Week Seventeen - Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins (#rahrandsonsbrew vs #dogfishhead)
Ah, the last week of the season. When the Chiefs are officially on the clock and Tom Coughlin is on the hot seat (according to the backpage). This is the time of the year when we look back at the successes and failures and quietly judge how we could’ve done a better job from our living room. With the AFC playoff picture all set we turn our attention to the NFC and specificially the NFC East. The Redskins have been riding a successful rookie backfield (take that Cleveland) all season long with RG3 stumping for a ROY candidacy in the toughest field ever, meanwhile the Cowboys are figuring out new ways to disappoint and instead of this being Romo’s fault – he’s done nothing but throw for almost 5000 yards and keep them in playoff contention. Let’s see who wins the NFC East crown in this weeks hash tag battle!
After hurricanes and presidential elections we are finally back here at the Beer Friends with some excellent celebratory/wound licking events for you.
Wednesday, November 7 – Fullers Beer Night @ One Stop Beer Shop, Brooklyn:
Depending on your horse you’re either loving America this morning or severely disappointed with it. OR you’re just sick of the circus-like charade of it all. How about some of the best foreign new from the rest world to forget American politics for a minute? We think yes.
Fullers is renowned as one of the finest beer brewers in the world making everything from the darkest stouts to the hoppiest IPA’s on to the most golden of ales. They’ll be pouring a wide range of draughts and a strong selection of bottles over at One Stop Beer Shop tonight for you to enjoy.
So head on over to enjoy some nowhere-near-American-partisan brew and forget about attack ads, electoral colleges and primary colored states for a night.
The One Stop Beer Shop is located at 134 Kingsland Avenue between Beadle and Lombardy Streets in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Wednesday, November 7 – Borubon Barrel Boner Night @ Double Windsor, Brooklyn:
This year is special – you’re getting some extra time. To do what with you ask? Drink more craft beer of course! What kind of craft beer should you drink and where should you drink it? Let’s see…
Tuesday, February 28 – Dogfish Head Night @ The Pony Bar, Manhattan:
The over-the-top odd-duck of the beer world is bringing their best brews to one of NYC’s best brew bars. Enter Dogfish Head at the Pony Bar. We’re talking 20 draft lines and 2 casks. Possibly even some fancy rare stuff. Although, almost anything Dogfish Head makes tastes fancy and rare. Chris Valente, of Dogfish, will be on hand to get you through the night, but you should probably set something up beforehand to help get you home. This is going to be a big one.
The Pony Bar is located at 637 10th Avenue on the Northwest corner of 45th street, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan.
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.
Check em’ out:
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:
Happy New Year! With the Holiday season upon us we’ve been reviewing holidayales, but schedules have also been switched up. This we we travel way back to the vault and post a review of Dogfish Head‘s Burton Baton. Dogfish Head has been known for big favors and their ancient series (which we very much enjoy), along with some interesting light beers and works well with others. That’s quite the resume. This week we travel back to last summer… and tried Burton Baton, a English style ale mixed with a Imperial IPA to equal a nice 10% ABV. In the meantime we’ve been making list of New Years resolutions: drink good beer, hit good events, check out The Beer Friends daily, and… well… what else do you need? Beer! Friends! Resolutions!
Holy Crap. What are you doing this week? Cancel it. There are too many great events. AND – the Beer Friends are bottling one of their newest creations – a holiday hopped and spiced IPA. It’s probably a good idea not even to go to work this week. You might miss something.
Tuesday, November 29 – Tuesday Night Tasting with Smuttynose Brewing Company @ Bierkraft, Brooklyn:
I told you. Great events. Including this one. Head out to Brooklyn’s most notorious beer bar and store for a sampling of one of New England’s best breweries. Smuttynose will be pouring tastes (and pints, and growlers) of Big A IPA, Gravitation, Star Island Single and Smuttanator. The Smuttanator will be poured on cask. The rest will be on draught with free samples. It all will be fantastic brew.
What a kick-off weekend! The Beer Friends enjoyed quite a bit of craft beer this weekend in honor of the 2011 New York City Craft Beer Week. Rattle n’ Hum threw a great Barrier and Greenport bash Friday night, the Smuttynose pouring at Mudville on Saturday was fantastic (especially that Homunculus) and we’re still not sure which is better – the Concoction or the Penicillin that we tasted on Sunday.
Because there is so much to do this week and weekend, we’re going to be breaking up the Beer Friends event listings for the week. Today we’re throwing at you the events happening from Monday to Thursday. You can then check back on Thursday for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday events – a.k.a. The Grand Finale of NYC Craft Beer Week. We’re hitting the streets, bars and breweries this week with a feverish devotion and we sure hope to see all you NYC Beer Friends out there with us!
Monday, September 19
Got a case of the Monday’s after such a fantastic craft beer fueled weekend? We understand. We also know how to help.
Ah, fall is in the air – the air is getting crisp and signs of a full harvest takeover are all around us… so this week we reviewed a summer beer! Dogfish Head Festina Peche is so good we couldn’t resist.This seasonal offering by Dogfish Head comes in four packs and goes quick when it’s around. The Beer Friends typical enjoy Dogfish Head ancient brews and the experimental series they create, even their collaborations – so let’s see how a seasonal stacks up!
This week we grabbed a brew from Ancient Honduras – Theobroma from Dogfish Head Brewery. This beer is part of the Ancient Ales Series which Sam Calagione (Founder and CEO) researches beers ancient roots and attempts to recreate some of these early brewing methods and recipes. Although the Beer Friends have looked at other Dogfish Head brews and Collaborations, this is the first in the Ancient Ales series of which you can drink 3 of 5 on Untappd.com and earn a badge for your efforts. Ancient Ales! Beer Rewards! Early Honduras Brew Masters!
What’s up everyone time to get the Western Bracket for the 2011 Beer Friends Final 4 up and running!
This year Phil’s bracket has contenders from Oregon(of course), California, Hawaii, and a surprise showing from Mexico! Make sure your vote counts, check back often and get your friends to support your favorite beers in all four brackets all the way to the Final Round!
The first match up is our 1 vs 16 with Sierra Nevada’s Torpedo going head to head with Kona Brewery’s Fire Rock Pale Ale. A good showing from both, but I’d have to side with the Torpedo, alot more flavor even with the Hops kick has enough in my opinion to unseat the standard flavored Fire Rock. But who am I to tell you that? Click on through to the rest of the article and get all 8 of your votes in!
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