Sat Jan 9th 5:00pm to
Sat Jan 9th 10:00am
Grand Teton Brewing Co. Brew Pub
430 Old Jackson Hwy
Victor, ID
United States

Join Grand Teton Brewing Co. for a release celebration of Sheep Eater Scotch Ale. Sheep Eater is the final release in a 2009 series of Cellar Reserve beers that commemorate the Reinheitsgebot, or German Beer Purity Law.

Grand Teton Brewing Company will host the release party for their Sheep Eater Scotch Ale and welcome the New Year with the traditional Scottish "Burning of the Clavie." Condemned by churchmen in the 18th century as "an abominable, heathenish practice," the burning of the clavie continues to this day in Burghead, a small village in northeast Scotland.

On January 11, Hogmanay, the first day of the New Year by the old Julian calendar, a tar-filled barrel is set on fire and paraded through the streets of the village. Smoldering embers from the clavie are left on the doorsteps of notable townsmen to bring them good luck in the new year.

Grand Teton will recreate the traditional revelry on January 9 from 5-10 p.m. with live music by Victor's own bluegrass band, the Random Canyon Growlers, as well as plenty of Scotch Ale in versions available only at the brewery's pub. A highly anticipated bacon-infused Scotch Ale will be served from the cask. Come one come all, there is no cover charge.