Posts Tagged ‘GRAB Specialty Foods’
September 6, 2011
This has been a busy summer for the Beer Friends. We’ve been through an earthquake, two regional brewery tours (Southern California, Boston/Massachusetts), three of us relocated within the boroughs and finally, to top it all off, a hurricane-the first to hit New York in like 300 years (give or take a few decades). And none of it could stop us. This tumultuous summer has come to a close, we’ll miss the sun and relaxation – but we’re already gearing up for the fantastic craft beer season that autumn brings us. Let’s start off the fall correctly.
Tuesday, September 6 – Tuesday Night Tastings: Farmhouse Ales @ Bierkraft, Brooklyn:
(more…)
Tags:Baby Tree, Bierkraft, Blossom du Jour, Brooklyn, Craft Beer, Farmhouse Ales, Farmhouse Saison, GRAB Specialty Foods, I love New York Beer Weekend, Jack D'Or, Manhattan, Mugs Ale House, New York City, Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project, Pumpkin, Robust Porter, Smuttynose, St. Boltoph's, Star Island Single, The Bronx, The Bronx Ale House, The Bronx Brewery Pale Ale, The Half Pint, Tuesday Night Tastings, Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
Posted in Beers | 2 Comments »
August 15, 2011
It happened today – you looked at your calendar and started to get depressed. We’ve all noticed that as of today it is the mid-point of August. Summer is almost over – and that is a depressing thought. We’re already starting to feel it slipping away. It’s been an especially hard summer for Manhattanites – street temperatures in the heart of the city hitting well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, air-conditioners keeping everyone inside cool but pumping out waves of hot air for the rest of us, concrete hot enough to cook an entire turkey and that beautiful skyline blocking any sort of breeze from giving any respite. So this week the Beer Friends are giving Manhattan a break.
That’s right – this week every NYC Craft Beer Event is happening outside the center of New York City. From Brooklyn, to Jersey, to Westchester (first ever I believe!) we’ve got beer events for everyone else in the Tri-State, multi-boroughed area. Check em’ out! And watch out for the Manhattan yuppies!
Monday, August 15 – Brooklyn Brewery “Ghost” Night @ The Diamond, Brooklyn:
Talk about black ops – this event might not even exist. It’s the kind of thing that gets blacked out in government documents. That shady characters with dozens of names and passports engage in only to disappear into the fold. Some people may or may not have found some brew that may or may not exist and it may or may not be served TONIGHT at a bar that may or may not be real. Actually, it’s all very real – there are four bottles of incredibly rare and specialized brews that sound, to be honest, made up. Which makes them all the more desirable. Here’s what we’re looking at:
Crochet Rouge Rose – Local 1 aged on chardonnay and pinot noir lees. (more…)
Tags:Ballast Point, Barrel Aged Cuvee Noire, Beer Adventures, Bierkraft, Biscotti Break, Black Ops Late Bottle Vintage 2007, Brooklyn Blast, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn Brown, Brooklyn Craft Beer, Brooklyn Radius, cask engine, Corchet Rouge Riesling, Crochet Rouge Rose, Dogfish Head 120 Minute, During and After Christmas Beer, Evil Twin, GRAB Specialty Foods, Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø, Katz Pis, Life and Limb, Maple Pecan Porter, New Jersey Craft Beer, New York City Craft Beer Events, Oaked Ale, Ovila Saison, Pale Ale, Ryan and the Beaster Bunny, Sam Adam's Beer Lovers Choice, sierra nevada, Sorachi Ace, The Cloverleaf Tavern, The Diamond, The Double Windsor, the Lazy Boy Saloon & Ale House, Torpedo IPA, Tuesday Night Tastings, Tumbler, Westchester Craft Beer, Wet Dream, White Plains, White Plains Craft Beer
Posted in Beers | 1 Comment »
July 11, 2011
It is the unofficial half way point of Good Beer Month 2011!
Unofficial because I mostly just made it up… But forget all that. It’s time to talk about good beer, and here are some great events you should keep your eye on this week.
(more…)
Tags:Barcade New Jersey, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Brooklyn Black Ops, Brooklyn Blast, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn Monster, Brooklyn The Concoction, Coney Island Craft Lagers, curry, David Copperfields, Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA, Dogfish Head Hellbound, Epic Brewing Company, GRAB Specialty Foods, He'brew Chosen Beer, Kelso Carroll Garden Wit, Kelso Nut Brown, Kelso of Brooklyn, Kelso Pilsner, Manhattan, Maya Kaimal Curries, Mikkeller, Mikkeller Single Hop Events, New Jersey, New York City Craft Beer Events, Nolita Mart and Espresso Bar, rattle N hum, Schmaltz Brewing Company
Posted in Beers | Leave a Comment »
July 4, 2011
We definitely have a reason to celebrate this weekend. Actually, two reasons.
First, we celebrate the great country we live in. A country, that sense its beginning has encouraged ingenuity and creativity among its citizens. It’s that common instinct that inspires that brewers of the craft beer that we love to do what they do. It’s why the craft beer industry has continued to be successful and grow by leaps and bounds every year. Craft Beer is as natural to America as fireworks and cookouts on the 4th of July.
We also get to celebrate craft beer itself. As deemed by the brewers and craft beer bar owners behind The Good Beer Seal, July is Good Beer Month. Now here at the Beer Friends believe every month should be Good Beer Month. But we’re pretty okay with picking one out and giving it a name. So tomorrow, while your cooking out and watching the fireworks, raise your glass of your favorite brew in a toast to craft beer and to America, the country that not only allows craft beer to exist, but inspires it’s incredible and delicious diversity.
Enjoy the events:
Tuesday, July 5 – The Big Le-Brewski Event: Part 2 @ Rattle n’ Hum, Manhattan:
Sit down. If you’re sitting – get closer to the ground. I’m about to unload every craft beer lovers dream on you. Imagine (more…)
Tags:Barcade, Barcade New Jersey, Beer Friends Final Four, Bierkraft Brooklyn, Brewmasters Reserve, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Brewery, Captain Lawrence, Craft Beer, Draft Beer Trailer, GRAB Specialty Foods, Grove Street PATH Plaza, Kelso of Brooklyn, Manhattan, New Jersey, New York City, New York City Craft Beer Events, rattle N hum, Scott Vacarro, Standings, The Big Le-Brewski Part 2, The Concoction, The Penicillin, Yards Brewery
Posted in Beers | Leave a Comment »
May 23, 2011
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…)
Tags:Backwoods Bastard, Bear Republic Brewery, Bear Republic Heritage, Bear Republic Mai Bock, Bengali Tiger Cans, Black Biscuit, Breakfast Stout, Brooklyn Craft Beer, Canadian Breakfast Stout, Captain Lawrence, Carburetor, Centennial IPA, Cerise, Cher Ami, Deers and Beers, Dirty Bastard, El Oso, End 10, FC Barcelona, Founders Brewery, Founders Double Trouble, Founders Pale Ale, Founders Porter, GRAB Specialty Foods, Hop-Rod Rye, Imperial Stout, Jeremy Kosmicki, Jimmy's No. 43, Kaiser Curmudgeon, Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Manchester United, Nemesis, New York City Craft Beer Events, Old Curmudgeon, Oysters, Racer #5, rattle N hum, red rocket, Reds Rye, Ryevalry, Sixpoint Bengali Tiger, Sixpoint Cans, Stick Ball Alt, TapRoom 307, The Blind Tiger Ale House, The Double Windsor, UEFA Champions League Final, Venison, Volks Bier
Posted in Beers | 1 Comment »
May 2, 2011
May. What a month. Spring flowers, worker’s rights, Mexican Fives and Memorial Day. May is like a non-stop party. What kind of beer should we drink to start this party? Ithaca Flower Power for the flowers? The Peoples Lager from China for May Day? Negro Modelo for Cinco de Mayo? A Southhampton Double White for Memorial Day? You know, cause we’re all double excited to finally be able to wear white now.
Tuesday, May 3 – Pretty Things “Once Upon A Time” Launch Party @ The Rye House, Manhattan:
Ever wonder what beer tasted like in 1855? The country was just about to be divided by civil
(more…)
Tags:Anderson Valley, Ballast Point, Big A IPA, Brooklyn, California Dreaming, Craft Beer, Firestone Walker, GRAB Specialty Foods, Green Flash, Greenport Harbor, Jimmy's No. 43, Lagunitas, Manhattan, New York City, Once Upon A Time, Oysters, Pretty Things, Ron Pattinson, Rye House, Sculpin IPA, sierra nevada, Smuttynose, Stone, The Bruery, The Double Windsor, Torpedo IPA
Posted in Beers | 7 Comments »
April 18, 2011
Hello all you Beer Friends out there! I’m sure by now you have all heard that Nebraska Brunette Nut Brown is the 2011 Beer Friends Final Four Champion! Congratulations Nebraska! It was an amazing tournament this year but if you’re anything like me then you’ve been wandering around aimlessly, trying to find something to fill the void now that it’s over. I have just the thing for you: Sours, Kegs n Eggs, Evil Twins, Breakfast Stouts from Kentucky and a Cask Beer Festival in Brooklyn.
I think that should do the trick…
Tuesday, April 19 – $10 Tuesday Tastings ‘April Sours’ @ Jimmy’s No. 43, Manhattan:
April Sours bring May Flowers? I think so, but you won’t have to wait until may to get those flowers. Jimmy’s No. 43 is offering a selection of sours to sample this Tuesday night as part of their weekly $10 Tuesday Tastings series. Sours are (more…)
Tags:13, 14, 15, 2010 Killer Penguin, 2010 Obovoid, 5th Annual Williamsburg Cask Festival, Alex Hall, Apricot Mojo, April Sours, Before During or After Xmas, Blanche, Blithering Idiot, Boulder Brewery, Bourbon Barrel Aged Never Summer, Bourbon Barrel Aged Obovoid, Bourbon Barrel Aged Singletrack, Bourbon Barrel Aged Spiced Never Summer, Bourbon Barrel Aged Vanilla Porter, Buffalo Gold, Cerise, Chocolate Porter, Craft Beer New York City, Danish craft Beer, dba Brooklyn, Disco Beer, Double Simcoe, Double Trouble Imperial IPA, Evil Twin, Fireside, Flashback India Brown Ale, Founders Brewery, GRAB Specialty Foods, Hazed and Infused, Heresy, Hopback Amber, Hops Infusion, Insanity, IPA Project 1, Java Head Stout, Jimmy's No. 43, Kegs and Eggs, Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Lagunitas, Lima, Merry Monks, Mojo, Mojo Risin, Never Summer, New York City, New York City Craft Beer Events, Nitro Mojo Risin' and 2009 Killer Penguin, Nitro Obovoid, Oak Aged American Red, Old Heathen, Pale Ale, Papa, Planet Porter, Pumpkin, Quad, Quatro Crazy, rattle N hum, Red's Rye Pale Ale, Singletrack, Slam Dunkel, Smuttynose, Soft DK, Soft Dookie, Sour Beer, Spring Lounge, Standings, Sunshine Pils, Sweaty Betty, Tiny, Tiny 12, Troeg's Brewery, Troegenator, Verboten, Weyerbacher, Yang, Yin, Yin Yang Black & Tan
Posted in Beers | 1 Comment »
February 14, 2011
Valentines Day is a time to express your love for the most wonderful, important and meaningful thing in your life – craft beer! And instead of buying it chocolates or roses you can show your affection by heartily consuming it at the following craft beer events – enjoy!
Monday, February 14 – Magic Hat Beer Tasting @ Broadway Dive Bar, Manhattan:
What says Valentines Day most to you? A) Chocolates B) Overpriced Greeting Card Holiday C) Roses D) Magic Hat Beer. In the unlikely chance that you answered D, then you’ve made it to the right place. The Dive Bar on Broadway in Morningside Heights is having a Magic Hat beer tasting event Monday night for all you lovers…and haters…out there. Stop on by for some of the best brews that Magic Hat has to offer. Stick around for the good music and good atmosphere. And the love.
Broadway Dive is located at 2662 Broadway at 101st Street, Morningside Hieghts, Manhattan.
(more…)
Tags:Beer, Bierkraft, Blue Point, Brandywine River, Broadway Dive Bar, Brooklyn, Craft Beer, Friends, Geary's Autumn, Geary's Brewery, Geary's Hampshire Ale, Geary's Hampshire Ale Cask Infused Whiskey, Geary's Pale Ale, Geary's Porter, Geary's Winter, GRAB Specialty Foods, Harvest Pils, Headwater Pale Ale, Idle Hands Bar, Left Hand, Magic Hat, Manhattan, Moonglow, New York City Craft Beer Events, NYC Craft Beer Events, Park Slope, Pursuit Pale Ale, rattle N hum, Saison de Buff, St. Victorious, Storm King Stout, The Beer Friends, The Stag's Head, Valentine's Day, Victory Brewery, Yakima Glory
Posted in Beers | Leave a Comment »
January 10, 2011
The New Years Eve hangover is finished and Craft Beer is back in full force this week in New York City. Let’s see what kind of trouble we can get into and where we can go to get into it…
Monday, January 10 – Shmaltz Brewery Event @ The Good Beer Store, Manhattan: Shmaltz Brewery is the mastermind behind the brews from Coney Island and Hebrew. Jeremy Cowan will be heading to the Good Beer Store in the East Village to sign copies of his book and feed you select offerings of his delicious brews. The Good Beer Store is new to the New York City craft beer scene and it is a great place to grab a pint/flight, fill your growler or find your favorite craft bottles. They also serve craft beer type foods – sausages, cheeses and other deliciousness. It gets a Beer Friends stamp of approval.
The Good Beer Store is located at 422 E 9th Street between Avenue A and 1st Avenue.
Wednesday, January 12 – Troeg’s Brewery Event @ The Stag’s Head, Manhattan: Troegs is a fantastic brewery straight out of PA and they are heading straight to the Stag’s Head Wednesday evening to provide you with sustenance. Expect the best they have to offer- think Troegenator, Hopback Amber, Nugget Nectar and Flying Mouflan. And think about going there. Actually, don’t just think about it – Do it.
The Stag’s Head is located at 252 E 51st Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues.
Thursday, January 13 – Sierra Nevada Draft Takeover @ Bierkraft, Brooklyn: I believe at least one (or more) Beer Friend has been quoted as saying that Bierkraft is the best place in NYC to get your growler filled. Now we won’t give it that official title (although it is pretty damn awesome) but it’s gotta be close. Sierra Nevada will be taking over the taps with some regular and rare brews, including Hoptimum. Declicious.
Bierkraft is located at 191 5th Avenue between Berkeley and Union Streets, Brooklyn.
Saturday, January 15 – Ballast Point and Two Brothers Tasting Event @ GRAB Specialty Foods, Brooklyn: Head on over to GRAB Specialty Foods in Park Slope for the newest installment of their Saturday tasting events. Two Brothers will be bringing Cane & Ebel, Northwind Imperial Stout, and Domaine Dupage while Ballast Point will be pouring their Sculpin IPA and Calico Amber Ale.
GRAB Specialty Foods is located at 438 7th Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets, Brooklyn.
Tags:American Craft Beer, Ballast Point, Bierkraft, Brooklyn, Calico Amber Ale, Cane & Ebel, Coney Island, Domaine Dupage, Flying Mouflan, GRAB Specialty Foods, He'Brew, Hopback Amber, Hoptimum, Jeremy Cowan, Manhattan, New York City Craft Beer, Northwind Imperial Stout, Nugget Nectar, NYC Craft Beer, Sculpin IPA, Shmaltz Brewery, sierra nevada, The Good Beer Store, The Stag's Head, Troegenator, Troegs, Two Brothers
Posted in Beers | Leave a Comment »
November 1, 2010
The other day I was standing in a bodega in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan gazing at the beer cooler. I must’ve stood there for 5 minutes with a content grin on my face. Craft beer took up 4.5 of the 5 coolers dedicated to brew. There was so few American Lagers and Corn/Rice Pilsners that I had to actually look to find them. Not that I was looking to find them. I walked out with a sixer of Smuttynose IPA and a sense that maybe the country isn’t totally heading in the right direction. Perhaps instead of looking up to dirty politicians and corrupt above-the-law athletes as our role models we should look to the hard working, steadily growing, creatively inspired people of the craft beer world.
On that note, let’s see what some of those people are up to this week…
Tuesday, November 2 – Victory Takes the Taps @ Rattle n’ Hum, Manhattan: Speaking of Craft Beer All-Stars, Patrick Donagher and the employees at Rattle n’ Hum are coming at us with a big one: Victory Brewing Company will be taking over ALL the taps. ALL of them. That’s 40 lines. Every beer that makes your mouth water when you’re thinking about Victory will be on. Another Craft Beer All-Star Bill Covaliski, Victory Brewmaster and the founder of craft beer in Philly, will be leading the celebrations. Tell ya what, I don’t need to say anything else besides this: I’m off of work at 5, I’ll see you there.
Rattle n’ Hum is located at 14 East 33rd Street, between Madison Ave and 5th Ave, Manhattan.
Thursday, November 4 – Longtrail Night @ David Copperfields, Manhattan: Alright anyone who has access to the 4/5/6 trains, here’s a treat for you. Jump on the uptown line and head straight to the UES for the Longtrail Brewing Company event at David Copperfields. We’re talking Hibernator, Imperial Porter and Double Bag to warm you up. It’s been cold out recently and you deserve it.
David Copperfields is located at 1394 York Ave, corner of 74th street, Manhattan.
Thursday, November 4 – Lagunitas Night @ Bierkraft, Brooklyn: This might be the best event of the week. Lagunitas will be bringing some of their rarest and best craft brews out to the Brooklyn’s best beer haven. Bierkraft will be featuring the Bourbon Aged Cappuccino Stout, Habanero IPA, Wethop IPA, Hop Stoopid and Fusion 4 (rumored to be the only keg in NYC). They also are pouring my personal Lagunitas favorite: Maximus. Except this one will be cask-conditioned. I feel like I’m repeating myself with this one, but, I get out of work at 5. I’ll see you there.
Bierkraft is located at 191 5th Ave, between Sackett and Union, Brooklyn.
Saturday, November 6 – Dogfish Head Brewery @ GRAB Specialty Foods, Brooklyn: GRAB has really earned a regular appearance on our events listings recently. Each Saturday they feature a craft brewery and they have been bringing in some heavy hitters recently, including Great Divide and Sixpoint. Well they aren’t backing down this week. Dogfish Head will be bringing in many of our regular favorites 60 and 90 Minutes, Chicory Stout. You know, the usual’s. They’ll also be bringing some of their, well, heavy hitters: Theobroma, Midas Touch and Red & White. I’ll see ya there? Definitely.
GRAB Specialty Foods is located at 438 7th Ave (between 14th and 15th streets), Brooklyn.
Tags:60 Minute IPA, 90 Minute IPA, Bierkraft, Bill Covaliski, Bourbon Aged Cappuccino Stout, Chicory Stout, David Copperfields, Dogfish Head, Double Bag, Fusion 4, GRAB Specialty Foods, Great Divide, Habanero IPA, Hibernator, Hop Stoopid, Imperial Porter, Lagunitas Brewery, Longtrail Brewery, Maximus, Midas Touch, NYC Craft Beer, Patrick Donagher, rattle N hum, Red & White, sixpoint, Theobroma, Victory Brewing Company, Wethop IPA
Posted in Beers | Leave a Comment »
dingerc
Brad
Corporate Kerouac
Phil
