Monthly Archives: July 2012

The Story Behind Clam Bake

What started as just one item on the menu for a limited run in 1998, has progressed over the last 14 years to a two week special event with it’s own food and drink menus at Scotty’s Brewhouse locations across the state.  It takes the Directors of Menu Development and Beverage Hospitality months to come up with recipes, ideas, costing, testing and tasting until the perfect seafood and drink collaboration comes together.  Then, the Director of Training and Operations Officers must train all staff and guide the restaurants through implementation.  All for 10 days of seafood enjoyment for you!

It’s Scotty’s Clam Bake 2012 and it is going on until July 29th.

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“It all started with a cook by the name of Rob Frye,” said Eric Schamp, COO of a Pots and Pans Production. “He created a seafood gumbo-stew and Scott loved it.  He gave Rob the ability to come up with his own menu and create something different and fun for our guests during the Summer months.”

"I remember telling Rob to just make sure whatever he did was fun, executable and the key word, 'fresh," said Scott Wise, President and CEO of a Pots & Pans Production.  "Indiana isn't really known for our beaches, oceans and fresh seafood.  So, I told Rob to make sure that our purveyors would get us product that was fresh and in small quantities, so we would sell out fast and create demand."

On previous Clam Bake menus, Scotty’s has featured peel & eat shrimp, fresh shucked oysters, shrimp boils, pasta & clams, "get baked" and "get lei'ed" tee shirts and more.

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Today’s version of Clam Bake is a two week long seafood celebration. Staff members are encouraged to wear Hawaiian shirts and shorts and are often sporting leis around their necks. The restaurants are decorated with beach balls, seashells, tiki torches and other beachfront items.

“We want the staff to have fun during this event,” said Wise.  “We put a lot of effort into planning an event that is only 10 days long.  We are trying to add excitement by doing something different during a time of year when Summer days are hot, sports aren't as abundant on the TV's and can add a 'vacation Carribean-feel' for guests and staff alike.”

This year’s menu features past favorites Bangin’ Shrimp, New England Lobster Rolls, and Lucy’s Lobster Bisque as well as new items like the Bangin’ Shrimp Tacos, and Mussel and Clam Sauté.

"Lucy's Lobster Bisque was about the only successful thing I did at my restaurant that I closed in 2000," said Wise.  "It is funny that many of our guests are always looking forward to having this one item, this one time a year."  (Lucy's Lobster Bisque was named after his restaurant Lucy!Lucy which is his wife's middle name.)

“Clam Bake allows us to have some fun and be creative with our menu,” said Angie Vosmeier, Director of Menu Development. “We try to create items that taste great and compliment each other; not just throw a bunch of seafood items together.”

The Bangin’ Shrimp Tacos are a good example of one of the more creative items. Vosmeier knew she wanted to offer a fish taco type entrée but wanted to put a different spin on it. The Bangin’ Shrimp has always been a guest favorite, so she combined that with bleu cheese coleslaw and red onions to create a unique creative option.

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“The bleu cheese coleslaw works so well with the spicy shrimp,” continued Vosmeier. “These small details really help make something taste fantastic.”

All of these recipes don’t just happen overnight. In addition to old guest favorites, Vosmeier begins working on new menu items for Clam Bake each year, in January. She starts by coming up with some ideas, then testing them out, personally, before submitting to Wise for final approval.

“There is a lot of work that goes into a special event menu like this that people don’t realize,” said Vosmeier. “It, oftentimes, will take several variations of a recipe to get something to taste exactly how we want it. Although we want Clam Bake to be different, remaining true to Scotty’s brand and vision are of utmost importance.”

As with all specialty menus, Clam Bake is for a limited time only with the menu ending July 29th.

Click here to view the 2012 Clam Bake Menu.

Click here to view our 2012 Clam Bake Photo Album.

We would like to hear your thoughts. What do you like or want to see improved about Clam Bake? What would you like to see on the menu next year? Comment below.

Scotty's Joke Contest

This was the challenge issued Saturday Night: 

Contest time: best "it is so hot outside..." or "your momma is so fat" joke that makes me laugh wins gift card.

We had so many responses on twitter and Facebook that I wanted to give each of you the opportunity to vote. Simply comment below your favorite number. On Monday morning we will add them all up and give away some gift cards.

Prizes:

First Place:  $100

Second Place:  $50

Third Pace:  $25

Get voting now. Tell your friends, your buddies, your coworkers whoever you want. Get them voting and win! Good Luck.

Entries: 

1) Victoria Brewer - It's hotter than 2 fat girls looking for a skittle in a Volkswagen .

2) Kimberly Anne Rabe - Your momma is so fat she needs a parade permit to walk down the street!!

3) Marsha Kitchen - Its hotter than a two peckered goat!

4) Michael Markey - It's so hot outside, you could boil an egg still in the chicken.

5 ) Jeff Vest - Yo mama' so fat she's got her own zipcode

6) Michael White - Your momma is so fat that the shadow she casts lowers the temperature by 20 degree's.

7) Matt Leachman - It's so hot outside I saw a squirrel cooling his nuts in a freezer

8) Jeff Duncan - Your momma is so fat she sat on a quarter and a booger shot out of George Washington's nose.

9) Erik Pitner - Your momma is so fat...she has to turn around twice in the shower to wet her back.

10) Erik Pitner -  Momma so fat...she thinks gravy is a beverage.

11) Cathy Sharpe - It is so hot outside...I feel like a whore in church.

12) Scott Ellis - It's soooo hot outside even Mitt Romney seems cool!

13) Janice Gray - Its so hot outside, Scotty's mofo sauce would cool me off!

14) Matt Leachman - Your momma is so fat she broke her leg and gravy poured out

15) Kyle Sanders - It's so hot outsidie that your mama is sweating MoFo sauce, and she is dipping wings in it.

16) Maryka Hodson Napier -  A woman walks into a bar, and she has a duck under her arm. The bartender asks , whats the pigs name? Woman says this is a duck! Bartender says, no, I was asking the duck!!

17) Scott Ellis - It's sooo hot outside Optimus Prime turned into an air conditioner!

18) Steven Amos - It is so hot outside that Chuck Norris started to sweat and...........Wait a second, Chuck Norris has never sweated a day in his life. He is as cold as ice dipped in liquid nitrogen.

19) Jenni Butler - Your momma is so fat she had to be baptized at sea world!

20) Don Arney - Yo momma's so fat, she stepped on the dog's tail and it died.

21) Maryka Hodson Napier - Your mama is so fat, she has more Chins than a Chinese phone book!

22) Chris Raflik -  It is so hot outside my ball sack is sticking to my feet!

23) Scott Ellis - It's so hot Siri asked to stay inside!

24) Sarah Ann Fleenor - It is so hot outside the ice cream truck just melted.

25) Quinn Gilbert -  its so hot out...i saw a fire hydrant ask a dog to pee on it...

26) Matt Wallpe - It's so hot... hot air balloons can't rise.

27) Kat Hesselgrave - Your momma is so fat she wears neck deoderant

28) Robin Roller - It's so hot outside that yo momma used to be fat....

29) Matt Wallpe - It's so hot... I saw a funeral procession in a Dairy Queen drive through.

30) Shawn Quick Raflik - Your Momma is so fat, when she goes outside on a hot day the sweat starts flying & the neighborhood kids run around her like a sprinkler.

31) Dwight Snethen - It's so hot, I'm sweating like Snooki in church.

32) Bradley G Hood -  It's so hot Satan thinks he finally got all mankind in his court....he's in for big surprise...!

33) Kristi Johnson Hamblin - Your momma so fat, she bungee jumped and went straight to HELL !

34) Andrew Personett - It's so hot because your fat momma's gravity pulled the sun too close

35) Jason Preston - Your momma's so fat, she's earnin' dill chips money by providing shade to kids at the neighborhood pool!

36) Kurt Brehm -  Yo momma so fat, when she goes to the zoo, the elephants throw peanuts at her!

37) Keyla D. Lane - It's so hot outside, the ducks at the park come in two varieties: "original recipe" and "extra crispy"!

38) Sally Bannister - it is so hot outside farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs

39) Adam Garrett - Your mother's so fat, when she goes to a restaurant she doesn't get a menu, she gets an estimate.

40) Jennifer Godar - It's hotter than two squirrels screwing in a wool sock (from my husband)!

41) Jeni Billenstein  - It's so hot even Mayor Mike Bloomberg is drinking a Big Gulp!

42) Brady Jackson - It's so hot that Scotty is saving money on electricity by frying dill chips on the sidewalk!

43) Stacey Moran - It's hotter outside than a lonely housewife reading Fifty Shades of Grey at a Magic Mike Screening! ;)

44) Bryan PfishinMagician Hill - It's hotter than the hinges on the gates of Hell....

45) Matt Wallpe - It's so hot... the National Weather Service issued a fat chic in a tank top warning.

46) Sally Bannister - your momma is so fat she left the house in high heels and when she came back she had on flip flops.

47) Tami Boyle Clark - It's so hot, I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking!! :)

48) Franco Dattilo - Its so hot that hell called and asked for its weather back!

49) Phil Wrighthouse - It's so hot, Paris Hilton just shot herself. "My catchphrase is redundant," the suicide note said.

50) Sarah Hill - Your mama so fat, she cut herself and gravy came out.

51) Steven Toberman - Your mommas so fat the oil company bought her some heels to help them strike oil!!

52) Phil Wrighthouse - Dated Joke Alert: Your momma's so fat, she put on a pair of BVDs and, when se was done, they said "Boulevard."

53) Tami Boyle Clark - It's so hot, I saw an Amish guy buying an air conditioner!

54) Roger Jr Fuller - Its hotter than a 1 legged woman in a kick butt contest

55) Craig McCarty - Yo momma's so fat I told her we won the Super Bowl and she walked outside with a spoon!

56) Jessica Lynn Hendricks Phelps It is so hot outside that i feel like i am reading fifty shades of gray at a magic mike screening.

57) Andrew Personett - It's so hot you could fry bacon in your fat moms armpits

58) Jessica Logsdon - Your Mom is so fat, when she went to the top of the St. Louis Arch it turned into a McDonald's sign.

59) Brad Lyle - It's so hot outside that I thought about going somewhere else for a cold beer

60) Tami Boyle Clark - Yo momma's so fat....her cereal bowl comes with a lifeguard~

61) Nathan Trissel - Its so hot outside....I saw a fire hydrant chasing a Dalmatian!

62) Shawn Quick Raflik - It's so hot outside that if a Ginger goes outside they will spontaneously combust!

63) Tami Boyle Clark - yo mommas so fat....she got in a monster truck and turned it into a lowrider....

64) Michael Roque - Yo mommaso fat she fell and broke her leg and mofo sauce poured out

65) Clint McCullough - Yo mama so fat she left the house wearing high heels and came back wearing flip flops

66) Tami Boyle Clark  - Yo momma's so fat...... I took a picture of her last Christmas, and it's still printing.... :)

67) JaymeSteve Herrmann - Your momma so fat she has more rolls than a bakery !

68) Emily Brunette Mitchell -  It is so outside that when I bit into my dill chips, I thought I was eating frozen pickles! :)

69) Steve Strip Strippoli -  It's hotter than a $3 pistol on a Saturday night

70) Brad Shanks - its so hot out i am sweating like obama looking for his birth certificate.

71) Erin Erdmann - Your momma's so fat when she wears yellow she changes the weather

72) Christine Corn Stinson - It's so hot....I got a sunburn just watching the weather report.

73) Angela Hancock Hill - It's so hot outside the squirrels are holding their nuts with oven mitts.

74) Mary Hires - it's so hot outside I saw Optimus Prime transform into an air conditioner

75) Andrew Personett - Your momma's so fat she has to bathe at Sea World and uses Shamoo as a bath toy.

76) Fran Pawlowski - It is so hot outside that the fish are gettin fried right in the water!

77) Becky Kormos - its so hot im sweatin like a whore in chuch.

78) Rusty Gerritson - your mommas sooo fat....when she bends over....we enter daylight savings time

79) Rusty Gerritson - your mommas so fat....when i tell her to haul ass....she has to make 2 trips!

80) Ron Smith - its so hot the workers at the chicken place were jumping in the fry vat just to cool off

81) Andrew Personett - Your momma's so fat she douches with a fire hydrant

82) Rusty Gerritson - your mommas so fat...after sex she smokes a ham!

83) Chris Raflik - Your Momma is so fat the she already busted 7 kiddie pools and has you going to Walmart for another one.

84) Nick Caldwell - Yo momma so fat she makes jabba the hut look anorexic

85) Sarah Parish - Yo momma's so fat she sat on a rainbow and skittles popped out.

86) Katie Hooper - Its hotter than 2 rats screwing in a wool sock on a tin roof in August! (from my cousins in Texas)!

87) Beth Ayen - It's so hot you can wash and dry your clothes at the same time

88) Krista McGuire Deschamp - its so hot out your wife is confused and seeing fireworks for the fourth time in your marriage.

89) JD Sams - Yo momma so ugly she went to the haunted house and they give the bitch an application.

90) Morgan Ellis - Your momma's so fat she saw a school bus & thought it was a Twinkie!

91) Bryce Williams - It's so hot outside, yo momma looks PHAT!

92) Shane Ecker - Yo momma's so fat, when she fell down, she rocked herself to sleep trying to get back up.

93) Jordan Amanda - It's so hot outside, when yo mama stood up, her tramp stamp stayed on her lawn chair.

94) Nicole Didot - Its so hot my sweat has sweat! Just sayn!

95) Nadia Zahedi - It's so hot outside I drank a glass of the MoFo sauce to cool off!

96) Erin Bangel - It's so HOT outside I saw squirrels fanning their nuts!!! HAHHA!

97) Nelly Montoya - It's so HOT outside the COWS are giving EVAPORATED MILK!

98) Nelly Montoya - yo MOMMA So FAT the back of her NECK looks like a pack of HOTDOGS!! 

99) Peggy Newman Herrod - it's so hot that i really prefer menopause.

100) Joshua Williams -  It is so hot the fountains are producing steam instead of water. 

101) Andrew Personett -  It's so hot outside your momma sweats bacon grease

102) Collin Hufhand -  Your mom is so fat that she perspires mayonnaise.

103) Tom Milcarek - it's so hot out I saw an amish woman wearing a pair of Daisy Duke's !

104) Chris Summers - It's so hot outside, I'm sweating like a fat chick writing love letters.

105) Randy Cook - Your momma so fat, when she dances at a concert, the whole band skips...HAHA!

106) Amy Barbaro Coats - It's so hot outside that when I turn the hose on, even the water didn't want to come out.

107) Amy Barbaro Coats - It's so hot outside, Earth & Wind gave in to Fire. 'You win!'

108) Nancy Schmoll Paul - Yo mama's so fat when she died she broke the stairway to heaven

109) Tracy Stokes Concannon - It's so hot out, your mama's sweatin' like the fountain at the Bellagio!

110) Amy Barbaro Coats - It's so hot outside that I heard the ground praying for another great flood.

111) Debbie Rench Dorman - Its hotter than a jalapenos coochie!

112) Chad McCauley - Your momma's so fat, when she bends over it looks like two pigs wrestling over milk duds.

113) Stacy Renee White - It's so hot farmers are feeding ice chips to their chickens so they don't deliver hard boiled eggs.

114) Kelsey Holloway - It's so hot, I'm sweating more than a whore in a church...

115) Emily Smriga Blue - It's so hot outside that Dick Cheney water boarded himself!

116) Emily Smriga Blue - It's so hot I'm sweating like a priest at a little league game! (sorry, not PC) :)

117) Sharon Kay Smith - It is so hot, I hear weeping and knashing of teeth!

118) Vicki Sakha Dickerson - Yo mama so fat she irons her pants on the driveway!

119) Tony A. Patterson - Your mom is so fat the other moms in the neighborhood orbit around her caught by her gravitational pull.

120) Jeremy Ross - Yo momma so fat her blood type is gravy!

121) Vicki Sakha Dickerson - Yo momma so fat she was standing in a corner when a police officer walked by and said "break it up!"

122) Vicki Sakha Dickerson - Yo momma so fat she uses a VCR as a pager!

123) Jeremy Ross - Yo momma so fat, her belt size is equator

124) Chally Sorrell - Abbott Your momma is so fat when she broke her leg gravy poured out !!!!

125) Jeremy Ross  -  Yo momma so fat, that after sex I rolled over twice and i was STILL on top of her!

126) Sunny Currier - It's hotter than mo'fo!

127) Vicki Sakha Dickerson - It's so hot it feels like the devil just farted.

128) Dwight Snethen - It's so hot, even Satan said I'm getting the hell out of here.

129) Sherry Rhorer - Your momma so fat she gets out bed on both sides

130) Tom Jessee - It's so hot, the cows are giving powdered milk!!

131) Tom Jessee - It's so hot, the catfish have ticks on 'em!

132) Leigha Forte - Yo momma so fat she's on both sides of the family!

133) Jeff Lloyd - It's so hot outside I paid yo fat momma to stand in front of my house to block the sun.

134) Shaina Allman - Yo mama so fat she uses diet soap!

135) Jeff Bugher - It's so hot outside, when I lit my grill I felt a blast of cool air.

136) Joshua Young - Yo mommas so fat she uses cheat codes for the wii fit!

137) Jeff Guenther - It's so hot the kids wore out the water in the local pool.

138) Jeni Billenstein - It's so hot the Amish are wearing mini skirts

139) Cheryl Lee Cockrum - You know it's hot when the bees are using the dog's water dish for a hot tub.

140) Michael Charlton - Your mommas so fat she fell in love and broke it

141) Michael Charlton - Your mommas so fat she jumped in the air and got stuck.

142) Kirk K Rich - it is so hot outside we all stood in the shade and thanked you cause your momma is so fat.

143) Rick Whitmore - it so hot outside that your mom slipped in her own sweat and fell on a manhole cover, when she got up there was a circle of fried bacon on her belly...

144) Pam Luke - It's so hot outside Scotty's hot wings are ashamed to call themselves HOT!

145) @Buckeyepharmd -  your momma is so fat she was born April 4th, 5th and 6th.

146) @andrewevans843 -  its so hot outside I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking

147) @cubsfan317 - yo momma so fat Darth Vader modeled the death star after her

148) @Crowd0503 - its so hot I saw two trees fighting over a dog. Also its so hot I say a chicken lay an omelet.

149) @hofmann -  it's so hot, even Mitt Romney is complaining about global warming.

150) @cawilkey1 - it's so hot outside that Jesus has started to turn water into beer and margaritas http://pic.twitter.com/HDZaYhRe

151) @pda1313 - It's so hot outside my balls are sticking to YOUR leg

152) @ToyotaJeff - Yo mama so fat, when she talks to herself it's a long distance call.

153) @pda1313 - Yo mama so fat instead of an STD she gave me cholestorol

154) @taylor1529 - it's so hot Gov. Daniels stepped outside and burned his combover.

155) @pda1313 - Yo mama so fat she has more crack than Whitney and Bobby

156) @ansonpc -  you're mama is so hot even her fat is pretty...see what i did there!

157) @halfpoint22 - It's so hot outside, I just saw a bird using a potholder to pull a worm out of the ground.

158) @Kevin_Swiontek - It's so hot outside your momma isn't fat anymore!

159) @sportnsound - it is so hot outside that even Al Gore cant believe how right he was about Global Warming.

160) @Kgbinder - It is so hot outside even Satan turns on the AC.

161) @ChanningKing - It's so hot Charlie Sheen told his doctor he has an Indy sensation when he pees.

162) @jpschust - Personal favorite: your momma's so fat when she turns around people give her a welcome back party

163) @HenryHoward - It's so hot outside I need some Mo Fo sauce to cool down.

164) @Indyweather24 - It is so hot outside I saw a fire hydrant begging a dog to pee on it

165) @AUBillyGoat32 -  It's so hot today..the National Weather Service has issued a fat guy in tank top warning....

166) @alissabirkel - it's so hot i just saw a chicken lay an omelet.

167) @Cantplaypiano - It's so hot out a cactus offered me a glass of water

Scotty's Celebrates the Fourth

The fireworks may be cancelled this year due to dry conditions, but Scotty's Brewhouse is ready to help you celebrate the Fourth of July by dousing the flames with plenty of ice cold beverages and FREE air conditioning.

"As of the time of this blog post, they are still doing a public display of fireworks over the bridge at Geist and in Downtown Indianapolis," said Scott Wise, President and CEO of a Pots and Pans Production. "Our patio downtown is a great place to see the show directly over head and dinner at the Lakehouse is only a 4 blocks away from throwing out a blanket on the bridge to watch the show in Fishers."

Throughout the year Scotty's offers free meals to Veterans and all men and women of the Armed Forces. They also offer a 10% discount daily to these groups as a way honor their bravery and service. 

"We try to do what we can to show our gratitude in a small way," continued Wise. "I think this is such a small gesture to show our respect and gratitude for the brave men and women of this country that put their lives on the line to protect all of the freedoms we take for granted on a daily basis.  If it weren't for these individuals protecting our freedom we would not be able to do what we do."

Currently Scotty's is running a promotion to benefit families of soldiers who have been killed or disabled in the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan--Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and Operation New Dawn.  From now until July 7th, for anyone who visits any Scotty's location and buys a regularly priced Budweiser Bottle, 25 cents of their purchase will be donated to the Folds of Honor Foundation.

 All Scotty's locations will be open normal business hours on the fourth. The stores will be decorated in red, white and blue and Brewhouse and Thr3e Wise Men locations will be offering specials on carryout growlers.  Remember that you can get Thr3e Wise Men pizza AND beer delivered to you on the Fourth (3 mile radius from restaurant).  Or, pick up carryout growlers of fresh beer from Thr3e Wise Men OR ANY Brewhouse location!  

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If you are planning a cookout on the holiday and want to give it that Scotty's flavor Marsh Supermarkets has all of Scotty's signature sauces available in bottles or you can pick one up at your local Scotty's location. Make sure to take pictures of you using the sauce to get a head start in our "Grilling out with Scotty's Sauce" contest. Details coming in 2 days.

"We had so many requests to take our sauces home we created our own line of sauces that you can purchase at Marsh or at any of our locations," said Angie Vosmeier Director of Menu Development. "If you want that Mo'Fo' flavor at your home cookout now you can have it."

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Many of you will be spending time at the pool over the holiday so don't forget to enter the Best Belly Flop Contest. You have from now through July 5th to enter. Post a video of YOU on our Facebook page doing a belly flop into the pool. You must shout "I love Scotty's Brewhouse" in the air. We will award twenty $25 gift cards for the best videos. You can also post this on twitter, just use the the hashag #sbhbellyflop.

What are you plans for the Fourth? Why are you proud to be an American? We would love to hear your comments below.