Cucumber is the Fruit of the Week and we’ve muddled together a nice and tasty gimlet with Hendricks for you. We do, however, need a name for this and we’re challenging you to come up with something related to Scotland, Cucumbers and/or Roses that isn’t entirely crass. Of course, if you have way too much time on your hands you can try Marilyn Monroe Made Of Cucumbers.
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Please join us tonight for a bit of politics and rocking out. We’re showing Barack’s DNC acceptance speech at 10PM followed by a Bob Proehl driven dance party. We’re drinking more than the Kool-Aid tonight.
Congratulations Strawberry, you are the Fruit of the Week! Every week, we’re going to pick a fresh fruit for muddling, juicing, garnishing and general cocktailing. Maybe even some vegetables that are technically fruit. But for this week, we pick Strawberry. James has some tasty drinks ready to go so drink up!
We’re changing a few nights at Pixel starting next week. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will remain all night happy hour. DJ Electric Mayhem will be back to rock Friday nights and Fuzzy Duck will still hold down Saturdays. So here are the new nights:
Wednesday - Trivia
We’ve had a lot of requests for a trivia night. This town loves it like it’s applying for a job as a writer on The Family Guy. The format will evolve, but for starters we’ll make good use of the projection wall to bring a bit of multimedia to the mix. DJ Kris Capulet will host the event from 10PM-Midnight spinning tunes throughout trivia and into the following aftermath. $50 bar tab goes to the winning team. Fun and Profit!
Thursday - AutoMatic Buffalo
Whaa? The ubiquitous Bob from No Radio Records has a new weekly night at Pixel. It promises to be danceable, fun and a welcome change from the usual Collegetown top 40 mix. The gloves are off. If you haven’t been to one of Bob’s events in the past, now’s your chance. Always a good time. No Radio is also celebrating its 2 year anniversary. So come check it out starting next Thursday the 21st at 10PM.
So we just stopped by to pick up a Flower Power cask for tonight and found out Ithaca Beer has another future award winner again with their new release Brute. A “Golden Sour Ale,” it was aged for 9 months and slowly fermented with “wild” brettanomyces yeast. The result is akin to champagne with a nice balance of fruity sour and honey sweetness. The bad news is that we can’t get any at Pixel yet. The good news is that they’ll have it for sale at the brewery on Friday so drive on down to grab some for yourself before the limited 250 case release is gone. Ithaca Beer’s Executive Brewer Jeff O’Neil writes up this new brew on his blog here. We’ll let you know as soon as we get our paws on this unique and tasty release. It is awesome work.
We’re going a little saison crazy, but the weather calls for it. Designed to be a refreshing beverage for harvest workers, it’s a great summer alternative to usual summer wheat beers. Saisons on tap at the moment are the Smuttynose Farmhouse Ale, Slyfox Saison VOS and the tasty splurge Saison Dupont. There’s no absolute style of saison. These are all different takes on the genre and great for comparison. Check ‘em out.
Just in this week from Distilleria Santa Teresa of Alba Italy is Marolo Grappa & Camomile liqueur. This is certainly one of the most unique spirits we’ve seen in a while. Marolo starts by distilling a grappa from Nebbiolo grape pomace and then infusing Camomile flowers into it for 11 months. The result is a smooth and richly herbal digestif with a bit of grappa warmth but with honey sweetness and texture. It’s wonderful on its own, but why not make a cocktail with it. Introducing the Drink with No Name:
- 1.25 Ounces of Milagro Silver Tequila
- 0.5 Ounces of Marolo Grappa & Camomile Liquor
- 0.25 Ounces of Agave Nectar
- Shake on ice to mix and top with club soda
Our resident DJ Fuzzy Duck is back from Camp Bisco where he was able to con them into giving him a press pass. Check out his interviews and video clips here. Check out his very danceable mix of funk and electro at Pixel this Friday and Saturday night.
So if the weekly email update isn’t enough and you want to be updated in real-time whenever we update our beer list, we have part one of the solution. Fire up your favorite RSS reader with this link http://feeds.pixelithaca.com/feeds/ontap/. This is just out of the gate. So let me know if you find any fruit flies in the feed. 
In addition to the weekly cask night, representatives of Ithaca Beer will be at Pixel from 8-11PM this Friday with free t-shirts and whatnot. Come get them before some Summer Session pre-frosh steals them all.
