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Readers Vote Red Bank’s Basil T’s Best Beer and Brew Pub
July 28th, 2010
Praises continue to pour in for Basil T’s and its hand crafted beer as readers of New Jersey Monthly gave the brews and brew pub high notes, securing two wins for the restaurant. The results of the 27th Annual Readers’ Choice Restaurant Poll are in and the noteworthy beer of the Red Bank brewery and Italian restaurant was honored once again as it won best in Central NJ in both the Best Beer and Best Pub categories.
Basil T’s continues to impress critics and guests with its fresh Italian meals and homemade beer. The 24-year-old restaurant has become a local favorite and one of the best restaurants and bars in Red Bank. The Red Bank microbrewery features a minimum of six hand crafted ales each season.
All of the beers are brewed by Gretchen, who is only the second Head Brewer in Basil T’s history. She has been brewing beers for over 14 years and is a graduate of the American Brewers Guild’s Craftbrewers Apprenticeship Program, in Woodland, CA.
Basil T’s was recently featured in Draft Magazine’s Online Exclusive: Top 10 Beers Brewed by Women, honoring Basil T’s brewer Gretchen Schmidhausler.
Gretchen and Basil T’s have also received recognition for The Original Basil T’s Maxwell’s Dry Stout:
- Gold Medal Winner, 2006 Great American Beer Festival (GABF), “Classic Dry Irish Stout”
- Bronze Medal, 2003 GABF, “Coffee Flavored Beer”
- Gold Medal, 2002 GABF, “Coffee Flavored Beer”
The next time you’re looking for an evening out, Basil T’s will not disappoint you. Plan an evening in Red Bank to enjoy a fresh, authentic Italian meal and a refreshing, cold, award-winning beer at one of the finest restaurants and microbreweries in New Jersey.
Red Bank Microbrewery’s Masterbrewer Attends Brewers Conference
April 29th, 2010
Gretchen Schmidhausler, the award-winning Masterbrewer at Basil T’s Brewery & Italian Grill in Red Bank, N.J., recently attended the 2010 Craft Brewers Conference in Chicago, April 6-11.
One of the first New Jersey brew pubs, Basil T’s has provided Red Bank bar goers with a fine selection of hand-crafted ales since being established as a brewery in 1995. Basil T’s beer menu features six distinctive varieties of beer, including an award winning Dry Irish Stout.
More than 3,000 representatives of smaller brewers from around the world attended the Craft Brewers Conference, which featured a trade show, beer tastings, brewery tours and seminars for brewing professionals.
Gretchen took time out for a photo op with George Wendt, best known for his portrayal of “Norm” on the hit television show “Cheers.” 
Wendt’s famous character, a beer connoisseur in his own right afters years spent in the fictional Boston bar, was the perfect addition to a conference geared toward brewers and other industry professionals.
Gretchen’s work with Basil T’s, one of the best bars in Red Bank, has garnered national recognition and awards including:
- Gold Medal Winner, 2006 Great American Beer Festival (GABF), “Classic Dry Irish Stout”
- Bronze Medal, 2003 GABF, “Coffee Flavored Beer”
- Gold Medal, 2002 GABF, “Coffee Flavored Beer”
The Red Bank microbrewery was voted “the best” microbrewery in Monmouth County in the 2009 Asbury Park Press Reader’s Choice Awards, while receiving the Best Beer award in the 2009 Readers’ Choice Restaurant Poll.
To learn more about Basil T’s award-winning beers, visit http://www.basilt.com/beers.php
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