Terrapin has always been something of a mixed bag for me. I’ve only had two or three of their brews but was always a little surprised about how unhoppy the Big Hoppy Monster was. It was a great beer but you shouldn’t name a malt forward beer “Big Hoppy Monster.” That being [...]
It’s become fairly obvious that the world is going down in flames. Heat waves in June, earthquakes, tsunamis, oil costs over four dollars at the pump and grains and hops are in short supply. Breweries have reacted in different ways. Some have cut back production on their big hoppy beers. Some [...]
This past weekend my girlfriend and I drove down to Maryland to attend an outdoor wedding in the swamp. It was hot. When we got home our cat was cooking a fried egg on my beer drinking chair and I ran immediately to the fridge and grabbed a cold Coal Porter out. [...]
Stinky and I have been on a pretty regular Friday after work brew session schedule these days, which is suiting me just fine. On the way to meet up with me at work, Stinky picked up the most recent of Avery’s anniversary beers — the “Fifteen.” Avery has been doing these anniversary brews [...]
Saturday was a scorcher here in Brooklyn and we celebrated the stifling arrival of Summer with a birthday barbecue bash at Brew Dog Ceeg’s house. As usual we smoked some pig parts for a good chunk of the day, during which no less than 15 different brews were sipped (or pounded) by the many attendees. [...]
I must admit I was a bit wary of Avery’s porter offering, a seasonal brew called the New World Porter. It’s dry hopped and after the over hopped Sierra Porter I was afraid I was going to be in for another bitter mess. I was very wrong. While the porter did with [...]
This bottle of goodness travelled all the way from southern Belgium, where it is brewed by one of the only Trappist Breweries in the world. Rochefort makes three Ales — the 6, the 8, and the 10. I recently purchased a 10 at New Beer in Manhattan and aside from having sampled a [...]
First of all, let me apologize profusely for the egregious punning in the title. It hit me and I couldn’t resist. I’ll try to keep that to a minimum from now on. Wait, no I won’t!
Three Floyd’s is one of those breweries which is legendary in NYC for a variety of reasons [...]
Left Hand is another brewery from Colorado with a solid small bottle line up and a series of world class big bottles (both bombers and 750s.) They have two stand outs in the small bottle line, their flagship ESB “Sawtooth Ale” and a Milk Stout. The Sawtooth was just the New York Times’ [...]
Dear Beer Activists,
Please read the information below, provided by the New York State Brewers Association, concerning an important piece of legislation which, if passed, would help ensure greater access and choice for consumers of craft beer in the Empire State.
New York Craft Brewers need your help!
We are asking for your support of the [...]
