Yesterday on ABC News Austin Wilson, founder of Draft Mag, did a segment on pairing beer with wings for the Super Bowl. You can see the video here. In the segment, Wilson pairs traditional buffalo hot wings with the Stone IPA. He pairs honey barbque wings with Rogue Hazelnut and Samuel Smith Nut Brown. Wilson pairs blue cheese with the Meantime London Porter and the Fullers London Porter. Finally, he pairs bourbon chicken wings with the Petrus Aged Pale.

In the segment, he says “often times you can’t find the specific beer you are looking for.” That is where BeerMenus comes in. Click on the beers above to find them and starting drinking better beer at your super bowl party!

A growler is a half gallon (64 oz) glass bottle that you can get filled up with draft beer at various bars and beer stores. These places will put draft beer from a keg into a growler so you can drink draft beer at home. Growlers provide fresh beer that hasn’t been sitting on shelves past its prime the way bottled beer often does. Growlers also allow you to get beer from local breweries that do not bottle, like Chelsea Brewing Company, Sixpoint Craft Ales, and Captain Lawrence Brewing Company. Growlers also create less waste; bring back your growler to get refilled the next time and you won’t have to deal with all of those bottles and cans.

Check out the places in NYC that fill growlers and buy a couple for your Super Bowl party tomorrow.

You will notice under our Lists section a Gluten Free Beers list shows the gluten-free beers available in NYC and where to find them. Are we missing any? You can add them to the list by creating your own version here.

Draft Mag put up an article today about BeerMenus written by Lilit Marcus titled “The brains — and boys — behind Beermenus.com” The article describes in a little more detail how we started the site. Check it out here

Tonight at Bar Great Harry, there will be a very special offering from Brooklyn Brewery. Brewmaster Garrett Oliver will be present to answer any questions you may have.

The lineup:
2000 Monster Ale
2001 Saison
2006 Black Chocolate Stout
2006 Cuvee D’Achouffe
2008 Blast
2008 Flemish Gold
2008 Grand Cru
2008 Keller Helles
2008 Savoir Faire

This Wednesday Rattle ‘N’ Hum will be having a cask ale event with four different vintages of the Harviestoun Ola Dubh, a beer brewed in Alva, Scotland. The Ola Dubh is aged in Highland Park whisky barrels and is full of flavor. According to the brewery, this beer retains the appearance of “motor oil, from which the beer gets its name, it is deep dark brown, dense and oily. On the nose there are notes of truffle oil and cocoa as well as faint smoke and heathery peat from from the whisky casks. Although lighter in body than its appearance suggests, Ola Dubh is pithy, oily, salty, and bitter on the palate. The finish is exceptional; burnt and bitter notes with interplay of late hop characters, orange oil, fruity tartness and then delicate, fragrant smoke.” Sip one of these over some good conversation and order some stinky cheese that will stand up to this assertive brew.

The lineup:

Harviestoun Ola Dubh 12-Year, 40L Firkin –
Harviestoun Ola Dubh 18-Year, 40L Firkin –
Harviestoun Ola Dubh 30-Year, 40L Firkin –
Harviestoun Ola Dubh 40-Year, 40L Firkin -

On Thursday January 29th, the East Village Tavern will be having a special keg night with the option to pay $30 for unlimited pours from 7-10PM.

On Tap:

1) Dogfish Head World Wide Stout
2) Dogfish Head Barrel aged Punkin via Randal filled with espresso beans
3) Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine
4) Ithaca Ten
5) Arcadia Sky High Rye
6) Ramstein Ice Storm Eis Bock
7) Sly Fox Renard D’or Belgium Pale
8) Southern Tier Gemini
9) Great Divide Fresh Hop Pale
10) Captain Lawrence Nor-Easter
11) Allagash Interlude
12) Oskar Blues Mamas Little Yella Pils
13) Sixpoint Begian DIPA
14) Weyerbacher Double Simcoe (Cask)

Tonight the Blind Tiger will host the “Night Of The Imperials” event from 4PM. There will be imperial beers from a wide variety of styles to choose from; all will be strong. For you hop heads, there will be the Dogfish Head 120 Minute and the Oskar Blues Gordon Imperial IPA on tap, among many other IPAs.

The lineup:
Avery Kaiser
Hitachino Espresso Stout
2 Brothers’ Northwind Imperial Stout (Cask)
2 Brothers’ Heavy Handed Imp. IPA
Southern Tier Unearthly IPA
Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin
Rogue Imperial Pilsner
Lagunitas Imperial Red
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
Rockies Oblivion Imperial Stout
Victory Storm King
Victory Hop Wallop
Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti
Sixpoint Belgian Double IPA
Stoudt’s Double IPA
Oskar Blues’ Gordon Imp. IPA
Blue Point Imperial Cherry Stout
Southampton Imperial Porter

Hitting the streets for Inauguration Day is Ommegang’s Obamagang, a cross “between a porter and stout, with a bit of Kriek and a touch of chocolate blended in.” According to Ommegang, “We will donate a percentage of sales to charities in the respective cities where the beer is sold, and we’ve asked our distributors to match our donations and pick the local charities.” This beer will only be available in a hand full of cities. View the bars serving Obamagang in NYC.

Below is a photo of The Gate, which will tap it tonight…

We just added a list of places that offer over 100 types of beer. Check it out and let us know if we are missing any places.

You will notice we have added some beer stores to the site. Check out our list of all the beer stores and stay tuned for more stores to be added.

Cask beer, the unpasteurized, unfiltered, naturally carbonated (no forced carbonation) beer found at the best beer bars can now be found on our list NYC bars & restaurants serving cask-conditioned beer. We encourage you to try a pint of cask beer or “real ale” at these places that have this unique offering. If you know of any places that are missing, please feel free to add them to the list.

Also make sure to check out the upcoming ‘Cask Head’ Cask Ale Festival organized by Alex Hall of the Gotham Imbiber. Learn more about cask ale in the Gotham Imbiber here.

The Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) is a group that promotes beer literacy and certifies beer judges through an examination. To prepare people for the exam, the BJCP put together a comprehensive study guide that outlines traditional beer styles. You can also download their free iPhone app, which is a very handy reference tool when you are at a beer bar and want to know what makes that pilsner different from that kolsch.

Eric Asimov recently wrote an article about oak-aged beers in the New York Times Dining Section. He did a tasting with 25 barrel-aged beers and described his favorites. You can listen to very interesting descriptions of their favorite beers here.

You can find several of the beers mentioned here:

Great Divide Yeti Oak-Aged
Pennichuck Pozharnik Espresso Russian Imperial Stout
Jolly Pumpkin La Roja
Dogfish Head Burton Baton
Brooklyn Black Ops

One of our favorites:

Captain Lawrence Nor-Easter

You may have noticed a new lists feature we just added. You can create a list of places or beers or browse the lists people have already created. You can create your own personal version of existing lists and your choices will factor in to the community version of the list.

Here are a few of our favorite lists so far:
A Taste of Pennsylvania
Beers you must try while visiting New York
If you like Guinness, you might also like…
Places to drink great beer next to a fireplace

We at beermenus have enjoyed several new arrivals that have graced the “New Beers” section of the homepage this Winter. The Southern Tier Choklat is the chocolate stout with the most chocolate masking the most alcohol. The Ithaca Ten is Ithaca Brewing Company’s Anniversary ale exploding with hops and balanced with “too many malts.” Finally, the Troegs Mad Elf is a strong belgian ale brewed with cherries, honey, and chocolate malt that we can’t get enough of.

What are your favorite beers released this Winter? You can chime in and hear what others think in the new beers section of Forums.