Beer
The Summer Session: The Bronx Brewery Bronx Pale Ale
I’m admittedly not a big fan of “summer” beers. Ales and lagers that are part of a summer beer program are usually over-the-top with citrus flavoring and other adjuncts. The malt profile in these beers, whether it wheat...
The NYCR Preview to Long Island Craft Beer Week
The Third Annual Long Island Craft Beer Week is actually 10 days if you count the pregame, and I don’t mind that at all. From May 10 through the 19 expect to see plenty of alehouses and beer-centric watering holes promoti...
Crooked Ladder Brewing Company: It’s What’s Brewing on Main Street (Riverhead)
Four years ago, brothers Steven and David Wirth, along with friend and brewer, Duffy Griffiths, got the idea to open a brewery. After years of toiling with town codes and renovating their space, 15 new fermenters are finally ...
The Quarterly Carousal Tonight at Love Lane Kitchen with Brooklyn Brewery
If you are around the East End of Long Island tonight, be sure to stop by Love Lane Kitchen for “The Quarterly Carousal” from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Presented by Edible East End, and Brooklyn Brewery, the event is described as “A...
Southampton Publick House 2013 Russian Imperial Stout
Russian Imperial Stouts, like India Pale Ales, are named after the region they were originally shipped to, rather than where they were brewed. The flavors and alcohol content of these styles (that we have grown to love as con...
A Report from New York City Beer Week
A couple weeks ago, I was able to partake in portions of the 5th annual New York City Beer Week, a celebration including over 100 venues, 300 events, and the takeover of hundreds of tap lines. Some of the city’s most accl...
A Beer-Lovers Fantasy: A Visit to Hoptron Brewtique
Last week, I visited Hoptron Brewtique — which opened last December on West Main St in Patchogue — for the first time. Some fellow beer enthusiasts and I dropped in to see what all the hype was about. Conclusion: th...
Local Kickstarter Campaign: Condzella Hops Unites Long Island Farmers and Local Breweries
Local hop farmer John Condzella has created a Kickstarter Campaign with the hopes buying a used hop-harvesting machine from Germany that will be used not only to harvest his farm’s hops, but any hop farmer’s crop on...
Craft Beer On Long Island Grows Some Hair — Moustache Brewing Company
Is your Fu-Manchu feeling fuzzy? Is your goatee getting tingly? If so, that may be because Moustache Brewing Co. is riding its burly handlebar follicles straight into Riverhead this summer. Proprietors Matt and Lauri Spitz are ...
Surge Protector: Long Island Breweries Brew Up Sandy Relief
Beer people are cool. Beer people are fun. And at heart, they are some of the best people out there. When Hurricane Sandy struck, Barrier Brewing Co. in Oceanside on the south shore of Long Island on October 28 sustained dam...
