December 2011
25 posts
Beer Superlatives: The best and worst of the New...
It’s been a long and very active year on the craft beer scene in New York City this year. We’ve seen new breweries launch, new bars open, a few new out-of-state breweries arrive on our shores, and a few blockbuster beer events. Here are some of the highlights and lowlights of New York’s beer scene in 2011:
Best New Bar Opening Taproom 307 (307 3rd Ave., at 24th St., Murray...
Happy Hour: Happy Holidays, Happy Birthday
It’s Thursday, December 22nd. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:
Green Flash takes over the taps at The Pony Bar (637 10th Ave. at 45th St., Hell’s Kitchen) tonight starting at 6pm, with brews like I Plead the 5th Black IPA, Special Cuvee Tripel, and the Winter’s Folly Winter Warmer all on tap. Brewmaster Chuck Silva will be on...
Power to the People! Shane Welch hands over...
Sixpoint’s Shane Welch and head brewer Ian McConnell ponder plans for a new beer in 2010 (photo via Facebook)
After 7 years at the helm of Sixpoint, founder, brewer, and President Shane Welch is stepping down from brewing operations and handing them over to his staff, he announced today in an email. He’s staying on as the brewery’s president, but with an experienced staff to...
Greenport Harbor Brewing announces move, expansion
This little brewery is getting some big help in the form of a new location.
The news this year has gone to show that our local breweries are seeing huge success - success that’s forcing them to move their brewing operations. Sixpoint started brewing their flagship brews and canned beers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania this spring, because their Red Hook facility just couldn’t keep up...
Happy Hour: Get Flashed
It’s Wednesday, December 21st. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:
Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., West Village) hosts Green Flash starting at 3pm and running all night long. Join the Green Flash family and enjoy some of their rarer beers, like I Plead the 5th Black IPA, The Green Bullet 9th Anniversary ale, and...
Happy Hour: Holidays and HGH
It’s Tuesday, December 20th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:
Barcade Jersey City (163 Newark Ave., at Erie St., Jersey City) hosts Shmaltz starting tonight at 5pm, with the Genesis 15:15, Jewbelation 15, and the Hop Manna IPA being just a few of the many beers they’ll pour. Shmaltz’s Jeremy Cowan will be on hand, and...
How to do beer to celebrate the New Year
Why ring in 2012 with champagne when you can toast the New Year with craft beer? We’ve compiled a list of some of the beer-related New Year’s Eve celebrations in and around New York City.
MONSTER’S BALL, WITHOUT THE HEADBANGING
Well, maybe there will be a little bit of headbanging, but mostly, Brooklyn Brewery’s Monster’s Ball at their brewery (79 N. 11th St., at...
Happy Hour: Lucky for you, there's beer
It’s Monday, December 19th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:
Our friends at Wandering Star wander over to Taproom 307 (307 3rd Ave., at 24th St., Murray Hill) tonight from 7-10pm, pouring four of their beers, each paired with an item from Taproom’s food menu.
If you’re the type who thinks the best beer is free beer,...
Your Beery Weekend: December 16-18
In the rush before the holidays, why not take a break and enjoy a beer event or two this weekend? We’ve got a idea of how to do that… after the jump, everything you need to know about beer events in and around New York this weekend. Enjoy!
FRIDAY
Friday always seems to be free tasting day, and today is no exception! Victory is pouring free samples at Greene Grape Provisions...
Happy Hour: Thirsty Thursday
It’s Thursday, December 15th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:
Barcade (388 Union Ave., at Ainslie St., Williamsburg) holds its annual Winter Beer Night tonight starting at 5pm… and the tap list is a doozy! The Bruery 4 Calling Birds, Dogfish Head Faithfull, He’brew Jewbelation 15, and the Kelso Cabernet Quad Bock are just a...
Beer spots to watch for this winter
City Swiggers, which celebrated its grand opening last week on the Upper East Side, is one of many new New York beer spots opening this winter (photo via Facebook).
Every now and then, we feel like new beer shops and bars open in waves. If that’s true, New York should brace for the doozy of a wave that’s headed our way. Over the next couple of months, some new beer spots are opening...
Happy Hour: Itching for a Scratch Beer
It’s Wednesday, December 14th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:
Taproom 307 (307 3rd Ave., at 24th St., Murray Hill) hosts Shmaltz tonight with a holiday tap takeover starting at 7pm. Appropriately, they’ll have 15 beers on tap to celebrate the brewery’s 15th anniversary.
The Scratch Beer Series from Troegs goes on tap at...
Happy Hour: Victory is yours!
It’s Tuesday, December 13th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:
Victory takes over the taps at The Pony Bar (637 10th Ave. at 45th St., Hell’s Kitchen) tonight starting at 6pm, with 22 beers on tap including Old Horizontal barleywine, Moonglow Weizenbock, Hop Wallop on cask, and a whole lot more. Plus, order a pint of the Prima Pils and...
Southern Tier debuts Oak-Aged Pumking in NYC
There are plenty of places that Southern Tier could debut its new Oak-Aged Imperial Pumking. But the second coming of the Pumking, which, as you can imagine from the description, is an oak-aged version of the much-beloved original, will appear on tap for the first time anywhere right here in New York City this Wednesday.
The beer make its first appearance on tap at The Ginger Man (11 E. 36th...
Your Beery Weekend: December 9-11
A bar crawl, a beer festival, and brunching can help make your weekend perfectly full of beer. After the jump, everything you need to know about beer events in and around New York this weekend. Enjoy!
The full calendar is after the jump…
FRIDAY
Try some Victory at Eagle Provisions (628 5th Ave., at 18th St., Park Slope) from 2-4pm and A&K Supermarket (409 5th Ave., at...
Happy Hour: Thirsty Thursday
It’s Thursday, December 8th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:
Sixpoint takes over the taps at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., at President St., Park Slope) beginning at 7pm. They’re bringing a huge lineup, including Gorilla Warfare coffee porter, the Atlantic Amber, the new Mad Scientists #7 Cranberry Porter, and a cask of Autobahn...
Beer Link Roundup
On the deck of Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, Virginia, overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains (photo by Chris O’Leary)
Here’s what’s brewing on the beer scene this week in New York and beyond:
A few tickets left for this weekend’s Beer Bar Festival at The 404 [Thrillist]
Whiskey and Beer Pairing Dinner this Saturday at Manchester Pub [BeerMenus]
Some more pictures from our Barcade...
Happy Hour: There's no place like bars for the...
It’s Wednesday, December 7th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:
Celebrate Holiday Beers all day and night at Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., West Village) today starting at 3pm. They’ll have a bevy of holiday seasonal beers on tap, including Anchor Christmas Ale, Mahr’s Christmas Bock, Mikkeller...
Happy Hour: Thirsty... Tuesday?
It’s Tuesday, December 6th. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:
Good Beer (422 E. 9th St., btw. 1st Ave. and Ave. A) has a Dogfish Head tap takeover tonight. It might be the biggest tap takeover we’ve ever seen the year-old beer store do. They’ll have eight lines on, including 120 Minute IPA, Immort Ale, Bitches Brew, Rasion...
We went to all three Barcades in one day (and you...
On Saturday morning, six dedicated beer drinkers and lovers of the chain of Barcades met at Penn Station for a three-state, twelve-hour bar crawl with one goal in mind: visiting all three Barcade locations in one day.
We were exhausted, and we picked up a few people along the way, but we succeeded with flying colors!
After a 90-minute train ride to Trenton from Penn Station and a quick...
Happy Hour: Repeal Day Edition
It’s Monday, December 5th… Repeal Day! 78 years ago today, Prohibition was repealed after passage of the 21st Amendment. Celebrate… here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:
It’s Rare Beer Night at Valhalla (815 9th Ave., at 54th St., Hell’s Kitchen) starting at 6pm. They’ll be pouring some hard-to-get brews like Rogue...
Your Beery Weekend: December 2-4
What a weekend we’ve got ahead of us! A bar crawl, a beer benefit, a Belgian beer festival… it’s enough to make your head spin! If you’re the type that plans out your weekend according to beer, this rundown is for you. After the jump, everything you need to know about beer events in and around New York this weekend. Enjoy!
The full calendar is after the jump…
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A beer bar for every occasion
Every now and then, we get asked for a beer bar recommendation. Usually, it starts as something like, “hey, what’s a bar with good beer and [insert other characteristic here]?”
Given the sheer number of drinking establishments in and around New York City, we think there should be an answer to every single one of those questions. So, we’re compiling some of those...
Smorgasburg + Brooklyn Brewery = Smorgasbrewery
The beloved food-based version of Brooklyn Flea, Smorgasburg, has been hugely successful since its launch in the spring. But as the good weather comes to a close and winter rears its ugly head, we figured Smorgasburg was going to close up shop for the season and come back in the Spring.
But not so fast! Smorgasburg has an indoor location now, and it’s none other than Brooklyn Brewery!
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Happy Hour: Thirsty Thursday
It’s Thursday, December 1st. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight (it’s a long list… strap in!):
Tonight at 7pm at Idle Hands Bar (25 Avenue B, at 2nd St., East Village), they serve up a tasting of two beers that exclusively use Centennial and Cascade hops: Bronx Brewery Pale Ale and Victory Hop Devil. Folks from both breweries...