-Today is the day! Sharknado Marathon and pint night at Roughtail Taphouse.
Here are the specifics: For $8, you get a pint of the special Sharknado beer, called Tiburónado -- a red double IPA with blood orange -- and a pint glass of your choice to keep. The Taphouse will open at 3:45 p.m. and show all three Sharknado movies, starting with "Sharknado" at 4 p.m., "Sharknado 2: The Second One" and 6 p.m., and "Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!" at 8 p.m. Let me just say this: Get your Twitter game on fleek, because nobody loves Sharknado night like Twitter.
-Big news from Anthem Brewing: Their taproom is now open from noon to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays for growler fills and merchandise sales. Pretty cool development there, as we move closer to traditional brewery tap rooms in Oklahoma.
-Thinking of heading out to the Great American Beer Festival this year? Public tickets go on sale July 29. More info available at greatamericanbeerfestival.com.
-Yours truly entered an IPA in the Red Earth Brewers latest homebrew competition, and the results are in! Sadly, however, I did not place in the top two. I haven't received my score sheet yet, but clearly, all the judges are terrible people. Just kidding! Here are the winners:
American Ales:1st - Matt Gore
2nd - Beau Salois
American IPAs:
1st - Beth Conner
2nd - Beau Salois
Specialty IPAs:
1st - Chad Medford
2nd - Bradford Sullivan
Best of Show:
1st - Chad Medford (Belgian IPA)
2nd - Beth Conner
3rd - Matt Gore
Despite its lack of critical success, I'm still a big fan of my IPA, which features four different hops, including a dry-hopping dose of El Dorado. In fact, I was drinking one when I wrote this post:
-Neat hop substitution chart right here for all the homebrewers out there.
-I recently tried Stillwater Stateside Saison and Evil Twin Yin & Yang:
Very impressed with both beers. I remarked to Mrs. Beagle that if I were to make my own saison, I wouldn't mind at all if it tasted just like Stateside. I feel like some saisons smack you over the head with Belgian yeast flavor and become too sweet and fruity, but this beer delivered just the right amount. Yin & Yang? That right there is a dangerous beer. Eminently drinkable and intriguing, but packing a punch at 10% ABV. I could find trouble with that beer as my wingman.
-Some news from Dead Armadillo Brewing: The city of Tulsa has approved a requested zoning change, and they now expect an imminent start to brewing in their Tulsa facility. Can't wait to score some more of their tasty Amber Ale.
-Voting is open for the Gazette's annual Best of OKC contest, and there are a couple beer-centric categories: Best Local Craft Beer (Anthem, Bricktown, COOP, Mustang, Prairie) and Best Beer Selection (McNellie's, Oak & Ore, Republic, TapWerks, The Patriarch). I'm not trying to get all "When I was a kid I walked eight miles to school, in the snow, uphill both ways" with you here, but let me tell you this: When I started this blog, seven of those 10 entities didn't exist. We've come a long way in our beer game, folks.
-Here's the food truck schedule for the rest of the week at The Patriarch:
Wednesday: Flying Pig BBQ
Thursday: M.O.B. Grill
Friday: Big O's BBQ OKC
Saturday (lunch): St. Paddy Cakes
Saturday (dinner): MT Express
Sunday: OKC Street Eats
-COOP Ale Works is pushing the envelope on self-distribution. They're now offering six packs of their 3.2 beer (two Negative Splits, two Spare Ribs and two Briefcase Browns), for sale at the brewery from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.
-Bonus point: I just got back from Walt Disney World (again), because apparently going to Walt Disney World only one time in the summer is not enough. Anyway, I won't bore you with the details, but wanted to share this fun picture:
That's an Orlando Brewing I-4 IPA that I enjoyed at Animal Kingdom. And of course when you see a sign like that, you have to take advantage of it. Disney has done a nice job stepping up its food and drink game the last few years, and it's great to a see a local craft beer on tap at the parks.
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