December 2010
11 posts
Happy Hour: Christmas Eve Eve Eve Edition
Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:
Over in Jersey at Cloverleaf Tavern (395 Bloomfield Ave., at Hanford Pl, Caldwell), enjoy four tap lines dedicated to Brooklyn Brewery tonight at 6pm. They’ll be pouring Black Chocolate Stout, Pilsner, Buzz Bomb, and some good old Summer Ale on the cheap. Plus, they’ll have Sorachi Ace and Brooklyn Lager in bottles.
Christmas...
Happy Hour: Solstice Edition
Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:
Lagunitas takes over the taps at The Pony Bar (637 10th Ave. at 45th St., Hell’s Kitchen) tonight with an event starting at 6pm. Among the taps with be New Dogtown Pale Ale, Brown Shugga, and Wilco Tango Foxtrot. WTF? Get down there already.
Green Flash is at Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown) tonight, with a bevy of...
Pour your own beer at Keg No. 229. Or don't.
Over the past week, a handful of local blogs have been abuzz with news that a new bar had opened downtown that lets you pour your own beer. I was suspicious. The concept of pouring your own beer sounds much better in theory than in practice, I thought. And while I’m still skeptical about what type of person will be drawn to this quirk, Keg No. 229 (229 Front St., at Peck Slip, Financial...
Quick Hits: Pre-Holiday Rush Edition
If writing about beer was my day job, I’d be providing tons of content for you each day. Unfortunately, it’s not. But here are some quick hits from the city’s beer scene:
DOUBLE THE TAPS The folks at Beer Table (427B 7th Ave., at 15th St., Park Slope) announced this week that they’ve added three new taps to their small restaurant, bringing them to a total of six to...
Meet White Birch Brewing, the latest brewery to...
We in New York City haven’t been graced with much beer from New Hampshire. Sure, we know Smuttynose. We see a bit of RedHook every now and then. And beer geeks know about The Portsmouth Brewery, mostly for Kate the Great, a Russian Imperial Stout that people clamor for each year during its on-site March release.
But we haven’t seen a small craft brewery from New Hampshire make waves...
Brew York, New York presents Trivia Night tonight...
It’s shameless self-promotion, but tonight at 8pm, we’re sponsoring trivia (hosted by your dear editor) at Destination (210 Avenue A, at 13th St., East Village). S.K.I. Beer is our co-sponsor, offering up tons of fun prizes like beer glassware and real, actual beer to take home.
And while not a craft beer bar, Destination will be pouring Peak Organic Nut Brown Ale - a great brown...
Sixpoint gets scientific at Blind Tiger tonight
Sixpoint Craft Ales has been teasing us for months on Facebook with pictures of some of the ingredients they’ve been experimenting with for their new Mad Scientists Series. Beginning this month, and every two months thereafter, they’ll release a new beer with some pretty cool ingredients.
Tonight at Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., West Village), you’ll...
A beer geek gift idea, brewed Jersey fresh
Earlier this year, New Jersey Beer Co. in North Bergen sent its first keg out from the brewery. A small operation has grown to distribution from Wayne to Atlantic City, Haddonfield to Ridgefield Park, and soon to New York City. They released their first seasonal beer - the Weehawken Wee Heavy earlier this fall, and will soon be brewing up a new seasonal four times a year. And, since that’s...
More events to keep warm this weekend
It doesn’t look this warm in Vermont right now, and it’s not this warm here now, either. So why not indulge in some great Vermont beer?
We already told you last week about two beer events today, but wait! There’s more!
First, at Mugs Alehouse (125 Bedford Ave., at N. 11th St., Williamsburg), there’s more Belgian beer to be had, as the fifth annual Belgium 2 Brooklyn runs...
Happy Hour: It's cold out here, where's my beer?
Take a deep breath. Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:
Sixpoint is at Whole Foods Upper West Side (808 Columbus Ave., at 97th St., Upper West Side) today from 4-7pm pouring samples of Sehr Crisp Pilsner, Belgian Rye, and Otis. Plus, at 6pm, Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo will serve up some items from the The Frankie’s Spuntino Kitchen Companion and Cooking...
Canadian Invasion tonight at Blind Tiger
Two years ago, at the Vermont Brewers Festival, I stumbled upon the tent with the longest line at the end of the afternoon session and asked someone in line what the buzz was all about.
“Some French-Canadian brewery,” they said. “Their beer got stuck at the border last night.”
We lined up and tried a couple of their beers. We enjoyed them so much, we went to the back of...