Posts Tagged: New York
Knut Travels To Midtown Manhattan
Posted by on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 in - 1 comment
Sure, it's changed. Yeah, it's the Grumpy Old Man reporting again. I remember once, while we were on our summer holiday in Oslo, that traveling to America meant a voyage on Den Norske Amerikalinje. We were standing on the quay with hundreds of others, waving to my aunt, who was going away for a …
Origin, He'brew, Schmaltz Brewing, Saratoga Springs, NY
Posted by on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 in - 3 comments
It's been a couple of years but I have enjoyed every beer I have had by these guys. They are, in fact, probably the best contract brewer out there...or at least my favorite. Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. alone justifies that. • Origin Pomegranate Ale is likely not the first thing you are going to …
West End Brewing Company As Seen In Utica
Posted by on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 in - 2 comments
Reader and prize-winner Chad forwarded me some pictures from a visit to F.X. Matt in Utica to check out the place and give the brewery some support after their near calamitous fire in late May. I like this one the best. The brewery was called the West End Brewing Company in 1888 and appears to be …
New York: Black Diamond Bock, Saranac, Utica
Posted by on Thursday, June 12, 2008 in - 1 comment
The news from Utica is good. F.X. Matt, makers of the Saranac brand, will live on after the fire that took out the canning building two weeks ago and in fact beer is still being brewed now. • The news is also good about this beer. I picked up a six at the Alex Bay Mart the other week for a …
Fire At Central New York's F.X. Matt Brewery At Utica
Posted by on Thursday, May 29, 2008 in - 1 comment
Our pal CNY blogger NYCO has broken the story in the comments: the F.X. Matter Brewery in Utica caught fire late this afternoon. WSYR TV, the source of the photo, reports: • “Fire crews in Utica are battling a fire at the F.X. Matt Brewery, also known as the Saranac Brewery. It reportedly … read more »
Meta-Beer-Blogging...Or Watching Troy Watch Phin And Paul
Posted by on Sunday, April 27, 2008 in - 6 comments
BeerBistro! after all the people go to bed. • I had a great time Friday night. It was fun to meet the Southern Tier guys as well as the very dapper Liliana and Vlado, those great folk behind hosts Roland + Russell (who, by the way, I am starting to think were either two dusty Victorian-era … read more »
By The Beer Cooler of Wegmans I Laid Myself Down And Cried
Posted by on Sunday, March 30, 2008 in - 3 comments
A fantastically bad shot of the actual Wegmans from GooglePlex • Not really but there was a moment of near tears - of joy and frustration, that is. What else, after a sensible visit to Fort Stanwix, could make me feel this way other than a beer cooler room in a not particularly recently …
Stouts: Choklat, Imperial Stout, Southern Tier, New York
Posted by on Friday, February 15, 2008 in - leave a comment
Chok-o-la-da. That is how we say it in our house because we met in Poland back in 1991. Gdansk was a hot bed of decent chocolate that was sold for pennies a bar around the Baltic shore towns like the one where we lived. Other than that, I am fairly indifferent to the stuff. • On the nose, is/are …
Travis Suffers Growler Tragedy Followed By Ubu Uber-Triumph
Posted by on Saturday, January 5, 2008 in - leave a comment
So, calling the loss of two brown glass growlers is hardly tragedy, it's still cool to come out on top! It all started after a raucous party a month ago, where I brought two growlers of Old Balls Ale that I had brewed. After the party I forgot the growlers at Tom's house and promptly told him to …
Travis Tries Out Landmark Brewing's India Pale Ale
Posted by on Friday, December 21, 2007 in - leave a comment
So this is my first guest post to A Good Beer Blog from here in Central New York. With Syracuse University basketball in full effect and the football season a long way away - thank God - we in Central New York are hunkering down for another white winter. • For this post I decided to write about …
