Praises continue to pour in for Red Bank brewery and Italian Grill Basil T’s.  The restaurant and its hand crafted beer received high reviews in recent restaurant rankings from the readers and writers of two leading New Jersey magazines.

New Jersey Monthly’s 27th Annual Readers’ Choice Restaurant Poll awards the brews of the Red Bank brewery and Italian restaurant as the winner in the Best Beer and Best Pub categories in Central Jersey.

Inside Jersey’s Best of N.J. Restaurants feature listed Basil T’s as the winner for Best Brew Pub in New Jersey.

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 Schmidhausler, 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.

Wine Society Exclusive List – Updated for August 2010

Everyday, Wine Society Members can purchase these wines for half off the prices shown below.

Wine Society Exclusive List

Everyday, Wine Society Members can purchase these wines for half off the prices shown below.

Vini Rossi

Villa Rocca Pinot Nero 2008 (Veneto)
100% pinot nero
30

Grimaldi Dolcetto di Diano D’Alba 2007 (Piemonte)
100% dolcetto
33

Sottimano Mate 2007 (Piemonte)
100% brachetto
34

Odoardi Savuto 2004 (Calabria)
45% gaglioppo, 15% greco nero, 15% nerello cappuccio, 15% magliocco canino, 10% sangiovese
36

Dimajo Norante Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 (Molise)
100% cabernet sauvignon
38

Cusumano Benuara 2006 (Sicilia)
70% nero d’avola, 30% syrah
38

Statti Gaglioppo 2006 (Calabria)
100% gaglioppo
38

Terre Borboniche Ciro Rosso 2004 (Calabria)
100% gaglioppo
38

Castello Di Luzzano Carlino 2006 (Lombardia)
100% croatina
39

Smeriglio “Baracchi” Merlot 2006 (Toscana)
100% merlot
40

Meso Buio 2005 (Sardegna)
100% carignano
41

Oddero Barbera D’Alba 2006 (Piemonte)
100% barbera
42

Mazzei Bronzone Morellino di Scansano 2004 (Toscana)
100% sangiovese
44

Mascarello Dolcetto D’Alba 2005 (Piemonte)
100% dolcetto
48

Principe Pallavicini Amarasco 2005 (Lazio)
100% cesanese
48

Cantine Ciolli “Cirsium” Cesanese 2003 (Lazio)
100% cesanese
60

Colle dei Venti Barbaresco 2006 (Piemonte)
100% nebbiolo
60

Tolaini Valdisanti Toscana IGT 2006 (Toscana)
75% cabernet sauvignon, 20% sangiovese, 5% cabernet franc
80

Garda Classico Rosso 2004 (Lombardia)
85% groppello, 10% sangiovese, 5% barbera e marzemino
80

Lungarotti San Giorgio 2000 (Umbria)
50% cabernet sauvignon, 40% sangiovese, 10% canniolo
90

Avignonesi Desiderio Merlot 2005 (Toscana)
100% merlot
90

Donatella Cinelli Colombini Brunello di Montalcino 2004
100% sangiovese
100

Domus Vitaes Brunello di Montalcino 2004 (Toscana)
100% sangiovese
100

Vini Bianchi

Mandarossa Fiano 2008 (Sicilia)
100% fiano
29

Cataldo Sauvignon 2009 (Sicilia)
100% sauvignon blanc
29

La Rocca Pinot Grigio 2009 (Veneto)
100% pinot grigio
30

Allegrini Corta Giara Chardonnay 2008 (Veneto)
100% chardonnay
30

Alios Lageder Pinot Grigio 2007 (Alto Adige)
100% pinot grigio (Oak Aged)
32

Re Manfredi Bianco 2008 (Basilicata)
70% muller thurgau, 30% traminer
36

Attems Pinot Grigio 2008 (Friuli)
100% pinot grigio
40

Edi Kerber Colliio Bianco 2008 (Alto Adige)
70% friulano, 15% malavasia istriana, 15% ribolla gialla
60

Brewmaster Gretchen Schmidhausler of Basil Ts Brewery & Italian Grill, one of the best bars in New Jersey, recently returned from a trip to Germany where she had the enviable opportunity to sample some locally-brewed varieties of beer.

During her stay in Bavaria, one of the world’s true beer meccas, Gretchen visited Wurstkuchl, a tavern situated along the Danube River . Wurstkuchl (pictured, right) has roots that date back to the 12th century when the location provided slow-simmered meals for stonemasons, dockers and crane workers.

Though now geared largely toward visitors, Wurstkuchl serves much the same purpose it did hundreds of years ago: providing its patrons with delicious food and drink.

While there Gretchen enjoyed Bavarian wheat beers, dark and golden lagers, and Rauch (smoked) beers. The tastes and aromas will serve as inspiration for future beers brewed at the Red Bank bar Basil T’s.

Never satisfied with producing anything less than the best, Gretchen is always looking for ways to improve an already award-winning selection of beers at Basil Ts.

Visit the Basil T’s website to view its world-class authentic Italian menu and to learn more about its six, handcrafted beers: http://www.basilt.com/

Learn More About One of the Top New Jersey Bars

Stay current on all the latest news, including Gretchen’s adventures in the brewing world, here and at: http://www.basilts.net