Oskar Blues Adds Beer Ace, Tanks 

We've made a couple big moves to keep up the supply and quality of our Oskar Blues beers. We've just added Jeff Nickel to our team, he's a brewer heavy who left his position at MolsonCoors to craft full-flavored brews with us.
 
He's one of a very few brewers who have left the Very Big Leagues to make hay in the small-batch craft beer world, we're thrilled to have him join our team. He brings gallons of expertise, knowledge and great reputation to our team, he'll oversee production for us.
 
We've also added five 100-barrel fermenters to our Longmont facility to boost our capacity by over
50%. These will go a long way in helping us meet demand for our beers in the 22 states that now enjoy our luscious canned and kegged goods. With these tanks we're on pace to boost our annual beer production by about 75%, to over 20,000 barrels in 2008. Yahoo!
 
Click HERE for more details.

 

November Music at Oskar Blues 

This month the first falls on a Saturday with the Jeff Finlin band www.jefffinlin.com Jeff is one of the best singer/songwriters around. Alive on Arrival featuring Laura Newman on saxophone will be here on Friday the 7th followed by The Bill McKay Band www.myspace.com/billmckay1 on Saturday the 8th. Bill is the piano player for Leftover Salmon. Lionel Young www.lionelyoung.net  the International Blues Challenge 2008 winner will play on Friday the 14th with Onda www.ondalive.com a large Latin Salsa band will be appearing on the 15th. Wendy Woo and her band www.wendywoo.com  plays on Friday the 21st and then Musteteer Gripweed www.jasondowning.com will host on Saturday the 22nd. The final weekend it will be a collaboration between David Tiller, Enion Pelta from Taarka with Dave Watts and Eric Thorin on Friday and The Maynard Mills Band www.maynardmills.com on Saturday the 29th with his great classic blues and dance music.
Thursdays this month will start off on the 6th with the fabulous and zany Boulder Acoustic Society www.boulderacousticsociety.com . The 13th will be a special show with Corinne West & the Posse www.corinnewest.com  with Greg Schockett sitting in and Mike & Amy Finders www.mikeandamyfinders.com opening the show. Then on the 20th brings the return of Pete Kartsounes and friends www.petekmusic.com
fresh from his cancer benefit hike across Colorado with his great music.
Sundays will commence with The Panhandle Daddyz www.myspace.com/panhandledaddyz and their brand of honky-tonk music. Followed by the Spring Creek Bluegrass band www.springcreekbluegrassband.com
on the 9th with their great bluegrass sounds. That afternoon from noon till 4pm we will have some young students from the Outside the door school of music in Boulder come support this group of fledgling students. The Moody Sisters will be here on the 16th led by Lyons own K. C. Groves www.kcgroves.com  and some great vocals and bluegrass music. The Blue Mountain Ranch Hands www.nancythorwardson.com will play some great western Swing and country classic on the 23rd and we will end Novmeber on the 30th with the wonderful songs of Jimmy Sferes and Jennifer White www.sferesandwhite.com.
Don’t forget our great bluegrass pick every Thursday from 8-11pm hosted by the dynamic duo of K.C. Groves and Eric Thorin, we also host a acoustic plug-in blues jam and open stage every second Monday of the month sponsored by the Colorado Blues Society from 7:30-10pm. We will also have a Rolling Stones tribute on Wednesday the 19th with many great local musicians doing their favorite Stones Tunes from 8-11pm. If you want to join in send me an email at Dave@oskarblues.com see at the club.

Adventure Film Festival - Boulder, CO  November 6-8th 

Climb. Ride. Slide. Fly. Fight for your Environment. Inspire. Go Higher than you've ever dared to go…

Three Days with Over 40 Films, Filmmakers, Art, Athletes and After-parties, November 6-8th in Boulder, Colorado. Adventure Film™ is THE international arena for the best and most inspiring independent films of the year encompassing all aspects of adventure, from serious exploration to environmental heroism to gripping tales from the edges of the believable. Festival Passes for all venues on sale now at www.Adventurefilm.Org.  Brought to you by Patagonia, Intrepid Travel, Dale's Pale Ale and other "rockin" sponsors.

 

Singing 12-Packs Return 

After a long hiatus, we're bringing back our famous Singing 12-Pack program.

The program features specially marked 12-Packs of Dale's and Old Chub that include a free CD of great small-batch music made by the nation's best indie artists.

It's our way of helping our favorite craft music makers, while hipping our beer lovers to exceptional music that, like our beer, is way too flavorful for the mainstream.

The new CD is the 7th in the series, it features 12 tunes by a group of rootsy heavies. The list includes Cindy Bullens, Amy Speace, Jeffrey Halford, Rodeo Pony, Corinne West, and local heroes Chris Daniels and Rebecca Folsom. Stay tuned to our Web site for more details.

The Singing 12-Packs will begin hitting stores in Colorado and other states starting December 1.

 

Attention Shoppers! 

Okay, the Uncanny Art

Just in time for your holiday shopping, our resident folk artist Jack has painted up a single batch of portraits of each of our mighty canned beers.

Like his music heroes portraits in our pub, Jack paints these these funky, affordable masterpieces on scrap construction wood.

Each 22" X 22" portrait sports a hand-painted image of your fave Oskar Blues beer and some stirring words on each beer.

Signed by the artist himself.

Specify your choice or choice(s) of Dale's, Old Chub, Gordon or Ten FIDY

$175/portrait plus $25 for shipping and handling. Get'em while they last. 
 
Our Store has more & we say make it easy on yourself this year.  Make your beer-loving pals extra happy -- by doing your shopping at our site.
 
Check through your gift list with Oskar Blues art, T-shirts, hoodies, glasware and the ultimate stocking stuffer, Chub Stick.

 
 
Hit the Gear link on our homepage and blow through your gift list without ever slipping outta your PJs.

Oskar Blues Events Calendar 

Keep up with Oskar Blues by following our Events Calendar HERE!

 

Catch a video of our Silent Disco from this year's GABF at our OBtv YouTube page. 

 

 

 

 

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