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"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." -- Frank Zappa
October 2003
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Hut, HUt, HUT!!!
Happy days are here again, fellow beer drinkers. It's
football season; do you know what that means? You can
drink beer on
Sundays before noon and nobody can give you hell. You
see, it's all a part of Sunday football tradition. You can
start at 9 a.m. if you want with some full-flavored ale
accompanied by a bratwurst for breakfast. To us, it's
perfectly acceptable.
As a matter of fact, we like to think it is the most
desirable way to start your Sunday during
football season. It just makes sense. It's what being a
good citizen is all about. That's why we open early and
have special football breakfast menus on Sundays
during this blessed time of year. Hope you enjoy this
special brewsletter dedicated specifically to football and
beer and
the men and women who love them.
| Just Because We're a Vikings Bar Doesn't Mean If You're a Packers Fan You Can't Hang Out. |
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Come on . . . it's football season, a season of sharing,
of giving. It's a time for letting go of differences and
joining together in harmony and the spirit of the pigskin,
regardless of what team you support. But you
must be warned . . .
The people pictured at the left are Minnesota Vikings
fans enjoying a Sunday evening Vikings game and lots
of beer. Almost every Sunday and some Mondays from
now until Christmas,
you can see them purpling every corner of the brewery.
In fact, on opening day there were no less than 200
Vikings fans at the brewery at any given time.
This particular group -- led by hornblower Derek "The
Dog" Grimme -- even chipped in and helped buy a
GIANT screen TV in what they consider to be their
corner of the brewery.
"Vikings fans bleed purple," The Dog said in a recent
interview. The Dog, who has lived in the Phoenix area
for eight years, said Four Peaks is THE Vikings bar in
town because of its family atmosphere. "Everyone who
comes here on game days has gone through the same
crappy seasons together, and we can just look each
other in the eyes and know what we're thinking."
Vikings game days at Four Peaks have come to be
characterized by the hollow, haunting sound of a Viking
horn The Dog blows when the Vikings score. His
projections for the team?
"Playoffs, and THEN ask me again." That's a lot of horn-
blowing.
Whether you bleed purple or some other less beautiful
color, we welcome all of you -- Colts, Saints, Bears,
Lions,
Raiders, Bucs and even Cardinals fans! The more
diversity the better, all in the spirit of THE game. Just
don't blame us if your big foam cheese gets SQUASHED
or if you leave with your Erlacher jersey SHREDDED into
a thousand bits! (Remember, Vikings didn't get into
Valhalla by being nice guys.) ARRRRGGGGHHH!!!
Go to the Official Minnesota Vikings Team Web Site . . . »
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| It's not The Heisman . . . but it's close!! |
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We're thrilled to announce that Four Peaks has scored a
hat trick with local
entertainment publications The Phoenix New Times, The
Rep and Get Out! (Please forgive the hockey reference,
football fans.)
The Phoenix New Times has listed Four Peaks as the
reader's choice for "Best Brew Pub" FIVE YEARS
RUNNING! "Reader's Choice" awards are very important
to us . . . we're glad to know so many people enjoy our
beer, food and ambiance enough to take the time to
submit votes in our favor.
The Rep gave its "Best Brew Pub" honors to Four Peaks
as well. Get Out magazine
also gave Four Peaks "Best Brewery" for 2003. All
publications wrote nice things about our place and
though many people think "no press is bad press," we
beg to differ. It's as refreshing as a tall, cool glass of
8th Street Ale to get good press . . . ask any local
politician.
Anyway, we're proud of these honors and want to
thank all of you loyal customers and supporters out
there for
making us what we are today. It's been a really long
road with a few bumps here and there, but the vision
we had almost 10 years ago is quickly
becoming a reality thanks to all of you.
Go here for links to the New Times, Rep and Get Out articles! »
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| Special Football Sunday Menu Brings Eggs and Stuff to Brewery |
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For football season only, we're expanding our hours and
our menu offerings to meet the needs of those who
need breakfast food with their beer. Again, Chef Arthur
Craft makes an artistry out of calories.
We're opening at
9 a.m. for awhile, which will change to 10 a.m.
eventually. We'll be serving this special menu from
when we open to around 2 p.m., along with our usual
menu all day long.
Our special breakfast menu items include: chicken
enchiladas & eggs
your way, served with beans and potatoes; filet & eggs,
served with country potatoes; eggs benedict w/jalapeno
hollandaise, also served with country potatoes; the
"Brewer's Breakfast," which is two eggs your way w/
toast, potatoes and bacon; and a ridiculously good
"Breakfast Beer Bread" sandwich, which is sauteed
peppers, onions and mushrooms, scrambled eggs,
mozzarella, bacon and jalapeno hollandaise wrapped in
our homemade spongey beer b | | |
