With just six days to go until CNY Brewfest 2007 at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, the 11th annual, and preparations are being made - meaning that I have booked the hotel and have business cards being printed. Business cards? Me, too - I have no idea why. Anyway, I am going to post more information here as I collect it. At the bottom of the post is a list of all the participants as of last Thursday.
- There is some good information in the comments section to the original post.
- Here is an Mp3 of the radio ad that Mick, organizer and man about Teddy's at Armory Square
- I am having a little trouble figuring out the schedule for CENTRO, Syracuse's bus service. If anyone want to send them a proposal as to having a useful website that might be handy.
- Here is that list of participants, local distributors listed in brackets. A nice mix with a hearty core of local upstate micros:
North Coast Brewing Co., Fort Bragg, California (TJ Sheehan)
Smuttynose Brewing Co., Portsmouth, New Hampshire (TJ Sheehan)
Otter Creek Brewing, Middlebury, Vermont (TJ Sheehan)
Magic Hat Brewing Co., South Burlington, Vermont (TJ Sheehan)
Sackets Harbor Brewing Co., Sackets Harbor, New York (TJ Sheehan)
Dogfish Head Brewing Co., Milton, Delaware (TJ Sheehan)
Stone Brewing Co., San Diego, Ca. (TJ Sheehan)
Lake Placid Craft Brewing Co., Plattsburgh, New York (TJ Sheehan)
Rogue Brewing Co., Ashland, Oregon (TJ Sheehan)
Middle Ages Brewing Co., Syracuse, New York (TJ Sheehan)
Lindemanns, Vlezenbeek, Belguim (TJ Sheehan)
Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, New York (TJ Sheehan)
Young's Brewing Co., Wandsworth, London, England (TJ Sheehan)
Chimay Brewing Co., Cistercian Trappist Monks, Belguim (TJ Sheehan)
Wachusett Brewing Co., Westminster, Ma. (TJ Sheehan)
Lagunitas, Petaluma, Califonia (TJ Sheehan)
Samuel Smith Brewery, Tadcaster, England (TJ Sheehan)
Pabst Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Onondaga)
Mike's Hard Lemonade, Vancouver, Canada (Onondaga)
Bass Ale, Burton-on-Trent, England (Onondaga)
Hoegaarden Brewing Co., Hoegaarden, Belgium (Onondaga)
Stella Artois, Leuven Brewery, Belgium (Onondaga)
Heineken, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Onondaga)
Killians, Golden Colorado (Onondaga)
Newcastle Brewing Co., Tyne, England (Onondaga)
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, California (Onondaga)
Yuengling Brewing Co., Pottsville, Pennsylvania (Onondaga)
Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden Colorado (Onondaga)
Saranac Brewing Co., Utica, New York (Onondaga)
Ale Street News, Maywood, New Jersey
Syracuse Suds Factory, Syracuse, New York
Rohrbach Brewing Co., Rochester, New York
Cooperstown Brewing Co., Cooperstown, New York (TJ Sheehan)
Salt City Brew Club, Manlius, New York
Anheuser Busch, St. Louis, Mo. (TJ Sheehan)
Harpoon Brewing Co., Boston , Mass & Windsor, VT. (TJ Sheehan)
Duvel Brewing Co., Breendonk, Belguim (TJ Sheehan)
Guinness, Dublin, Ireland (TJ Sheehan)
Sam Adams, Boston, Mass. (TJ Sheehan)
Spaten North America, Munich, Germany (TJ Sheehan)
Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown, Pennsylvania (TJ Sheehan)
Southern Tier Brewing Co., Lakewood, New York (TJ Sheehan)
Woodchuck Brewing Co., Middlebury, Vermont (TJ Sheehan)
Oskar Blues Brewing Co., Lyons, Colorado (TJ Sheehan)
Brooklyn Brewing Co., Brooklyn, New York (TJ Sheehan)
Miller Lite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Sanzone)
Fosters, Australia (Sanzone)
Landmark Brewing Co., Syracuse, New York (Sanzone)
Leinenkugel (Sanzone)
Ithaca Beer Company, Ithaca, New York (Sanzone)
Comments
SpammingPrintGuy - January 29, 2007 12:07 am
[Even though I am an inconsiderate spammer, I would though I would be so rude as to post that] business cards are a good idea no matter where you go. Hope you got it from <strike>www.mind2print.com</strike> www.cardspamer.com.
gr - January 29, 2007 8:53 am
^ What a yutz.
Remember folks, what happens in Syracuse STAYS in Syracuse.
How do your Sunday breakfast plans look, shall I visit? (weather permitting)
Knut Albert - January 29, 2007 10:00 am
I envy you. Not the business card spammers, but the beer. Nice list!
Alan - January 29, 2007 10:34 am
Actually I bought them locally from human beings who will keep the money local - as the internet is a wasteland of craptastic business card hucksters.<p>And I think there will be a Sunday morning combination of hitting the road and not eating for some strange reason.
gr - January 29, 2007 11:36 am
As the famous Alka Seltzer ad went 'plop plop fizz fizz, OH what a relief it is...'.
Alan - January 29, 2007 11:45 am
As I recall from last time it was more like frozen custard at the Mall.
Adam - January 29, 2007 6:07 pm
Business cards? You know I thought the same thing. Why should I have cards? The simple and obvious answer is...people ask me for my contact information. It is much easier to give them a card than to write down stuff on a napkin. It does feel kinda funny sometimes.
Have a great time and please give us a full report!
-Adam
Lubiere - January 30, 2007 8:42 pm
Me and Inertiaboy are definitely going for the afternoon session. We're staying at the Econolodge downtown (454 James St.)...Alan and Gr, maybe we can hook up to get a cab together for the Fairground?
Alan - January 30, 2007 8:52 pm
We three Kingstonians are not at that hotel and are planning a little beer shopping pre-event but let's hook up at the event for sure. Make sure you give plenty of time for the cab as Syracuse seems to have about seven for the whole City.
Lubiere - February 1, 2007 9:31 am
Actually, for the bus, you take number 82 to Baldwinsville. On Saturday, it leaves at 12h35 from the corner of Salina/Fayette and arrives at 12h53 at the CNY fairground. Fare is 1$. However, on the way back, take a cab since there isnt a return bus till 6h30PM!
(http://www.centro.org/Schedules/Syracuse/82baldwinsville.pdf)
Alan - February 1, 2007 10:28 am
Fabulous information, Lubiere.
gr - February 1, 2007 1:35 pm
Lubiere, I shall miss this one, which is a shame, because beer and people from Ontario mix well--this would be a wicked good time. be careful, though, as the weather will be somewhere between not very good and terrible
http://www.9wsyr.com/weather/
Alan - February 1, 2007 1:42 pm
Key message: no lake effect on Saturday. Sunday...well, we may drive home via Albany.
gr - February 1, 2007 2:47 pm
Pack sled dogs and snow shoes?
This is all quite ordinary for central and northern NY, of course, but not always the most fun.