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The L Magazine’s History of Beer and Brewing in New York City
The L Magazine has put together a fun, humorous, and educational history of beer, complete with photos. Given our namesake, I’m partial to this illustration: The fact that Duane Reade now sells...
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The Great GoogaMooga Coming to Brooklyn
From the people who brought you the Bonnaroo Festival comes The Great GoogaMooga, a new food/drink/music festival in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. This two day event will feature 75 food vendors, 35...
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Field Report: New York Beer Company
On Sunday afternoon, after watching soon-to-be brother-in-law run the NYC Half Marathon, we visited the newly opened New York Beer Company. Located on 44 St betwen 9 and 10 Ave in Manhattan, this new...
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Birthday Brewery Adventure: River Horse, Sly Fox, Victory
River Horse Brewing A few weeks ago I headed out with my wife, sister, and brother-in-law to go on a quick one day tour of some nearby breweries. We started our adventure at River Horse Brewing Company...
View ArticleTickets Going Fast for Sixpoint and Beer Advocate’s Beer for Beasts Benefit...
Beer for Beasts is happening once again on April 6 at The Bell House in Brooklyn NY. This one of a kind event has Sixpoint brewing dozens of unique, ONE TIME ONLY batches of beers with a host of...
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Brooklyn Brewery’s Garrett Oliver Disagrees with New York Times Regarding...
The New York Times recently wrote an article about the large-bottle beer, calling it the wine-ification of the industry: Several new, high-profile breweries are putting their product only in so-called...
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Ommegang’s Brewmaster Phil Leinhart Talks Game of Thrones Release Schedule,...
Last summer I visited Ommegang in Cooperstown for my brother-in-law’s bachelor party weekend. The beauty of their location is unforgettable, and I find myself referring to the photo I took above of...
View ArticleBig Alice Brewing Offers CSA-Inspired Beer Subscription Service
Are you or someone you know a part of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)? Typically, you are buying a weekly share of fresh fruits and vegetables from a local farmer. Well, Big Alice Brewing, a...
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Interview with Ben Wiley: The Owl Farm in Park Slope Celebrates 1 Year...
Tonight in Brooklyn I’ll be DJing at The Owl Farm, a craft beer bar in Park Slope. If you’re around and like music and/or beer, there’s really no reason why I shouldn’t see you there (especially if...
View ArticleTickets Still Available for Joshua M Bernstein’s Long Island City Homebrew Tour
If you needed plans to do this weekend in New York, your prayers have been answered: Despite New York’s gnat-size apartments, NYC homebrewers refuse to let space limitations detract them from their...
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Brooklyn Brewery Has Begun Bottling Brooklyn Blast!
Chrismas has come early with news that Brooklyn Brewery has begun bottling Brooklyn Blast, one of my favorite IPAs in their new Williamsburg bottling line. Even locally it’s not easy to find this on...
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Interview: Joshua M Bernstein Looks Back at 2013, Discusses Favorite Beer...
Joshua M Bernstein is one of my favorite journalists writing about beer. His style and thoughtfulness in crafting articles makes even the most complex theories about beer become accessible to a wider...
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A Visit to New Jersey’s Carton Brewing Company
To celebrate some birthdays in January, a few of us got together to visit Carton Brewing Company in Atlantic Highlands, NJ. Around for just a little over two years, their beer has been steadily...
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Get Educated While Sampling Beers at American Museum of Natural History
A limited amount of tickets are still available for Wednesday’s 6:30pm session of Taste the Museum: Beer from Around the World at the American Museum of Natural History. Besides getting a guided...
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Queens, New York’s Finback Brewery Opening Tasting Room Saturday
Newcomer Finback Brewery is ready to debut their tasting room Saturday, and they’re doing it with a party: Please join us for the Grand Opening of our Tasting Room. We’ll have special priced pours....
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Photos: Finback Brewery Tap Room Opening
Queen’s Finback Brewery opened their taproom Saturday with a big party featuring cheap pours and BBQ all day long. Moving forward they will be open during limited hours Friday-Sunday, and as demand...
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Dogfish Head + Other Music Bringing Analog-A-Go-Go to New York City
This is an event that I always wish I could attend in Delaware, so I’m super excited it’s coming to New York. There’s two sessions with a limited amount of tickets available, so act fast. That’s...
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Other Half Brewing Begins Limited Canning with Superfun!
Last Sunday, Brooklyn’s Other Half Brewing released their first 16 oz. can release, Superfun!, at the brewery. This 4.2% ABV session pale ale has a great floral, hoppy aroma and is easy to drink....
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