Posts Tagged: New York
Back To The Future Of Homebrewing In Brooklyn
Posted by on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 in - 1 comment
Equipment? We don't need no secondary! Beer styles?? We don't need no stinking beer styles!! We have recipes with names like Apple Crisp Ale and Grapefruit Honey Ale. • It's like rereading the first edition of Papazian's The Joy of Homebrewing with all its freaky illustrations and tripped out …
If "Vermonster" Is Confusing - Isn't "Monster" Worse?
Posted by on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 in - 3 comments
Much is being made of a legal claim being brought against Rock Art, a small Vermont brewer, who makes "Vermonster" beer by a premium soda pop maker whose brands include "Monster" energy pop for confusing the brand - especially since the claim is being made in the name of the soda company's plans … read more »
Remind Me Not To Visit Grumpy Old Guy Stadium
Posted by on Sunday, August 30, 2009 in - 1 comment
A careful reader would know I like beer. And I like beer at a baseball game if it isn't at a rip-off price or a plastic bowl of plastic fluid. So, next time I am out looking for a game, I really should not sit next to Dayton Smith, 88, who's been gong to single A level games at Oneonta, NY for …
Germany: Hopfen-Weisse Ale, Schneider Brooklyner
Posted by on Friday, July 17, 2009 in - leave a comment
I thought I had missed the sweet spot in this one. I was sure it must have sat too long. Then I noticed it was 8.2%. The collaboration beer between the venerable Schneider Weissebier Brewery and The Brooklyn Brewery. Neat idea? Sure. Franken-brew? Maybe. • This is the German expression of the …
My Week In Beer... Or "I Travelled For No Beer"
Posted by on Friday, May 15, 2009 in - leave a comment
Well, at least I did have a beer today - a Sacket's Harbor IPA at the brewpub with lunch. I was at a thinking session so I won't get into it but suffice it to say that Sackets Harbor Brewing Co. on a warm spring day is one of the nicest spots to have a beer I have ever come across. • But the …
New York: Dacker Ale, Davidson Brothers, Glens Falls
Posted by on Friday, April 3, 2009 in - 1 comment
I know I am supposed to post about smoked beer tonight - and I may yet - but I may have discovered a Burton, perhaps unintentional, in upstate New York. Here is the scene. This afternoon, I am over at North Country Public Radio, answering phones, hanging out with my radio pals like a cheese eating …
New York: Abbot 12, Southampton Publick House
Posted by on Monday, March 2, 2009 in - leave a comment
I hab a cole. An when I hab a cole, I want my copy of Wind in the Willows, a pot of soup, the company of my family, eight blankets on the bed and a beer that could stop a freight train. Happy is the man with a monklish ale of the massive sort to help him through a moment like this. • Fig, date …
New York: What A Brewery Adds To The Economy
Posted by on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 in - leave a comment
Further to the note last week about the Latvians in fact not coming to Rochester, it is interesting to read in this article about city Council waiving almost 9 million dollars in unpaid water rates and taxes to try and keep High Falls Brewing in town: • The company has more than $100 million in …
Travis Probes Two Belgium Influenced US-made Ales
Posted by on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 in - 6 comments
Living in Upstate New York has its advantages, namely great beer. Ommegang is a leader in craft brewing that is delivering some of the finest state-side Belgian beers. Located in beautiful Cooperstown New York, this is a destination worth making planning a trip around. But one of the unfortunate …
New York: Latvians Are Coming! Latvians Are Coming!
Posted by on Monday, February 9, 2009 in - leave a comment
Sorry, not Latvians. Not at all. The story was co-authored by a Mr. Lattman. Misread that entirely. My fault. I blame the head cold. Nevertheless, this is an interesting tidbit in the Wall Street Journal today: • Private-equity firm KPS Capital Partners LP is angling to become a player in the …
