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Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. Well even though the Pats weren’t in it, I think we had a pretty good Super Bowl this year. But I have to say the commercials were sub par…that E-trade baby just isn’t all that funny as a 4 year old. But now we can concentrate on the Bruins who had an epic, fight-filled win over the Canadiens last night and the Celtics who go for the regular season sweep over the rat and llama from LA. And the Sox equipment truck is officially in Ft. Myers ready for the pitchers and catchers to report this weekend. So the early signs of spring are all around us, especially now that we’ve had a whole week without snow.

Tonight (Thursday) from 4:30 to 7 PM we have our friend Miguel from L. Knife here to sample you on the beers from Brooklyn Brewery. He will pour the 4 beers that comprise the Brooklyn Variety 12 pack. Lager, Pennant Ale 55, East India Pale Ale, and Brown Ale make up this mix 12. And we even have some Winter Ale hanging around for you to try as well. The Variety 12-packs have been our “Beer of the Month” for February at $13.99 plus a free pint glass. This week you can snag that same 12-pk for $12.99 along with the pint glass. The Winter Ale is just in a 6-pk and will be 10 % off tonight. Marc has beer tastings lined up pretty much every week on Thursdays night going forward, and the ones that he doesn’t, we welcome you to do a “customer tasting” or Marc will do 1 himself.

Wine sale Items for Week Ending 2-16-11

• ChocoVine Reg. or New Raspberry 750 ML…$9.99
• Bila-Haut Cotes Du Roussilon Villages 750 ML…$10.99
• Shingleback Black Bubbles Sparkling Shiraz 750 ML…$19.99…you’re gonna luv it…or you’re gonna hate it!!

Beer Sale Items for Week Ending 2-16-11

• Narragansett 16 OZ 6-pk cans…$5.69
• Brooklyn Variety 12-PK…$12.99
• Cisco Dark Woods or Lady of the Woods 22 OZ…$13.99

Liquor Sale Items for week Ending 2-16-11

• Ursula’s Nip Special of the Week…Smirnoff Raspberry 50 ml…99 cents
• Double Cross Vodka 750 ML…$34.99
• Macallan 12 Yr Old Single Malt Scotch 750 ML…$49.99…Great Valentine gift!
  

While we are in the postponing/re-scheduling mode we are going to have to push back the wine dinner we have scheduled at Cibo Matto. Peter at Cibo had knee replacement surgery last week and we still have details to work out on the wines and menu. We really haven’t done 1 here at Cork’s yet and I don’t want to rush it. We will push it off till mid-March and let you know the date and details in future newsletters and on the website. This will be an amazing night of delicious food and great wines at a very reasonable price. Part of the ticket price will go to a charity, and we’re hoping for a few raffle items as well.

Oh yeah…I almost forgot we did a re-set of beer cooler this past week. So if you’re looking for your favorite beer, it’s still here, we just moved them around a bit. 30 packs and 20/24 packs are now going to be located in the self serve cooler only and not on the door. It was getting ugly seeing most of you (a few we actually did enjoy) bent over trying to wedge those suckers out. This has allowed Marc to get a lot more craft beers on the runs for you. We still have a few more shelves on order and we’ll have even more cold beers for you to enjoy soon. Have a great weekend.

Robert