The Best Laid Plans

At Joe Canal's in Lawrenceville and Woodbridge, we work hard to be able to claim that we host the best store events in New Jersey. And while we have fun with these programs, we want you to enjoy them as well. Here's what we're up to.

Events in Lawrenceville

The weekend starts today in Lawrenceville. Today, we offer you an opportunity to acquire a really unique gift item. From 3:30-5:30pm, stop in to create a custom, personalized label for your bottle of Josh Cellars wine. We carry four different Josh Cellars reds, along with two different whites, so there's sure to be a selection for the person you're gifting.

National Cucumber Day was June 14th, in case you missed it. To continue the celebration, we're offering samples of Hendrick's Gin Cucumber Lemonade on Friday, from 4-7pm. Hendrick’s wondrous botanical signature consists of flowers, roots, fruits, and seeds from the world over. They function to complement and set the stage for our delicious duet of infusions: rose petal and cucumber.

Saturday will be a full day at the store. We start with a tasting of Bud Light Lime-a-Rita Splash, from noon-2pm. Lime-A-Rita Splash is a refreshing take on the traditional margarita, but with all the great taste you’ve come to love from Bud Light. It’s made with a careful mix of barley malt, non-malted cereal grains and subtle hopping before undergoing a uniquely special filtration process. It’s then blended with the classic taste of Bud Light Lime, and additional ingredients, to give you that refreshingly easy-to-drink margarita flavor. Lime-A-Rita Splash offers the same great taste as Bud Light Lime-A-Rita, but with a lower ABV rate, so that you can enjoy those margarita moments more often!

From 1-3pm on Saturday, we have a tasting of Sailor Jerry Spiced Navy Rum. The Sailor Jerry recipe is based on the tradition of sailors improving the flavor of their on-board rum rations.  Generally there were two ways to take the edge off rum. One was to age the liquid in wooden casks, which sailors rarely bothered with. The other way was to blend in spices. This is what most sailors did and it's what we do. This tasting is in conjunction with the Sailor Jerry Harley Davidson promotion. The branded Harley is on display at our Woodbridge store until the end of June, and it will be given away via a drawing at the end of the summer. No purchase is necessary to enter the drawing. Details are available at the store.

We wrap up Saturday with a Father's Day favorite: custom engraving of bottles of Johnnie Walker Blue Label. We'll have an engraving machine in the store, ready to put your message right on a bottle of an amazing whisky. That's available from 1-4pm.

Click here for a complete listing of all of the Lawrenceville events.

Events in Woodbridge

And the weekend also starts today in Woodbridge. Please stop in for a tasting of Shiner beers, from 4-6pm. Until the recent hype over the introduction of New Belgium to New Jersey, Shiner was the most in-demand, out of state craft beer.

On Friday, first look for a tasting of Ommegang, from 3-6pm. Included in the sampling is Nirvana IPA, one of their newest releases.

The Friday fun continues with a special gift wrapping and sampling of The Macallan Single Malt Scotch, from 5-7pm. This is another great option for Father's Day.

It's almost anti-climactic, but we are having a wine tasting on Saturday, from 1-3pm. Click here for the tasting menu.

We have plenty of great events coming up. Click here for our full schedule.