Newsletter
FEBRUARY RECAP:
- We teamed up with the Red Cross & Integrated Design Studios to donate & pour our beer & soda in the Ambrewlance at their site in Mill Valley to benefit relief efforts in Haiti. Iron Springs help raise over $6,000!
- Barrel Aged beer month was a HUGE success, the best one yet! Rye The Funk Not was the biggest hit by far, only lasting a few days (have no fear, 750 ml. bottles will be ready soon for sale)
- 2nd Annual Brewed & Cultured in Marin was a lot of fun. We paired 4 of our beers with 4 of the finest Marin cheeses during SF Beer week
- The start of our new Monday tradition-Fish & Chips Monday is being met with rave reviews
FAIRFAX BREWFEST:
We here at Iron Springs can’t wait for the 15th Annual Fairfax Beer Festival, held this year on March 13th from 1-5 at the Fairfax Pavilion. This event, co-sponsored by Iron Springs and the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, raises money for the Fairfax Chamber and is not to be missed! 14 of your favorite breweries will be pouring. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door, and can be bought at the pub as well as many other locations throughout town, as well as on the official website, www.fairfaxbrewfest.com. This is the first festival of the season and not to be missed!
BEER NEWS:
- We are pleased to report that we now have 13 award-winning handcrafted beers on tap.
- It must be close to the end of winter. Another elusive batch of the Crippla’ is going into tank and should be ready at the end of the month. This is a new 2.0 version Crippla’ that Christian is taking to new hoppy heights.
Stay tuned to our Facebook site for exact release date: Follow us on Facebook!
- St. Patrick’s Day is Wednesday 3/17th – to celebrate we are tapping a special dry hopped Cask of Sless’ Oatmeal Stout which will carry over to the following day for the….
- 2nd Annual Oyster/Dark Beer Trifecta on Thursday March 18th – 3 succulent varieties of oysters paired with 3 of our finest dark beers – the Cask of Sless’ Stout, Nitrogen Sless’ Stout, & Nitrogen Fairfax Coffee Porter
New Beer Releases:
Menace of Marin Barleywine
A very big & bold barleywine that was produced towards the end of 2009 and has been aging ever since. This was just tapped and it is tasting spectacular. Limited time only!
FISH & CHIPS MONDAYS:
We have started 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. J
MARCH MUSIC:
Music starts at 8:00 p.m on Wednesdays & 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Saturday Casual & Cozy Music Series “officially” ended in February, but we decided to keep it going one more month!
As always, there is never a cover. Please send booking inquiries to: booking@ironspringspub.com
Wednesday March 3rd:
The return from Down Under of PINK SABBATH!! The Sirens of Folk are back!
Saturday March 6th:
Casual & Cozy Saturday Music Series with Ben Beuttner, David Phillips (slide guitar legend!) and Adrienne Pfeiffer
Wednesday March 10th:
Dead Set
Saturday March 13th:
Fairfax Beer Festival – no music on this day
Wednesday March 17th:
Jack Pribble’s 5th Annual Living Room Show (& Lini’s 29th Birthday celebration)
Saturday March 20th:
Casual & Cozy Saturday Music Series with Pat Echols Experience
Wednesday March 24th:
Matt Eakle Band (David Grisman Quintet). Flute Fired Fusion.
GIVE BACK TUESDAY PROGRAM:
In February, we supported some great local causes – Marin Stables, Cascade Canyon School, Marin Agricultural Land Trust, and the San Anselmo Cooperative Nursery School.
In March, we’ll be donating 10% of Tuesday night sales 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!
Give back Tuesday requests should be sent to anne@ironspringspub.com.
ST. PADDY’S DAY:
Wednesday March 17th
A big day of festivities are planned at Iron Springs-
- We open at 3:00 p.m.
- We have Luis famous Corned Beef & Cabbage, & lots of it-no running out this year J
- A special Cask of dry hopped Sless’ Stout
- Irish Music sty ling’s by the 5th annual Jack Pribble’s Living Room. Music starts at 8:30
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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.
JANUARY NEWS FROM IRON SPRINGS PUB & BREWERY
2009 is now in the books!
It was a great year, here are some of the highlights:
We broke the 1000 barrel mark in brew house production {a huge endeavor for a town our size}
We rolled out our line of bottled beers. The Kent Lake Kolsch, Epiphany Amber Ale, Casey Jones Imperial IPA, & Sless’ Oatmeal Stout. You can now find Iron Springs in a bottle in many of your favorite local beer markets as well as at the pub.
Mike & Anne experienced the birth of their second son, Aaron Isaac Altman!
The new Meyer house sound system was completed and is working out superbly. We are confident that for our type of restaurant/brewpub, we have one of the best sound systems in all of Marin!
Business remained steady through one of the worst economic climates of our generation. We are satisfied with that – now we are hoping to see some exciting growth in 2010!
MUSIC LINE UP FOR THE NEXT 2 MONTHS
With the way our new Meyer house sound system is working out, you will be seeing more exciting music at Iron Springs in 2010 – just look what we have in store for the next month alone! All this great music and never a cover! Every Wednesday at 8pm and Saturdays at 2pm for our Casual & Cozy Saturday series. Don’t miss our special Thursday January 21st show with Bryan Horne & the Jawdroppers too at 8pm!
Wednesday January 6th
Matt Eakle Band
The flutist for the David Grisman Quintet is back at Iron Springs fronting his new band.
Saturday January 9th
Barbwyre
Barbwyre features finely crafted original and cover pieces played on fine instruments, played well, with intricate vocal harmonies. They draw from a diverse range of musical experience form country western to rock and roll, and bluegrass to classical.
http://www.myspace.com/barbwyremusic
Wednesday January 13th
Supernaculum
Our own Evan Wizner’s band is an everything rock band with influences ranging from funk to folk, jazz to jam, salsa to progressive.
http://www.myspace.com/supernaculum
Saturday January 16th
Ain’t Misbehavin’ Trio
Wednesday January 20th
Family Lines
Family Lines performs outstanding original music as well as folk, blues, and roots favorites.
Thursday January 21st
Bryan Horne & the Jawdroppers
An amazing extra night of music including some very special guests! Don’t miss this Hot Buttered Rum side project.
Saturday January 23rd
Dore Coller & Trio Max
Wednesday January 27th
Grandpa Banana
Grandpa Banana will be promoting his new CD I’ll Do Anything for You.
Saturday January 30th
Gayle Schmitt & Friends
Bourbon soaked originals for the soul.
http://www.gaylelynnandthehiredhands.com
BREWERY NEWS
As we mentioned above, 2009 was an exciting year in the brewery. Now we have some exciting and lofty goals for 2010! We hope you will see more of our bottled beer out in the marketplace! With any luck, we’ll add a couple more styles to our line as well – keep your fingers crossed.
We are also working on a very special, limited release in 750 ml corked bottles of a special Chazz Cat Rye that has been aging in a Dasche Zinfandel French Oak Barrel, innoculated with brettanomyces, then infused with fuyu persimmons. This is a Christian Kazakoff specialty that you won’t want to miss. We will only have about 20 cases of this special beer, which we are calling Rye the Funk Not? We are working on a wonderful label with artwork by our own Prairie Skye – our in house artist and manager extraordinaire.
In January, look for the release of the ever-popular Black Lager – the Dark Path Lager. This should be released in the next week or two. Look for the actual release date posted on our Facebook page.
KITCHEN TALK
Chef Luis and his crew are up to it again with some great things happening in the kitchen. Here’s some new items:
We added a new veggie sandwich to our menu – roasted veggies and a jabanero aioli – yum!
We added a new option for kids – penne pasta with English peas and Alfredo sauce.
We will now be using homemade chips with our dishes, including nachos.
GIVE BACK TUESDAY
Now in its second full year, the Give Back Tuesday program has donated more than $30,000 to such great causes as
The YES Foundation
Drake High Mt. Bike Team
Marin Community Food Bank
Bread & Roses
Adopt-a-Family of Marin
Point Reyes Seashore Association
Conservation Corps North Bay
10% of sales on every Tuesday in January goes 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!
To nominate a group for Give Back Tuesdays, please send your request to anne@ironspringspub.com
SUMMARY
We have exciting, fun goals and aspirations for 2010 and we look forward to you all being along for the ride.
A REMINDER THAT WE WILL BE OPENING FOR LUNCH ON MONDAY THE 18TH, MLK HOLIDAY MONDAY!
Thank you all for the continued support for the Iron Springs & the Fairfax community.
