Posts Tagged: New York
Toronto's York Brewery And Playter's Tavern 1801-05
Posted by on Sunday, November 6, 2011 in - 4 comments
I have been playing around with some passages on Toronto in the first years of the 19th century. Here is what I started with: • ⇒ "A recent Fact will corroborate what I have said; A Brewer from Kingston removed to York lately and, on application to the Governor, obtained one of the King's … read more »
New York: Righteous Ale, Sixpoint Brewery, Brooklyn
Posted by on Friday, October 21, 2011 in - 2 comments
I don't really go much for packaging or even branding when it comes to beer. All that tiny writing on Stone bottles from some PR hack telling me I am not worthy? Yawn. All the millions wasted on design that gets unnecessarily added to the cost of my beer? Spare me. Yet... yet, there is this cube … read more »
A Stinking Hot Day in Sackets Harbor And Watertown
Posted by on Sunday, July 17, 2011 in - 5 comments
A great day in nearby northern New York as I hit both two recently opened good beer spots while also managing the Kingston St. Lawrence Vintage Base Ball Club to a double header victory in the Can-Am tournament. Lest I be charged with bigging myself up, be assured that it was a cheery and well …
New York: Prototype PA, Community Beer Works, Buffalo
Posted by on Saturday, July 9, 2011 in - 3 comments
Minimalism. That's what this evening's photograph is conveying. Note the texture of the cinder block. The play of pine wood and beer bottle brown. • Anyway, Ethan Cox of Buffalo's next brewery Community Beer Works, they of the logo I want as a jeans jacket patch, was passing through about ten …
The Guy In Rochester Said "Good Call" And It Was
Posted by on Saturday, July 2, 2011 in - 7 comments
It's not that hard. Getting the word about good beer is simple. It's not about so many of the things people who like good beer fret about, talk about. It is about putting good honest beer in the hands of people in a simple way at an honest price. I reached for the Brooklyn 1 and placed it next to …
Session 53: Beer Redemption
Posted by on Friday, July 1, 2011 in - leave a comment
I am not really sure what to make of this month's topic for The Session: • One thing about drinking a lot of beer is that occasionally you’re going to have a bad one. Perhaps it was infected or spoiled by light. Perhaps the brewer or brewery was new and still working out the kinks on a … read more »
When Is A Beer Garden Not A Beer Garden?
Posted by on Sunday, May 29, 2011 in - 6 comments
I was reading jealously in the NYT this weekend about the new wave of beer gardens in New York when I came something that made me ask what exactly the heck they were talking about: • Beer gardens have achieved such cultural ascendancy that even grand masters are getting into the act. Recently …
Rhode Island: That Sample Of Summer Ale, Narragansett
Posted by on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 in - leave a comment
I have received Narragansett samples before and have generally enjoyed them. The basic lager and especially the porter were solid as was the bock. But summer ale? What is that other than another name for "Lite"? At 4.2%, the beer is certainly light in the North American context but is it a good …
A Fantastic Beer Law Canadians Too Backward To Want
Posted by on Thursday, May 5, 2011 in - 5 comments
Is that unkind? Have a look: • ...Mr. VanGlad’s Tundra Brewery will be the first to sell beer at the Greenmarket, under a law passed in 2009 that allows small-scale breweries in New York to sell at markets. The hops in the ale are among the first to be grown in New York — which once produced … read more »
NY State's Wholesale Monopolies By Legal Fiat
Posted by on Sunday, May 1, 2011 in - 5 comments
Ah, so that is how it is done in NY state: • When the brewery tried to terminate its contract, the wholesaler sued under New York's alcoholic beverage control law—which binds brewers to one distributor within a marketing region once an agreement is in place—Brooklyn Brewery shelled out more than …
