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Beer Review 100: Sixpoint Diesel

January 31, 2012

Hello Beer Friends Nation!

“I’d like to thank my friends and family, those that supported me in low times, thank you Gigi, my little girls watching at home and most of all the academy, thank you!”  It needs a little work, but we had barely any time to work on it (or about 100 weeks…)  We made it.  100 reviews.  100 videos of a “bunch of boring dudes drinking beer on camera.”  This week we return to one of our favorite breweries – Sixpoint from Redhook, Brooklyn.  The Beer Friends have always been huge fans of Sixpoint and it was like Christmas when we could get their stuff in cans.  We quickly ran out and reviewed our favorites, our new favorites, newer beers to Sixpoint, old standby’s, and their first seasonal.  Now this Black IPA/Stout mix - Diesel comes along and confuses some people on it’s exact style and admittingly the Beer Friends were confused as well – until we went to the source and sought out the truth.  Thanks to all the viewers out there who caught us for the first 100, and keep watching for the second 100!

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Empire Brewing night at Idle Hands NYC

January 25, 2012

Hello Beer Friends Nation!!!!

Phil here tonight we are live logging from the awesome basement bar Idle Hands in New York City for Empire Brewing’s tasting night. The brewery is joined by Finger Lakes Distillery for a little compare and contrast. Paul and Graham will do the comparing and I will probably be the contrasting opinion……so sit tight, we’re gonna grab an intro beer and a burger and when the party gets started we’ll let you in on the fun!

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Phil’s First: we have started off the evening with the Finger Lakes Distillery White Pike Whiskey. I am definitely the farthest thing from a whiskey fan here at The Beer Friends, but I have to say that this one out of all of the times I have had whiskeys in the past, this is the ONLY time I have not been completely turned off and can finish the one shot taster. I actually could have a full serving of this, which coming from me, says a lot.

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Beer Review 93: Great Lakes Brewing Burning River

December 6, 2011

Hello Beer Friends Nation!

Today we return to Great Lakes Brewing for their Burning River Pale Ale.  This is a true to form Pale Ale, not like the overly hopped pale ales that we usually gravitate towards.  Great Lakes Brewing is a fantastic brewery and we look forward to each chance we can try their beers so find one yourself, crack it open and play everyone favorite home game… Beer Reviews with the Beer Friends!  Ohio River Valley!  Pale Ale! Home Game!

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Beer Review 92: Tundra Brewery Red Ale

November 29, 2011

Hello Beer Friends Nation!

This week the Beer Friends decided to stay in – we didn’t travel to California for Speakeasy, or Florida for Cigar City… instead we stayed local and tried Tundra Brewery Red Ale.  Tundra Brewery is super local, only available at a few greenmarkets and local conscious shops around NYC.  This up and coming brewer is Mark VanGlad and pretty much IS Tundra Brewery, he owns it, grows the hops, makes the beer, bottles it and outsources his label designs (UPDATE: to his girlfriend).  At the time of production Tundra only had two available brews: Red Ale and Ma Pale Ale, but have now added a Brown Ale for the Holiday season.  Do yourself a favor and find his stuff, you won’t regret it!  Local Brews! One-Man operation! NYTimes friends! Beer!

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Beer Review 90: Cape Ann Pumpkin Stout

November 1, 2011

Hello Beer Friends Nation!

Happy (Belated) Halloween from the Beer Friends!  This week our SPotW was the perfect Halloween hangover in Cape Ann Brewing Pumpkin Stout.  After you’ve dressed up and hit the houses in your neighborhood (yes I understand that our readership should be at least 21 – but I had a huge haul this year – even got a full size Snickers!) kick back and crack open this Pumpkin Stout to wash down all the Sweet Tarts and multi-colored Tootsie rolls (that I most likely gave you from my bag/pillowcase).  This is the third Pumpkin brew in a row and we couldn’t help ourselves but to review the latest trend on the market.  Warning: this will not save you from the stomach ache (or possible diabetic coma) you will have from eating all your candy in one night – but it will make you go to sleep faster…  Beer!  Candy! Pumpkin!

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Video Demonstration: Open a beer bottle with a piece of paper

September 20, 2011

Hello Beer Friends Nation!

In our never ending quest to improve the overall quality of everyone’s beer drinking experience we try and find little tidbits of knowledge that might help you out in a jam.  To that end we present to you a video that our colleagues over at Lifehacker found showing you how to open a beer bottle using one simple sheet of 8.5″X11″ regular printer paper.  A perfect piece of know-how, in my opinion, if you find yourself in the office with a sixpack, your bottle opener on your keychain broke last night and Bob (the other guy in the office with a bottle opener keychain) already left.  Take a look, you never know when it might come in handy to either impress a cute girl or win a bar bet, to say nothing of opening your favorite brew.

Video Demonstration: Open a beer bottle with a piece of paper.

 

From Lifehacker found on Instructables

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Empire Brewing night at Rattle ‘n Hum: Hangover Edition!

September 19, 2011

We had a great time at Rattle n’ Hum last night at the Empire Brewing Company event.  Being a fan of the Empire Cream Ale I was excited to try some of the brewery’s other offerings.  Of course, they did not disappoint.  The “Dragons” were the standouts to me. I tried both and am interested to try these, and more like these, again.  The addition of the basil to the Belgian style was great, and it almost got Phil to call a Belgian ale delicious…

If you  missed out last night, NEVER FEAR! Empire is hitting NY Craft Beer Week hard and you should make sure you don’t miss it.

They have 2 events scheduled tonight; one at Spring Lounge and at Puck Fair. If you miss those, then you can hit up Dive Bar tomorrow night.

I suggest you try to get out to one of these events, and check below for what Phil and I thought of the night as it unfolded.

-Paul

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Wait…Who owns that brewery?

September 13, 2011

 

After a good conversation with a friend of mine about the wonders and wiles of the MolsonCoors company vs the Belgian Juggernaut InBev, I stumbled across this neat little Infographic on a sweet little website called coolinfographics.com.  It was put together by Philip H Howard  at Michigan State University and is a really great way to show the various relationships of some of the top over-arching beer conglomerates, and who they own in the craft beer world.

Granted it’s not the most comprehensive guide to the craft beer world, but I would be willing to bet there’s at least one ownership connection that might surprise you.  Take a look and let us know which one was a shock!

Show me the beer people!

Philip H Howard at MSU via CoolInforgraphics.com

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Beer Review 80: Walgreens Big Flats 1901

August 16, 2011

Hello Beer Friends Nation!

Every once in a while the Beer Friends like to step out from our craft beer world and try something… well… from Walgreens.  Walgreens Big Flats 1901 Lager is a pale ale that you can find at participating stores for 3 dollars.  That’s right, 3 bucks.  However, you pay for what you get (at least that’s what my dad always told me…) Cheap beer!  Walgreens!  1901!

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Live Blog of Oregon Beers night at The Stag’s Head

May 18, 2011

As a peace offering to the West Coast, The Stag Head has graciously hosted an Oregon Beers night here in NYC! At least one of us is SUPER excited for the possibilities, let’s see what we have in store from Rogue, Dick’s and Elysian Breweries:

Phil’s 1st – Elysian Men’s Room Red: a good staple kind of red ale. A little coppery on the aftertaste, but was an excellent way to start the evening, a good malty ending helps bring the flavor forward.

Brad’s 1st – Elysian Jasmine IPA: This was a bit of a surprise because I was expecting a more flowery hop because of the name (I’m a native male). This brew was good but could’ve been better… However I’ve had other Elysian stuff so I’m looking forward to more.

Phil’s 2nd – Dick’s Danger Ale: a good choice for the second round. A good showing from he malts involved, but I missed the hops that were supposed to round out the taste. The feel was a little on the thin side, but definitely worth a try.

Brad’s 2nd – Full Sail IPA: a decent IPA, although I enjoy a hoppier IPA. When your favorite IPA’s are Bengali Tiger and Pale Ale is Dale’s a lighter hopped IPA just doesn’t do it… The thrill is gone.

Phil’s 3rd – Full Sail LTD 05: I had high hopes for this one, and it came close to my hopes and dreams. A good middle range ale, gets a little bread-y I’d you let it get warm. Maybe good for a first round, but I think better could be found.

Brad’s 3rd – Elysian Immortal IPA: This is cheating but I’ve had this beer before and I really like it. It’s a hoppier IPA (see above) and that’s the way, ug huh ug huh I like it!

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