Beer
A Visit to the Newly Opened Crooked Ladder Brewing Company
Last month, Crooked Ladder Brewing Company opened its doors at 70 West Main Street in downtown Riverhead. The building’s brick facade sports the brewery’s name above open bay doors, inviting the passerby inside for a ta...
Farm to Pint Provides Local Breweries with Local Ingredients
Last weekend I realized how lucky I am. I was raised, and live, in a small farming community. The farms and people that call the North Fork of Long Island home are a huge part of my life. My life is actually dependent on it. Mo...
Barrage Brewing Co. Latest Long Island Nanobrewery to Leverage Kickstarter
Barrage Brewing Co., one of Long Island’s newest nanobreweries is trying to get its doors in East Farmingdale open after well over a year of trials and tribulations (mostly with regulations) at a couple different l...
The Summer Session: Southampton Publick House Biere de Mars
The literal translation of the French phrase, “Biere De Mars,” is “Beer of March.” Traditionally, this farmhouse-style beer is made in early spring with the first harvest of grain, and then aged before release. The br...
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...
