Home brew champion and LENNDEVOURS contributing columnist Donavan Hall has been inviting me to local beer-related events for some time now. In fact, he’d say that it’s been 4 years. I’m not so sure that it’s been that long, but it had been way too long before I finally took him up on it and attended Firkin Friday at Deks in Rocky Point, NY on Friday night. Those in attendance enjoyed the Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale on cask, as well as several other terrific brews. It was a pleasure to meet fellow members of the Long Island Beer & Malt…
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November 9th Cask Night at Deks
By Donavan Hall, Beer Columnist A little over a month ago I told you about the first "Firkin Friday" at Deks in Rocky Point. We had a good turn out of local beer enthusiasts to sample a Long Island-brewed, cask-conditioned ale. I snapped this pic of my brewing colleague, Mike, taking the first sip of the first pint of Blue Point Oatmeal Stout at our first Cask Night. That’s the back end of the firkin on the right. Dean and Kevin (the owners of Deks) are going to host another Firkin Friday on the 9th of November. Mark your calendar.…
Long Island Beer Event: Cask Night at Deks - Firkin Friday
By Beer Columnist Donavan Hall Put this on your calendar! Firkin Friday at Deks in Rocky Point will feature a firkin of cask conditioned Oatmeal Stout from Blue Point Brewing Company. The cask will be tapped at 9 p.m. on Friday, September 28, 2007. If you never had cask conditioned ale, now’s your chance. If you love cask conditioned ale already, come on out and join us. Cask conditioned ale is a young beer. The brewing process for the ale is the same, but just as the primary fermentation slows, the beer is transferred from the fermenter to a cask…
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…