The holiday season – especially New Year’s Eve – is a huge night for a restaurant or bar owner. It’s a time of year when you definitely need a “Plan B” – or even a Plan C – if your beer line goes down or your run out of bulk CO2.

At Irish Carbonic, we’ve got the alphabet covered.

We pride ourselves in protecting your reputation by keeping your taps up and running right. A healthy bar means happy customers, which means more money in your pocket (who doesn’t want that?).

As we push through the holiday season and into 2019, remember that you’re always a phone call away from a local, family-owned business that specializes in round-the-clock service for your bar or restaurant (or any other business that needs bulk CO2, dry ice, or any of our other products or services).

Best of all, you’ll get a live person 24/7/365 when you call our emergency number, so you can rest easy knowing that your downtime will be minimal.

Get peace of mind with there whenever you need us service from Irish Carbonic. Operators are standing by 24/7/365 for your bulk CO2 refills, beer line service and more – Contact us today to learn more.

Memorial Day is behind us, but the big Fourth of July weekend and the rest of summer lie ahead here in the Rochester and Buffalo area.

The question is, are you prepared for the coming summer throng at your bar or restaurant?

With Irish Propane behind you, you will be.

Whether you need 20-lb propane cylinders for your patio heaters (have to keep your guests warm on those unexpected chilly evenings!), propane refills for your gourmet food truck, propane tank recycling or disposal, propane maintenance, or just about any propane-related service, Irish Propane delivers.

And don’t forget our sister company, Irish Carbonic, for all your dry ice, bulk CO2, and beer line needs!

When it comes to propane delivery, don’t forget to plan ahead – especially in the busy summer months. Contact us today to schedule an appointment for a propane refill – or to join the Irish Propane family of customers!

Andy Harris recently performing a professional beer line cleaning.

Beer Line Cleaning is something that every bar or restaurant owner in Buffalo and Western New York, Rochester and Central New York cannot afford to consider.  You don’t want to serve draft beer thru dirty lines to your customers and your customer certainly don’t want to drink their draft beer that is poured thru dirty lines.  You would be amazed what a thorough cleaning of your draft beer lines every month on average would do.  I know, I’ve seen the results.

Why clean your draft beer lines?

• Bacteria, yeast, mold and beer stone will build up and quickly degrade the quality of the draft beer.
• Having proteins, yeast and mold in beer lines can negatively influence beer flavor.
• Beer stone will build up and eventually flake off on the inside of the beer tubing.
• Bacteria can result in serving cloudy off tasting beer.
• Bacteria can also lead to your beer smelling like rotten eggs.

We at Irish Carbonic have developed a 10 point beer line cleaning system that is performed by our service professionals that will give you, the bar or restaurant owner, the peace of mind by knowing that you are serving to your valuable customers the freshest, best tasting draft beer possible because of your professionally cleaned draft beer lines.

What does the 10 point beer line cleaning system include?

1. Flush all lines with biodegradable cleaning solution.
2. Thoroughly rinse lines with fresh water.
3. Clean each tap faucet and surrounding area.
4. Check that all connections are tight and secure.
5. Check walk-in cooler temperature.
6. Check glycol temperature and level.
7. Check pressure settings.
8. Clean glycol chiller condensers.
9. Ensure beer is pouring correctly.
10. Irish Carbonic can provide after hours service 24/7/365.

In addition to this, Irish Carbonic provides as part of the 10 point system:

• Trained professionals for every cleaning.
• A rotating schedule that is convenient for you, you never have to call.
• Access to service techs for after business hours for emergencies.

Don’t you owe it to your customers, your employees, and to yourself to have the freshest, best tasting beer in town?  Call Irish Carbonic at 800.884.0072 and set us up to come out and professionally clean your draft beer lines.  You will be amazed!

Taste of East Aurora is a charming neighborhood café located in the heart of East Aurora.  It is where you will find our newest installation, a three head, cold brewed, nitro infused coffee system.

But to say Taste is only a coffeehouse is like saying Coca-Cola Field only has peanuts.  There is so much more to this cute place.

Taste is also a music café.  The exposed ceiling inside has at least four speakers mounted playing music.  At the time of my weekday visit at 9 am, the easy groove heard was a nice, subtle vibe to the customers who may have been up for a while, or just waking up and strolling over for their cup of joe.  Taste also has a long table towards the front of the store where anyone can buy a CD, presumably from some on the musicians that Taste play over their music system.

Taste is set up cafeteria style where you walk in from the left and place your order from the many options on the colorful blackboards behind the counter, then walk single file to the right of the counter and wait for your order to be completed.  Some items may take a while to prepare since everything is made fresh, so people can sit any one of the numerous long wooden tables if you’re in a group, or a two-top table if your alone, or perhaps at the front of the store where you can sit and read the morning paper that Taste provides while people watching thru the big picture window as East Aurora residents go about their daily lives in this quaint village.

Some of the breakfast items listed on the blackboard include a “Sunrise Benedict”, and a “Bandito Burrito”  All breakfast items that I can see range from $5-9.

Not a breakfast person?  Taste also serves up lunch with blackboard items that include the “Millard Fill-Me-More”, paying tribute to the 13th U.S. President who once called East Aurora home.  All lunch sandwiches come with a side salad and cost $9.95 across the board.  Some of the soup offerings that are available this day at Taste include Nutty Albacore, Hubbard In The Cupboard, and a Soup of the Day.

Taste is also promoting its Lobsterfest which runs May-September and include lobster rolls, cakes, and grilled cheese.

In addition to the nitro infused cold brew that Irish Carbonic installed, beverages of all sorts including lattes, espresso, tea, and frozen drinks are available to enjoy.

Live music on Fridays and Saturday’s in the month of July are listed on a (you guessed it)  blackboard near the entrance.  You can also enjoy a nice day at Taste outside on any one of their sidewalk table with umbrellas.  WiFi is offered free.

Taste Of East Aurora is located at 634 Main St at the corner of Riley.  Hours of operation are 7a-10p M-TH, 7a-11p Friday, 8a-11p Saturday and 8a-8p Sunday.

You should check them out.  #coffeeandgoodstuff