Haitian Earthquake Relief Effort: 
Iron Springs is doing our part on Friday February 5th by teaming up with the Red Cross & Integrated Design Studios to donate & pour our beer & soda in our Ambrewlance at their site in Mill Valley to benefit relief efforts in Haiti. Check out the poster for the event and we hope to see as many of you as possible in Mill Valley.
BEER NEWS:
New Beer Releases:
Rye The Funk Not? We are very excited about this new beer to be tapped on Monday February 8th. Rye The Funk Not is the Chazz Cat Rye that has been aging in a special Napa Zinfandel American Oak Barrel for about 1 year. We inncoculated this beer with a small quantity of brettanomyces and infused it with over 20 pounds of Fuyu Persimmons to give this beer a very deep & rich, yet light flavor. A very fluffy beer J Not only will we be pouring it at the pub, but we will be releasing very limited bottle conditioned 750 ml cork topped bottles for $9.99 per bottle. Exact release date of these bottles will be announced on the Iron Springs Facebook site, and our web site (ironspringspub.com) only.
Menace of Marin Barley Wine A very big & bold barley wine that was produced towards the end of 2009 and has been aging ever since. Official release date to be announced on our Facebook site.
February is “Barrel Aged Beer Month” Iron Springs Pub & Brewery is pleased to announce its third “Barrel Aged” Beer Month. Each week in February we will be releasing a different “barrel aged” beer. Since we have limited space, we often mimic the barrel aged process by taking different types of oak chips saturating them in various types of aged port, bourbon, or brandy. We then use these oak chips to age the different varieties of beers.
Week 1 (February 1-7): Edwin’s Winter Scotch Ale aged with bourbon-soaked oak to give this Scotch a nice warm round body.
Week 2 (February 8-14): Rye The Funk Not. This is a true barrel aged beer, aged in an American Oak Zinfandel Barrel. We inoculated the Chazz Cat Rye with a small amount of Brettanomyces and infused it with over 30 pounds of Fuyu Persimmons. A one of a kind not to be missed!
Week 3 (February 15-21): Barstow/Lundy Barley Wine aged with 20 year old port soaked oak chips. This beer has been aging since 2007 and gets better and more complex each and every month. Week 4 (February 22-28): Sless’ Stimulating Stout aged with brandy soaked oak chips. The Sless Stout was voted the world’s best Oatmeal Stout in the 2008 World Beer Cup and makes an excellent “barrel aged” beer. Also during Barrel Aged Beer Month we will tap 2 very special Barrel Aged Cask Beers
On Thursday, February 11th: We will tapping a Cask Conditioned, Oak Aged, TCHO Chocolate infused Sless’ Stimulating Stout
On Thursday, February 25th: We will be tapping a Cask of the Rye The Funk Not. Other beer news: February is SF Beer Week (http://sfbeerweek.org), and you will find Iron Springs partaking in a few different events through out the Bay Area during the week. Here are some of the places you will see our beer pouring:
- Saturday 2/6 Double IPA Festival @ The Bistro in Hayward Casey Jones Imperial IPA will be representing Iron Springs
- Monday 2/8 Sour Fest @ Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse Rye The Funk Not will be on tap there
- Tuesday 2/9 Barrel Fest @ Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse ’08 Bourbon Barrel Edwin’s Winterscotch on tap
- Saturday 2/13 Toronado Barleywine Festival
Debuting The Menace of Marin Barleywine.
- Sunday 2/14 Celebrator Beer News Anniversary Party @ Trumer Brauerei
We are very pleased to be invited to pour at the very prestigious Celebrator 22nd anniversary bash www.celebrator.com
- Bill Brand Brew
A Special batch of beer made in honor of Bill Brand by Iron Springs and several Bay Area Breweries. Tapped here at Iron Springs, Drakes Brewery, and another location TBA. Date of tapping to be announced on our Facebook page.
Brewed & Cultured in Marin is back!! Last year’s event was so successful we are doing it again this year. During the week of February 8th, we will be offering a beer & cheese pairing. Here is the tentative line up:
- Point Reyes Farmstead Bleu paired with Edwin’s Winterscotch Ale
- Cowgirl Creamery Red Hawk paired with the Casey Jones Imperial IPA
- Cowgirl Creamery Devils Gulch (A triple cream with the rind lightly dusted in sweet and spicy dried red pepper flakes grown and oven-dried by Janet Brown at All Star Organics farm) paired with the Dark Path Lager & *hopefully* Marin French Cheese Rouge Et Noir Yellow Buck Camembert paired with the Kent Lake Kolsch
The brewers have done an AMAZING job with this entire beer line up of events for February on top of all the great beer they brew – kudos guys! Check Out Christian talking about SF Beer Week in this fun clip; http://www.flickr.com/photos/beerbybart/4307968391/in/set-72157623116053771/
FISH & CHIPS MONDAY’S: Starting on Monday, February 1st, we will be starting a new tradition at Iron Springs. Join us every Monday for Luis’ special Fish & Chips – this is Luis special recipe which uses the freshest Mahi-Mahi battered in our own Kent Lake Kolsch and served with those yummy French fries! Don’t forget, all the oil used to make this delectable treat then gets filtered and put back into the Ambrewlance as a viable fuel source-a win-win for all!! Tasty & environmentally beneficial.
FEBRUARY MUSIC: Music starts at 8:00 p.m on Wednesday’s & 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays. As always, there is never a cover. Please send booking inquiries to: booking@ironspringspub.com
February 3rd: Our own Fairfax Favorites-Tom Finch Group
February 6th: Casual & Cozy Saturday Music Series with Adam Traum & the Traumatics
February 10th: Aaron Redner & Friends - of Hot Buttered Rum fame is performing tonight with a select group of musicians as a side project
February 13th: Casual & Cozy Saturday Music Series with Matt Eakles (flutist for David Grisman Quintet) Some more flute fire fusion from Matt & friends. A slightly stripped down version of his new band
February 17th: 2010 SF Bluegrass & Old Time Festival. We are super excited to have Viper Central from Canada playing at the Pub during this fun Festival week.
February 20th: Casual & Cozy Saturday Music Series with Pat Nevins
February 24th: Barry Sless, Lorin Rowan, & Doug Harman. Rattlebox is back baby!!
GIVE BACK TUESDAY PROGRAM: 10% of sales on every Tuesday in January went to the YES Foundation, supporting the local Ross Valley School District and funding programs such as music, art, and PE. Especially with the state of the California budget, work that the YES Foundation does is even more critical to our schools. You can learn more about the YES foundation at www.yestokids.org. Come on out and support the YES Foundation!
February Give Back Tuesday recipients:
February 2 – Marin Stables Located right here in Fairfax, CA, Marin Stables & Trails, Inc. is a non-profit public benefit corporation organized to operate, renovate, and preserve historic Marin Stables, and to maintain the Canyon and Ethel More trail heads, to insure that public use and access to these popular facilities will continue. For more information visit them at http://www.marinstablesandtrails.org .
February 9 – Cascade Canyon School Cascade Canyon is a small, independent, progressive, co-educational K-8 school serving families in Marin County from our campus in Fairfax, California. Since the school opened in 1981, we have dedicated ourselves to offering progressive education in a small, community-oriented setting. Our multi-age classes of no more than fifteen students, in combination with our balanced, integrated curriculum foster our students’ natural creativity and desire to learn. For more information visit http://www.cascadecanyon.org.
February 16 – Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) was the first land trust in the United States to focus on farmland preservation. Founded in 1980 by a coalition of ranchers and environmentalists to preserve farmland in Marin County, California, MALT acquires agricultural conservation easements on farmland in voluntary transactions with landowners. MALT also encourages public policies that support and enhance agriculture. It is a model for agricultural land preservation efforts across the nation. MALT has so far permanently protected more than 41,500 acres of land on 64 family farms and ranches. For more information visit www.malt.org .
February 23 – San Anselmo Cooperative Nursery School Founded originally in 1947 as the Fairfax Community Nursery School, the San Anselmo Co-Op is celebrating its 63nd year in operation. Except for the faces of the children and their parents, since then little has changed. The goal of the preschool is to foster physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual growth in each child. The school provides a unique experience for families who wish to be involved in their children’s education and learn alongside them. By sharing parenting issues, insights, joys and struggles, parents gain a sense of community with one another and a greater understanding of their own child’s development. Through their participation, parents create the kind of school they desire for their children. Their many talents, strengths and interests provide the energy that fuels the school. By relying on parent ingenuity, teamwork and labor, we keep fees low and the school available to a wide spectrum of people. Find out more at www.sananselmocoop.com.
OTHER NEWS:
- We are open starting at NOON for lunch on Monday February 15th-Presidents day
- Don’t miss Luis’ fantastic Valentine’s Day specials to complement our regular menu on February 14th. While a lot of places use Valentine’s Day as an excuse to raise prices and only give diner pricy options, at Iron Springs we’ll have some great Valentine’s Day specials as well as our regular menu. This is also the only night of the year we take reservations for parties of 2 & up. We fill the house every year, so make sure to get your reservations in now.
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