This week we know what teams have advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament we move on to our second round in our Beer Madness 2013. Congratulations to to Michigan, Syracuse, Wichita State, and Louisville for making it to the Final Four. We here at the Beer Friends would like to wish Kevin Ware a speedy recovery, it was reported yesterday that he was up and walking around on crutches which is great news after his injury this past weekend.
Now, on to the beer!
Tags:Cane and Ebel, Cigar City, Devil Dancer, Dogfish Head Brewery, Festina Peche, Flying Dog, Founder Dry Hopped Pale Ale, Founders, Founders Porter, Gonzo Porter, Heavy Handed, Hop Devil, Hop Hazard, Left Hand Brewing Co., Maduro Brown, Milk Stout, Old Curmudgeons Better Half, Poor Richard's Tavern Spruce, Red's Rye PA, River Horse, Smuttynose IPA, Troegenator, Troegs, Two Brothers, Victory, Victory Brewing Company, Yards Brewing Company
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Hello Beer Friends Nation!
Week Fourteen - Baltimore Ravens at Washington Redskins (#flyingdog)
This week features the closest thing to an inner city rivalry the NFL has (lets face it – Giants vs Jets is like when Varsity scrimmages the JV squad). The Ravens are constantly at the top of the AFC North and always in line for a playoff spot – no matter who’s kicking field goals, and the Redskins went from a few re-building years with Shanahan and Sons to a wildcard in the NFC East race. Let’s see who takes Mid-Atlantic bragging rights in this weeks hashtag battle!
Tags:Baltimore Ravens, Calling Out Phil, Flying Dog, Garde Dog, Gonzo Imperial Porter, Snake Bite IPA, Washington Redskins
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Hello Beer Friends Nation!
We know why you’ve come here today, just sit back and let us plan your week of beer swigging events…
Monday August 20th -
Murray’s Cheese is a locals favorite of most New Yorkers – legendary on Bleecker, I recently had a true New Yorker get so excited that “Murray’s now sells beer!” As if the craft beer revolution was now official in his mind. Well, those of us who’ve been following for quite some time welcome Murray’s Cheese to the table and let’s see what they got! On Monday, August 20th, Murray’s Cheese pairs with the Shelton Brothers to present “Belgian Beers and Cheese” – the problem is (with Murray’s being new to the craft beer scene – we’re very cheap) it’s $75 to get in and availability is limited (10 seats for this class).
Murray’s Cheese is located at 254 Bleecker St., New York, NY
Tuesday August 21st -
Tags:21st Amendment, Barcade Brooklyn, Barrier, Barrier Brewery, bear republic, Bierkraft, Blind Tiger, Brooklyn Brewery, Captain Lawrence, Empire, Firestone Walker, Flying Dog, Gonzo Imperial Porter, Green Flash, Green Monsta Ale, Jimmy's No. 43, Kelso, Lagunitas, Mad River Brewery, Mission Dolores, Murray's Cheese Shop, Shelton Brothers, sierra nevada, sixpoint, Snake Bite IPA, Southern Tier, Standings, Stone, Summer Love, untappd.com, Victory, Wachusett Brewing Company
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Hello Beer Friends Nation!
Everyone seems to be caught up with #MarchMadness so this week we tried a beer with some maddening labels (created by Ralph Steadman)… Flying Dog! Flying Dog started in Colorado and moved to Maryland (which breaks my heart) but now their stuff is a lot more available (you win some and you lose some). This is their traditional IPA not to be confused with their Belgian IPA “Raging Bitch”. We reviewed before and again and liked their stuff, so the bars is pretty high. #BFF4! Flying Dog! *More* Local!
Tags:Flying Dog, Maryland, Snake Dog IPA
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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.
Tags:2008 vingtage, Bierkraft, chris valente, Dogfish Head, english beer, february 29, Flying Dog, http://nyccraftbeerfest.com/, leap day, leap year, leap year beer, NYC american craft beer festival, Sunswick 35/35, The Gate, the lexington armory, The Pony Bar
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Hello Beer Friends Nation!
In the spirit of competition, Beer Friends would like to invite everyone to our NFL season 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 (#3floyds) vs #flyingdog), 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. We’re starting on Saturday morning so drink up – support your team, support your beer, drink local and hashtag battle!
Week Fourteen: Indianapolis Colts (#3Floyds) vs Baltimore Ravens (#flyingdog)
Tags:3 Floyds Brewery, Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, Flying Dog, Gonzo Imperial Porter, Indianapolis Colts, Zombie Dust
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Hello Beer Friends Nation! A few, well 3/4th of the Beer Friends are celebrating Phil’s Birthday at the ONLY Good Beer Month bar in Queens, Sunswich 3535! A very nice scene with an excellent variety… At least one Beer Friend (Phil) is gonna get sloppy! (more…)
Tags:Beer, Centennial IPA, Donnybrook Stout, Flying Dog, Founders, Greenport, Harbor Ale, Leviation, Lune' d'bleu, Pearl Street, Rochester, Stone, Sunswich 3535, Tire Bite, Victory
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The 4th Annual NY Brewfest
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…)
Tags:Abita, Allagash, Arcadia, Ayinger, Barons, Beer, Blue Moon, Blue Point, Brewery, brickhouse, Brooklyn Brewery, Brown's, Buffalo Brewpub, Butternut's, Cape Ann, Captain Lawrence, Chelsea, Cisco, Clipper City, Craft Beer, Crown, Defiant, Doc's, Dogfish Head, Duvel, Ellicottville, Elysian, Empire, Fire Island, Flying Bison, Flying Dog, FX Matt, Great Divide, Green Flash, Harlem, Harpoon, Heartland, High Falls, Hook & Ladder, Ithaca, Keegan, Kelso, La Chouffe, Lammsbrau, Legacy, Lindemans, Magic Hat, Maredsous, Meckatzer, Mendocino, Michelob Craft, North Coast, NY Brewfest, Old Saratoga, ommegang, Original Sin, Orlio Organic, Orval, Oskar, Otter Creek, Palm, Peak Organic, Sackets Harbor, Sam Smith, Samuel Adams, Shmaltz, sierra nevada, Sly Fox, Southampton Publick, Souther Tier, Spaten, St George's, Steen Brugge, Stone, Stoudt's, Thomas Hooker, Two Brothers, Unita, Victory, Weyerbacher, Wolavers Organic, Zotler
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The Beer Friends Return with our Six Pack of the Week!
This week it a continuation of our Spring Series – Flying Dog Brewery from Frederick, Maryland with their Spring offering, Garde Dog. We had some camera framing issues, but not to worry, we got Phil’s good side.
Tags:Beer, Beer Review, Biere de Garde, Flying Dog, Frederick, Garde Dog, Maryland, Phil's Good Side
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Hello again all Friends of Beer! This week’s review features the Gonzo Porter from Flying Dog Breweries. The audio is a little soft during the program so be careful with the intro and outro(we’re working on solving the audio part, we’ll have it fixed real soon). Enjoy!
Tags:Beer, beer friends, dark, dog, Flying Dog, Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, porter, review, stout
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