By Contributing Columnist Donavan Hall Show notes: On today’s show, let’s talk about summer beers. Right now I’m drinking Shoals Pale Ale from Smuttynose. Okay it’s not a Long Island beer, but I picked this up at Big Z’s in Huntington along with some other summer beers. My idea of a summer beer is one that is thirst quenching, light on the alcohol, and has a dry finish (tartness is a bonus). Speaking of summer beers, I brewed a hefeweizen last Sunday. It’s fermenting away right now. I brewed this beer from extract (a prepared malt syrup) instead of starting…
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Beer Podcast: Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
By Contributing Columnist Donavan Hall I’m back this week with more reportage on the Long Island beer scene. For the whole story, you’ll have to listen to the podcast (links below), but I’ll give you a quick overview of what to expect. On today’s show, I take a trip to out to Big Z Beverage in Huntington (1675 East Jericho Tpk., 631-499-3479) and talk to the new owner, Mark Tuchman. He took over the business a little over two months ago and he’s been reshaping his beer store into a craft beer destination. In the Long Island Beer Round-up, I…
Beer Podcast: Recap of Beer Dinner at Deks
On today’s show you’ll get a quick update about what’s happening in Long Island’s beer scene. Check the calendar often if you don’t want to miss a beer event. Featured Beer: Our featured beer is the Southampton May Bock. We taste that and give you our impressions. Beer/Food Pairing: Then, Rich and I talk about the beer dinner at Deks in Rocky Point. The story behind this beer dinner is this: Together with podcast regular, Mike, I encouraged the owners of Deks to stage a beer dinner. Beer dinners are something that I know a lot about. My wife Denise…
Beer Podcast – Southampton Biere de Garde
By Contributing Columnist Donavan Hall On today’s show… I’m joined by my co-host Rich Thatcher. We’ll be taking you to Spuyten Duyvil, a cool beer bar in Brooklyn. Our featured beer of the day is Southampton’s Bière de Garde. I was hoping to get some coverage of last night beer dinner out at Southampton Publick House, but I didn’t get back from the dinner until after midnight. Needless to say I had a good time. I’ll tell you all about it soon. Southampton is putting on their beer dinner again, but this time in Huntington at Canterbury Ales. This event…
A Long Island Beer Podcast: The Daily Catch
By Contributing Columnist Donavan Hall A little more than two years ago, I started exploring the world of podcasts. I forget the details, but I know Lenn planted the seed for the idea of doing a beer podcast. He sent me a link to a wine podcast and I started listening. Being a beer enthusiast I started searching for beer related podcasts. I found a few and started listening. It wasn’t long before I plugged a microphone into my laptop and started doing my own podcast. The Daily Catch (that’s the name of my podcast) went through a number of…
Re-Welcome Donavan Hall to LENNDEVOURS
You may have noticed that LENNDEVOURS’ contributing beer columnist, Donavan Hall, hasn’t been writing much for us lately. Don’t worry, he hasn’t vanished from the face of the earth. He’s just been busy. Like yours truly, he holds down a day job while exploring his passion for beverage writing in off hours. While I focus mainly on wine, the object of his desire is another fermented adult beverage–beer. This guy knows a lot about beer (I mean A LOT) and he even brews his own at home. From the sounds of it, he brews a lot of beer at home.…