January 2011
29 posts
A case of mistaken beer identity
In the past couple of weeks, we’ve told you about a Pretty Things beer dinner at L’asso and the fact that Narragansett is now available in New York City.
We thought those things had nothing to do with each other, but sometimes, things can come together in bizarre ways.
L’asso (192 Mott St., at Kenmare St., Little Italy) began serving Narragansett Lager on tap for the first time on...
Get Real NY is back for Round Two
Last year, Rattle-N-Hum co-owner Patrick Donagher and friends had a dream of a massive event that celebrates cask beer… and it came true with Get Real NY, which played host to hundreds of thirsty beer aficionados at each sold-out session last September. Given its success last fall, Patrick almost immediately told us he’d be making it a twice-annual event and would be holding it again...
Beer Link Roundup
Here’s what’s fermenting in the beer world:
Nocturnalist visits East Coast vs. West Coast Punk Rock Brew Tour at Staten Island’s Wild Goose [City Room]
The Post discovers vintage beers; opens with obvious reference to wine
TONY offers their take on previously-visited Porterhouse Brewing at Fraunces Tavern and Keg No. 229
Long Island adds new nanobrewery to its roster, Freeport’s...
Meet Sixpoint's next Mad Scientists Series Beer
For months, we’ve been watching patiently since Sixpoint Craft Ales and Stumptown Coffee hinted at a potential collaboration. Finally, we know what that is: the second beer in their Mad Scientists Series will be the Berserker Coffee Bock. It will make its debut at the fully booked Sixpoint Beer Dinner on February 1st at The Vanderbilt (570 Vanderbilt Ave., at Bergen St., Prospect Heights),...
Whole Foods Bowery Beer Room gets bulk grain
For homebrewers in Manhattan who were in a bind, it was nice to have some grain available at Whole Foods Bowery Beer Room (95 E. Houston St., at Chrystie St., Lower East Side) for some last-minute ingredients without going to Brooklyn.
Now, things are getting even easier. As Whole Foods mentioned on Facebook today, they now have grain available in bulk (pictured above), so you can cater down...
Happy Hour: Welcome to the Sideshow
Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:
The East Coast vs. West Coast Punk Rock Beer Tour moves on to The Pony Bar (637 10th Ave. at 45th St., Hell’s Kitchen) tonight at 7pm, pitting five beers from four breweries (Lagunitas, Ballast Point, Victory, Smuttynose) against each other for geographic supremacy. And there will be punk rock and giveaways all night, too.
For those more...
East Village bar earns a badge of honor
Social media can be addictive, and nothing feeds that addiction better than a new online service that tracks which beers you’ve had and awards you with badges for having certain beers, certain styles, or certain quantities. If you haven’t heard of Untappd yet, you’re probably the type of beer geek who doesn’t have a Facebook profile or a Twitter account (and hey, more power to you if you...
Happy Hour: A Rare Night in Brooklyn
Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:
Get one of your first chances to sample the new Thirteen Anniversary Ale from Ithaca Beer Company at Good Beer (422 E. 9th St., btw. 1st Ave. and Ave. A) tonight starting at 6:30pm. They’ll also have a few other beers on tap from that hippie-dippie town Upstate, and a beer-and-cheese pairing to boot.
Brooklyn Brewery will pour the...
Two Beer Dinners to curb your appetite and whet...
We’ve got two beer dinners coming up this week that pair a great brewery with a local eatery to create a well-paired menu. We know, we know… it’s January and you’re on a diet. But you might as well make at least one exception and live a little, right?
First up, tomorrow night, Back Forty (190 Avenue B, at 12th St., East Village) will partner with Brooklyn Brewery for a...
Beer Link Roundup
Here’s what’s fermenting in the beer world:
More coverage of Brooklyn Brewery’s expansion from the Daily News
UES bakery Orwasher’s baking beer bread using Sixpoint Otis Stout [HuffPo]
Jimmy Carbone of Jimmy’s No. 43 talks up cassoulet and craft beer [Zagat]
Brewery Ommegang announces 2011 release schedule [The Foaming Head]
A few tickets still available to January 29th...
Happy Hour: Thirsty Thursday
Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:
Because you need to be reminded that there are indeed places much colder than New York City in the winter, Dive Bar (732 Amsterdam Ave., at 96th St., Upper West Side) is having a New York State Tap Takeover tonight, with all their lines dedicated to Saranac, Lake Placid, and Ithaca.
Southampton breaks out the good stuff tonight at The Gate...
Draft Magazine and Heartland Brewery present The...
It always seems that beer snobs in New York give Heartland Brewery an especially hard time. Yes, it’s a chain, but it’s a local chain. Yes, they do a steady business with tourists, but that doesn’t mean it’s not good. No, they don’t brew their beer on-premises, but the beer is brewed in the city by a respected brewery. Yes, they do a steady business with beer styles...
Happy Hour: Around the world, around the block
Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:
The “Shelton Brothers Winter World Tour” is at Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., West Village) starting at 3pm today. It’ll feature over 20 winter seasonal beers from the famed importers. Among the breweries represented: Denmark’s Mikkeller, the UK’s Ridgeway, plus a boatload of Belgian...
Happy Hour: Boulder gets your rocks off
Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:
Boulder Beer takes over all 20 taps and 2 casks at The Pony Bar (637 10th Ave. at 45th St., Hell’s Kitchen) tonight with an impressive selection, including Bourbon-Barrel Vanilla Porter, Obovoid Stout on nitro, and the Bourbon Barrel Coffee Flashback.
Across the Hudson in Jersey, it’s Blue Point night at The Shepherd & The...
First Look at 61 Local
In an unsuspecting facade on a quiet Brooklyn street, 61 Local is an understated spot with huge potential.
“Local” has become a buzz word lately. In some cases, it’s been overused. Yes, the locavore movement has certainly made us more aware of the source of our food, but when it comes to craft beer, many bars are far too tempted to bring in far-off, rare beers for the sake...
Happy Hour: Beer-Colored Glasses
Another quiet Monday night, but here’s a beer-related going-on after work:
In Brooklyn, The Double Windsor (210 Prospect Park West, at 16th St., Windsor Terrace) will team up with Pretty Things tonight at 8pm for a St. Botolph’s Town Pint Night. It’s simple: buy a pint of St. Botolph’s Town, and keep the glass. In the spirit of all things rustic and vintage, it’s...
Brooklyn Brewery honors expansion with new...
As we teased last week, the expansion of Brooklyn Brewery’s space in Williamsburg is complete, and to christen the new brewing system last week, brewmaster Garrett Oliver and his team brewed up the brewery’s newest beer, Main Engine Start.
It’s another addition to the brewery’s Brewmaster’s Reserve Series, and like the others, it’ll be draft-only....
Beer Link Roundup
Here’s what’s fermenting in the beer world:
Sixpoint to harvest wild yeast from the air in New York Harbor for a beer in their Mad Scientist Series [NY Times]
New Brooklyn Brewery space up and running; to release Main Engine Start to commemorate opening [Brooklyn Paper]
The people (literally) behind the taps of New York’s beer bars [Edible Manhattan]
Times discovers three-month-old...
Happy Hour: Thirsty Thursday
Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:
Ommegang is serving up samples of its beers tonight from 5-9pm at Whole Foods Bowery Beer Room (95 E. Houston St., at Chrystie St., Lower East Side). Among those you can taste will be their Chocolate Indulgence, Three Philosophers, and their BPA.
It’s a Sierra Nevada tap takeover at Brooklyn’s Bierkraft (191 5th Ave.,...
Captain Lawrence 5 Years Later to release in...
We mentioned last week that Pleasantville’s Captain Lawrence Brewing Company received label approval on a fifth anniversary beer. Now, we know that it’ll be releasing in Mid-February, according to the latest missive from brewer Scott Vaccaro. No exact date has been offered for its release, but the beer will be sold in 750mL bottles for $15 a piece.
Also from Scott, new batches of...
Happy Hour: Shameless Self-Promotion
Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:
Another edition of Smart Questions for Stupid People, a trivia night sponsored by BrewYorkNewYork.com and SKI Beer, starts tonight at 8pm at Destination (210 Avenue A, at 13th St., East Village). We’ll be giving away free beer from Harpoon, glassware, and other goodies to the winners. Plus, you can grab a craft can with the addition...
Happy Hour: Things get Shmaltzy
It’s a quiet Monday, so here’s one after-work craft beer event:
Shmaltz Brewing takes over some of the taps at Good Beer (422 E. 9th St., btw. 1st Ave. and Ave. A) tonight starting at 6:30. Shmaltz’s founder, Jeremy Cowan, will be on hand discussing his new book Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah. They’ll have some He’brew and Coney Island beers on tap, including the vertical...
First Look at The Porterhouse Brewing Company at...
Less than a month ago, I mentioned that the Financial District was always lacking some good craft beer options. Now, it has two.
There’s a small chain of bars in the British Isles under The Porterhouse Brewing Co. umbrella, based in Dublin with a brewery that brews beer exclusively for their locations that include one in Covent Garden in London and a handful of bars around Dublin. Now,...
Get casked this weekend at dba Brooklyn
Is it time for another one of these already? Cask beer expert Alex Hall of Gotham Imbiber has curated another festival this weekend at d.b.a. Brooklyn (113 N. 7th St., at Berry St., Williamsburg). It’ll feature 15 casks from various breweries both American and imported. All are poured at a low price and can be order by the pint or half-pint.
Among the selections Alex previewed for me...
Happy Hour: The First Thirsty Thursday of '11
Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:
Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave., at Franklin St., Greenpoint) hosts Greenport Harbor Brewing tonight starting at 7pm. They’ll have some tasty winter beers on tap like Antifreeze (an Old Ale) and their Duck Porter, plus a cask of their Disorient IPA and a special beer that they say “no one has ever tasted” - including...
Narragansett Beer coming to New York City
It may seem like blasphemy to native New Yorkers, but “the official beer of the clam” is coming to the city starting later this month. Narragansett Beer, based in Rhode Island but brewed in Rochester, will begin distribution through Union Beer in late January.
Since I am a native of Rhode Island, this is probably much bigger news to me than anyone else, but Narragansett provides...
Happy Hour: Snag an exclusive brew
Here are the beer-related goings-on after work tonight:
Head to Rattle-N-Hum (14 E. 33rd St., at 5th Ave., Midtown) to get your first taste of the new Mikkeller/Stillwater Artisinal Ales collaboration: Our Side, a hybrid of Mikkeller’s Stateside IPA and Stillwater’s Stateside Saison. They’ll be tapping one of only three firkins in the nation tonight at 6pm.
Up in Peekskill,...
New 5-Year Anniversary brew coming from Captain...
It was early in 2006 when Captain Lawrence Brewing Company got its Federal approval for its first beer. Now, five years later, it presents 5 Years Later, a “deep dark and hoppy” beer we don’t yet know much about, but we can share brewer Scott Vaccaro’s description on the label that got Federal approval last week:
Five years later, I look back at all we have gone through...
Happy Hour: First of 2011
Welcome back from the holidays! It’s 2011, and here’s your first look at the beer-related going(s)-on after work tonight:
It’s a “Sweet & Sour Tasting” tonight starting at 5pm at Bier International (2099 Frederick Douglass Blvd., at 113th St., Harlem). The Sweet is an assortment of beers from Sixpoint Craft Ales. The Sour is their new pickled herring, available...