Well, after 118 reviews – we here at The Beer Friends decided to toss our hat in the ring and review one of our home brews… and suckered Greg Avola into joining us. The Beer Friends have had all different experiences with brewing – some used to brew in college and some just drank – so after a few reviews we felt it was a little unfair to judge without being judged. Enter Brooklyn Brew Shop and their awesome and easy brew kits. The first ever Beer Friends homebrew was the Everyday IPA which we messed up somehow and it tasted like vitamin water (we might have been drinking that day). The video is of our 3rd or 4th collective home brew using the Brooklyn Brew Shops kit and a little bit of our own Beer Friends touch. Home Brew! Brooklyn! Beer!
In the Beer Friends constant effort to drink everything Sixpoint produces – we occasionally video tape ourselves doing it. This week we tried the very sought after Resin, a Double IPA that was just announced as a year round brew from Sixpoint. Sixpoint has always been known for doing killer stuff on draft and last year they started selling their stuff in Nanokegs. This turned back the clock for the Beer Friends and every new can or design was like diving into a new pack of baseball cards. Be sure to check out our other Sixpoint reviews below the video. Sixpoint! Double/Imperial! #Nanokegs!
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:
We are officially approaching the dog days of August, but it seems like we’ve been there for a couple of weeks already. The rest of the world characterizes the “dog days” as those times in August where the days stretch on for endless hours and are filled with heat and humidity that requires 24/7 air conditioning. Well, after experiencing 2+ weeks of these oppressively hot/humid days and it only now has become the month of August, we are a bit tired of the weather. We’re going to need some help getting through whatever August has to throw at us. And we have the solution: Craft beer.
Actually there’s more than that in this week’s post. In fact, if you keep reading there is a surprise that will make you very, very hoppy, uh, I mean, happy that you did.
Tuesday, August 2nd – Smuttynose Tap Takeover @ Rattle n’ Hum, Manhattan:
No Smutty, No Beer. Know Smutty, Know Beer. They don’t need to say a word more, it’s literally as simple as that. New Hampshire’s premier brewery will be hitting up Rattle n’ Hum and owning their tap’s this Tuesday night. They have an (more…)
Hello all you Beer Friends out there! We’d like to apologize for releasing the craft brew events a bit late this week. We promise it’s not because we drank too much craft brew. Actually we’ve been so caught up with our different regional brewery tours – the South, Southern California (Day one, two, three and Stone) and Boston/Cape Cod – that we were late for the boat this week. Although, I suppose that’s from drinking too much craft brew during our brewery tours.
Anywho’s – we got a great (half) week of events for ya! Enjoy! (more…)
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…)
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
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.
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…)
I don’t like starting the NYC Craft Beer Events post without an original theme, but this week I’m stealing ideas…from us. I don’t know if you’ve all been keeping tabs on the Beer Friend Final Four Beer-March-Madness tournament but this year has been the craziest ever. A #12 seed in the Northeast bracket is currently poised to take it all. Anyone thinking VCU? Except this VCU could actually do it. If you haven’t voted yet then you should vote now here: http://thebeerfriends.com I’ll come back with an original theme next week, but this week I’m plugging the Beer Friends Final Four all over the place.
In the mean time let’s see what, and where you’re drinking while you’re voting this week. (Vote here, again: http://thebeerfriends.com) (more…)
This week is a special beer review – it’s a growler! This week we travel to the mysterious Redhook , Brooklyn to try Sixpoint Brewery. Now it is no secret to faithful Beer Friend followers (thanks Mom!) that the Beer Friends love Sxipoint brews, so this one is a gimme. The SPotW is Bengali Tiger, the readily available I.P.A. from Sixpoint. Check it out at the special Sixpoint Brewery event at The Pony Bar on Tuesday, November 16th! Brooklyn Beer!
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