Beach to Beach to Beer Coming up May 30th is one of St John Brewers' favorite local events - the Beach to Beach Power Swim, sponsored by Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park. Participants can swim a short, intermediate or long course, or participate in a relay, and there are assisted and unassisted categories... the best part, of course, is the party at the end, held on beautiful Oppenheimer Beach with beverages provided by none other than St John Brewers.
For more information on the Power Swim, check out the Friends website.
Recap: APRIL After all the excitement of March, we decided to get back in touch with our St John roots with a beach clean up in April... for five years running St John Brewers has adopted Honeymoon and Solomon beaches on the Lind Point Trail - they're two of our favorites, so we like to help keep them clean.
Post-eco-responsibility it was back on the party wagon with the Crazy Hat Keg Party and the Cowboy Up Party. Pictures of both are now available for viewing/mockery on the website's PHOTOS page...
Other than that, we've been gearing up for May, which has several highlights for us... more details, soon come.
Recap: MARCH Life in the island dem, it crazy... seems we haven't updated as often as we'd like these past few weeks, but fear not, we're about to remedy that.
March was a good time for St John Brewers, both here on island and Stateside. Kevin and Tim hit up Atlantic City for our 3rd annual AC Brewing Festival and had a great time catching up with all our tri-state area fans... this year the Tropical Mango seemed to hit it out of the park as the St John Brewers fan favorite, despite fierce competition from Island Summer Ale, Liquid Sunshine, and Island Hoppin' IPA. Looking forward to next year, Atlantic City!
On the homefront in St John, the Tap Room expanded the Mug Club, welcoming its second class... lots of camaraderie between the new kids and the "sophomores", especially on Mug Club Tuesdays... nice to see our loyal local patrons bonding! Do we sense a Mug Club tattoo in the near future?? Also, in an unofficial, "further attempts not encouraged by St John Brewers" moment, two of our most esteemed local patrons christened the new draft system by "drinking the line"... 13 beers, 3 sodas-as-mixed-drinks... winning time? 2 hours, 34 minutes. Amazing. We are protecting the victor's name because the paparazzi won't stop hounding him... but Mike Lane came in second.
Stay tuned for "Recap: APRIL", coming soon to a theater near you...
Check out our new LIVE webcam from
St. John, US Virgin Islands
We have recently installed a webcam capturing the view of Cruz Bay, Pillsbury Sound and St. Thomas in the distance. Listen to cool reggae music while you enjoy the island life. Be sure to check in when you need to check out!
St John Brewers Gets Tuff in the New Year 2010 is here, and around the Tap Room that means one thing... 8 Tuff Miles registration is upon us once again. For the fourth straight year, St John Brewers is a sponsor of the annual race, and the Tap Room is once again serving as the sole registration location on St John until February. Anyone looking for an excuse to come down and visit, this is a great one. Dust off your running shoes (or walking shoes!) and check out the 8 Tuff Miles website for online registration information.
Stay tuned for updates on the Tap Room expansion and more news of St John...
for more pictures of the Sweater Party, check us out on Facebook
Christmas in the Caribbean The holidays here in St John can feel a little unorthodox... palm trees strung with Christmas lights, 80 degree temperatures and bikinis on Christmas day, the only white on the ground - sand. Still, here at St John Brewers we've developed a few traditions that really help us get into the holiday spirit.
The first tradition, which really kicks off the season for us, is centered on snowflakes. Snowflakes, you say? In St John? 'Tis true. Paper snowflakes, just like the ones you made in grammar school, to decorate the Tap Room. Everyone contributes: our staff, our customers, Mongoose Junction neighbors... and when they're all done, they hang from the ceiling in the bar like a tropical blizzard.
If you've spent the holidays in St John with us, you know that the hanging snowflakes can only mean one thing... SWEATER PARTY! This year our third annual Sweater Party is on December 19th, and all over the island, people are scrambling to find the most awful holiday sweaters they can (not an easy feat down here!)... Check out the Photos page here on the website to see pictures from 2008's party, and stay tuned for pictures of this year's holiday festivities.
The 411 on Island Hoppin' IPA "Soon Come" is here... at least in the VI, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bottles of the Island Hoppin' IPA are available in a limited pre-release as of this week in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and the IPA will arrive in the VI on draft this week. Bottles will follow in the VI sometime in December, and a full scale release in all of our distribution states (RI, NJ, MA, FL, NE, CA) will happen mid-winter.
The Island Hoppin' IPA is a bright, copper color with a piney, citrus aroma. Its balanced malt backbone compliments the characteristic hoppiness, and the beer finishes with a lingering hop dryness.
Island Hoppin' by the numbers: ABV 6.2%, 50 IBU's.
The Tap Room will host an Island Hoppin' IPA "First Keg" Party on Friday, November 13th, from 4 to 10 pm.
Stay tuned to www.stjohnbrewers.com for updates on the distribution of the IPA!
