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-- Heritage Festival at Forest Park
-- Brew & Q: World Pork Steak Championships
-- Maplewood Farmers' Market
-- Organic Gardening Series
-- Seasonal Beers at The Tap Room
-- May at Bottleworks
-- May at The Tap Room
-- Top Fermentation: Tom Schlafly's monthly column
-- Live Music Listings
-- Download a PDF version of the newsletter
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| ST. LOUIS – BEER CAPITAL USA! |
SAINT LOUIS BREWERS
HERITAGE FESTIVAL
in Forest Park
May 8-10, 2008
Don't miss this opportunity as local brewers, large and small, pay tribute to St. Louis' rich brewing history. Sample from over 60 different local styles. While you certainly won't go thirsty, we'll make sure you don't go hungry either as we'll feature food from St. Louis restaurants as well as live music. Grab your tickets online today before they're...history.
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Buy your tickets online today. Visit the festival website for complete details...
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| WORLD PORK STEAK CHAMPIONSHIPS? |
 This is no slick, pre-fab assembly of professional grillers, it's a real, live, down and dirty AMATEUR BBQ COMPETITION. Teams compete on Saturday, May 24 to make the best pork steak for a GRAND PRIZE of $500 and bragging rights as WORLD CHAMPION of the World Pork Steak Championships! Other titles on the line: Other titles on the line: Best Appetizer with a Matching Schlafly Beer and Best Booth.
SCHLAFLY BREW & Q
Friday, May 23 • 5-10 p.m.
Saturday, May 24 • Noon-10:00 p.m.
sponsored by
Home of the Official Pork Steak of the World Pork Steak Championships
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If you think you serve up the best pork steak then come on down and prove it! Grab your grill, your buddies, your ‘secret’ ingredients, and prepare to cook to win. DOWNLOAD PARTICIPANT APPLICATION.
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| FRESH FROM THE FARM |
The outdoor market returns to Bottleworks!
Enjoy local and regional products sold straight from the farm,
live music and fresh Schlafly Beer!
FULL STORY
MAPLEWOOD FARMERS' MARKET
at Schlafly Bottleworks
Wednesdays, 4:00-7:00 p.m.
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| GOOD GARDENING • GOOD FOOD |
Join us for the final two workshops in this series on organic gardening presented by Brick City Gardens and Schlafly Bottleworks.
 Composting 101 Workshop – Using Earthworms and Biodynamic Herbal Preparations
with Frank Lebeau
Saturday, May 3
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Wildly Abundant Gardening – Organic Fertility Methods that Produce Amazing Yields
Saturday, May 17
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Learn more details, including how to pre-register, on our website HERE. All events held at Schlafly Bottleworks.
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SEASONAL BEERS AT THE TAP ROOM
*also available at Bottleworks |
Maibock – This big, golden, malty lager is full-bodied, sweet and delicious! Brewed for the Maifest, in celebration of spring. May Day
St. Louis Dark Lager – A full-bodied lager with a pronounced hop bitterness to balance the malt sweetness. Brewed for the St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival as the festival beer. Early May>
India Brown Ale – Our Tap Room Brewer Brennan has hand crafted this ale to celebrate his marriage to the beautiful Natasha. This unique brew has the color of a brown ale, but the aroma of an American style IPA. Dry Hopped with Cascade and Willamette, this beer will prove just how complex a brown ale can be. 5.2% abv, 40 IBU’s, O.G. 13P. May 17
Dortmunder – This strong lager, also known as an Export, is straw colored and well balanced; neither hops nor malt predominates. A favorite of the regulars! May 30
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We brew more than 30 beer styles per year!
Get the skinny on all our seasonal beers.
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| MAY AT BOTTLEWORKS |
Maplewood Farmers' Market – Every Wednesday
See above for more details
Sunday Spin – Every Sunday
Enjoy your favorite Schlafly brews while listening to music provided by DJ Argyx of Musical Geeks. No cover, great beer, friendly service, and lively music! Sundays, 6:00 p.m.until close.
Observable Readings – Thursday, May 1
Last event of the season! Observable Readings presents live performances by local and visiting poets on the first Thursday of each month from September to May. This month: Ken Rumble, Matt Freeman, and Larry Sawyer. Visit www.observable.org for more info.
Strange Brew: Cult Films at Bottleworks – Wednesday, May 7
Great films and great beer! Join us the first Wednesday of each month for a collection of weird and wonderful films from around the world, presented by the highly acclaimed Webster Film Series. The film begins at 8:00 p.m., admission is $4.00. Visit our website for information about this month’s film.
Theology at Bottleworks – Wednesday, May 21
A popular open discussion for people who like to think and talk about the important issues of our day. Grab a brew, give your view and lend an ear to others. Free and open to everyone. 7:00 p.m. This month: “The War in Iraq: Won, Lost or Drawn?” Is the war a success for democracy or a failure in foreign policy? Complete info at www.journeyon.net/midrash.
Brew & Q: World Pork Steak Champsionships – Friday Saturday, May 23-24
See above for full details.
Science on Tap – Wednesday, May 28
Join us the last Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. and explore the latest ideas in science and technology with Washington University professors. Enjoy 20 minutes of presentation, followed by a seven minute break for introductions and then an hour of discussion. Seating is limited to the first 100 people, no reservations are accepted. For more information, visit their website.
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End of season event May 1
Enjoy the outdoor market at Bottleworks Wednesdays from 4-7pm, May through October!
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| MAY AT THE TAP ROOM |
The Courthouse Steps in Concert – Saturday, May 10
Our favorite singing lawyers (with songs penned by our very own Tom Schlafly!) return to The Club Room to perform at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 each (NOTE: not $10 each as appeared in our paper newsletter). For advance tickets, send SASE with check to: The Courthouse Steps, Inc., P.O. Box 220914, Kirkwood, MO 63122. Further information at www.stlcourthousesteps.com.
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| TOP FERMENTATION: Tom Schlafly's monthly column |
One of the benefits of working for the State of Missouri is getting Harry Truman’s birthday as a paid holiday. Truman, who was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri, got his start in politics in 1922 when representatives of the Pendergast political organization in Kansas City approached him about running for the job of Eastern Judge of Jackson County. Twelve years later, again with the backing of the Pendergast organization, Harry Truman was elected to the United States Senate. So close was his association with Pendergast that Tom Hirth, the President of the Missouri Farmers’ Association, referred to Truman as “Tom Pendergast’s bellhop.”
Shortly after Truman’s election to the Senate, Pendergast’s organization began to unravel. Maurice Milligan, the Federal District Attorney for Kansas City, launched an investigation that showed that approximately 60,000 “ghost” votes had been cast in the 1936 election in Kansas City, some of them in the many precincts in which the number of registered voters exceeded the total population. (Milligan, it should be noted, was a political ally of Bennett Clark, the other Senator from Missouri at the time, whose grandson Ben Clark is a loyal patron of The Tap Room.) Angered by this attack on his political mentor, on February 15, 1938 Senator Harry Truman, on the floor of the United States Senate, delivered a screed against Milligan, comparing his brand of justice to that of Hitler or Stalin. Despite this stirring defense, one year later, on May 22, 1939, Tom Pendergast pleaded guilty to tax evasion, with the amount of unpaid taxes and fines totaling $830,494.73.
Read the rest of Tom's fascinating column by clicking HERE or visiting http://www.schlafly.com/topfermentation.shtml.
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| LIVE MUSIC |
We feature live music Friday through Sunday at The Tap Room and Friday and Saturday at Bottleworks. Click HERE for our complete listings.
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