lounge, Richard and Daphne, Matt and Janice from Bierkraft, Union Beer, S.K.I. Beverage, American Beer, Manhattan Beer, and Oak Beverage.
Thanks to (in no particular order) Dogfishhead, Captain Lawrence, Smuttynose, Sixpoint, Chelsea, Arcadia, Lagunitas, Stone, Schmaltz, He’brew, Ithaca, Sly Fox, Lost Abbey, Butternuts, Magic Hat, Blue Point, Southern Tier, Avery, Hair of the Dog, Kelso of Brooklyn and Southampton for the fine brews.
Thanks to SMOKEWAGON, JUNK SCIENCE, TONE TANK, ILLER THAN THEIRS, DOGS OF WINTER, CHIN CHIN, THE CONEY ISLAND SIDE SHOW AND THE BARRETTE BURLESQUE GIRLS for bringin’ it!
Also, the Most Thanks To MY BEAUTIFUL, KNOCKED-UP LADY ALLEY WEBER FOR HELPING ME AND PUTTING UP WITH MY BULLSHIT!
And finally, thanks to Anton from Union beer for retrieving that keg of Hop Stoopid- YOU IS THE MAN!!
Special thanks to my fellow conspirators Mikey Palms, Jeremy Cowan, Matt Polachek, Ben Granger and Erica Crawford… what a party!
Thanks to Bobby Gagnon from the Gate, Alan Jestice from the Blind Tiger, Brian Delaney and Tim Reinke from the Spring Lounge, Richard and Daphne, Matt and Janice from Bierkraft, Union Beer, S.K.I. Beverage, American Beer, Manhattan Beer, and Oak Beverage.
Thanks to (in no particular order) Dogfishhead, Captain Lawrence, Smuttynose, Sixpoint, Chelsea, Arcadia, Lagunitas, Stone, Schmaltz, He’brew, Ithaca, Sly Fox, Lost Abbey, Butternuts, Magic Hat, Blue Point, Southern Tier, Avery, Hair of the Dog, Kelso of Brooklyn and Southampton for the fine brews.
Thanks to SMOKEWAGON, JUNK SCIENCE, TONE TANK, ILLER THAN THEIRS, DOGS OF WINTER, CHIN CHIN, THE CONEY ISLAND SIDE SHOW AND THE BARRETTE BURLESQUE GIRLS for bringin’ it!
Also, the Most Thanks To MY BEAUTIFUL, KNOCKED-UP LADY ALLEY WEBER FOR HELPING ME AND PUTTING UP WITH MY BULLSHIT!
And finally, thanks to Anton from Union beer for retrieving that keg of Hop Stoopid- YOU IS THE MAN!!
Monday, September 29, 2008
FREAKTOBERFEST!!!!
Shmaltz Brewing Company, The Gate, Southpaw, Bierkraft, Blind Tiger, The Spring Lounge and Barrette present:
The best in American craft beer, live music, scintillating burlesque and the world famous Coney Island Sideshow.
Date: Friday, October 3, 2008Time: 5pm - Midnight
Place: Coney Island USA 1208 Surf Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11224
Tickets:
GENERAL ADMISSION: $50• Sample Beers from over 14 local and national craft brewers• Live music from Chin Chin, Dogs of Winter, Junk Science, Iller Than Theirs, Tone Tank and Smokewagon• Burlesque courtesy of Barrette• Perfmances by the world famous Coney Island Sideshow
V.I.P. ADMISSION: $75As a VIP ticket holder, you will have access to the Coney Island USA Museum where you will be tasting exclusive, rare, and vintage beers, as well as talking to some of the brewers who made these tasty recipes come to life.
CASH ONLY AT THE DOOR NIGHT OF THE EVENT21 AND OVER
CASH ONLY AT THE DOOR NIGHT OF THE EVENT21 AND OVER
PARTICIPATING BREWERIES:
Shmaltz + Sixpoint + Southampton + Southern Tier
Shmaltz + Sixpoint + Southampton + Southern Tier
Ithaca + Chelsea + Captain Lawrence + Blue Point +Dogfishhead
Stone + Smuttynose + Lagunitas + Harpoon + Magic Hat
+ More to come
VIP Sneak Peak:
Barrel Aged Human Blockhead
Barrel Aged Human Blockhead
Stone 8-8-08 and 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Stout
Ithaca Old Habit and Brut
Sixpoint Gemini Double IPA
Chelsea Hop Harvest
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
Avery 13th and 14th Anniversary
Hair of the Dog - Adam
Smuttynose Wheatwine and Dopplebock
The Lost Abbey 10 Commandments+ More to come
Thank you for supporting our vision to celebrate creativity, community, culture and beer.
Tickets available now at http://www.smarttix.com/
OCTOBERFEST AT THE GATE!
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1ST 2008 7:00 PM!
17 lines of tasty tasties compiled by Herr Robert Gagnon!
You can see the full lineup HERE!
Upcoming:
10-3-08 FEAKTOBERFEST
The first Annual Coney Island Beer and Music Festival
1208 Surf Avenue, Coney Island USA
10-8-08 Pumpkns
10-15-08 Sierra Nevada Harvest Event
17 lines of tasty tasties compiled by Herr Robert Gagnon!
You can see the full lineup HERE!
Upcoming:
10-3-08 FEAKTOBERFEST
The first Annual Coney Island Beer and Music Festival
1208 Surf Avenue, Coney Island USA
10-8-08 Pumpkns
10-15-08 Sierra Nevada Harvest Event
Saturday, September 13, 2008
ROGUE BREW and SPIRITS!
Wednesday September 24, 2008 7:00 PM
The Gate, Brooklyn's finest Craft Beer Pub will
be launching ALE FEST 2008 with:
THE ROGUE BREWING COMPANY!
We will have many, many lines of ROGUE BREW and
we will be featuring the new line of ROGUE SPIRITS!
Beer Listings HERE!
We look forward to presenting you with the most amazing
lineup of Craft Ales and Lagers this season and we look
forward to seeing you there!
The Gate, Brooklyn's finest Craft Beer Pub will
be launching ALE FEST 2008 with:
THE ROGUE BREWING COMPANY!
We will have many, many lines of ROGUE BREW and
we will be featuring the new line of ROGUE SPIRITS!
Beer Listings HERE!
We look forward to presenting you with the most amazing
lineup of Craft Ales and Lagers this season and we look
forward to seeing you there!
Monday, September 1, 2008
EAST BOUND AND DOWN!
For immediate release 9-01-08
The GATE Presents:
The East Bound and Down Keg and Bottle Series!
Keg One:
FOUNDER’S CENTENNIAL IPA!
My buddy Curtis and I sampled this baby at Monk’s in Philly a few nights back. I
found it to be one of the most perfectly balanced IPA’s I have ever had the pleasure
of experiencing. This one’s gonna go real quick so git on down here and have a pint!
Centennial IPA
Selected as a benchmark for the Beer Judge Certification Program used in all American based beer judgings. Centennial IPA has quickly become the IPA of choice. Pour yourself a pint of this complex flavorful ale and bask in the frothy head’s floral bouquet. Relish the immense citrus accents, achieved by the abundance of dry hopping. This ale’s sweet, malty undertones balance the hop character with a finish that never turns too bitter. Specs: 7.2 % ABV46 IBU’s Color: Amber Unfiltered Cellar: 6 months Availability: Year round Serving temperature: 42 f Glassware: American pint
My buddy Curtis and I sampled this baby at Monk’s in Philly a few nights back. I
found it to be one of the most perfectly balanced IPA’s I have ever had the pleasure
of experiencing. This one’s gonna go real quick so git on down here and have a pint!
Centennial IPA
Selected as a benchmark for the Beer Judge Certification Program used in all American based beer judgings. Centennial IPA has quickly become the IPA of choice. Pour yourself a pint of this complex flavorful ale and bask in the frothy head’s floral bouquet. Relish the immense citrus accents, achieved by the abundance of dry hopping. This ale’s sweet, malty undertones balance the hop character with a finish that never turns too bitter. Specs: 7.2 % ABV46 IBU’s Color: Amber Unfiltered Cellar: 6 months Availability: Year round Serving temperature: 42 f Glassware: American pint
Also on draught now:
Jenlain Ambree
Green Flash! Summer Saison and Le Freak
Lagunitas Sirius and Lucky 13
Ramstein Double Platinum
Brooklyn Dopplebock, Grand Cru and Pumpkin Ale
Elysian Avatar Jasmine IPA
Ithaca Cascazilla
Heavy Seas Weizen Dopplebock
Cantillon Grand Cru vintage 2006
Bear Republic Wit
“East bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
We gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.
Keep your foot hard on the pedal. Son, never mind them brakes.
Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make.
The boys are thirsty in Brooklyn and there's beer in Texarkana.
And we'll bring it back no matter what it takes.”
COMING SOON:
ALE FEST!!!
Green Flash! Summer Saison and Le Freak
Lagunitas Sirius and Lucky 13
Ramstein Double Platinum
Brooklyn Dopplebock, Grand Cru and Pumpkin Ale
Elysian Avatar Jasmine IPA
Ithaca Cascazilla
Heavy Seas Weizen Dopplebock
Cantillon Grand Cru vintage 2006
Bear Republic Wit
“East bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
We gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.
Keep your foot hard on the pedal. Son, never mind them brakes.
Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make.
The boys are thirsty in Brooklyn and there's beer in Texarkana.
And we'll bring it back no matter what it takes.”
COMING SOON:
ALE FEST!!!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
STONE BREWING COMPANY!!!!
The GATE
is very pleased to be a part of the
STONE ALONE 2008 TOUR!
WEDNESDAY JUNE 18th 2008 7 PM 'til VERY LATE!
GRATEFUL DEAD NIGHT II
Featuring a GD Soundtrack compiled by connoisseur JOHN McGUIRE!
+ Meet STONE brewhouse manager JEREMY MOYNIER and
STONE NorthEast Representative MICHAEL SAKLAD!
+ 10 LINES OF STONE BREW!
THE POUR:
LEVITATION ALE
DOUBLE BASTARD VINTAGE 2006
11TH ANNIVERSARY ALE
OAK-AGED ARROGANT BASTARD
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
RUINATION 2X IPA
ARROGANT BASTARD ALE
STONE IPA
STONE PALE ALE
SMOKED PORTER
+ VERY SPECIAL LIMITED BOTTLE POUR:
VERTICAL EPIC 7-7-07!
DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!
STONE IS ONE OF THE FINEST BREWERIES IN THE US
AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE!
Sunday, June 1, 2008
CONEY ISLAND FREAK FEST!!!
CONEY ISLAND FREAK EVENT! Wed, Jun 4th 7 PM
STEP RIGHT UP! STEP RIGHT UP! IT WALKS, IT TALKS, IT CRAWLS ON IT'S BELLY LIKE A REPTILE! IT OOZES! IT BOOZES! IT CRUISES THROUGH YOUR SKULL LIKE AN UPRIVER VIKING! Prepare to be amazed! Prepare to be astounded!Schmaltz Brewing launches their insane line of CONEY ISLAND FREAK BEERS! Right here at The Gate. In addition to the lineup of new Freakish Oozing Brewishness we will also include, AT NO EXTRA CHARGE,
STEP RIGHT UP AND SEE:A freak SIDESHOW with freaks. REAL freaks. The Freakin Coney Island freaks.
Performing Live at 10 PM:
HEATHER HOLLIDAY – SWORD SWALLOWER!
SERPENTINA – SNAKE CHARMER!
DONNY VOMIT – HUMAN BLOCKHEAD!
HEATHER HOLLIDAY – SWORD SWALLOWER!
SERPENTINA – SNAKE CHARMER!
DONNY VOMIT – HUMAN BLOCKHEAD!
Coney Island delicacies will served! Free Hot Dogs from 9-10 PM by Willie’s Dogs, Candied Apples! + Flavor Ice! + Cotton Candy!
The Beer:
Coney Island Lager
Albino Python White [spiced lager, orange peel, ginger, coriander, fennel)Sword Swallower Steel Hop Lager (4 malts, 8 hops - dry hopped with Amarillo, Crystal and Cascade)
Human Blockhead Tough-as-Nails Lager (8.8%)
Freaktoberfest (Blood Red Lager 6.66%)
Plus! He'brew's:Rejewvenator (Doppelbock, Belgian Dubbel blend with fig 7.8%)
Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. (10%)
Origin Pomegranate Ale (8%)
PLUS!PLUS!Monumental Jewbelation "10" and Jewbelation "11" !!!
COMING UP: STONE EVENT, OPERA IN THE PARK, BATTLE OF BROOKLYN EVENT
Sunday, May 4, 2008
SLY FOX!
Ale Fest 2007-2008 at the Gate
SLY FOX BREWING COMPANY!
Come meet brewer Brian O'Reilly
and enjoy cheese by BIERKRAFT!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
SULLY'S TAP ROOM AT THE GATE!
This WEDNESDAY night
ALE FEST continues with
SULLY'S TAP ROOM.
Beer Writer and Homebrewer Paul Sullivan picks the list, paying tribute to brewing's Old World traditions:
First A Word or Two from Paul...
As a long time regular at the Gate I’m happy and honored to be asked to host this event. What I’m hoping to do with this night is to present lagers as the original craft beer. Before the name was corrupted by mass-market breweries into something that to most people means bland, tasteless swill, lagers were brewed seasonally in small batches with the highest quality ingredients, and given plenty of time to mature and fully develop. This event will have a full range of quality lager beers; from Helles and Pilsner, which are golden beers with flavor, to amber and darker beers like Dunkel, Bock, and Dopplebock, and even a couple of seasonally appropriate Maibocks, which are golden Bock beers traditionally tapped on the first of May. We’ve tracked down some great, rare beers for this event. The good people at the Gate have even added to my lager list some great German Ales like Schneider Eisbock and Brooklyner Schneider Hopfen Weiss that they've been saving for such a special occasion. We’ve tracked down some great, rare beers for this event. Don’t miss it!
The Pour:
Spaten Mai Bock
Hofbrau Strong Bock
Allgauer Bubles
Allgauer Dunkels
Aktien Jubilaum Pils
Ayinger Celebrator
Einbecker Mai -ur Bock
Victory Prima Pils
Thomas Hooker Lager
Sly Fox Dunkel
Schlenkerla Helles
Schneider Eisbock
Brooklyner Schneider Hopfen Wiess
Come on down!
ALE FEST continues with
SULLY'S TAP ROOM.
Beer Writer and Homebrewer Paul Sullivan picks the list, paying tribute to brewing's Old World traditions:
First A Word or Two from Paul...
As a long time regular at the Gate I’m happy and honored to be asked to host this event. What I’m hoping to do with this night is to present lagers as the original craft beer. Before the name was corrupted by mass-market breweries into something that to most people means bland, tasteless swill, lagers were brewed seasonally in small batches with the highest quality ingredients, and given plenty of time to mature and fully develop. This event will have a full range of quality lager beers; from Helles and Pilsner, which are golden beers with flavor, to amber and darker beers like Dunkel, Bock, and Dopplebock, and even a couple of seasonally appropriate Maibocks, which are golden Bock beers traditionally tapped on the first of May. We’ve tracked down some great, rare beers for this event. The good people at the Gate have even added to my lager list some great German Ales like Schneider Eisbock and Brooklyner Schneider Hopfen Weiss that they've been saving for such a special occasion. We’ve tracked down some great, rare beers for this event. Don’t miss it!
The Pour:
Spaten Mai Bock
Hofbrau Strong Bock
Allgauer Bubles
Allgauer Dunkels
Aktien Jubilaum Pils
Ayinger Celebrator
Einbecker Mai -ur Bock
Victory Prima Pils
Thomas Hooker Lager
Sly Fox Dunkel
Schlenkerla Helles
Schneider Eisbock
Brooklyner Schneider Hopfen Wiess
Come on down!
Monday, April 14, 2008
SIXPOINT BREWERY at the GATE!
This Wednesday, April 16th 2008
7 PM
Sixpoint Craft Ales!
Featuring:
Hop Obama
Appollo Wheat
Bengali Tiger IPA
Sweet Action
Atlantic Amber
Righteous Rye
Brownstone
Diesel (Nitro Pour)
Gorilla Warfare Porter
+ a Special Gravity Pour of
Righteous Rye
Please Join Us!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
ODDS -N- SODS!
The Gate’s Winter Ale Fest’s Final Week!
ODDS & SODS - MAR 26th 7PM
It's Odds & Sods, Alternate Takes, Bonus Material time! A hand-picked assortment of the finest from our collection. Winter and Spring, Belgian and Brewmasters, Odds & Fucking Sods!
ODDS & SODS - MAR 26th 7PM
It's Odds & Sods, Alternate Takes, Bonus Material time! A hand-picked assortment of the finest from our collection. Winter and Spring, Belgian and Brewmasters, Odds & Fucking Sods!
Avery Collaboration Not Litigation Ale
Brooklyn Brewmaster's Reserve Bright Golding Ale
Cantillon Organic Gueze 2006
Defiant Farmhouse Ale
La Rulles Tripel
Jenlain Ambree
Aecht Schlenkerla Fastenbier
Smuttynose Winter Ale (Last winter keg of the season!)
Two Brothers Hop Juice
Van Steenberge Monk's Ale
Vlas Kop Belgian White
Sierra Nevada ESB (Early Spring Beer)
and the ultra rare:Uerige Sticke
Upcoming: Spring Fests!
4/9 You’ve Got A Friend In Pennsylvania! Featuring the best of Pennsylvania Brews with a special guest appearance by SixPoints HOP Obama!
4/16 Sixpoint Brewery
4/23 Paul’s Tap Room: Ale Street News’ Paul Sullivan special picks!
4/30 Smuttynose Brewery
4/16 Sixpoint Brewery
4/23 Paul’s Tap Room: Ale Street News’ Paul Sullivan special picks!
4/30 Smuttynose Brewery
Sunday, March 16, 2008
HADRIAN's WALL
HADRIAN'S WALL - Monday Mar 17th - ALL DAY AND NIGHT LONG!!
(Continued from Wed. Mar 12th.)
Our Annual week-long St. Patrick's Day Warmup of Irish, Scottish, English and American Stouts, Ales & Lagers for the season.
ON DRAUGHT NOW!
Young's Double Chocolate Stout (England)
Wells Bombardier ESB (England)
Victory Donnybrook Stout (PA)
Belhaven Wee Heavy Scottish Ale (Scotland)
O' Hara's Red (Eire)
Meantime London Porter (England)
Sly Fox Seamus Irish Red (PA)
Sly Fox Gang Aft Agley Wee Heavy (PA)
Sly Fox O' Reilly's Stout (PA)
Fuller's London Porter (England)
Rogue Kells Irish Lager (Oregon)
Allagash Black Stout (ME)
Southampton ESB (NY)
Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Scotland)
Harpoon Hibernian Red (MA)Red Hook Double Black Stout Vintage 2004 (WA)
Southern Tier Jah-va Imperial Stout (NY)
Ommegang Stout (NY)
Thomas Hooker's Irish Red Ale (CT)
and of course Ireland's own
GUINNESS & Harp Lager
+ Jesse Howard Spinning Irish Ditty's All Night Long!
(Continued from Wed. Mar 12th.)
Our Annual week-long St. Patrick's Day Warmup of Irish, Scottish, English and American Stouts, Ales & Lagers for the season.
ON DRAUGHT NOW!
Young's Double Chocolate Stout (England)
Wells Bombardier ESB (England)
Victory Donnybrook Stout (PA)
Belhaven Wee Heavy Scottish Ale (Scotland)
O' Hara's Red (Eire)
Meantime London Porter (England)
Sly Fox Seamus Irish Red (PA)
Sly Fox Gang Aft Agley Wee Heavy (PA)
Sly Fox O' Reilly's Stout (PA)
Fuller's London Porter (England)
Rogue Kells Irish Lager (Oregon)
Allagash Black Stout (ME)
Southampton ESB (NY)
Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Scotland)
Harpoon Hibernian Red (MA)Red Hook Double Black Stout Vintage 2004 (WA)
Southern Tier Jah-va Imperial Stout (NY)
Ommegang Stout (NY)
Thomas Hooker's Irish Red Ale (CT)
and of course Ireland's own
GUINNESS & Harp Lager
+ Jesse Howard Spinning Irish Ditty's All Night Long!
Monday, March 3, 2008
DUVEL PORTFOLIO!
Wednedsday March 5th 7:00 PM
INDEED! Winter Ale Fest! MMMMHMMM!
A Very Special Evening featuring the Portfolio of DUVEL!
Ommegang Hennepin
Ommegang Rare Vos
Ommegang Witte
Ommegang Three Philosophers
Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence
Ommegang OMMEGEDDON
La Chouffe
Mc Chouffe
Houblon Dobbelen IPA
N'ice Chouffe
Maredsous 8
Maredsous 10
and the first ever batch of
OMMEGANG STOUT!
A a big thanks to all who attended last week's CALI/GD Bash.
What a great time!
INDEED! Winter Ale Fest! MMMMHMMM!
A Very Special Evening featuring the Portfolio of DUVEL!
Ommegang Hennepin
Ommegang Rare Vos
Ommegang Witte
Ommegang Three Philosophers
Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence
Ommegang OMMEGEDDON
La Chouffe
Mc Chouffe
Houblon Dobbelen IPA
N'ice Chouffe
Maredsous 8
Maredsous 10
and the first ever batch of
OMMEGANG STOUT!
A a big thanks to all who attended last week's CALI/GD Bash.
What a great time!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Cali and The Dead!
WINTER ALE FEST GOES TO CALIFORNIA with:
CALI and The DEAD
A Night featuring fine California brews and “Live Dead” music
compiled by Grateful Dead connoisseur John McGuire!
From the hold so far:
Anderson Valley “Barney Flats” Oatmeal Stout
Sierra Nevada “20th Street” Green Hop Ale
Stone Oak Aged “Arrogant Bastard” Ale
North Coast “Brother Thelonius” Ale
Bear Republic “Pete’s” Brown Ale
Lagunitas “Hop Stoopid” Sonoma County Farmhouse Ale (!!!)
Anchor Bock
GreenFlash Brewing Co. IPA
+ Gravity Cask: Sierra Nevada Brown Ale
+ More TBA
Come on down and get loose!
Hope to see you there!
JUST ADDED!
Green Flash Le Freak - Belgian Style IPA!
Green Flash Grand Cru - Belgian Strong Ale
CALI and The DEAD
A Night featuring fine California brews and “Live Dead” music
compiled by Grateful Dead connoisseur John McGuire!
From the hold so far:
Anderson Valley “Barney Flats” Oatmeal Stout
Sierra Nevada “20th Street” Green Hop Ale
Stone Oak Aged “Arrogant Bastard” Ale
North Coast “Brother Thelonius” Ale
Bear Republic “Pete’s” Brown Ale
Lagunitas “Hop Stoopid” Sonoma County Farmhouse Ale (!!!)
Anchor Bock
GreenFlash Brewing Co. IPA
+ Gravity Cask: Sierra Nevada Brown Ale
+ More TBA
Come on down and get loose!
Hope to see you there!
JUST ADDED!
Green Flash Le Freak - Belgian Style IPA!
Green Flash Grand Cru - Belgian Strong Ale
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Clinton Spells Bush.
Have the Clintons hired Karl Rove?
It sure seems like it, the more she sees the nomination slip away the more she has contempt for due process. She sounds more and more like George Bush every day. She can't win so she'll just take it.
“As it becomes increasingly clear that Senator Clinton may not be able to secure the nomination by winning the support of actual voters, the Clinton campaign has once again floated a strategy that would essentially say that the preference of Democratic voters is a mere obstacle to their win-at-all-costs strategy," said Obama campaign manager David Plouffe. "First, they said they’ll try to seat the non-existent delegates in Florida and Michigan, something that neutral party leaders have roundly criticized. Then, they suggested that superdelegates should consider subverting the will of the voters and the pledged delegates, which has also been strongly objected to.
“Their new strategy will be to convince delegates that were pledged by actual Democratic voters to switch sides. In their own words, ‘all the rules will be going out the window.’ Voters are already rejecting the Clinton campaign’s say-or-do-anything-to-win tactics, and this is the latest example that it’s time to turn the page on this type of politics that could severely harm our party’s chances to win the general election."
It sure seems like it, the more she sees the nomination slip away the more she has contempt for due process. She sounds more and more like George Bush every day. She can't win so she'll just take it.
“As it becomes increasingly clear that Senator Clinton may not be able to secure the nomination by winning the support of actual voters, the Clinton campaign has once again floated a strategy that would essentially say that the preference of Democratic voters is a mere obstacle to their win-at-all-costs strategy," said Obama campaign manager David Plouffe. "First, they said they’ll try to seat the non-existent delegates in Florida and Michigan, something that neutral party leaders have roundly criticized. Then, they suggested that superdelegates should consider subverting the will of the voters and the pledged delegates, which has also been strongly objected to.
“Their new strategy will be to convince delegates that were pledged by actual Democratic voters to switch sides. In their own words, ‘all the rules will be going out the window.’ Voters are already rejecting the Clinton campaign’s say-or-do-anything-to-win tactics, and this is the latest example that it’s time to turn the page on this type of politics that could severely harm our party’s chances to win the general election."
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Rollin',Rollin',Rollin'...
Obama Has Huge Night in Wisconsin!
The Clinton campaign's all out assault on Senator Barack Obama this week rivaled the best of the Neo-Con propaganda machines. They were floating bald faced lies faster than George Bush on his best day.
I applaud the voters of Wisconsin for seeing through this devious smoke-screen and delivering a decisive victory for Obama, the only clear choice for the Democratic nomination and the Presidency.
As to whether or not it’s over one thing is for sure, the Clinton's thirst to regain power knows no bounds, and I can hardly wait for the uptick in BS that is sure to come spewing forth these next two weeks. I mean, who needs to hear about what the candidate's plans for our future are when we can be endlessly entertained by the Clintons and their lackeys posing as serious political pundits?
Obama's huge victory tonight was a victory for those of us who are sick of the same old politics and for those of us who are not afraid of change.
"Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom" - Barack Obama in his victory speech after the Potomac primary.
The Clinton campaign's all out assault on Senator Barack Obama this week rivaled the best of the Neo-Con propaganda machines. They were floating bald faced lies faster than George Bush on his best day.
I applaud the voters of Wisconsin for seeing through this devious smoke-screen and delivering a decisive victory for Obama, the only clear choice for the Democratic nomination and the Presidency.
As to whether or not it’s over one thing is for sure, the Clinton's thirst to regain power knows no bounds, and I can hardly wait for the uptick in BS that is sure to come spewing forth these next two weeks. I mean, who needs to hear about what the candidate's plans for our future are when we can be endlessly entertained by the Clintons and their lackeys posing as serious political pundits?
Obama's huge victory tonight was a victory for those of us who are sick of the same old politics and for those of us who are not afraid of change.
"Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom" - Barack Obama in his victory speech after the Potomac primary.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Keith Olbermann, My Hero!
Finally, someone has called these bastards what they are! I was watching this live a few nights ago and I was stunned. I thought, "Finally! someone who mattered was on to this shit!" This is lengthy but please read every word of it, there is nothing more important to your future right now and I assure you that it is much more powerful watching Mr. Olbermann speak these words which you can do at MSNBC.com. When you're finished read this:
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2002/10/0079354
A veto of the FISA bill endangers Americans
Olbermann: The president is demanding immunity for the telecoms yet, he can’t confirm they did anything for which they need to be cleared
SPECIAL COMMENT
By Keith Olbermann
Anchor, 'Countdown'
MSNBC
updated 10:41 p.m. ET, Thurs., Feb. 14, 2008
A part of what I will say, was said here on Jan. 31. Unfortunately it is both sadder and truer now than it was then.
“Who’s to blame?” Mr. Bush also said this afternoon, “Look, these folks in Congress passed a good bill late last summer.... The problem is, they let the bill expire. My attitude is: If the bill was good enough then, why not pass the bill again?”Like the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Or Executive Order 90-66. Or The Alien and Sedition Acts. Or slavery.
Mr. Bush, you say that our ability to track terrorist threats will be weakened and our citizens will be in greater danger. Yet you have weakened that ability!
You have subjected us, your citizens, to that greater danger! This, Mr. Bush, is simple enough for even you to understand.
For the moment, at least, thanks to some true patriots in the House, and your own stubbornness, you have tabled telecom immunity, and the FISA act.
You. By your own terms and your definitions, you have just sided with the terrorists. You’ve got to have this law, or we’re all going to die. But, practically speaking, you vetoed this law.
It is bad enough, sir, that you were demanding an ex post facto law that could still clear the AT&Ts and the Verizons from responsibility for their systematic, aggressive and blatant collaboration with your illegal and unjustified spying on Americans under this flimsy guise of looking for any terrorists who are stupid enough to make a collect call or send a mass e-mail.
But when you demanded it again during the State of the Union address, you wouldn’t even confirm that they actually did anything for which they deserved to be cleared. “The Congress must pass liability protection for companies believed to have assisted in the efforts to defend America.”
Believed? Don’t you know? Don’t you even have the guts Dick Cheney showed in admitting they did collaborate with you? Does this endless presidency of loopholes and fine print extend even here? If you believe in the seamless mutuality of government and big business, come out and say it! There is a dictionary definition, one word that describes that toxic blend. You’re a fascist — get them to print you a T-shirt with fascist on it! What else is this but fascism? Did you see Mark Klein on this newscast last November?
Mark Klein was the AT&T whistleblower who explained in the placid, dull terms of your local neighborhood IT desk how he personally attached all AT&T circuits, everything, carrying every one of your phone calls, every one of your e-mails, every bit of your Web browsing into a secure room, room No. 641-A at the Folsom Street facility in San Francisco, where it was all copied so the government could look at it.
Not some of it, not just the international part of it, certainly not just the stuff some spy, a spy both patriotic and telepathic, might be able to divine had been sent or spoken by or to a terrorist.Everything! Every time you looked at a naked picture. Every time you bid on eBay. Every time you phoned in a donation to a Democrat. “My thought was,” Mr. Klein told us last November, “George Orwell’s ‘1984.’ And here I am, forced to connect the Big Brother machine.”
And if there’s one thing we know about Big Brother, Mr. Bush, it is that he is — you are — a liar.
“This Saturday at midnight,” you said Thursday, “legislation authorizing intelligence professionals to quickly and effectively monitor terrorist communications will expire. If Congress does not act by that time, our ability to find out who the terrorists are talking to, what they are saying and what they are planning will be compromised.” You said that “the lives of countless Americans depend” on your getting your way.
This is crap. And you sling it with an audacity and a speed unrivaled by even the greatest political felons of our history.Richard Clarke — you might remember him, sir: He was one of the counterterror pros you inherited from President Clinton, before you ran the professionals out of government in favor of your unreality-based reality — Richard Clarke wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
“Let me be clear: Our ability to track and monitor terrorists overseas would not cease should the Protect America Act expire.
“If this were true, the president would not threaten to terminate any temporary extension with his veto pen. All surveillance currently occurring would continue even after legislative provisions lapsed because authorizations issued under the act are in effect up to a full year.”
You are a liar, Mr. Bush. And after showing some skill at it, you have ceased to even be a very good liar.
And your minions like John Boehner, your Republican congressional crash dummies who just happen to decide to walk out of Congress when a podium-full of microphones await them, they should just keep walking, out of Congress and, if possible, out of the country.
For they and you, sir, have no place in a government of the people, by the people, for the people.
The lot of you are the symbolic descendants of the despotic middle managers of some banana republic to whom “freedom” is an ironic brand name, a word you reach for when you want to get away with its opposite.
Thus, Mr. Bush, your panoramic invasion of privacy is dressed up as “protecting America.”
Thus, Mr. Bush, your indiscriminate domestic spying becomes the focused monitoring only of “terrorist communications.”
Thus, Mr. Bush, what you and the telecom giants have done isn’t unlawful; it’s just the kind of perfectly legal, passionately patriotic thing for which you happen to need immunity!
Richard Clarke is on the money, as usual. That the president was willing to veto this eavesdropping means there is no threat to the legitimate counterterror efforts under way.
As Sen. Edward Kennedy reminded us in December:
“The president has said that American lives will be sacrificed if Congress does not change FISA. “But he has also said that he will veto any FISA bill that does not grant retroactive immunity.
“No immunity, no FISA bill. So if we take the president at his word, he’s willing to let Americans die to protect the phone companies.”
And that literally cannot be. Even Mr. Bush could not overtly take a step that actually aids the terrorists. I am not talking about ethics here. I am talking about blame. If the president seems to be throwing the baby out with the bath water, it means we can safely conclude there is no baby. Because if there were, sir, now that you have vetoed an extension of this eavesdropping, if some terrorist attack were to follow, you would not merely be guilty of siding with the terrorists. You would not merely be guilty of prioritizing the telecoms over the people. You would not merely be guilty of stupidity. You would not merely be guilty of treason, sir.
You would be personally, and eternally, responsible.
And if there is one thing we know about you, Mr. Bush, one thing that you have proved time and time again — it is that you are never responsible.
As recently ago as 2006, we spoke words like these with trepidation.
The idea that even the most cynical and untrustworthy of politicians in our history, George W. Bush, would use the literal form of terrorism against his own people was dangerous territory. It seemed to tempt fate, to heighten fear.
We will not fear any longer.
We will not fear the international terrorists, and we will thwart them.
We will not fear the recognition of the manipulation of our yearning for safety, and we will call it what it is: terrorism.
We will not fear identifying the vulgar hypocrites in our government, and we will name them.
And we will not fear George W. Bush. Nor will we fear because George W. Bush wants us to fear.
© 2008 MSNBC Interactive
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2002/10/0079354
A veto of the FISA bill endangers Americans
Olbermann: The president is demanding immunity for the telecoms yet, he can’t confirm they did anything for which they need to be cleared
SPECIAL COMMENT
By Keith Olbermann
Anchor, 'Countdown'
MSNBC
updated 10:41 p.m. ET, Thurs., Feb. 14, 2008
A part of what I will say, was said here on Jan. 31. Unfortunately it is both sadder and truer now than it was then.
“Who’s to blame?” Mr. Bush also said this afternoon, “Look, these folks in Congress passed a good bill late last summer.... The problem is, they let the bill expire. My attitude is: If the bill was good enough then, why not pass the bill again?”Like the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Or Executive Order 90-66. Or The Alien and Sedition Acts. Or slavery.
Mr. Bush, you say that our ability to track terrorist threats will be weakened and our citizens will be in greater danger. Yet you have weakened that ability!
You have subjected us, your citizens, to that greater danger! This, Mr. Bush, is simple enough for even you to understand.
For the moment, at least, thanks to some true patriots in the House, and your own stubbornness, you have tabled telecom immunity, and the FISA act.
You. By your own terms and your definitions, you have just sided with the terrorists. You’ve got to have this law, or we’re all going to die. But, practically speaking, you vetoed this law.
It is bad enough, sir, that you were demanding an ex post facto law that could still clear the AT&Ts and the Verizons from responsibility for their systematic, aggressive and blatant collaboration with your illegal and unjustified spying on Americans under this flimsy guise of looking for any terrorists who are stupid enough to make a collect call or send a mass e-mail.
But when you demanded it again during the State of the Union address, you wouldn’t even confirm that they actually did anything for which they deserved to be cleared. “The Congress must pass liability protection for companies believed to have assisted in the efforts to defend America.”
Believed? Don’t you know? Don’t you even have the guts Dick Cheney showed in admitting they did collaborate with you? Does this endless presidency of loopholes and fine print extend even here? If you believe in the seamless mutuality of government and big business, come out and say it! There is a dictionary definition, one word that describes that toxic blend. You’re a fascist — get them to print you a T-shirt with fascist on it! What else is this but fascism? Did you see Mark Klein on this newscast last November?
Mark Klein was the AT&T whistleblower who explained in the placid, dull terms of your local neighborhood IT desk how he personally attached all AT&T circuits, everything, carrying every one of your phone calls, every one of your e-mails, every bit of your Web browsing into a secure room, room No. 641-A at the Folsom Street facility in San Francisco, where it was all copied so the government could look at it.
Not some of it, not just the international part of it, certainly not just the stuff some spy, a spy both patriotic and telepathic, might be able to divine had been sent or spoken by or to a terrorist.Everything! Every time you looked at a naked picture. Every time you bid on eBay. Every time you phoned in a donation to a Democrat. “My thought was,” Mr. Klein told us last November, “George Orwell’s ‘1984.’ And here I am, forced to connect the Big Brother machine.”
And if there’s one thing we know about Big Brother, Mr. Bush, it is that he is — you are — a liar.
“This Saturday at midnight,” you said Thursday, “legislation authorizing intelligence professionals to quickly and effectively monitor terrorist communications will expire. If Congress does not act by that time, our ability to find out who the terrorists are talking to, what they are saying and what they are planning will be compromised.” You said that “the lives of countless Americans depend” on your getting your way.
This is crap. And you sling it with an audacity and a speed unrivaled by even the greatest political felons of our history.Richard Clarke — you might remember him, sir: He was one of the counterterror pros you inherited from President Clinton, before you ran the professionals out of government in favor of your unreality-based reality — Richard Clarke wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
“Let me be clear: Our ability to track and monitor terrorists overseas would not cease should the Protect America Act expire.
“If this were true, the president would not threaten to terminate any temporary extension with his veto pen. All surveillance currently occurring would continue even after legislative provisions lapsed because authorizations issued under the act are in effect up to a full year.”
You are a liar, Mr. Bush. And after showing some skill at it, you have ceased to even be a very good liar.
And your minions like John Boehner, your Republican congressional crash dummies who just happen to decide to walk out of Congress when a podium-full of microphones await them, they should just keep walking, out of Congress and, if possible, out of the country.
For they and you, sir, have no place in a government of the people, by the people, for the people.
The lot of you are the symbolic descendants of the despotic middle managers of some banana republic to whom “freedom” is an ironic brand name, a word you reach for when you want to get away with its opposite.
Thus, Mr. Bush, your panoramic invasion of privacy is dressed up as “protecting America.”
Thus, Mr. Bush, your indiscriminate domestic spying becomes the focused monitoring only of “terrorist communications.”
Thus, Mr. Bush, what you and the telecom giants have done isn’t unlawful; it’s just the kind of perfectly legal, passionately patriotic thing for which you happen to need immunity!
Richard Clarke is on the money, as usual. That the president was willing to veto this eavesdropping means there is no threat to the legitimate counterterror efforts under way.
As Sen. Edward Kennedy reminded us in December:
“The president has said that American lives will be sacrificed if Congress does not change FISA. “But he has also said that he will veto any FISA bill that does not grant retroactive immunity.
“No immunity, no FISA bill. So if we take the president at his word, he’s willing to let Americans die to protect the phone companies.”
And that literally cannot be. Even Mr. Bush could not overtly take a step that actually aids the terrorists. I am not talking about ethics here. I am talking about blame. If the president seems to be throwing the baby out with the bath water, it means we can safely conclude there is no baby. Because if there were, sir, now that you have vetoed an extension of this eavesdropping, if some terrorist attack were to follow, you would not merely be guilty of siding with the terrorists. You would not merely be guilty of prioritizing the telecoms over the people. You would not merely be guilty of stupidity. You would not merely be guilty of treason, sir.
You would be personally, and eternally, responsible.
And if there is one thing we know about you, Mr. Bush, one thing that you have proved time and time again — it is that you are never responsible.
As recently ago as 2006, we spoke words like these with trepidation.
The idea that even the most cynical and untrustworthy of politicians in our history, George W. Bush, would use the literal form of terrorism against his own people was dangerous territory. It seemed to tempt fate, to heighten fear.
We will not fear any longer.
We will not fear the international terrorists, and we will thwart them.
We will not fear the recognition of the manipulation of our yearning for safety, and we will call it what it is: terrorism.
We will not fear identifying the vulgar hypocrites in our government, and we will name them.
And we will not fear George W. Bush. Nor will we fear because George W. Bush wants us to fear.
© 2008 MSNBC Interactive
Friday, February 8, 2008
2nd Annual FRANK ZAPPA - LAGUNITAS FESTIVAL!
Come Join Us for this very special event!
DJ MILES spinning ZAPPA and BEEFHEART all night!
ON Draught:Freak Out! + Kill Ugly Radio + Lumpy Gravy
Cappuccino Stout 2006 + Censored Copper Ale
Imperial Red Ale + IPA + Czech Pilsner
+ Special Bottle Offerings
Brown Sugga + Hairy Eyeball Barleywine
DON'T MISS THIS ONE!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
TROEG's OFFICIAL NYC LAUNCH! 2-6-2008 7PM
Officially from the Gate website!
The Gate welcomes Harrisburg, PA's Tröeg's Brewery to New York City with this incredible lineup of Chris and John Trogner's concoctions.
Dreamweaver Wheat
Pale Ale
Rugged Trail Brown
Nugget Nectar (Draught & CASK!)
TroegenatorHopback Amber
VINTAGE Mad Elf!
TRÖEGS (tr?gs) *v-tröeged, -tröeg'in the act of tröeg'in, ie "I tröeged it" or {slang} "that boy is tröeg'in" -adj. An aura of complete enjoyment and contentment, ie "My you look Tröegy this morning" -n. a new tradition of Pennsylvania specialty ales {from the brewers of Tröegs}, ie "I'll have a Tröegs!"The Gate
The Gate welcomes Harrisburg, PA's Tröeg's Brewery to New York City with this incredible lineup of Chris and John Trogner's concoctions.
Dreamweaver Wheat
Pale Ale
Rugged Trail Brown
Nugget Nectar (Draught & CASK!)
TroegenatorHopback Amber
VINTAGE Mad Elf!
TRÖEGS (tr?gs) *v-tröeged, -tröeg'in the act of tröeg'in, ie "I tröeged it" or {slang} "that boy is tröeg'in" -adj. An aura of complete enjoyment and contentment, ie "My you look Tröegy this morning" -n. a new tradition of Pennsylvania specialty ales {from the brewers of Tröegs}, ie "I'll have a Tröegs!"The Gate
Today Was a Good Day...
Yup, 3:55 AM and I'm still watching the returns...
Barack Obama did very well today in ways not being reported, but in ways that matter and in ways that will ultimtely propel him to the Democratic nomination. He won an overwhelming majority of the states up for grabs, and this sum of delegates has all but erased Hillary Clinton's built in aristocratic, super delegate advantage.
Obama has the message, the people, the spirit, the inherant ability and the money to get this done.
YES WE CAN!
Barack Obama did very well today in ways not being reported, but in ways that matter and in ways that will ultimtely propel him to the Democratic nomination. He won an overwhelming majority of the states up for grabs, and this sum of delegates has all but erased Hillary Clinton's built in aristocratic, super delegate advantage.
Obama has the message, the people, the spirit, the inherant ability and the money to get this done.
YES WE CAN!
Monday, February 4, 2008
Say No To Hillary, Vote for Barack Obama!
Friends,
Well here it is, as promised, my commentary on why it is imperative and in the best interest of this country that Hillary Clinton does not win the Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America.
First off, I will tell you that my personal aversion to Mrs. Clinton starts with a simple idea. The concept of Hillary Clinton being elected to this office would result in the continuation of the aristocracy that Kevin Phillips talks about in his book “American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush”. Mr. Phillips, an ardent Republican strategist, argued fervently against George W. Bush before the last election, most notably saying that the idea of the son of a former President being elected is one that would have the founding fathers of this country turning in their graves. This governance of this country by definition is that of a Democracy which was bolstered and given further meaning with the words in Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address as a government “of the people, by the people and for the people”. The original intent of our forefathers, I believe, was for the country NOT to be run by the same people over and over but rather by new people in order to keep the ideals of our Constitution intact and safe from the Aristocracy from which they had fled.
As for the record of Hillary Clinton, I say this: She has no position on healthcare because her sole job in the Clinton administration was to deliver universal healthcare to the people of this country. Not only did she not get it done (not even close) she takes no concrete responsibility for her failure instead, she chooses to blame the mythical beast; partisan forces. The true measure of an effective leader is to be able to overcome these partisan forces, to get the job done and to take responsibility for your OWN part of the failure. By this measure Hillary Clinton comes up far short in terms of leadership.
Mrs. Clinton also voted FOR Bush’s Iraq war resolution and now conveniently claims that she didn’t know or was mislead by the Bush administration. The simple fact of the matter is that Hillary Clinton voted FOR the resolution for political purposes. This particular point is one that I will not let her get away with. The idea that in order to be a good American Senator, she had to vote FOR the proposal because of the evidence presented is preposterous. The fact of the matter is this: I watched Colin Powell sit before the United Nations General Assembly and tell them that it would be a complete disaster to de-stabilize Iraq two days before he went back and told them about the now famous “aluminum tubes”. It was this moment that led to Mr. Powell angrily leaving the Bush administration and anyone who was watching these stories closely in the media could see that it was obvious that we were being sold a bill of goods. Either way you slice it- Hillary Clinton was duped or Hillary Clinton was not paying enough attention- Hilary Clinton should not be responsible for leading our country. The entire Democratic wing of the government, of which Hillary Clinton was a very high profile part, let the American people and Democratic voters down terribly. At this crucial point in our history there was No One but Dennis Kucinich who had their eye on the ball and had a voice of opposition.
Finally, the other day when our media made a big stink over the “snub photo” during Dubya’s last State of the Union address it was obvious that there was nothing to the story. Our media was attempting to create a story where there wasn’t one. The next day I watched Hillary interviewed on one of the major News networks and she attempted to infer that she felt snubbed. It was obvious that she was trying to gain advantage by perpetuating this nonsense. It was at best smarmy, it was devious and it was low minded. These are not the characteristics of someone who should be leading the greatest country on earth.
I urge all of you to go out today and vote for Senator Barack Obama and take this Country back for the people.
Well here it is, as promised, my commentary on why it is imperative and in the best interest of this country that Hillary Clinton does not win the Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America.
First off, I will tell you that my personal aversion to Mrs. Clinton starts with a simple idea. The concept of Hillary Clinton being elected to this office would result in the continuation of the aristocracy that Kevin Phillips talks about in his book “American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush”. Mr. Phillips, an ardent Republican strategist, argued fervently against George W. Bush before the last election, most notably saying that the idea of the son of a former President being elected is one that would have the founding fathers of this country turning in their graves. This governance of this country by definition is that of a Democracy which was bolstered and given further meaning with the words in Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address as a government “of the people, by the people and for the people”. The original intent of our forefathers, I believe, was for the country NOT to be run by the same people over and over but rather by new people in order to keep the ideals of our Constitution intact and safe from the Aristocracy from which they had fled.
As for the record of Hillary Clinton, I say this: She has no position on healthcare because her sole job in the Clinton administration was to deliver universal healthcare to the people of this country. Not only did she not get it done (not even close) she takes no concrete responsibility for her failure instead, she chooses to blame the mythical beast; partisan forces. The true measure of an effective leader is to be able to overcome these partisan forces, to get the job done and to take responsibility for your OWN part of the failure. By this measure Hillary Clinton comes up far short in terms of leadership.
Mrs. Clinton also voted FOR Bush’s Iraq war resolution and now conveniently claims that she didn’t know or was mislead by the Bush administration. The simple fact of the matter is that Hillary Clinton voted FOR the resolution for political purposes. This particular point is one that I will not let her get away with. The idea that in order to be a good American Senator, she had to vote FOR the proposal because of the evidence presented is preposterous. The fact of the matter is this: I watched Colin Powell sit before the United Nations General Assembly and tell them that it would be a complete disaster to de-stabilize Iraq two days before he went back and told them about the now famous “aluminum tubes”. It was this moment that led to Mr. Powell angrily leaving the Bush administration and anyone who was watching these stories closely in the media could see that it was obvious that we were being sold a bill of goods. Either way you slice it- Hillary Clinton was duped or Hillary Clinton was not paying enough attention- Hilary Clinton should not be responsible for leading our country. The entire Democratic wing of the government, of which Hillary Clinton was a very high profile part, let the American people and Democratic voters down terribly. At this crucial point in our history there was No One but Dennis Kucinich who had their eye on the ball and had a voice of opposition.
Finally, the other day when our media made a big stink over the “snub photo” during Dubya’s last State of the Union address it was obvious that there was nothing to the story. Our media was attempting to create a story where there wasn’t one. The next day I watched Hillary interviewed on one of the major News networks and she attempted to infer that she felt snubbed. It was obvious that she was trying to gain advantage by perpetuating this nonsense. It was at best smarmy, it was devious and it was low minded. These are not the characteristics of someone who should be leading the greatest country on earth.
I urge all of you to go out today and vote for Senator Barack Obama and take this Country back for the people.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
HATS OFF TO BIG BLUE!!!!!
Way to go G-Men!!!
I look forward to watching that play from Manning to Tyree for the rest of my life on the highlight reels... WOW!!!
I look forward to watching that play from Manning to Tyree for the rest of my life on the highlight reels... WOW!!!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
THIS WEEK AT THE GATE!
BOCKS AND BARLEYWINES!
First off... a tip of my cap to the sensible voters in South Caroilina for Senator Barack Obama's sweeping victory in their State's Democratic primary this past Saturday and I'd like to thank all of you who made Pat's Picks this past Wednesday at the Gate an equally sweeping success!
On to Super Tuesday...
Now,
This week we have for you...
Bocks and Barleywines, mostly aged and though I'd like to take credit for this fantastic list, the overwhelming bulk of the credit for this one goes to none other than Gate owner Bobby Gagnon, one of the pioneers of craft beer in NYC and my personal BEER mentor.
From the hold:
Anchor "Old Foghorn" Barleywine
Ramstein Mai-Bock Vintage 2004
Mahr's Der Weissbock Vintage 2005
Sly Fox "Panacea" Barleywine Vintage 2006
Weyebacher "Blithering Idiot" Barleywine Vintage 2006
Brooklyn Smoked Weissbock Vintage 2006
Blue Point "Old Howling Bastard" Vintage 2005
So, Come on down and drink up dese mofos!
And as always kiddies remember:
Patty loves you!
Upcoming:
Next Blog: My dissertation on why I feel that a continuation of the BUSH/CLINTON Aristocracy would be a disaster for this country and why I respectfully and desperately urge all of you to vote for Barack Obama on Super Tuesday.
GATE EVENT SCHEDULE:
Sunday, February 3rd 2008
SUPERBOWL PARTY!
As with Barack I urge you to come on down and root for Big Blue because, although we have a huge Boston contingent in the house, who needs more of the same? Do the Pats really need another Superbowl ring? Besides, I want to protect the Legacy of my childhood favorites Terry Bradshaw, Chuck Noll, the Steel Curtain and the rest of the 70's Steelers from being tarnished by Bill "Spygate" Belichick and Tom "Who's My Girlfriend?" Brady. Oh yeah sure...there was Joe Montana but at least he was a National Champion "Fighting Irishman" before his storied run with the Niners.
Along with football and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers half time show, this party will be catered by the ATLANTIC CHIP SHOP!! So come and git yer football on with a little Shepherd's pie and Branston pickle... And an ALL AMERICAN BEER HAPPY HOUR 'til MIDIGHT!...Yee Haa!
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
First GO VOTE!
Then, come and watch the returns with us and enjoy a fine selection of all American Beers!
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Troeg's Brewing Company
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Please join us for the NYC launch of Troeg's which will include a Vintage draught pour of the "MAD ELF"
First off... a tip of my cap to the sensible voters in South Caroilina for Senator Barack Obama's sweeping victory in their State's Democratic primary this past Saturday and I'd like to thank all of you who made Pat's Picks this past Wednesday at the Gate an equally sweeping success!
On to Super Tuesday...
Now,
This week we have for you...
Bocks and Barleywines, mostly aged and though I'd like to take credit for this fantastic list, the overwhelming bulk of the credit for this one goes to none other than Gate owner Bobby Gagnon, one of the pioneers of craft beer in NYC and my personal BEER mentor.
From the hold:
Anchor "Old Foghorn" Barleywine
Ramstein Mai-Bock Vintage 2004
Mahr's Der Weissbock Vintage 2005
Sly Fox "Panacea" Barleywine Vintage 2006
Weyebacher "Blithering Idiot" Barleywine Vintage 2006
Brooklyn Smoked Weissbock Vintage 2006
Blue Point "Old Howling Bastard" Vintage 2005
So, Come on down and drink up dese mofos!
And as always kiddies remember:
Patty loves you!
Upcoming:
Next Blog: My dissertation on why I feel that a continuation of the BUSH/CLINTON Aristocracy would be a disaster for this country and why I respectfully and desperately urge all of you to vote for Barack Obama on Super Tuesday.
GATE EVENT SCHEDULE:
Sunday, February 3rd 2008
SUPERBOWL PARTY!
As with Barack I urge you to come on down and root for Big Blue because, although we have a huge Boston contingent in the house, who needs more of the same? Do the Pats really need another Superbowl ring? Besides, I want to protect the Legacy of my childhood favorites Terry Bradshaw, Chuck Noll, the Steel Curtain and the rest of the 70's Steelers from being tarnished by Bill "Spygate" Belichick and Tom "Who's My Girlfriend?" Brady. Oh yeah sure...there was Joe Montana but at least he was a National Champion "Fighting Irishman" before his storied run with the Niners.
Along with football and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers half time show, this party will be catered by the ATLANTIC CHIP SHOP!! So come and git yer football on with a little Shepherd's pie and Branston pickle... And an ALL AMERICAN BEER HAPPY HOUR 'til MIDIGHT!...Yee Haa!
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
First GO VOTE!
Then, come and watch the returns with us and enjoy a fine selection of all American Beers!
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Troeg's Brewing Company
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Please join us for the NYC launch of Troeg's which will include a Vintage draught pour of the "MAD ELF"
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
PAT's PICKS!
Hello Friends!
Welcome to my first transmission!
I'm throwing a little party tonight at the Gate in Brooklyn.
For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Gate it is located at the corner of 5th Avenue and 3rd Street in Brooklyn and for those of you familiar, first get your tuchus over to Great Lakes and show some love and support for my man DAVID McLENDON who grew up across the street from none other than JOHN EDWARDS and is having a release for the third edition of his literary magazine called UNSAID! You can even print out that last sentence and have him edit it for you if you are so inclined. He can do that too. Then get your asses back over to the Gate for some freakin' BEER!
By the way, by tonight I mean January 23d, 2008.
This event we're calling:
PAT'S PICKS!!!!
!!!!...and if you decide that you are going to attend, I'm gonna warn you right now that this is a BEER event, and I spent many precious hours putting this BEER list together and if you're going to attend, you're going to drink some freakin' BEER, K????
And it's good BEER, strong BEER, and it's tasty BEER.
Here is what we have for you:
Flying Dog "Double Dog" Double ESB vintage 2006
Victory "Baltic Thunder" Porter
Southern Tier "Old Man Winter"
Rogue Anniversary Imperial Porter
Stone Coast "840" Double IPA
He'Brew Lenny' RIPA 2X Rye IPA
Flying Dog "Gonzo" Imperial Porter
and the very special...
North Coast "Old Rasputin" Russian Imperial Stout (NITRO)
We will also have the following bottled offerings:
Dogfishhead Raison D'Extra
Hitachino's Nest Espresso Stout
In addition to all this great F'in BEER your gonna have the privilege of being subjected to an entire evening of music that I have created expressly for you. That's right, we're going to turnoff the damn juke-box and I'm going to let my computer create some m'f'in MOJO!
You'll love it!
Now, I want you all to remember one thing...
Patty loves you so come on down and let's hang the F out dudes, K?
COMING VERY SOON:
My dissertation on why Hillary Clinton can NOT get the Democratic nomination!
Welcome to my first transmission!
I'm throwing a little party tonight at the Gate in Brooklyn.
For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Gate it is located at the corner of 5th Avenue and 3rd Street in Brooklyn and for those of you familiar, first get your tuchus over to Great Lakes and show some love and support for my man DAVID McLENDON who grew up across the street from none other than JOHN EDWARDS and is having a release for the third edition of his literary magazine called UNSAID! You can even print out that last sentence and have him edit it for you if you are so inclined. He can do that too. Then get your asses back over to the Gate for some freakin' BEER!
By the way, by tonight I mean January 23d, 2008.
This event we're calling:
PAT'S PICKS!!!!
!!!!...and if you decide that you are going to attend, I'm gonna warn you right now that this is a BEER event, and I spent many precious hours putting this BEER list together and if you're going to attend, you're going to drink some freakin' BEER, K????
And it's good BEER, strong BEER, and it's tasty BEER.
Here is what we have for you:
Flying Dog "Double Dog" Double ESB vintage 2006
Victory "Baltic Thunder" Porter
Southern Tier "Old Man Winter"
Rogue Anniversary Imperial Porter
Stone Coast "840" Double IPA
He'Brew Lenny' RIPA 2X Rye IPA
Flying Dog "Gonzo" Imperial Porter
and the very special...
North Coast "Old Rasputin" Russian Imperial Stout (NITRO)
We will also have the following bottled offerings:
Dogfishhead Raison D'Extra
Hitachino's Nest Espresso Stout
In addition to all this great F'in BEER your gonna have the privilege of being subjected to an entire evening of music that I have created expressly for you. That's right, we're going to turnoff the damn juke-box and I'm going to let my computer create some m'f'in MOJO!
You'll love it!
Now, I want you all to remember one thing...
Patty loves you so come on down and let's hang the F out dudes, K?
COMING VERY SOON:
My dissertation on why Hillary Clinton can NOT get the Democratic nomination!
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