What could this be?

Among the items on the agenda for tonight’s Decatur City Commission meeting – approving a liquor license for “consumption on premises of beer and wine” to “The Cask Room” at 900 West College Avenue.  That’s the address of the strip which includes, among other businesses – Avellino’s (pizza), Ale Yeah! (beer), and Revolution Doughnuts (well…donuts).  The application notes the new business will “be located in the former yoga studio space to the rear of the commercial building”.

No traces of the online of what “The Cask Room” will be, but it sure sounds interesting.

Screenshot courtesy of Google Streetview

From Atlanta Magazine’s Covered Dish blog…

After almost four years of contract brewing, Wild Heaven Brewery opens its doors to the public next Friday, June 13, offering three days of tastings and tours at its new Avondale Estates home. Planting down roots gives the brewery an opportunity to expand its lineup and distribution. Where there used to be a concrete company, Wild Heaven now sits on 9,000 square feet (including a newly added 1,000 square feet for refrigeration purposes).

Ribbon cutting photo courtesy of Wild Heaven’s Facebook page

Paper Plane adds a couple more “Top” awards to its list.  The first is from Esquire, which named the Decatur spot among their “Best Bars in America”.

Also of late, Kimball House and Paper Plane have found themselves on the same “Top” lists.  FM Fats points out another.  Bill Addison has placed both Kimball House and Paper Plane on Eater’s latest 38 Best Cocktail Lounges Across America list.

Here are their respective blurbs…

Kimball House

“Some of the richest bartender talent in the Atlanta metro area” is stationed here, according to Eater critic Bill Addision. In addition to an extensive list of traditionally served absinthes and refined cocktails, Addison says, “sitting at the bar, drinking cocktails and slurping oysters, is the power move” at this French-inflected restaurant and bar housed in a former railway depot built in the late 1800s.

Paper Plane

Eater critic Bill Addison thinks this Southern bar is “the hottest place to drink in the Atlanta area,” though their tight menu also gets noticed for excellence. Addison finds that head bartender Paul Calvert is a “virtuoso at blending potent flavors compatibly.” Cocktails like the In Bloom with Mezcal, Italian vermouth, Campari, St. Germain and rose water (there’s that expert blending at work) are interesting to say the least, and the atmosphere is intimate. Let it be known they welcome “Members and Non-Members Only” into the place.

Photo courtesy of Paper Plane’s Facebook page

Just in time for Saint Patrick’s Day, Gayot has released a list of their Top 10 Irish Pubs in the United States.

And that’s where we find Decatur’s Marlay House.

Photo courtesy of The Marlay House

Randomly came across this after picking up a copy of “Southern Brew News“.

The Georgia Craft Brewers Guild is excited to announce our first annual Southeastern Craft Brewers’ Symposium. This awesome event is a one-day conference featuring 10, 45 minute seminars from the leaders of the craft brewing industry.  For avid homebrewers there will be seminars on the science of brewing from brewmasters, suppliers, and experts on topics such as yeast, adjunct grains, and recipe development. For the next generation of southeastern brewery owners we’re offering a unique series of seminars on the business of brewing. These seminars will cover everything from how to raise money to how to write a business plan.

Stay tuned to this page for updates to the seminar schedule and other events we’ll be planning around the conference.

• What: Southeastern Craft Brewers Symposium
• When: April 19th, 2014 9am to 5pm
• Where: Courtyard Marriott Downtown Decatur
• Tickets are $130 ($105 for Enthusiasts members)
• Tickets on Sale Now!