Stock up early as the Pats get one game closer!

Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. Well the Pats are just 1 win away from the Super Bowl! And we are just 10 days away from our Super Brew VII Beer Tasting. The big event is on Saturday January 28^th from 2 to 5 PM. Marc has the list almost finished and it looks to be another killer lineup. Here is a snapshot of the beers we will be sampling…Newport Storm…Smuttynose…Offshore Ales…Southern Tier…Cisco…Sam Adams…Angry Orchard Ciders…Troegs…Mayflower…Ithaca…21^st Amendment…Uinta…Sierra Nevada…Widmer…Anchor Steam…Harpoon…NEW Bud Light Platinum…Notch…Hofbrau…Clown Shoes…Three Heads…and more. We also have a new gin based liqueur from Belgium called Juniper…Drink Skinny Margarita mixes…and Sailor Swagger will be here featuring his new Bloody Mary Mix.

Once again we won’t have a beer or wine tasting this week as we prepare for inventory and the big Super Brew event. We do have openings for “Customer Tastings” be they beer or wine for February and March. Just let Marc or me know and we will save the date for you. Beer tastings would be Thursday night, or actually Friday night or Saturday afternoon if that works better for you. Wine tastings again are usually Friday nights but could be Saturday as well. This slow time for us is a great chance for you to throw a party at Cork’s, and we’ll buy the beer and wine!

Don’t forget if you are going to the game on Sunday you’re going to have to plan ahead for your tailgating. This kind of reminds me of the good old days when liquor stores were closed Sunday, and if you wanted booze for the weekend you had to head out Saturday night. So with a 3 O’clock kickoff… and the gates opening probably around 11ish… we can’t legally open till noon on Sunday. If you’re not heading to the game, be sure and load up anyways for all those Patriot viewing parties. It should be a great game and I think the Pats will pull it out in a close contest. On a side note, did you folks know we have at least 10 or so Patriot players that frequent Cork’s? Even last Saturday the day of the playoff game we had 3 of them in here that afternoon (shhhh... don’t tell Bill). So next time you’re in and see some really, really big dude…Hmmm you never know. Go Patriots!!

Robert