In the spirit of competition, Beer Friends would like to invite everyone to our second season of NFL hashtag battles! Using hashtagbattle.com we will pit two breweries against each other when their NFL counterparts are facing off on the gridiron. Are you ready for some football? And drinking? And #hashtag battle?!?!?!
What’s a hashtag battle? When you’re drinking a beer of a brewery competing in the battle, throw a #hashtag of the brewery and tweet it (or setup your foursquare or untappd to push to tweet and include the #hashtag) and we’ll use hashtagbattle.com to declare a winner after the Monday Night football game on ESPN. Support your team, support your beer, drink local and hashtag battle!
Week Eight – Seattle Seahawks at Detroit Lions (#RogueBeer vs #Founders)
These are two hard to figure teams of the NFL season so far. The Detroit Lions coming off a playoff appearance and Seahawks starting a rookie midget – sorry… little person at QB. But the Lions have been a disappointment and find themselves in the familiar confines of the NFC Norris Division basement and the Seahawks have done it with the help of Replacement Ref’s… Let’s see who’s an actual pretender or contenter in this weeks Hashtag Battle!
Hey now! It’s Tuesday. Let’s drink some craft beer!
Tuesday, March 6 – Founders Night @ The Pony Bar, Manhattan:
Some would call Founders arriving on the East Coast one of the best things to happen to New York City ever. Perhaps we should have a public holiday to celebrate? Until then (more…)
This week the Beer Friends found a little rare beer from Founders Brewing out of Michigan. Old Curmudgeon Better Half features the Old Curmudgeon (Old Ale) aged in whiskey barrels then aged in maple syrup barrels to create a very complex brew. This is a similar (if not the exact same) process the now in-famous Breakfast Stout -> Kentucky Breakfast Stout (whiskey barrel aged) -> Canadian Breakfast Stout (whiskey THEN maple barrels). Both of these beers are delicious and when ever a Beer Friend finds CBS he puts out the BF signal (mostly just a text) and we all come running. However, CBS is so last year… Old Curmudgeon’s Better Half is the new black and we are all in. Check out our other Founders Reviews below the video – enjoy (we did!) Rare Beer! Beer is the new Black! Founders!
Aaaaaaand we’re back! After a short hiatus, the Beer Friends are back bringing you the best craft beer events that the bars of the world’s finest city have to offer – and we have some excellent beer adventures coming up this week.
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Tuesday, January 17 – Dogfish Head Week @ Downtown Bar and Grill, Brooklyn:
Downtown Brooklyn’s premier bar, boasting by far the largest bottle list of any place in the 5 borough’s, will be hosting Dogfish Head this entire week, starting today. They will feature 12 lines of your favorite Dogfish Head brews as well as some new releases on draft. And for those of you who think 60 minutes is too short a time and 90 is too long, they’ll have the 75 Minute IPA on cask.
The Downtown Bar and Grill is located at 160 Court Street between Amity and Pacific Streets, Downtown, Brooklyn.
Wednesday, January 18 – Founders Breakfast of Champions @ Fourth Avenue Pub, Brooklyn:
Today we return to Founders to continue reviewing their excellent line of delicious brews. This week it’s Dry-Hopped Pale Ale which is a aggressively hopped pale ale much like Dale’s Pale Ale but with a different flavor. This week we are also introducing the Beer Friends Home Game – grab one of the beers we’re reviewing and drink it and post your thoughts below… want extra credit? Grab Dale’s Pale Ale and make a comparison review. Founders! Grand Rapids! Home Game!
Hallelujah! The Apocalypse/Judgement Day/Coolest Party Ever has been averted! Well, maybe it wasn’t ever going to happen in the first place, or maybe somebody out there prayed really hard…or the Big Guy upstairs didn’t want to end the ingenuity of American Craft Brewing just yet. You know, just when it was starting to get good. (more…)
What an exciting tournament this has been. While we remember tournaments past, we can’t remember a tournament with so many up and downs, upsets and heart-breaks, and so many fantastic beers losing by such small amounts. We are down to two, two from 64, one will be crowded the BFF4 Champion, the other will just be a really good beer. Who will win? You decide! Polls are open until Thursday, April 14th at 11:59pm. Vote often and show that beer you love it (little known fact – most beers are insecure and need daily pep talks…)
This championship game features 2 local favorites that have used their ferverent following to propel them to this national stage. These 2 beers, while they may be considered tame in this craft beer culture of 5 hopped IPA’s and oak barrel aged stouts, are both exceptional at what they claim to be. Two great breweries, two solid styles, only one can be crowned Beer Friends Final 4 Champion.
Wow! This was a tournament to remember… but it’s not over yet! We had Imperial Stouts battling in Brad’s Colorado/Michigan Bracket, Newcomer Nebraska showing veteran poise in Paul’s Bracket, a California clash of Speakeasy and Stone in Phil’s bracket and a epic duel between Captain Lawrence and Cape Cod in the Northeastern Graham bracket. This was truly one for the ages. Now we are down to four, four delicious beers with huge fan bases and twitter feeds to back them up. Four beers enter and one will come out as the 2011 BFF4 champion, with their banner hung in the rafters (next the New Belgium’s Fat Tire – last years winner). Who will be victorious? You decide! This round we have completely open and unlimited voting. If you really love that beer, prove it – hit refresh (cmmd+R on a Mac or ctrl + R on a PC) and vote the day away. If you spent your March hiding your CBS March Madness broadcast window when your boss walked by – this is much easier. Polls are open until Monday April 11th at 11:59 EST. Vote often! Prove your love – and we don’t know who’s voting so no commitment issues! Beer!
For a our take on this round check out our latest video and the vote! (more…)
We’ve had a few exciting rounds of the Second Annual Beer Friends Final Four (BFF4). We’ve seen the favorites go down (New Belgium Fat Tire) and 16 seeds advance (Cigar City Jai Alai). We’ve got Stouts fighting it out in the Colorado / Michigan bracket to move on to the final four and a #16 and #7 sleepers fighting it out in Paul’s bracket.
After an exciting first two rounds, the strong have survived. These are the premier beers of the tournament. We have strong winners in Great Divide’s Yeti Imperial Stout and last years winner, Fat Tire getting knocked off by first year Breckenridge Breweries 471 Small Batch Double IPA. Polls close on April 4th, so get out there, vote and spread the word! (more…)
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