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Our Christmas Pajama Party is coming up next week.
Are you excited? We’re totally excited. The halls will be decked with Boughs of Barley and everything will be Merry & Brite.
If you’re still on the fence about whether or not you should attend, we’re here with the top ten reasons why we should see your shining face on December 20th!
Each year, we bring you Twas the Night Beerfore Christmas. We’ll be giving it a reading at this year’s Open House. Enjoy!
If you follow the Star of Bethlehem just past the Hotel Bethlehem (don’t bother trying to get a room — you might end up in a stable), you’ll come upon some rarely-used train tracks. Not far from the campuses of Lehigh University and Moravian College — alma mater to three illustrious Brew Crew members: Sales Director Bill Zaninelli, Sales Manager Richie Rallo, and Social Media and Design Alchemist Courtney Rosenberg — if you follow those tracks nearly to their eastern terminus, you’ll see the old Bethlehem train station.
Of course, it hasn’t actually been used as a train station since sometime in the late 60s, when people everywhere simultaneously stopped using trains. Built in 1873, this place has seen some serious action. Truman stopped there in 1948 on the campaign trail, back when presidential candidates wore hats and did whistle-stop events (and comported themselves like gentlemen).
Now, it’s home to The Wooden Match: half craft beer bar, half gastropub, half cigar bar, and entirely a sum greater than its parts.
And, as you might imagine, in a town called Bethlehem, Christmastime is everything.
This week, Ryan has been in Santa Monica, CA, with Mop Man and our VP of Operations Brandon Greenwood to participate in this year’s Brewbound Live.
Produced by Brewbound — a leading industry trade publication providing comprehensive information about the beer space, analysis of industry trends, and in-depth interviews with industry leaders — Brewbound Live features beer industry trailblazers, trendsetters, and rising stars. In addition, the week highlights a range of brewery case studies, business discussions, a Pitch Slam business competition, sampling of new and innovative products, and Livestream Studio interviews with attendees.
In addition, they’ll be handing out a few awards, including to the six breweries they’ve identified as Rising Stars.
And… hey! A little brewery known as Cape May Brewing Company is one of this year’s Rising Stars!
Thanksgiving is passed, you’ve had enough turkey sandwiches to last you a lifetime, and the stuffing’s been gone since 10am on Friday because it’s both delicious and carb-i-riffic.
If you haven’t yet broken out your Christmas decorations, if you still haven’t tuned your dial to the all-Christmas music station, if you’re simply having some problems getting into the holiday spirit, let Cape May Brewing Company help!
In addition to a number of awesome holiday-themed brews available in the Tasting Room — Boughs of Barley 2019, Coquito, and Merry & Brite — we’ve got two great events for the holidays that you’re not going to want to miss!
Andrew Monastra has been our draft technician for almost four years, traveling around South Jersey, ensuring that the lines that serve our beer are squeaky clean, giving you the freshest and best-tasting beer possible.
“Andrew has a no-nonsense attitude that is very reflective in his work,” says Distribution Manager Justin Vitti. “When he first interviewed for the driver position, we left the room with a common thought ‘this guy just wants to get his job done’. Since then, he has grown and learned everything about being a well-rounded technician in the industry, including a full 3-day seminar covering all the ins-and-outs that even myself or Hank didn’t know to teach him. He is a crucial part of the Distribution Team’s spirit and morale.”
Meet Andrew!
As the holiday season draws near and the year comes to a close, there are a few things you’re simply not going to be able to avoid.
You’re probably not going to be able to avoid Yoko Ono caterwauling her way through an otherwise lovely John Lennon Christmas tune, “Happy Xmas (War is Over)”.
You’re probably not going to be able to avoid those time-consuming holiday tasks that have become your least favorite: whether it’s wrapping presents or hanging lights or baking cookies.
And, in all likelihood, you’re probably not going to be able to avoid becoming introspective. Nostalgic. At some point, someone’s going to break out a photo album — remember those?!? — and you’re going to start thinking about your old Dalmatian, or bike riding with all of your best friends from middle school, or that time you broke your arm because you were stupid enough to believe that a Superman cape actually bestowed flying abilities upon the wearer, and, at some point, a flood of memories will come back to give you a smile, or a laugh, or a tear.
It’s unavoidable.
Luckily, this holiday season, we’ve brewed up a beer just as nostalgic to help get you through all of those memories. We went old-school with our newest IPA: Merry & Brite.
This weekend kicks off the holiday shopping season, and that means you’ve got new merch coming! We’ve got new glassware, long-sleeve tees, and some out-of-the-box gift ideas for everyone on your holiday list.
It’s not a particularly well-known drink, but those of us who are lucky enough to have been introduced to it at some point in our lives are absolutely fanatical about it.
Maybe a friend’s abuela whipped some up a few Christmasses ago. Perhaps someone’s tito was well-known for making a batch around New Year’s. Or maybe you’re lucky enough to have been raised in a Puerto Rican family who brought this out every year over the holidays.
Either way, the combination of dark spiced rum, cream of coconut, sweetened condensed milk, cinnamon, and nutmeg has brought joy to countless generations of Puerto Ricans throughout the holiday season. Commonly referred to as “Puerto Rican Egg Nog”, there’s only one drink that fits this bill.
Coquito.
Ohhhh, coquito.
So creamy. So coconut-y. So spicy and so, so delicious.
At Straight to the Pint, we firmly believe that the best way to understand and appreciate a culture is by sampling their cuisine. And at Cape May Brewing Company, we believe that the best way to honor a culture is by brewing a beer based on that cuisine.
So, this holiday season, we understand, appreciate, and honor our friends from that small Caribbean island in the only way we know how: with a beer based on their favorite holiday drink: Coquito.
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