Hello Beer Friends Nation!!! You may have noticed our fancy new logo AND you may have noticed we are up on iTunes now(so you can take us everywhere with you) BUT here’s our brand new feature: Beer Friends Nation Reviews! That’s right! Have we missed your favorite beer? let us know by writing up a review and sending it to phil@thebeerfriends.com or brad@thebeerfriends.com and we’ll get it up on the site! Spread the love and Spread the word!
For our first BFN Review we have Michael from San Diego telling us his thoughts on Stone’s Ruination 10th Anniversay. Click through for Michael’s review…
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!
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.
Now that the Great American Beer Festival has come and gone we thought you might like to see the totals of medals won in the past.
Click on the link for the nifty little info-graphic showing the medals by state, as well as the overall Top Beers and Top Breweries. Biggest surprise for me? California?!
Hey all you Beer Friends! We have some exciting Beer Friends news to share with you! Throughout the month of August we will be showcasing one of our favorite breweries here in New York City: The Brooklyn Brewery out of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (more…)
In honor of their heavy involvement in New York City Good Beer Month AND in honor of how much The Beer Friends love what these guys put out, we decided to review one of Brooklyn’s best breweries: Sixpoint Craft Ales. Sixpoint Craft Ales was founded in 2004 by Shane Welch and is located in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Despite their youth, Sixpoint has (more…)
I’m sure you’ve heard of it….right? Sam Adams holds a Contest each year called the “Longshot American Homebrew Contest” with the three winners featured in their very own six pack!
This limited edition six-pack will include two bottles each of 2009 Samuel Adams American Homebrew Contest winners Michael Robinson’s Old Ale and Ben Miller’s Barleywine, as well as two bottles of Employee Homebrew Winner Jeremy White’s Saison.
Sounds like we’ve got quite a treat this year. You really should rush to your local Beer place and see if you can score a six pack or two, they wont be here forever…and if you miss it there’s always next year.
If you would like to enter the contest this year CLICK HERE!
Maybe 23 is your lucky number…keep an eye out for an upcoming post to know why.
All dressed up and nowhere to go on June 19th? Well you are in luck, my friend, because the 4th annual NY Brewfest just happens to be on that very day!
Right now they are listing 26 breweries from NY State, 38 breweries from the rest of the US of A, and another 15 breweries of the international variety. Click through for more details. (more…)
Yesterday two of The Beer Friends headed out to Patchogue, Long Island to visit the Blue Point Brewery. We sampled all their craft brews in the Brewery Tasting Room with their incredibly friendly bar staff. The Tasting Room quickly built up a constant crowd, as Blue Point is a South Shore Long Island favorite.
Is today your birthday? well if it is Happy Birthday, and if it’s not have no fear! Sierra Nevada has decided to give us all a gift for their 30th birthday this year:
According to uncrate.com the good folks out west are releasing a bunch of Limited Edition brews, 30 would be my guess, conjured up with a number of Craft Beer Innovators from around country.
Currently there are four they are telling us about: Fritz and Ken’s Ale,Charlie, Ken and Fred’s Lager, Jack and Ken’s Ale, and Oak Aged Ale. They are bottled in the larger form factor bottles with the cork and cage seal that we all enjoy from Brooklyn Brewery for the Local 1 and Local 2 Brews. The rest are slated to be unleashed on the public over the course of the year so be on your toes. Be on the lookout for these at a store near you, pick one up or you’ll ruin Sierra Nevada’s Birthday. No one likes a crying Brewery.
As a special offering for St. Patrick’s Day we bring you a Beer Friends BONUS!!! Our review of Harpoon’sCeltic Ale. A good middle of the road Red Ale, but is it something you’ll want to have to celebrate today? Check out the review to find out!!!
Hello Beer Friends Nation!!! You may have noticed our fancy new logo AND you may have noticed we are up on iTunes now(so you can take us everywhere with you) BUT here’s our brand new feature: Beer Friends Nation Reviews! That’s right! Have we missed your favorite beer? let us know by writing up a review and sending it to phil@thebeerfriends.com or brad@thebeerfriends.com and we’ll get it up on the site! Spread the love and Spread the word!
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