Nov 18 - 04:59 PM: Brew Dogging : Joe McBane

I am excited because I am about to connect 3 kegs of Brewdog beer. For those of you that don't know, Brewdog is the thing of the moment in the craft brewing business. A small outfit from Scotland that has been making quite the name for themselves. They have quickly become known for brewing bold no nonsense beers. They are also happy to give the establishment the middle finger at every opportunity it seems. One of their beers is an 18% abv imperial stout. That was hailed as irresponsible in Britain's binge drinking society. I can't imagine many drunken Brits shelling out the cash for one of these when you can get 12 Stella for about 5 pounds. Any how in response they brewed a 1.5% abv beer called Nanny State. Hilarious.

We have their Punk IPA, Dogma (they were forced to changed the name from Speedball)and Basha. Basha is a Black IPA that they brewed in collaboration with Stone Brewery in San Diego. This is the one I have tried. Not tremendously hoppy but what a fantastic beer none the less.

As soon as I post this I am going to go tap them and sample. In that order.

Nov 07 - 04:04 PM: Uptopias 'Release(d)' : Joe McBane

As many of you have noticed we have advertised the Rochester bar launch of this year's Sam Adams Utopias. I have to inform you that it is not officially a launch as it was unveiled last night at another Rochester bar who decided to purchase some from another source and beat us to the punch by 5 days.

While we are upset/aggravated by this move we haven't lost any sleep over it either. I felt it was my duty to let you know this is no longer a 'launch' situation. You are still welcome to come down on the 11th to try the product.

We love to bring the best beer available to all you guys. Love Joe xxx

Oct 24 - 01:16 PM: New Menu : Joe McBane

We have launched our new menu for Fall and Winter ’09. You will see all of the old favorites still there, with the addition of many newbies.

At the Tap and Mallet we firmly believe that change is good. We had a lot of fun coming up with the new items and we hope you enjoy exploring the selection.