Posts Tagged: New York
It Was Like An Attack Of The Geuze I Tell Ya!
Posted by on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 in - 2 comments
Panicked rushed beer shopping can be such a rush. • I couldn't have been in Finger Lake Beverage for more than 20 minutes and the New York State treasury is $26.89 richer on its 8% sales tax because of it. It was like beer was going out of style... or maybe it was like available credit was going …
Teach Your Children Well - BBQ Version
Posted by on Monday, July 12, 2010 in - 3 comments
Every holiday should include a lunch at Syracuse's Dinosaur BBQ. I had a Tres Hombre but as I I left meat (I'm embarrassed even thinking of it) I was not as hombre as I might have been. The beer is an Ape Hanger Ale that's made, I am pretty sure, by Middle Ages as a special house brew. It followed …
CNY Beer Shopping Starts Tomorrow - Suggestions?
Posted by on Saturday, July 10, 2010 in - 8 comments
Crossing the border for a few days always brings with it the opportunity to buy an insane amount of beer with which to stock the stash. The stash is not exactly sad but it is not exactly bursting at the seams, either. It deserves better. • It's been almost a year and a half since I hit the … read more »
Sad News With The Passing Of Bernie Rivers
Posted by on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 in - 1 comment
Beer fans in central New York are mourning the passing of Bernie Rivers who ran Galeville Grocery in Liverpool near Syracuse. The shop hails it self as "your complete historical neighborhood grocery store since 1888." I met Bernie this past January on a beer run into Syracuse and enjoyed a few …
Two Strangford Lough Brewing Beers... From Somewhere
Posted by on Thursday, July 1, 2010 in - 9 comments
The six pack carrier says "Product of USA crafted from barley gown in St. Patrick's Co." I got three Legbiter Ales and three St. Patrick's Best Ales. Can't find the email that I got from the representative. There's nothing in the box but styrofoam popcorn. The waybill says they're from New Jersey …
First There Was Albany Ale... Now Taunton Ale
Posted by on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 in - 21 comments
I have a great pal with whom I have a recreational and professional interest in events in the Mohawk Valley of New York from around 1750 to 1785 and particularly William Johnson or rather Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet of New York. Johnson was the landowner whose tenants become rather successful …
New York: Rare Vos, Ommegang, Cooperstown
Posted by on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 in - 3 comments
I haven't mentioned Ommegang's Rare Vos in something like seven years of being aware of it. I haven't mentioned other things but I keep them to myself. It is called a Belgian-Style Amber Ale on the neck label. Sad that the regulators of such things couldn't have settled on Belgianesque instead of …
Another Fact Or Two Relevant To Albany Ale
Posted by on Monday, May 10, 2010 in - 5 comments
Reading a book on Mohawk political figures called The Two Hendricks when I came upon a few facts that may become relevant to the Albany Ale question: • In 1721, Albany developed a trade in flour and bread to the West Indies.In the 1740s, the loyalties of the Albany Dutch were held suspect by the …
More Thoughts On That Pesky Albany Ale Question
Posted by on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 in - 80 comments
I have been thinking more about this pre-1850 invention called "Albany ale" and I am a bit surprised to find so many references to it of one sort and so few references of another. The stuff was made in volume, transported and traded over great distances but now seemingly forgotten to memory. As we …
What The Heck Was "Albany Ale" In 1847... Or 1807?
Posted by on Monday, April 26, 2010 in - 8 comments
So I am nosing around looking for India pale ale references on Google news archives when I spot this one in a newspaper from 1847's Newfoundland to something called Albany ale. In hogsheads no less. • What the heck is it? It is listed in the The Public Ledger of 12 Oct 1847 amongst other … read more »
