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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:
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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
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May 10, 2011
Hello beer Friends Nation!
Rub those eyes one more time… Two, yes two live blogs tonight! Personally I’m clocking overtime for this. Two Beer friends awaken to Pony Bar’s Smuttynose Brewery event featuring 14 drafts and 2 casks… round 2… Ding ding ding!
Phil’s 2nd 1st(I guess) – Smuttynose Finest Kind IPA: a good a around opener IPA. Good, bit not overpowering, hops at the start with a nice sweeter ending that doesn’t take away from the overall flavor.
Brad’s 1st 2nds(?) – Vunderbar is another German pilsner that’s heavier on taste and malts. Not as hoppy as the Rogue pilsner ( t-minus two hours ago) this pilsner is more like a traditional German style which my best reference is Brooklyn Pilsner… Either way it’s flavorful and easy to drink!
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Tags:Smuttynose, The Pony Bar
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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
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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
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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
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April 4, 2011
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…)
Tags:Barleywine, Beer Friends Final Four, BFF4, Bierkraft, Brooklyn, Cloverleaf Tavern, Hill Farmstead, Jim Ebel, Lagunitas, March Madness, New Jersey, New York City, New York City Craft Beer Events, Old Style Ale, Pat Fondiller, rattle N hum, Smuttynose, Strong Ale, The Blind Tiger Ale House, The Bronx, The Bronx Ale House, The Bronx Brewery, The Stag's Head, Two Brothers
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February 8, 2011
The Beer Friends are curious…What was your craft brew of choice for the Big Game? Yes that’s right, the biggest sporting event of the year. And no we’re not talking about the Superbowl. We’re talking about Chris Paul’s 3rd Annual PBA Celebrity Invitational. That’s right, the biggest sports superstars (Chris Paul, Reggie Bush), recording artists (Nelly, Lil’ Wayne) and PBA atheletes (PBA = Professional Bowling Association = You wouldn’t recognize their names if I told you). Seriously though – What’d you drink for it? I think a good Smokey Stout really brings out the bowling ball black flavor. Although, going with a Belgian White Ale, maybe from Allagash, really brings out the 7-10 split. Either way, we enjoyed the big game and hope you did too. Let’s see what we have this week to celebrate your own bowling victory’s – finally breaking 100-points.
Tuesday, February 8th – Boulder Brewery Night @ Rattle n’ Hum, Manhattan:
Boulder Brewery was one of the Beer Friends favorite stops on our Colorado Brewery Tour and this Tuesday they’ll be stopping in our town, at Rattle n’ Hum, with their best selection of craft brews. The list of brews is still hidden to the public but we can only imagine that it will include our favorites Mojo IPA, Sweaty Betty Blonde, Planet Porter and Cold Hop and we can only HOPE that they will bring some Killer Penguin and Never Summer Ale. We also hope they pull the same move they did when we visited the brewery – 4 oz. tasting pours of all 15 of their brews that pour regularly for $13. Let’s quickly do the math in our head on this one… 4 oz. X 15 = 60 oz. That’s roughly 4.5 brews. Will this happen in NYC on Tuesday? Beer Gods, we hope so.
Rattle n’ Hum is located at 14 E 33rd Street between Madison and 5th Avenues.
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Tags:Abbey Ale, Allagash, Ballast Point, Beer Chili, Belgian Style, Blind Tiger Ale House, Boulder Brewery, Bouncing Souls, Brewery Ommegang, Brooklyn, Chocolate Indulgence, Chris Paul, Cold Hop, Cooperstown, dark, Dropkick Murphy's, East Coast, Hennepin, Hop Stoopid, Imperial IPA, IPA, Killer Penguin, Lagunitas, Manhattan, Mission Dolores, Mojo IPA, Never Summer Ale, New Jersey, New York City Craft Beer Events, NJ Transit, NOFX, PBA Bowling, Phil Leinhart, Planet Porter, Prima PIls, Punk Rock, Rancid, Rare Vos, rattle N hum, Sculpin IPA, sierra nevada, Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Smuttynose, Smuttynose IPA, Sweaty Betty Blonde, The Stirling Hotel, Three Philosophers, Upstate New York, Victory, West Coast, Wild Card, Witte
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January 26, 2011
Alright, bust out your studded leather jacket, your dislike for authority and your mohawk wax…it’s punk rock beer week in NYC! Bringing back my past memories of being a punk rocker and combining them with my present interests of…well, beer, and it’s enough to get one into a headbanging, sweaty mosh-pit of life changing inspiration. If this doesn’t kick start my quarter life crisis, well, then I don’t know what will!
Alright, here’s what you’ve been waiting for. Break out the NOFX shirt. Break out your skateboard. Break out your Dead Kennedy’s discography selection and Tim Armstrong smokers voice. It’s East Coast/West Coast Punk Rock Tour Time!
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Tags:Ballast Point, Lagunitas Brewery, Smuttynose, The Lazy Boy Saloon, The Pony Bar, The Wild Goose, Victory Brewing Company
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September 27, 2010
I don’t know how you all felt about the ‘opening ceremonies’ of New York City Craft Beer Week but over here at the Beer Friends we thought it was just fantastic. Ithaca had some tasty brews pouring over at the Pony Bar, the Get Real NY Cask and Food festival was for real with 80+ casks pouring and 20+ local restaurants serving up their best samples, the Staten Island beer festival had some of the Beer Friends favorite breweries on hand and saying the Atlantic Antic was antic would be an understatement. You’ll be hearing more about these events as Craft Beer Week sprints along, but for now let’s see what we have coming to us in the week ahead.
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Tags:Ballast Point, Beer, Big A IPA, Big Eye IPA, Blue Point Brewery, Boulder Brewing Company, Brooklyn, Colorado, Colorado Brewery Tour, Craft Beer, Cream Ale, Empire Brewing Co., IPA, Jimmy's No. 43, Kelso of Brooklyn, L'asso, Left Hand Brewing Co., Long Island, Milk Stout, New Jersey, New York City, new york city craft beer week, nyc beer, nyc craft beer week, Pizza, pizza night, Polestar Pilsner, Queens, rattle N hum, Riverhorse Brewing Company, Sausage, Sawtooth, Sixpoint Craft Ales, Smuttynose, Stone Brewing Co., Sunswick 35/35, The Beer Friends, The Double Windsor, The Pony Bar, thebeerfriends
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July 19, 2010
Photo Credit: Jeff Bargmann
Woah! Another craft brew filled week during Good Beer Month here in New York City…and this month is jam packed with events! Let’s check a few out.
Tues, July 20 – Rattle n’ Hum, Manhattan: Our favorite Empire State Building beer bar will be featuring Southern Tier Tuesday night. I am a big fan of the imperal ales from this brewery, I am specifically looking forward to the Oak Aged Unearthy and the Farmers Tan Imperial Pale Lager.
Then I’ll move to Phin & Matts Extraordinary Ale for something a little lighter…
Tues, July 20 – Jimmy’s No. 43, Manhattan: Every Tuesday this East Village basement cavern of craft brew holds $10 beer tastings with brewing experts. This Tuesday will feature American made German style beer led by Sean from Victory Brewery. Sean and the guys at Victory are just coming off a successful event over at Blind Tiger last Wednesday night. Apparently they just decided to keep it rolling. We’re okay with that.
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Tags:Allagash, bear republic, Blind Tiger Ale House, Christmas, Christmas in July, Craft Beer, Good Beer Month, Jimmy's No. 43, New York City, ommegang, Oysters, rattle N hum, Smuttynose, Southhampton, Standings, Swift, The Gate, Victory Brewery, Zur
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