For those lucky enough to hold tickets to this year’s Brew Masters Dinner with Christopher Trogner, you are in for a great night.

Holy Smoke is closed to the public for the entire day this coming Tuesday, May 15th. This is a private event. If you missed this year’s event, there is always next year.  The best way to get informed is signing up on the website for announcements.

This year’s dinner brings back an old friend in Christopher Trogner. He and his brother John have recently moved their massive award winning brewery to Hershey PA and have not missed a beat, and are considered by most to be one of the top craft breweries in the country.

We hope everyone has a great time and gets here at 6:30pm to chat with Chris and have the opportunity to meet one of the country’s best Brew Masters.

THE MENU

Troegs Pale Ale

House made and cured Hot Soppressata and Cappicola with
Parmigiano-Reggiano and Fresh Fruit

Troegs Sunshine Pils

Grilled Cold Salmon Fillet with Spring Mix in Balsamic
Dressing

Troegs Nugget Nectar

Smoked Duck Risotto with Sundried Tomatoes

Troegs Trogenator

Pork Tenderloin with Wild Mushroom Cream Sauce

Troegs Mad Elf and Scratch 57

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries and Pineapple

Holy Smoke will be closed Easter Sunday

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN SOLD OUT

On Tuesday, May 15th Holy Smoke is pleased to announce that Christopher Trogner the owner of Troegs Brewery will be our master of ceremonies for our 2012 Brew Masters Dinner.

Chris has recently been extremely busy moving his brewery to Hershey PA. He has been a good friend to Holy Smoke, since doing one of the original Brewery Series Nights  when they were new to NYS.

The idea of this evening is to showcase Chris, his great beers and share a great meal with friends. 

If you are fan of Mad Elf, Nugget Nectar, Troegenator, Java Head Stout…… the list is huge. Rarely do you see a brewery receive an overall  ”A” rating from Beer Advocate as Chris has done with Troegs along with his brother John.

The night is a 5 course dinner, each course paired with a different Troegs beer. We usually depart from our BBQ theme these nights and the final menu will be posted here after Chris and I have time to agree on the pairings.  We have so many great beers to choose from, that it will be a fun task to do this menu.

 They are first come first served. Holy Smoke will be closed to the public the entire day for this special event. The tickets for this event are $75 which includes everything.

As Holy Smoke settles into celebrating it’s 8th Birthday we have another first for our patrons….

CLOWN SHOES

Gregg Berman the owner of the terrific Clown Shoes brewery in Massachusetts, will be at Holy Smoke on Saturday, April 21st.

This is the first Brewery Series Night for Gregg and his 2 year old brewery that is experiencing tremendous popularity and growth.

They make great beer, Gregg has hooked us up on some great rare kegs.

Blaecorn Unidragon

Brown Angel

Chocolate Sombrero

Clementine

Eagle Claw Fist

Hoppy Feet

Hoppy Feet 1.5

Muffin Top

Supa Hero

Tramp Stamp

Vampire Slayer

DOGFISH HEAD TAKES OVER THE TAPS

MARCH 24th SATURDAY NIGHT

When DFH and I were setting up this event up months ago, the plan was to feature as many “non core” beers as possible. We figured, you can always get 60 and 90min but the line up we have this time is off the hook.

As DFH has hit tremendous growth over the past few years, they have decided to take certain beers out of rotation and brew them basically when time and space are available. World Wide Stout, Fort and Pangaea are all going into semi retirement.

At least for us, World Wide Stout stands as one of the  greatest Imperial stouts ever made and Fort, one of the greatest fruit beers. Even though they are being put up the shelf for a bit, they will return when Sam gets more space.

Chris Valente, DFH’s New York Regional Sales Manager will be here and will discuss the beers that are coming and going and the new plans to expand the brewery. After working with Chris these past few months, I have found him to be extremely knowledgeable and personable and will offer alot of insight into the fast moving world DFH.

DFH FORT

DFH HELL HOUND

DFH PANGAEA

DFH BURTON BATON

DFH IMMORT

DFH TA HENKET

DFH MY ANTONIA

DFH 75MIN IN CASK

DFH RAISON D’ETRE

DFH NAMASTE

DFH WORLD WIDE STOUT

DFH NOBLE ROT

DFH APRIHOP

DFH SAISON DU BUFF

DFH CHATEAU JIAHU

DFH BITCHES BREW

DFH 120 MINUTE

DFH RED AND WHITE

IT’S CAL”I” FORNICATION

TIME!!!

On Saturday, February 25th 6:30 get ready to get blown away from the big 3 from the great beer state of California.

That’s right Lagunitas, Sierra Nevada and Stone join forces to put their unique stamp on Holy Smoke for one great evening.

These three top breweries are all old friends and each year its seems their beers and their followers simply get stronger and more devoted.

Trevor from Lagunitas, Brian from Sierra and Dennis from Stone, each will be able to tell you what’s up with expansion plans and new beers from each of the breweries.

This should be a standout evening and we are going to have the following line-up to make sure you don’t forget the night.

Lagunitas                                        Sierra Nevada                                           Stone

Sucks                                  30th Anniversary Grand Cru                       Vertical Epic 11/11/11

Doppel Weizen                            Life and Limb                                        Double Bastard

Fusion 7                                            Big Foot                                           2010 Old Guardian

IPA                                                Ruthless Rye                                             Ruination

Hop Stoopid                                     Tumbler                                              Smoked Porter

Little Sump’n Sump’n                     Torpedo                                               Sublimely

Tonight we party with Troegs and Left Hand

Troegs and Holy Smoke have been doing business together since 2004. Left Hand from Colorado is relatively new to NYS and we have never featured them at Holy Smoke.

The kegs are all in place, and as usual the breweries have stepped up to show off for our patrons.

Each of the breweries will have 9 beer on tap that night, out of our 30 taps.

Come join AJ from Troegs and Molly from Left Hand to help ring in the first Brewery Series Night of the New Year!!

THE LINEUP FOR EACH LOOKS LIKE THIS

Scratch #50                                       Wake Up The Dead Stout

Scratch #52                                        Milk Stout-Nitro

Scratch # 55                                       Saw Tooth-Nitro

Mad Elf                                              Stranger

Java Head                                           400lb Monkey

Hop Back Amber                                Polestar

Dream Weaver                                    Fade to Black Volume #3

Troganator                                         Black Jack

Pale Ale                                              Windershins

“Ambidextrous Ales” Imperial Milk Stout Step #1

Over the years we have smoked some great items in our pits. Patrons have loved them so much that starting now we will be doing smoked salmon fillets, whole smoked ducks and smoked bone in turkey breasts year round. These items will be sold by the pound.

Canadian Salmon Fillet:  $10.00 per pound

This beautiful Canadian Salmon is marinated then rubbed with our seafood spices and smoked low and slow over our hardwood hickory fired coals. The result is a moist, deeply complex flavored salmon with a nice kick from our spices. Pieces weight between 2 and 3 pounds pre-cooking weight.

Whole Long Island Duckling: $6.00 per pound

For those who love the rich and complex flavor this meat gives, you will more thrilled after we brine, spice and smoke these great birds. The results are moist, full flavored duck without all the grease because of the hours spent in our pits. Ducklings weight between 5 and 6 pounds pre-cooking weight.

Whole Bone in Turkey Breasts: $4.50 per pound

The exact same bird we do here for the fall season. We brine them, rub them up with our spices and smoke them low and slow for 15 hours. The results are amazing. Moist, smoky and huge departure from that usual turkey you have been eating. Breasts weight between 16 and 20 pounds pre-cooking weight.

There is no doubt (at least in our minds), that Belgium is regarded as one of the greatest places to brew beer, many would say its is the best. They don’t rush, they use the best ingredients and a lot of it is brewed by the clergy.

 With that in mind, we are going to ring in the Holidays with some of the best Belgium’s whether they are holiday beers or simply just great ones like our favorite St Bernardus, the holidays will be very merry when these beers are in the house. 

Continue to check in as we put up some stellar brews in the month of December.