Official line-up for the kick-ass Breadloaf alumni reading on Friday, February 1.

Aaron Balkan
Avery Slater
Shane Oshetski
Greg Wrenn
Matt Siegel
Dave MacLean
Julia Kudravetz
Lindsay Bernal
Emily Perez (maybe)
Laura van den Berg
Jenny Hill
Jennifer de Leon
Meakin Armstrong
Dwayne Betts

Be here or be unbreaded.

From now on

we'll be posting tap updates over there -->

to the right, under the events calendar, so they don't get lost in the blog shuffle. Just in case you freak out on me, all like "Where's my tap list, John?" and stuff.

New Bottled Beer!

We now have Hair of the Dog's Fred, a strong golden ale (10% ABV!) in bottles. We'll eventually be adding a bunch of Western beers that aren't available out here in kegs to our bottle list. Hair of the Dog was first on our list because a) it's great and b) we desperately need more representatives of Oregon's fine breweries. Come by and try it--it's not cheap ($8) but it's worth it, trust us.

Binge of Readings Wednesday January 30-Friday February 1.

Here's a summary of the excellent readings we'll be having during the AWP conference in New York City.

Wednesday January 30, 8 pm: Aracelis Girmay, Susan Brennan, Abe Smith, Brent Hendricks

Thursday, January 31, 8:30 pm: A Special Evening with Alumni of the NYU Creative Writing Program: Kazim Ali, Kirsten Andersen, Allison Lynn, and Malena Mörling (8:30pm—Open Mic for NYU CWP Alumni, 9:15pm—Featured Readers)

Friday, February 1, 6:30 pm: Saint Ann's Review Reading: Kirk Nesset, Minter Krotzer, Beth Bosworth, Sara Femenella reading poetry and prose.

Friday, February 1, 8:30 pm: Breadloaf Alumni Reading

Super Bowl Viewing at Pacific Standard

Pacific Standard Super Bowl Viewing with Pitcher Specials

On the big day, February 3, come watch the Super Bowl on our massive projection screen television. For Super Bowl night only, we'll pour pitchers of many of our best-selling microbrews for only $18. And our pints will be a reasonable $5-$6, as always. This event is free--no cover charge or reservations are needed, but come early to get the best seats.

Reading February 1

Friday, February 1 at 6:30 pm, we have a Saint Ann's Review reading that you guys should totally come to:

Kirk Nesset
Minter Krotzer
Beth Bosworth
Sara Femenella

reading poetry and prose.

Kirk Nesset is author of two books of short stories, Paradise Road (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007) and Mr. Agreeable (forthcoming), as well as a nonfiction study, The Stories of Raymond Carver (Ohio University Press, 1995). His books of poems and translations are also soon to appear: St. X (Lewis Clark Press) and Alphabet of the World (University of Oklahoma Press). He was awarded the Drue Heinz literature award in 2007 and has received a Pushcart Prize and numerous grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. His stories, poems and translations have appeared in The Paris Review, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, The Kenyon Review, Agni, Gettysburg Review, The Sun, Fiction, Prairie Schooner, The Saint Ann's Review, and elsewhere. He teaches creative writing and literature at Allegheny College.

Minter Krotzer's prose has been published in The Saint Ann's Review, The Arkansas Review, Louisiana in Words, Upstreet, Night Train, Before and After: Stories from New York, and in the upcoming collection, God Stories. She has taught creative writing at International House in New York, in the New York City public schools and privately in Philadelphia, where she now lives. Minter has received creative writing fellowships
from the New School, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Bennington College.

Beth Bosworth is author of A Burden of Earth and Other Stories (Hanging Loose Press, 1995) and of the novel, Tunneling (Crown Publishers, Shaye Areheart Books, 2003). Her stories and essays have appeared in Guernica, The Seneca Review, The Kenyon Review, The Forward, The Manhattan Review, and elsewhere. She has taught writing and English at The New School, CUNY and for many years at Saint Ann's School, where
she edits The Saint Ann's Review.

Sara Femenella's poetry has appeared in MiPoesias.com, milk, and The Saint Ann's Review. She is assistant editor of The Saint Ann's Review and is currently completing an M.F.A. in poetry at Columbia University.

Tap Update, January 24

Beers on Tap

Anchor Christmas Ale (San Francisco, CA; $5/16 oz). 5.3% ABV.
Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye (Healdsburg, CA; $5/16 oz). 8.0% ABV.
Boulder Beer Hazed & Infused (Boulder, CO; $5/16 oz). .85% ABV.
Chelsea Blizzard (New York, NY;$5/16oz). 6.3% ABV.
Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA (Milton, DE; $6/16 oz). 6.0% ABV.
Legacy Hedonism Ale (Reading, PA; $5/16 oz). 7.1% ABV.
Legacy Hoptimus Prime (Reading, PA; $6/16 oz). 9.0% ABV.
North Coast Red Seal Ale (Fort Bragg, CA; $5/16 oz). 5.5% ABV.
North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner (Fort Bragg, CA; $5/16 oz). 4.4% ABV.
Red Hook Winter Hook (Woodinville, WA; $5/16oz). 6.1% ABV.
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale (Chico, CA; $5/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Sixpoint Groundskeeper Spilly (Brooklyn, NY; $6/16 oz). 7.2% ABV.
Southampton Double White (Southampton, NY; $6/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Victory Donnybrook (Downingtown, PA; $5/16 oz). 3.7% ABV.
Victory Old Horizontal (Downingtown, PA; $6/12 oz). 11.0% ABV.
Woodchuck Granny Smith Cider (Middlebury, VT; $6/16 oz). 5.0% ABV.

Beers on Cask

Blue Point Extra Special Bitter (Patchogue, NY; $6/16 oz). 5.0% ABV.
Chelsea Frosty’s Winter Wheat (New York, NY; $6/16 oz). 7.2% ABV.

Coming Up: North Coast Old Rasputin, He’Brew Genesis, Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA

Tap Update, January 20

Beers on Tap

Anchor Christmas Ale (San Francisco, CA; $5/16 oz). 5.3% ABV.
Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale (Healdsburg, CA; $5/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Chelsea Blizzard (New York, NY;$5/16oz). 6.3% ABV.
Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA (Milton, DE; $5/16 oz). 6.0% ABV.
Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter (Denver, CO; $6/12 oz). 9.5% ABV.
Lagunitas Lumpy Gravy (Petaluma, CA; $5/16 oz). 7.2% ABV.
Legacy Hedonism Ale (Reading, PA; $5/16 oz). 7.1% ABV.
Legacy Hoptimus Prime (Reading, PA; $6/16 oz). 9.0% ABV.
North Coast Red Seal Ale (Fort Bragg, CA; $5/16 oz). 5.5% ABV.
Red Hook Winter Hook (Woodinville, WA; $5/16oz). 6.1% ABV.
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale (Chico, CA; $5/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Sixpoint Groundskeeper Spilly (Brooklyn, NY; $6/16 oz). 7.2% ABV.
Stone Smoked Porter (San Diego, CA; $5/16oz). 5.9% ABV.
Victory Donnybrook (Downingtown, PA; $5/16 oz). 3.7% ABV.
Victory Old Horizontal (Downingtown, PA; $6/12 oz). 11.0% ABV.
Woodchuck Granny Smith Cider (Middlebury, VT; $6/16 oz). 5.0% ABV.

Beers on Cask

Blue Point Extra Special Bitter (Patchogue, NY; $6/16 oz). 5.0% ABV.
Chelsea Frosty’s Winter Wheat (New York, NY; $6/16 oz). 7.2% ABV.

Coming Up: North Coast Old Rasputin, Southampton Double White

On January 31, One Humdinger of a Reading.

Chin Music: The Pacific Standard Reading Series
A Special Evening with Alumni of the NYU Creative Writing Program:
Kazim Ali, Kirsten Andersen, Allison Lynn, and Malena Mörling

Thursday, January 31
8:30pm—Open Mic for NYU CWP Alumni (sign-up opens at 6:00pm)
9:15pm—Featured Readers

Pacific Standard Bar
82 Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

http://www.pacificstandardbrooklyn.com

On January 31st, on the occasion of the AWP Conference in New York,
Chin Music—the Pacific Standard Reading Series—is proud to feature
four excellent poets & writers – Kazim Ali, Kristen Andersen, Allison Lynn, and Malena Mörling – plus an open-mic for NYU alumni and alumnae (sign-up on a first-come/first-served basis). Drink specials for NYU
alums and AWP conference-goers.

Chin Music's second season will run from February through April. Last
season's featured writers included Joshua Mehigan, George Green,
Kimiko Hahn, Roger Sedarat, Lynn Aarti Chandhok, and John Brehm.
Established and rising poets and writers from near and far are
featured during each of our seasons. Writers interested in reading
during a book tour or visit to New York City should contact us at
fiatlux@pacificstandardbrooklyn.com. Series curated by Colin Cheney.

Located on Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, near the Atlantic/Pacific
station, Pacific Standard is a literary bar serving up over a dozen
West Coast microbrews on tap (as well as choice selections from small
and local breweries), a fine collection of wines, and tasty cheeses
and meats.

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Featured Readers:

Kazim Ali is the author of two books of poetry, The Far Mosque (Alice
James Books) and the forthcoming The Fortieth Day (BOA Editions) as
well as the novel Quinn's Passage. His poetry and essays have appeared
widely in such periodicals as jubilat, American Poetry Review,
Hayden's Ferry Review, Colorado Review, and American Poet. Five essays
are archived at the Poetry Foundation website, and a regular column is
running in American Poetry Review. Kazim co-founded Nightboat Books
and currently teaches at Oberlin College and at Stonecoast, the
low-residency MFA program of the University of Southern Maine.

Kirsten Andersen lives in San Francisco, California, where she is a
Wallace Stegner Fellow in Creative Writing at Stanford University. Her
poetry has been published in the Notre Dame Review, Fourteen Hills,
Barrow Street, Swink Magazine, and other journals. She received her
Masters of Fine Arts degree from New York University, and has been
awarded grants and fellowships from the Rhode Island State Council on
the Arts, The Edward Albee Foundation, and the Fine Arts Work Center
in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Allison Lynn is the author of the novel Now You See It
(Touchstone/Simon & Schuster), which won both the William Faulkner
Medal and the Chapter One Award from the Bronx Council on the Arts.
Her non-fiction and book reviews have appeared in publications ranging
from the New York Times Book Review to People magazine. She's taught
creative writing at New York University, Lehigh University, and the
Wesleyan Writers Conference, and is at work on her second novel.

Malena Mörling was born in Stockholm and grew up in southern Sweden.
She is the author of Ocean Avenue (New Issues Poetry Press), and, in
2006, Astoria (University of Pittsburgh Press). Her work has appeared
in numerous publications including the New York Times Book Review, New
Republic, Washington Post Book World, Ploughshares, New England
Review, Five Points and Double Take. She is an assistant professor of
creative writing at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. In
the Spring of 2007 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Tap Update, January 16

Beers on Tap

Anchor Christmas Ale (San Francisco, CA; $5/16 oz). 5.3% ABV.
Avery Ellie’s Brown Ale (Boulder, CO; $5/16oz). 5.5% ABV.
Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale (Healdsburg, CA; $5/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Captain Lawrence Reserve Imperial IPA (Pleasantville, NY; $5/16 oz). 8.0% ABV.
Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA (Milton, DE; $5/16 oz). 6.0% ABV.
Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter (Denver, CO; $6/12 oz). 9.5% ABV.
Lagunitas Lumpy Gravy (Petaluma, CA; $5/16 oz). 7.2% ABV.
North Coast Red Seal Ale (Fort Bragg, CA; $5/16 oz). 5.5% ABV.
Ommegang Three Philosophers (Cooperstown, NY; $7/12 oz). 9.8% ABV.
Sixpoint Groundskeeper Spilly (Brooklyn, NY; $6/16 oz). 7.2% ABV.
Southampton Double White (Southampton, NY; $6/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Stone Smoked Porter (San Diego, CA; $5/16oz). 5.9% ABV.
Stoudt’s Pils (Adamstown, PA; $5/16 oz). 4.7% ABV.
Victory Donnybrook (Downingtown, PA; $5/16 oz). 3.7% ABV.
Victory Old Horizontal (Downingtown, PA; $6/12 oz). 11.0% ABV.
Woodchuck Granny Smith Cider (Middlebury, VT; $6/16 oz). 5.0% ABV.

Beers on Cask

Chelsea Frosty’s Winter Wheat (New York, NY; $6/16 oz). 7.2% ABV.
Sixpoint Righteous Ale (Brooklyn, NY; $6/16 oz). 6.5% ABV.

Coming Up: North Coast Old Rasputin

Official Beer and Cheese Night Announcement

We're thrilled to present our first beer and cheese night on February 5. The cheeses are stunning, and paired with our space-time-fabric-tearing beers, will gain whole new dimensions.

Beer and Cheese Night at Pacific Standard
Tuesday, February 5, 8:30 pm

Some of the cheeses we'll have include:

--Juniper Grove Buche, goat, Oregon. Dense and creamy with sweet vanilla notes.
--Constant Bliss, cow, Vermont. Constant Bliss is made by Jasper Hill Farms exclusively from evening milk. Evening milk is richer than morning milk since the cows have been out grazing all day and their milk is more nutritious. Constant Bliss is very much like a double creme cheese, but since it is raw milk and released just when its legal at 60 days, it has a nice nuttiness and more pronounced truffle note than most cheeses this rich.
--Fiscalini Banage wrapped Cheddar, cow, California. Fiscalini is slightly nutty and sharp with notes of sweet cream and grass.
--Tumalo Farms Classico, goat, Oregon. Classico is an aged goat gouda with toffee and grass notes.
--Hooligan, cow, Connecticut. Hooligan comes from Cato Corner Farms. It is washed in brine which gives it a meaty aroma and flavor. Hooligan finishes with buttermilk and subtle raw cocoa notes.
--Rogue River Blue, cow, Oregon. Rogue River is a really spectacular blue that is wrapped in Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon leaves that have been soaked in pear schnapps. It is sweet, fruity, slightly boozy and woody with a pleasant earthy undertone. It's everything one could want in a blue.

Mix well with beers like the following:

--Rogue Mocha Porter
--Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
--Lagunitas Sonoma Farmhouse Ale
--North Coast Red Seal Ale

and many more! It'll be a very modest $5 buy-in for the cheese tasting, and we'll have numerous $3 beer specials that night. So put it on your calendar. We'll have more specific beer and cheese information closer to the event.

The next installment of our fiction series!

The Pacific Standard Fiction Series: Farang Night!
featuring T Cooper and Jess Row

Tuesday, Feb. 12th, 7:00 p.m.
82 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York (betw. St. Marks and Bergen)
hosted by Garth Risk Hallberg

Books available on-site!
Drink specials to be chosen by dartboard!

T Cooper's bestselling second novel, LIPSHITZ 6, OR TWO ANGRY BLONDES, was named one of the best books of 2006 by The Believer, and The Austin Chronicle. The Village Voice called T's debut novel, SOME OF THE PARTS - a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection - "sharp, funny, [and] evocative." A FICTIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES WITH HUGE CHUNKS MISSING, an anthology co-edited with Adam Mansbach, is available from Brooklyn's own Akashic Books. Essays and short fiction have also appeared in The New York Times, KGB Bar Lit, and The New Yorker...from which T will be reading here.

"Cooper's considerable descriptive powers...bring to life such varied tableaus as a Russian pogrom, a Lower East Side gang fight and a Lindbergh rally in Oklahoma City... [LIPSHITZ 6] resonates long after the book has been closed." -The New York Times

In 2007, Granta named Jess Row one of its "Best Young American Novelists." His story collection, THE TRAIN TO LO WU, set in Hong Kong, was shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award in 2006. His short fiction has appeared in venues such as The Atlantic, Ploughshares, and in THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES anthologies. He is currently at work on a new collection of stories and a novel set in Laos during the Vietnam War.

Praise for THE TRAIN TO LO WU: "In crystalline prose, Row animates intriguing characters and dramatizes subtle yet emblematic conflicts as he traces the vast cultural divides between America and Hong Kong...He neatly and devastatingly contrasts dueling visions of faith, art, love, and freedom" - Booklist


Host Garth Risk Hallberg is the author of A FIELD GUIDE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN FAMILY: "Beautiful because of the gentle way the story of two suburban families unravels for the reader." -Bookslut

The Pacific Standard Fiction Series aims to showcase the intense and varied literary energies of Brooklyn by pairing writers from the borough and beyond. We offer fine stories and appealing beverages in a civilized setting. For more information, please visit www.pacificstandardbrooklyn.com.

Lots of press for our Frequent Drinker program

Now the NY Daily News, and several radio and TV stations have picked up the story. Here's the Daily News article:

http://tinyurl.com/2wtl5a

We'll update you as we hear about these radio and television stories.

Tap update, January 13

Beers on Tap

Anchor Christmas Ale (San Francisco, CA; $5/16 oz). 5.3% ABV.
Avery Ellie’s Brown Ale (Boulder, CO; $5/16oz). 5.5% ABV.
Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale (Healdsburg, CA; $5/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Captain Lawrence Reserve Imperial IPA (Pleasantville, NY; $5/16 oz). 8.0% ABV.
Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA (Milton, DE; $5/16 oz). 6.0% ABV.
Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter (Denver, CO; $6/12 oz). 9.5% ABV.
Lagunitas Lumpy Gravy (Petaluma, CA; $5/16 oz). 7.2% ABV.
Mendocino Red Tail Ale (Hopland, CA; $5/16 oz). 6.0% ABV.
North Coast Red Seal Ale (Fort Bragg, CA; $5/16 oz).
Sixpoint Groundskeeper Spilly (Brooklyn, NY; $6/16 oz). 7.2% ABV.
Southampton Double White (Southampton, NY; $6/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Stone Smoked Porter (San Diego, CA; $5/16oz). 5.9% ABV.
Stoudt’s Pils (Adamstown, PA; $5/16 oz). 4.7% ABV.
Victory Donnybrook (Downingtown, PA; $5/16 oz). 3.7% ABV.
Victory Old Horizontal (Downingtown, PA; $6/12 oz). 11.0% ABV.
Woodchuck Granny Smith Cider (Middlebury, VT; $6/16 oz). 5.0% ABV.

Beers on Cask

Chelsea Frosty’s Winter Wheat (New York, NY; $6/16 oz). 7.2% ABV.
Sixpoint Righteous Ale (Brooklyn, NY; $6/16 oz). 6.5% ABV.

Coming Up: North Coast Old Rasputin, Ommegang Three Philosophers

Tap update, January 12

Beers on Tap

Anchor Christmas Ale (San Francisco, CA; $5/16 oz). 5.3% ABV.
Avery Ellie’s Brown Ale (Boulder, CO; $5/16oz). 5.5% ABV.
Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale (Healdsburg, CA; $5/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Captain Lawrence Reserve Imperial IPA (Pleasantville, NY; $5/16 oz). 8.0% ABV.
Chelsea Blizzard (New York, NY; $5/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Lagunitas Sonoma Farmhouse Ale (Petaluma, CA; $5/16oz) 6.0% ABV.
Middle Ages 12th Anniversary Imperial Porter (Syracuse, NY; $6/12 oz). 9.0% ABV.
Rogue Chipotle Ale (Newport, OR; $5/16 oz). 5.5% ABV.
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale (Chico, CA; $5/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Sixpoint Groundskeeper Spilly (Brooklyn, NY; $6/16 oz). 7.2% ABV.
Southampton Double White (Southampton, NY; $6/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Stone Smoked Porter (San Diego, CA; $5/16oz). 5.9% ABV.
Stoudt’s Pils (Adamstown, PA; $5/16 oz). 4.7% ABV.
Victory Donnybrook (Downingtown, PA; $5/16 oz). 3.7% ABV.
Victory Old Horizontal (Downingtown, PA; $6/12 oz). 11.0% ABV.
Woodchuck Granny Smith Cider (Middlebury, VT; $6/16 oz). 5.0% ABV.

Beers on Cask

Chelsea Pier 59 Pale Ale (New York, NY; $6/16 oz). 5.0% ABV.
Sixpoint Righteous Ale (Brooklyn, NY; $6/16 oz). 6.5% ABV.

Coming Up: Mendocino Red Tail, North Coast Red Seal, North Coast Old Rasputin, Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA, Chelsea Winter Wheat (cask), Lagunitas Lumpy Gravy, Flying Dog Imperial Porter, Ommegang Three Philosophers

Cherry Tree Update

The Director of the Department of Health has personally apologized to Patrick and the Cherry Tree for their incredibly unfair treatment of them over the past few months. Looks like this bit of government corruption has been defeated for now. Congratulations to Patrick and the Tree for standing up for themselves and Fourth Avenue against the powers that be.

Something you may not know...

On Tuesdays here at Pacific Standard, a selection of pints are $3 all night. It's a deal that's hard to beat, but it's flying under the radar so far. Take advantage of it before we realize the error of our profligate ways.

To Our Friends in the Fourth Avenue Community

We feel it is of utmost importance that you be informed that the Cherry Tree Bar, at 65 Fourth Avenue, was closed by the Department of Health on December 8, 2008, for the following appalling violations of New York City health code:

--“Dust” on the Saran Wrap covering its pizza dough. It may be “extremely likely” that this “dust” was “flour” (hmm...maybe a new word for cocaine? Drug violation!) used in making the dough, but who knows? We cannot have dust anywhere in our spotless New York!

--A lack of paper towels in one of The Cherry Tree’s bathrooms. It may be that the health inspectors used up the last of the paper towels in order to cite The Cherry Tree for this violation, and that it was “audible” to people standing outside the bathroom, but that’s simply “creative generation” of a health violation. Our Health Department has labored for too long under stifling “rules” that force them to cite only what they see, and not the magical violations they can create with just their mind, misplaced authority, and a pen!

--The Cherry Tree’s manager was not present. It may be that Patrick Donagher, the manager of the bar, lives above the bar and is there nearly every waking (and sleeping) hour, and not only that, is “on camera” escorting the Health Department inspectors around, but we have it on good authority that the Health Department inspectors were careful never to look at anything, especially people. How do they know Mr. Donagher was really there and not a disembodied Wizard of Oz-like voice? In short, Mr. Donagher, we demand you remove your Invisibility Cloak and report to Health Inspector Snape at once.

--The Cherry Tree’s cook walking around the bar without gloves on. It may be that cooks are only required to wear gloves when “preparing food,” but how do we know that the cook wasn’t thinking about preparing food at that very moment, which, when you really think about it, is just the first step in preparing food? Because it’s likely the cook didn’t have gloves on in his imagined food preparation, this violation has not only been recorded in the Health Department’s annals, but has been reported to the New York City Department of Thoughtcrime.

In sum, it’s undeniable by any thinking lady or gentleman that any one of these violations is enough to shut down a bar or restaurant, but when taken together, these constitute one of the gravest threats to New York City’s health since brain freeze or pointy things. In fact, after seeing these violations listed, we can’t imagine how anyone could enter The Cherry Tree without contracting a terrible disease or enjoying some good food. Kudos to the intrepid men and women of our city’s Health Department, who fight the demons of Law, Morality, and Visual Evidence in order to shut down sinister neighborhood small businesses like The Cherry Tree.

We fully support the Department of Health in shutting down The Cherry Tree for these egregious crimes.

Signed,


Pacific Standard, and The Cherry Tree’s Fourth Avenue Neighbors.

P.S. Corrupt, you say? More like curr-awesome!

Tap Update, January 8

Beers on Tap

Anchor Christmas Ale (San Francisco, CA; $5/16 oz). 5.3% ABV.
Avery Ellie’s Brown Ale (Boulder, CO; $5/16oz). 5.5% ABV.
Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye (Healdsburg, CA; $5/16 oz). 8.0% ABV.
Captain Lawrence Reserve Imperial IPA (Pleasantville, NY; $5/16 oz). 8.0% ABV.
Chelsea Blizzard (New York, NY; $5/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Doc’s Hard Apple Cider (Warwick, NY; $6/16 oz). 4.5% ABV.
Lagunitas Sonoma Farmhouse Ale (Petaluma, CA; $5/16oz) 6.0% ABV.
Middle Ages 12th Anniversary Imperial Porter (Syracuse, NY; $6/12 oz). 9.0% ABV.
Rogue Chipotle Ale (Newport, OR; $5/16 oz). 5.5% ABV.
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale (Chico, CA; $5/16 oz). 6.8% ABV.
Sixpoint Diesel Stout (Brooklyn, NY; $5/16 oz). 6.6% ABV.
Stone Smoked Porter (San Diego, CA; $5/16oz). 5.9% ABV.
Stoudt’s Pils (Adamstown, PA; $5/16 oz). 4.7% ABV.
Victory Donnybrook (Downingtown, PA; $5/16 oz). 3.7% ABV.
Victory Old Horizontal (Downingtown, PA; $6/12 oz). 11.0% ABV.
Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA (Easton, PA; $6/16oz). 9.0% ABV.

Beers on Cask

Chelsea Pier 59 Pale Ale (New York, NY; $6/16 oz). 5.0% ABV.
Sixpoint Righteous Ale (Brooklyn, NY; $6/16 oz). 6.5% ABV.

Coming Up: Southampton Double White, Mendocino Red Tail, Bear Republic Red Rocket, Woodchuck Granny Smith, North Coast Red Seal, North Coast Old Rasputin, Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA, Sixpoint Scotch Ale, Chelsea Winter Wheat (cask).

A brief desultory response to some comments made on Gothamist.

It's generally useless to attempt to reply to web chatter--people who actually spend their time to snarkily respond to a blog post are kind of a self-selecting group of people who aren't worth responding to--but some of the comments to a Gothamist article about our Frequent Drinker Program (comments you can find here) contain errors or misconceptions that are too egregious for me to let stand:

--Our Frequent Drinker Program doesn't mean we don't give buybacks! We have any number of "real bartenders" who do give buybacks, we assure you, and would be instulted at being slighted by people who probably haven't even met them.

--This isn't a "gimmick" and I don't know what a "yupster" is. This is an honest attempt to reward our friends and present and future regulars. If that's "trying too hard", then yes, we do try too hard. In fact, fuck it, we pride ourselves on trying too hard--if you've met me and Jon Stan, you know that we are very genuine dudes who loathe self-conscious trendiness of all types, and are trying really hard to create a bar that we and our patrons can love. It's sad that an honest attempt to do something interesting and fun is met with criticism like that. Do these people like anything except cigarettes, black coffee, and dive bars?

--You do not have to spend, say, $1500 at Pacific Standard for a $75 value reward (which, even if you did, by the way, is far more remunerative than credit card rewards programs). If you think that, you missed the fact that double points are being awarded almost half the time, triple points quite often, and random points giveaways are happening occasionally.

In summary, I encourage those of you who have actually been to Pacific Standard to respond to the comments made on Gothamist. I want people to get a realer view of our bar, our owners, and what we're up to. Thanks, and see you around.

John Rauschenberg

Frequent Drinker Program

So we've set an official launch date for our Frequent Drinker Program--it's Wednesday, February 6. On that date, you'll start being able to earn points, and of course we'll be having a big party to kick everything off. It promises to be a stately affair, with triple yards (points) available for all in order to get your frequent drinker accounts off to a good start.

For about 30 hours this last weekend, our friend Josh Storch was working on an equaly stately web interface for the program, through which you will be able to access your Frequent Drinker account and see your points and the awards you might redeem them for.

Until the launch, you should familiarize yourself with the Membership Guide at:

www.pacificstandardbrooklyn.com/drinker.html

and get your picture taken and order your card, if you haven't already.

Cherry Tree/Pacific Standard Dart Nights

Beginning tomorrow and extending into the distant and mysterious future, Pacific Standard and the Cherry Tree will be hosting a darts night on Monday evenings. We'll be alternating between the two bars, with all comers welcome to play. The exact format and prizes will be determined soon.

BCS National Championship Game and Super Bowl

Are you ready for a momentous announcement, lovers of large quantities of beer served in a willing and stout receptacle? For these two championship events only, Pacific Standard will sell beer in pitchers for the first time ever, at very reasonable prices. Check our daily specials board out front for details. Big-screen, big-time football with big drinking vessels: yay.

Frequent Drinker Program Update

Many of you have asked about our frequent drinker program (the one we debuted a beta version of the card for oh-so-long-ago). Rest assured that it is coming, and sooner than you think. Here's a link to the completed frequent drinker membership guide:

www.pacificstandardbrooklyn.com/drinker.html

Questions/comments are welcome.

The only thing that remains is some programming, so that you, dear drinkers, can keep track of your Frequent Drinker Yards (FDYs) on the line. I'll let you know as soon as that's up and running, following which we'll have a glorious program launch party.