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 Greetings!
Ten Fidy earns "Beer of the Year" Honor Our new winter seasonal, Ten FIDY Imperial Stout, was just deemed "Beer of the Year" by the Denver Post. It's a huge honor for FIDY and our brewery, we're knocked out by the big acclaim for our latest canned good! See the full review here : http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_7754479
Oskar Blues Wins Big Honors from Beer Advocate The new year-in-review issue of Beeradvocate Magazine has just been released, it includes loads of honors for us. The best of our honors: BA's readers gave Oskar Blues Brewery a heady 8th ranking in the magazine's Top 25 American Brewers list. Oh yeah! Ten FIDY also landed a spot in BA founders Todd & Jason Alstrom's list of Top 25 Beers from around the world. Huge!
Ten FIDY was also reviewed in the current issue's review section and earned a rare "A" rating. The review included this lovely testimonial: This one puts the "A" in "Holy Crap!" Our beloved Gordon was also reviewed and earned a hearty "B+" rating and glowing praise for its immensely hoppy nose and "great balance of bold flavor and drinkability." We agree!
We send out big thanks to BA's founders and its members for the glorious accolades, get details at www.beeradvocate.co m .
Cost of Beer Supplies Rises
The craftbrewing industry is wrestling with some extremely increased costs for malts and hops. Our costs for malts in 2008 have risen about 100%, and the costs for hops have increased by as much as 300% for some hop varieites.
The dramatic increase for malt has been fueled by US farmers shifting from growing barley to growing corn for ethanol production. The rising hop prices are the result of hop shortages due to failed crops, hop warehouse fires, and increased beer production by some of the world's major brewers.
But we hope you'll continue to buy our beer and spend your precious beer bucks with us. We hope you'll continue to support our efforts at bringing gourmet beer to our fans across Colorado and the US. And we thank you for your wonderful support over the past five years.
One more FIDY Note We'll have more Ten FIDY in cans around the end of January, look for it in select retailers in Colorado. A small batch of FIDY (in cans and kegs) will also reach the best bars and stores in a few of our other states in late January. Keep your eyes peeled for it and get it while it lasts!
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 Weekday Music
Start the new year off right by attending our weekly Bluegrass pick hosted by K.C. Groves and Eric Thorin. All levels of players are more than welcome and encouraged to play. You can always find a group of musicians ready and willing to find a spot for what you can do. So come on down from 8-11pm on Tuesdays", grab a Dale's Pale Ale and have some fun.
Don't forget our once a month Monday acoustic plug-in jam hosted by Peter Maves, Patrick Cullie and Brian Donnell the second Monday the 14th. We go from 7:30-10pm and everyone gets to play.
Also on Wednesday the 9th this month we have a special CD release party for Dan Treanor www.dantreanor.co m and Jack Hadley's w ww.myspace.com/thejackhadleyband new release "Brothers Blood and Bone" a fine collaboration from two of Denver's finest blues players. They sound great together whether it is traditional blues or songs they wrote.
Thursday the 10th brings a special act from Alberta, Canada- Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans www.corblund.com a great songwriter Corb's latest CD Horse Soldier! Is teeming with great honky-tonk music and tales of conflict and Cavalry. Don't miss this hot band and great vocalist Corb Lund.
Thursday the 17th features a great new Americana band that is taking Austin, Texas by storm called The Gougers www.mys pace.com/thegougers led by two very strong songwriters this four piece band has a great country sound to their original songs.
Thursday the 24th Pete Kartsounes and his mandolin player will host a bluegrass scramble; Pete just finished a tour with the Wayward Sons and is a great singer-songwriter who is self-taught on guitar, piano, mandolin, banjo and the harmonica and a great singer. Come sit in with Pete.
The last Thursday will be a great Bluegrass show by The Road's Scholars featuring Ms. K. C. Groves with Dave & Enion Tiller and some surprises.
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 Weekend Music
Friday and Saturdays 9pm-1am
This weekend on Friday and Saturday the 11th & 12th we finally get Sunny Sweeney www.sunnysw eeney.com back. She has been the most requested band at Oskar's since her debut back in May when she kicked ass and broke lots of hearts. An ex-comedienne with lots of panache from the stage and a great voice to carry her honky-tonk songs, don't miss this weekend of great old- country and honky- tonk by the genre's most rising star from Austin Texas.
Friday the 18th we have Mojambus www.mojambus.co m with the most entertaining blues guy in the area Jason Downing a great vocalist and harmonica player who can't sit still if he wanted to. He is a great entertainer with unbridled energy and a fine band behind him.
Saturday the 19th will feature Li' Dave Thompson www.lildaveth ompson.com from Mississippi for some real-deal Mississippi Blues from a great guitarist and singer- songwriter. Good modern day blues from a guy who started out on Fat Possum Records the home of R.L. Burnside and Jr. Kimbrough.
Friday the 25th we will have (after months of trying) Great American Taxi www.greatam ericantaxi.net featuring Vince Herman from Leftover Salmon playing their debut show at Oskar Blues with Lyons favorite Jefferson Hamer and the band laying down some wild and wonderful rockin' country style favorites. This will be a very hot night of music don't miss it.
We will have Denver's true blues man Willie Houston and band on the 26thwww.williehoust on.com . Willie is an 80-year-old junkman originally from Louisiana who can still really play great guitar and sings with a passion for the blues unlike any other around.
George Nelson will add his wonderful piano and vocals downstairs from 5:30-8:30 before Willie Houston on the 26th and also on Saturday the 12th before Sunny Sweeney's band that night. George is a real treat and fast becoming a fan favorite for the downstairs early tough audience that can't resist his highly skilled piano playing and emotive vocals and his vast repertoire. He will also perform with a bass player on Sunday from 6-9pm downstairs.
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 Sunday Music
6-9PM
Look for Dana Kyle Stokes www.danakyles tokes.net on Sunday the 20th who plays great country tunes and honky-tonk material with a tight band.
We will be closed downstairs on Sunday the 13th for a big holiday party and we will have K.C. Groves, Eric Thorin and the bluegrass Hooligans on Sunday the 6th also 6- 9pm.
Special thanks to all of you fans who have supported our Sunday and Thursday shows in the last couple of months. Your support proved to ownership that these free nights of acoustic based music are viable and well attended and will go on unabated with your continued help and attendance. Long live live music in Lyons.
Thanks
your musical servant and director at Oskar Blues.
Dave McIntyre
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| Thank You!!!
We would like to take a moment to thank everyone who supported our fund raiser for Faith Webb, the niece of our very own Wayne Bowers.
The fund raiser was a great success and will help this family get through these tough times and give Faith the care she so deserves.
phone: 303-823-6685
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