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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
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October 5, 2010
Craft Beer Week is over. And it was fantastic. Anything that brings that much craft beer into this great city of ours is a good thing. The Beer Friends were in full support throughout the week and were thrilled with all the great beer events. Thank you to the organizers, the bars and the brewers for fantastic times! Although NYC Craft Beer Week is over, the craft beer events have not stopped flowing. This week’s listing is non-surprisingly thinner than last week’s, however I think you’ll still be able to find some great gems to head out to.
Tuesday, October 5 – Sierra Nevada Night @ The Pony Bar: The Beer Friends favorite NYC Craft Beer Bar is throwing another epic brewery event in a chain of equally epic brewery events. If you remember last years Sierra Nevada night then you will want to head on over to this one. Sierra will be taking over the taps and throwing on a couple cask lines hopefully filling our beer desires with Tumbler, Torpedo, Rebellion, Chico IPA and many more favorites. If you know Sierra, and how many beers they brew, then you know you’ll be able to find one, or two (or three, or four) brews of theirs that will ignite your curiosity. Oh, and we always forget to mention that the craft beers at The Pony Bar are only $5. ALL THE TIME. Except for 4:20 – 5:20 everyday. WHEN THEY’RE ONLY $4. Get there early, get a table, order the Roast Beast ( or the Friend Oysters and Bacon, or the Avocado-Lettuce-Tomato if you’re a Vegetarian) and get as much Sierra Nevada brew as your body can handle (responsibly of course), in an All-American atmosphere, all while being easy on your wallet.
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Tags:Beer Archaeology, Craft Beer, Dogfish Head, Dr. Agnes Hsu, Dr. Patrick McGovern, GRAB Specialty Foods, New York City, New York City Craft Beer, Sam Calagione, sierra nevada, sixpoint, The China Institute of America, The Pony Bar
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August 24, 2010
Aaaaaand we’re back! The Beer Friends NYC Beer Events calendar updates took a bit of hiatus recently if you hadn’t noticed. I’d apologize, but it was for a good reason. A Colorado Brewery Tour is a good reason right? I think so. You’ll be hearing all about the Colorado trip and the 15 breweries we visited while there all in good time. For now let’s talk about what’s happening with craft beer this week in this little town.
Wednesday, August 25 – Sierra Nevada Extravaganza, Blind Tiger Ale House, Manhattan: It’s that time of year again! Sierra Nevada will be taking over the taps at the Blind Tiger Ale House for their yearly extravaganza. Last years event was phenomenal with all of Sierra Nevada’s fantastic regulars and more than a handful of rarely released and specialty brews. This is a brewery event you won’t want to miss at a beer bar that always puts on a great time.
Wednesday, August 25 – Blue Point Night, Standings, Manhattan: East Village Craft Brew hotspot Standings will be featuring four lines of Long Island’s favorite brewery: Blue Point Brewing Co., out of Patchogue, New York. They haven’t released the names of the brews that will be pouring but we imagine it’ll be somewhere along the lines of the Toasted Lager, Blueberry, Hoptical and maybe something mysterious. Or the Summer Ale.
Thursday, August 26 – Allagash Night, Barcade, Brooklyn: It has been faaar too long since the Beer Friends have made it out to this Brooklyn brewhouse/arcade. It has been one of our favorite bars for beer events and Pac-man and an Allagash event seems like a perfect reason to head back. So come on out to Barcade in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and join us in sharing some of Allagash’s traditional and experimental Belgian-Style Brews. I’m looking forward to grabbing an Allagash Black and maybe a Curieux.
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Tags:Allagash, Barcade, Beer Bars, Black, Blind Tiger Ale House, Blue Point, Blue Point Brewing Company, Blueberry Ale, Craft Beer, Curieux, Hoptical Illusion, New York City, New York City Craft Beer, Pac-man, sierra nevada, Standings, summer ale, Toasted Lager
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April 15, 2010
Beer Friends here giving our brief recap of a night to be remembered at our favorite watering hole, The Pony Bar. Located in Hells Kitchen on 10th Ave and 45th Street, this craft beer bar has made quite the splash in the first year they’ve been open. Besides getting great reviews in Time Out New York and Yelp, The Pony Bar has become one of local legend with it’s All American Club. Drink your way through 100 beers, write them down including Beer, Brewery, date and your own personal rating and receive a awesome Dickies short sleeve button up brewmaster shirt – but wait! There’s more! Last night the Pony Bar was closed for a private party from 3-7p as Dan the manager and the awesome bartenders and barhops treated All American club members to 20 new pours plus sliders and wings.
Of course the Beer Friends made a trip – three of us being members in this exclusive club (we like to drink with a purpose) and here’s what our night consisted of: (more…)
Tags:All American Club, Allagash, Autobahn, Beer, Boulder Beer Company, Dogfish Head, Empire Brewing Company, Firestone Walker, Fritz and Ken, Immort Ale, Imperial Stout, Ithaca Beer Company, Left Hand, Magic Hat, Never Summer Ale, oak aged, Red and White, Schlafly Brewery, sierra nevada, sixpoint, Smuttynose, The Pony Bar, Time Out New York, Triple, Union Jack IPA, Yelp
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April 7, 2010
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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March 29, 2010
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:
The Sierra 30.
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.
Tags:Ale, Beer, birthday, Brewery, oak aged, present, sierra 30, sierra nevada
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March 18, 2010
I have had a bottle opener on my key chain since my senior year of college. I remember my first one fondly, it was a Yeugnling bottle opener that I got at a campus bar night. Being from New England, Yeungling was a new and exciting beer for me. It was the first beer I got to bring home to show my father and I had an awesome new key chain with the brand on it. Never mind that Yeungling gave me a bottle opener to use it on their twist off bottles. I loved America’s oldest brewery because it was new and exciting, and I didn’t care that it bore the mark of a major brewery. It wasn’t like I was drinking it for its craftiness. I had plenty of other beers to use that bottle opener on. (more…)
Tags:Blue Point, Craft Beer, Pete's Brewing Company, Pry Off, sierra nevada, Twist Off, Yeungling
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