The first official party for SERBC weekend will be Thursday Night Throwdown latte art competition, hosted by Octane Coffee.  The site will be Octane’s new shop in historic Grant Park, on 437 S. Memorial Drive in Atlanta.  This spot is rather close to the GWCC and downtown, so getting there should be relatively easy.  (Don’t show up at the original Westside spot!)

The party’s going to start a little earlier than our usual Atlanta TNT’s, with sign-ups starting around 7:30 PM, and pouring beginning at 8:00 PM.  This will allow us to get things going so that those of us with early Friday mornings can get our beauty rest.  There will be a fully stocked bar with cocktails and beer specials, food from the kitchen, coffee, and whatever else that gets your party going.

So get to the ATL in plenty of time to come hang out, especially you out-of-towners, we want to see your A-game!

Throwdown for the month of November will be held at the newest Octane Coffee in Grant Park (@octanegrantpark).  The fellas will be behind the bar for your imbibing pleasure, offering up delicious cocktails and beer, and maybe even a few specials for the party, and the kitchen will be open and serving up eats as well!

Whether it’s lattes or bocce, there will be plenty of ballin’ going down this Thursday.  Empire State South will be our lovely hosts for Septembers Thursday Night Throwdown, and we fully expect a swinging party.  Sign-ups will begin between 8:00-8:30 and the pouring shall commence at 9.  $5 to compete, and there will be plenty of drink specials to complement.  Follow @ESSCoffeeShop as well as @TNTATL for updates on this Thursday.  Come get classy with us!

]]> http://thursdaynightthrowdown.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/september-tnt-ess/feed/ 0 dustyknuckles empire-state-south http://thursdaynightthrowdown.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/tnt-takes-you-back-to-school/ http://thursdaynightthrowdown.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/tnt-takes-you-back-to-school/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:07:12 +0000 dustyknuckles http://thursdaynightthrowdown.wordpress.com/?p=245 ]]> It’s been a great summer break!  Now that all the relaxing and Cup Tasting is over, it’s time to get back into that routine of pouring crazy things into espresso and consuming copious amounts of fine beverage.

That’s right, latte art TNT returns in August!  Usual gig and style, $5 to compete, winner takes all, @Octane Westside, sign ups at 8pm, pouring starting at 9pm.

Come show all your friends what you learned over the summer, or all the summer vacation rust.  Either way, just bring it!

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Hope to see you there!

Our Throwdown this month will be something special indeed.

If you’ve been around the ATL coffee scene for any length of time, you know of Ben Helfen, being the originator of the Thursday Night Throwdown.  You also know of the incredibly difficult situation that he and his wife Brooke have been dealing with in the birth and passing of their first son, Wolfgang.

The coffee community both here and abroad have been incredibly quick to respond with surrounding Ben and Brooke with love, as well as financial support.  Fundraising has gone gangbusters through the Everribbon site set up by Jason Dominy.  We will not be taking up any donations in place of the pot when there’s an incredibly successful fundraising method already in place.  Here’s what we do ask though:  bring your love.  We would like notes, letters, doodles, small gifts, words of encouragement, any token of love written or otherwise from all of you Atlanta TNT’ers that we can pass on to Ben and the Helfen family.

We’re going to have a good night.  We’re going to pour crazy latte art, laugh, joke, and have a great time, because that’s the way it should be.  8pm signups will begin, 9pm pouring will start.  $5 to pour.  I want to see everyone there!

Ladies and gents, there’s so much good stuff going on at this month’s TNT.

First of all, if you’re into pre-gaming and tailgating, Aly and Julia will be outside with the grill cooking hot dogs, brats, and vegan friendly sausages out on the Octane patio!  They’ll be firing up around 5PM, and will go until the wieners run out.  That paired with a Thursday $2 draft will set the evening off right.

EDIT:  The cookout portion of TNT will have to be cancelled, but the rest of the night is still on!  Just wiener-less.  See below.

Octane has been featuring beers from the Hitachino Nest brewery in Japan during the month of April, and a portion of the sales are going to earthquake/tsunami relief.  Hitachino is actually shutting down production to produce clean bottled water for the Japanese people, so we are supporting their cause by drinking their delicious brews while they’re still available!

TNT will be hooking up with the Japan relief as well.  The standard entry fee will be $5, but any extra money donated by competitors signing up will go directly towards our donation to Japan aid.  So, bring your generosity as well as your latte art swag!  Sign ups at 8PM, pouring at 9PM, cook-outs and beer until then.  The weather will be beautiful!

Since most of us will have very busy days starting on Friday, we’re going to get things started a little earlier than normal.  With that said, sign-ups will start at 7, pouring will start around 8, but perhaps sooner if we fill the competitor slots quickly.

As usual, the price to throwdown will be $5, and the winner will take home all the cash in the pot, as well as a special trophy.  Also be sure to bring extra dough for beer/wine/cocktails and your favorite bartender.

So come to the ATL February 10th, and bring your best, coffee people!