We will be offering a special cocktail happy hour with $2 off all of these drinks until 7pm. That’s a pretty sweet deal, if you ask us.  Read up and get excited, these drinks are delicious.

From Russia With Love: Hammer and Sickle Vodka, Campari, Lemon, Mint, Sparkling Wine – $8

French 75:  Tanqueray Gin, Lemon, Simple Syrup, Sparkling Wine – $7

Swiss Mistress: Smirnoff Vodka, Lemon, St. Germaine, Sparkling Wine – $7

Merry Monk: Bluecoat Gin, Green Chartreuse, Lime, Dandelion Bitters, Sparkling Wine – $8

Old Jamaican: Appleton VX Rum, Lime, Velvet Falernum, Sparkling Wine – $7

Sparkling Mojito: Don Q Rum, Appleton VX Rum, Mint Syrup, Lime, Sparkling Wine – $7

The Lion’s Mane: Woodford Reserve, Allspice Dram, Zirbenz Stone Pine, Lime, Lazzaroni Amaretto, Sparkling Wine $9

In case you missed it, we recently expanded our bar area adding more draft beer lines and giving ourselves a bit more space. It’s been a long time coming.  The demand for craft beers in the Annapolis area has been growing substantially over the last few years and we figured y’all needed someone to step up to fill the void.

The new bar area gives us lots of great new options. We now have twenty draft lines – 19 craft beers lines and 1 red sangria line – that will be rotating on a regular basis. We will continue to try to bring unique and interesting beers to Annapolis that you can’t find at very many other places. We will also make sure that the beers remain accessible and freaking delicious. We also have more room for liquor and wine now which means you’ll see an expanded cocktail list and an expanded wine list in the next few months. So keep an eye out for that.

At the end of the day, we think it’s a pretty solid change. Sheila is sad that the tree and the umbrella are gone, but we think she’ll get over it. Dave is sad that we couldn’t fit in 9000 more draft beer lines, but we think he’ll get over it. Isaias wanted Patron Silver on tap, but we vetoed that idea. And our bartenders wanted to make the entire restaurant one big bar, but we vetoed that too. We think you’ll be happy with the change, but there is only one way to find out. Cheers!

Our next pint night has nearly arrived! On Thursday, December 20th at 5pm we will be tapping four kegs and cracking one bottle from Dominion Brewery in Dover, DE. The beers that we will have on hand are Hop Mountain Pale Ale, Millenium Barleywine, Espresso Stout, Baltic Porter and the 2009 Whiskey Barrel Aged Millenium Barleywine. Phew, that’s quite a lineup. We’re pretty excited about the whole thing and are certain you are going to want to be in attendance.

Happy hour runs until 6pm and we will be offering $2 off all beers until then. The Dominion crew will have some glassware to giveaway plus some interesting swag for y’all. Get here early and stay late. That’s the best advice we have for you.

(This is an old picture of our bottle list, but i think it’s a cool picture, so I’m using it) 

We have another pint night in the works, this time with the folks from Dominion Brewing in Dover, DE. They’re breaking out a few delicious gems for us that you’ll definitely want to taste, including a 2009 version of their barleywine aged for 18 months in Jack Daniels barrels. Should be some tasty stuff. We will be cracking all the beers at 5pm on Thursday, December 20th. We recommend you hold off on your holiday shopping until that day, therefore giving yourself another excuse to spend more time here!

Beers will include:

Millenium Barleywine 2012 (draft)

Morning Glory Espresso Stout (draft)

Hop Mountain IPA (draft)

Baltic Porter (draft)

2009 Millenium Barleywine aged in Jack Daniels Bottles (12oz bottle)

AS you may have heard, sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is a day carved out for us little guys. American Express has partnered up with small businesses across the country in an effort to help locally owned businesses compete with the big box retailers and restaurants. Small Business Saturday is the perfect time for you to get some shopping done, to grab a bite to eat, and to avoid those giant chains that make us all a little bit crazy. I mean, come on. Who goes Christmas shopping on Thanksgiving day? And a midnight opening? We love all of you, but not that much.

So use your Saturday to get out of the house, spend some money and support your local economy. It’ll feel good to help the little guys.

Check out the Facebook page or the website for more details/

Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 15th for a killer pint night with Goose Island. We will be featuring a number of their beers on draft, including their Honkers Ale, Christmas Ale, Minx Belgian IPA, Imperial IPA and the rarest of them all, 2012 Bourbon County Stout! No one seems to care about anything else when Bourbon County is involved, but rest assured that all of these beers are going to be amazing (don’t sleep on their Imperial IPA). Festivities will commence at 5pm and roll through until close. The Bourbon County Stout will be sold in smaller tasting glasses while all other beers will be offered in pints and half pints. Happy hour until 6pm on all beers EXCEPT Bourbon County Stout.

This is the only keg of Bourbon County Stout in the area, so if you want some, we recommend you don’t miss this.

And finally, for your viewing pleasure, here is a link from Good Beer Hunting to get you excited about their barrel aged beers. If this doesn’t do it, nothing will.

Good news, everyone! We have full power, a fridge stocked full of food and a full bar! It’s nice and toasty in here, so if you don’t have power come on down and join us for lunch or dinner (or both). Hope everyone made it through the hurricane safe and sound.