The Westchester Homebrewers Organization held their January meeting tonight at the new Captain Lawrence brewery in Elmsford. The new brewery is impressive – a nice step up for Owner/Brewmaster Scott Vaccaro & gang. The tasting room is fabulous – with lots of room to move around and a gorgeous bar. I look forward to returning soon when the taps are flowing. Oh, and the WHO meeting was awesome as well. The theme was mead – Bob Slanzi gave a lecture on beekeeping, Phil Clark on traditional mead making, Ken Hettinger on mead making with staggered nutrient additions and some excellent mead was poured afterward. Three cheers for mead!
Symbol Key:
♦= a Free event
♦= a Pay-As-You-Drink event
♦= a Flat-Fee event (all drinks included in the cover charge or set price)
♦= a Beer & Food event
♦= Free food will be served at this event
♦= a My Life on Craft Favorite (especially recommended by Mary)
Tuesday the 24th:
♦Double Windsor in Windsor Terrace is showcasing Imperial Ales tonight at The Empire Strikes Back event. The fun begins at 8 & all beers are only $5:
- Founders Imperial Stout 2012
- Founders Double Trouble Imperial IPA
- Stone 15th Anniversary Escondidian Imperial Black IPA
- Harpoon Triticus Imperial Wheat
- Nøgne Ø Imperial Brown Ale
- Speakeasy Scarface Imperial Stout
♦The $10 Tuesday Night Tasting at Jimmy’s No 43 in the East Village features Shelton Brothers Beers from Around the Globe tonight at 7:30 pm:
- Mahr’s Ungespundent draft
- Blaugies Saison d’Epeautre draft
- Dieu du Ciel! blanche draft
- Haandbryggeriet Nissefar bottles
- Mikkeller Hop Beer Geek Breakfast bottles
- De Struisse Grand Reserve (Port barrel) draft
♦Ommegang is taking over the taps at One Mile House in the Lower East Side tonight beginning at 7. I’ve never even heard of this place but they’ve apparently got at least eight taps to take over:
- Adoration
- Seduction
- Abbey Ale
- Three Philosophers
- BPA
- Hennepin
- Rare Vos
- Witte
There will be free samples & swag. I need to check this place out soon – 30 taps & buffalo-style crispy frog legs, nice!
♦Flying Dog is the featured brewery at Bierkraft’s Tuesday Night Tasting in Park Slope tonight. The tasting begins at 7 but space is limited so get there early if you want a seat. The line-up:
- Doggie Style Pale Ale
- Raging Bitch Belgian IPA
- Kujo Imperial Coffee Stout
- Gonzo Imperial Porter
- Horn Dog Barley Wine 2007 vintage
♦Rattle n Hum in Midtown is featuring Beers of California today beginning at 4. The list:
- Anderson Valley 20th Anniversary IPA
- Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout
- Ballast Point Calico Amber
- Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
- Firestone Walker Double Jack
- Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA
- Green Flash Hop Head Red
- Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin Ale
- Lagunitas Our Own Bavarian-Styled Doppel Weizen
- Mission Amber Ale
- Mission Blonde Ale
- Moylan’s Dragoons Dry Irish Stout
- Nectar IPA
- Red Nectar
- North Coast Old Rasputin Imperial
- North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner
- Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen
- Sierra Nevada Torpedo
♦♦Idle Hands in the East Village is celebrating Beer Can Appreciation Day with some canned beer specials starting tonight at 5 – $4 a can or $20 all you can drink cans. You can browse their can list here though it looks like they’ll have a lot more tonight. They’ll also have an a la carte menu from Yummy Eats.
♦♦Be one of the first to try the new Brewmaster’s Reserve from the Brooklyn Brewery tonight at Brazen Head in Cobble Hill. I’m not sure when these beers go on, but they’re $4 from 6-8 pm and $5 otherwise. Sweet:
- Companion Ale
- Concoction
- Mary’s Maple Porter (our next Brewmaster’s Reserve)
- BLAST!
- Radius
- And a cask of a strong stout aged in bourbon barrels that does not actually exist, mind you
Wednesday the 25th:
♦Sunswick 35-35 in Astoria is hosting one of my favorite breweries, Barrier, tonight at 7 pm. Craig and Evan will be there along with this draft list:
- Antagonist ESB
- Belgian #1 Belgian Pale Ale
- Bulkhead Red
- Medula English IPA
- Rembrandt Porter
♦Taproom 307 in Gramercy has nine Steven’s Point beers on tonight beginning at 7 pm:
- Special Lager
- Cascade Pale Ale
- Belgian White
- Nude Beach
- Burly Brown Ale
- 2012 Black Ale
- Whole Hog Barleywine
- Oktoberfest
- St. Benedict’s Winter Ale
♦♦Standings in the East Village has a Wild Wednesday Winterfest at 6 pm. Free brats from Wechsler’s will be served at 8 pm and four winter beers will be on draft:
- Rogue Yellow Snow IPA
- Anderson Valley Winter
- River Horse Belgian Freeze
- Dogfish Head Bitches Brew
♦The Wednesday Night Beer & Bourbon Tasting at Idle Hands in the East Village features Empire Brewing & Tribox Series tonight. Drop in between 7 & 9, pay $10 at the bar and get this: two full pours of Empire Amber & IPA, samples of American Strong Ale, Scotch Ale & Wheat Wine, a bourbon taste and tater tots from That Burger.
♦The Blind Tiger in the Village has an Ommegang tonight with these taps up at 3 pm:
- Abbey
- 3 Philosophers
- Adoration
- Aphrodite
- Seduction
- Gnomegang
- Chouffe
- BPA
- Hennepin
- Chocolate Indulgence
- Triple Perfection
- Witte
- Buffalo Bourbon Barrel Aged Adoration
- Liefmans Cuvee Brut
Thursday the 26th:
♦Victory is taking over the taps at Bierkraft in Park Slope tonight beginning at 7 pm. Solid line-up:
- Hop Devil
- Prima Pils
- Headwaters
- Stormking
- Golden Monkey
- Braumeister Pils
- Victory Lager
- Yakima Glory
- Hop Wallop
- Smokin Oats Porter
- Baltic Thunder
♦Kelso Beer Company is bringing some small batch specialties to Brouwerij Lane in Greenpoint tonight at 7 pm:
- Pilsner
- Belgian Pale Ale
- IPA
- Industrial IPA
- Flemish Red
- Brandy aged Recessionator
- Jack Daniel’s aged Nut Brown Lager
- Maple barrel aged Industrial IPA
♦Barcade in Williamsburg has a Harpoon event tonight beginning at 4 pm:
(I love Barcade’s descriptions)
- Barley Wine 2010 – 10.3% ABV – Barleywine, aged 2 years
- Black IPA – 7.0% – Latest 100 Barrel series
- Celtic Ale – 5.0% – Spring seasonal
- Cider – 5.5% – Apples! Apples! Apples!
- IPA – 5.9% – Boston classic
- IPA (cask, fresh-hopped) – cask conditioned, hopped with Harpoon rep Sean Hamill’s homegrown hops
- Munich Dark – 5.6% – Bavarian style Dark Lager
- Quad – 11.8% – Belgian style Quadrupel
- Triticus 2010 – 11.5% – Wheat wine, aged 2 years
- Uber Bock – 9.0% – Imperial Helles Bock
- UFO Hefeweizen – 5.1% – Unfiltered German style Hefe
- UFO White – 5.0% – Unfiltered Belgian style Witbier
- Vermont Spruce Tip Ale – 6.0% – Tastes like Christmas!
- Winter Warmer – 5.8% – Tastes like Christmas dessert!
Friday the 27th:
♦♦Breuklyn Bier Merchants in Williamsburg has a Barley Wine Extravaganza tonight beginning at 6 pm. Stay warm with these:
- JW Lees Moonraker Zymatore – 7.8% Barley Wine with a Belgian sour yeast strain (draft)
- JW Lees Vintage ’08 – 11.5% Barley Wine (bottle)
- JW Lees Sherry – 11.5% Barley Wine aged in Sherry casks (bottle)
- Nogne-O Sunturn – 11% Barley Wine with 30% smoked malt & 20% Rye malt (bottle)
- Nils Oscar Barley Wine – 9.5% Swedish Barley Wine (bottle)
A flight of 4 5-oz pours of the bottles will be available for $20.
Saturday the 28th:
♦♦I’m very excited to be participating in the Beer Cocktail Brunch-Off at Jimmy’s No 43 in the East Village today from 1-4. Tickets are $35 and include the beer cocktails and unlimited brunch bites. I’ll be mixing the Bangkok Black Eye, a Thai iced coffee beertail, inspired by my recent trip to Thailand. The other cocktails look equally exciting and I am sure that it will be a ton of fun! Hope to see you there.
Grayson (washed cow’s milk cheese) paired with the Wild 1 2009 (Local 1 aged for 9 months in Woodford Reserve barrels, then refermented with wild yeasts)
Beautiful funk. Sigh. The Grayson is lovely in its dank stinky creaminess. Add this beer and it is a fruity, slightly boozy, funky mouth party. The perfect end to an amazing meal.
The deets: Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster Garrett Oliver narrated the event & he did an amazing job, as usual. He is one of the best speakers in the craft beer biz & tonight was no exception. His passion & knowledge were the perfect compliment to an amazing culinary experience. The beer & food were delightful. And at $45 per person, quite a value. If The Jakewalk does more beer dinners, make your reservations – you will not regret!
Roasted Beef Sirloin, winter vegetable mash, brussels sprouts, bordelaise paired with the Cuvée Elijah (Cuvée Noire aged for 4 months in Elijah Craig 12 yr barrels)
Ah, comfort food. I mean that in the best way possible. The earthiness of the brussel sprouts, the sweetness of the mash & the salty-sweet richness of the sirloin with bordelaise equals the home-cooked meals of my Midwestern youth done right (sorry, Mom). This beer is the vanilla-coconut-boozy background to a perfect rainy winter night dish.
Broccoli Rabe and Goat Cheese Ravioli, parsnip sauce, toasted pumpkin seeds paired with the Sorachi Ace
I’ll readily admit that it has taken me a couple of years to warm up to Sorachi Ace hops. I found them a bit too harsh in their lemony woodiness. They reminded me of Lemon Pledge, to be honest. But warm up to them I have and Brooklyn’s Sorachi Ace is a wonderful showcase to this unique hop. And it is now available year-round.
The pairing – the beer is a bright contrast to the rather delicate nature of the ravioli. There is bitterness from the broccoli rabe & the parsnip sauce is creamy but not overwhelmingly rich and the pumpkin seeds are contrasting in their nutty earthiness. The Sorachi Ace is the lemon spritz to this dish. Yum.
Kabocha Squash Soup, maple creme fraiche, chicken liver crostini paired with the Brooklyn Local 1, Original Assay, 2006.
This is one delightfully rich dish – the nutty, earthiness of the soup and the fatty decadence of the chicken liver crostini. This beer is a nice pairing – the fruit & leather flavors compliment and the high carbonation cuts through the fat. Scrumptious!
We’re starting off with the Radius, a beer that is available only on draft only in Brooklyn. This 4.8% farmhouse ale is delightfully drinkable. Don’t let the low ABV fool you – this is a complex ale with notes of lemon, white pepper, and fresh pear. Lovely!
Symbol Key:
♦= a Free event
♦= a Pay-As-You-Drink event
♦= a Flat-Fee event (all drinks included in the cover charge or set price)
♦= a Beer & Food event
♦= Free food will be served at this event
♦= a My Life on Craft Favorite (especially recommended by Mary)
Monday the 9th:
♦Taproom 307 in Gramercy is hosting a Cask Ale Party beginning at 4. There’s no list but all cask pours will be $5 and there will be “traditional pub grub” specials to go with – think fish & chips, shepherds pie, bangers & mash, etc.
Tuesday the 10th:
♦Sunswick 35-35 in Astoria has a Dogfish Head Tasting tonight starting at 7 pm. The tentative tap list:
- India Brown Ale
- Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew
- Pearl Jam’s Faithful Ale
- Robert Johnson’s Hellhound http://mylifeoncraft.com/wp-admin/post-new.phpOn My Ale
- Ta Henket
♦The newish Uncle Barry’s in Park Slope has a Founders event from 5 to 9 tonight with 4 different Founders beers on draft.
♦The $10 Tuesday Night Tasting at Jimmy’s No 43 in the East Village features 6 different beers from 6 different countries at 7:30 tonight:
- Coniston Bluebird bottles (England)
- Hitachino Classic bottles (Japan)
- Nogne-O IPA bottles (Norway)
- Dieu du Ciel! Corne du Diable draft (Canada)
- Wintercoat Double Hop draft (Denmark)
- De Dolle Arabier bottles (Belgium)
♦Bierkraft’s (Park Slope) Tuesday Night Tasting will feature beers from St Killian Importing tonight starting promptly at 7 pm.
Wednesday the 11th:
♦The $10 tasting at Idle Hands in the East Village features River Horse and Bernheim Wheated Whiskey. Drop in between 7 & 9, drop $10 at the bar and receive two full pours and three samples of River Horse beers, 1-2 Bernheim Whiskey tastes and an order of Tater Tots from That Burger w specially made dipping sauce made with a River Horse beer.
♦♦Sixpoint Occupies Stag’s Head in Midtown East at 6 tonight. Free mini calzones at 6 pm and the following drafts:
- Gorilla Warfare
- Mad Scientist #4
- Lil Buzz
- Occupation
- Brevity Wit
- Redd
- Filling Station
- Belgian Rye
♦Double Windsor in Windsor Terrace has a Ballast Point Night at 8 pm. All drafts only $5:
- Victory at Sea Vanilla Coffee Imperial Porter
- San Salvador Saison (never been poured in NYC!)
- Sea Monster Stout
- Abandon Ship Smoked Lager
- Three Sheets BarleyWine aged in Syrah and Brandy Barrels
- Sculpin IPA
- Pale Ale
Saturday the 14th:
♦♦Mugs Alehouse in Williamsburg has a Blind IPA tasting from noon to 3 today. This sounds interesting – you pay $25 for unlimited 4 oz tastings of 12 different unlabeled American IPAs. Vote for your favorite and receive a pint glass for full pours from 2 to 3 pm. Chips, cheeses and locally made beef jerky will be provided as well. This should be an excellent opportunity to compare and contrast the style.
♦Taproom 307 in Gramercy has a Homebrewer’s Brunch today from 12:30 to 3:30. Bring your homebrewed libations and $20 for brunch and the opportunity to taste attendees’ brews. There will be a vote and the winner gets brunch for free! This is a new repeating event that will take place on the second Saturday of every month.
Are you looking to celebrate New Year’s Eve drinking amazing craft beer in NYC? Here’s my guide, by borough:
♦= a Pay-As-You-Drink event
♦= a Flat-Fee event (all drinks included in the cover charge or set price)
♦= a Beer & Food event
♦= Free food will be served
Manhattan:
♦♦The Blind Tiger in the Village always throws a fantastic New Year’s party. It’s a flat-fee, all-you-can-drink-and-eat event. I went last year and had a fantastic time – chef Tommy creates a wonderful buffet and there will be some very special beers on tap (including vintage kegs). There are limited spaces available – call 212-462- 4682 now for details and to reserve your spot.
♦Idle Hands in the East Village is throwing a Rock n Roll New Years Bash from 8 pm onward – no cover, midnight champagne toast & DJ C’mon. There is an optional open bar option – email idlehandsbar@gmail.com for details.
♦♦Jimmy’s No 43 in the East Village has a New Year’s Eve Early Bird Prix Fixe Dinner between 6 & 7 pm. A $45 ticket gets you a 3-course dinner accompanied by 3 glasses of beer or wine.
♦♦Standings in the East Village has a New Year’s Eve Bash from 8 pm on, with complimentary meats & cheese from East Village Cheese, 2 barleywines on tap and free champagne at midnight.
♦♦You’ve got two options with Heartland Brewery this year a New Year’s Eve Bash at HB Burger and a New Year’s Eve Bash at Times Square Chop House. The HB Burger option is $75 and includes a full buffet from 7 to 11 pm, champagne toast & party favors, and cash bar til 2 am. The Chop House option is $225 and includes hors d’ouvres from 8 to 9 pm, a buffet dinner from 9 to 11 pm, dessert at 11 pm, open bar from 9 pm to midnight, champagne toast & party favors and a DJ. For reservations, call 212-582-2057 or email wendyz@heartlandbrewery.com.
Stag’s Head in Midtown East has a New Beer’s Eve celebration – details coming soon.
♦♦George Keeley’s on the Upper West Side has a New Year’s Eve Party – a $60 ticket gets you an open bar from 9 pm to 1 am, hot & cold appetizers & hors d’ourves, a champagne toast, party favors, raffles, and prizes.
♦♦Resto & The Cannibalin Murray Hill both have prix fixe options to see in the New Year. The Cannibal has a Butcher’s Cocktail Party from 9 pm to 1 am. $125 gets you beer, wine, digestives (with 9 liters of beer & champagne poured at midnight) and this food
Passed and Stationary
Country hams
Rabbit terrine
Cotechino with lentils
Wild boar terrine
Pork liver pate
Lamb neck terrine
Sablefish rillettes
Pork rillettes
Accoutrements - Pickles, mustards, salads & vegetables
Sausages
Venison sausage
Currywurst
Cotechino with lentils and balsamic
Kasekrainer
Boudin noir
Large Plates
Porchetta
Prime Rib horseradish, au jus, popovers
Sauerbraten with red cabbage
Dessert
Pie & Cookies
Resto has two options with their Whole Cow Large Format Feast (Dry aged Italian Piedmontese from Beef Ragsdale Family Farm) at Resto. Eat at 6 pm for $85 per person, beverages a la carte, or dine at 9 pm for $150 per person, with wine, beer & cocktails included and 9 liters of beer & champagne poured at midnight. The menu for both options:
First Course
Roasted beef bone broth, lentils and fennel
Second Course
Biscuit, tallo butter and smoked salt
Beef heart salad
Open face beef tongue Reuben, au jus
Beef tartare au poivre, fried caper and red onion
Meat pie, roasted mushroom, leek
Third Course
Beef ravioli, gremolata, smoked tomato
Fourth Course
Roasted rib eye, béarnaise, bone marrow and frites
Beef bourguignon sausage
Brisket hash
Beef shin carbonnade
Blanquette de boeuf (milk steak)
Potatoes in tallo (aged beef fat)
Braised swiss chard, lemon thyme bread crumbs
Beets and fried shallot yogurt
Roasted cauliflower and fernet raisins
Dessert
Salted caramel pudding, peanuts and chocolate crumble
Cookies
To reserve call 212.685.5585 or email louann@restonyc.com
Brooklyn:
♦♦♦beer table in South Park Slope has three options to ring in the New Year:
- Happy Hour from 5 to 6:30 pm – receive a complimentary glass of sparkling wine with the purchase of any beer - reservations not necessary.
- Dinner from 7 to 9:30 pm – $40 per person, beer pairings available: 1st course – roasted beets with arugula and Calkins Creamery Quark, 2nd course – spicy heirloom bean stew with duck sausage and sage, 3rd course – selection of cheeses from Saxelby Cheesemongers with nuts, honey and toast
- Cheese & Bubbles from 10 pm to 12:30 am – $30 per person, beer pairings available, includes complimentary glass of sparkling wine at midnight
RESERVE by sending an e-mail to events@beertable.com
More to be added as I get them. I’m off to Asia for 2 weeks – Happy Holidays and New Year’s to you and yours!
Symbol Key:
♦= a Free event
♦= a Pay-As-You-Drink event
♦= a Flat-Fee event (all drinks included in the cover charge or set price)
♦= a Beer & Food event
♦= Free food will be served at this event
♦= a My Life on Craft Favorite (especially recommended by Mary)
Tuesday the 13th:
♦♦Cooper’s Craft & Kitchen in the East Village has a beer pairing dinner tonight. This looks like a winner – 4 courses for $40, drop in anytime between 7 & 9 pm:
Berkshire Pork Belly, scotch egg, pickled cucumber, house made chilli jam and Victory Headwaters Pale Ale Glaze
paired with Victory Headwaters Pale Ale
Prince Edward Mussels with air dried lemon, parsley and deglazed in Clown Shoes Tramp Stamp
paired with Clown Shoes Tramp Stamp
Braised Beef Short Rib in Porterhouse Oyster Stout with blue cheese onion rings, red onion marmalade & parsnip puree
Paired with Porterhouse Oyster Stout
Bourbon Vanilla Creme Brulee
paired with Allagash Curieux
♦In Astoria, Sunswick 35-35 is featuring beers from Ridgeway and Pretty Things in their “Naughty & Nice” night beginning at 7 pm:
Ridgeway on tap:
- Reindeer Droppings
- Santa’s Butt
- Seriously Bad Elf
Pretty Things on tap:
- Babyaga
- Finest Regard
- Jack D’or
♦Bierkraft in Park Slope is showcasing the lovely Long Island brewery, Greenport Harbor, in their free Tuesday night tasting which begins promptly at 7. Get there early to get a seat and try:
- Chinook’red (Newest Project Hoppiness IPA)
- English IPA
- Black Duck Porter
- Anti-Freeze
- 2010 Triton on cask, dry-hopped with Citra hops
♦♦The Pony Bar in Hell’s Kitchen has a neat event tonight. Not only will they be pouring twenty draft lines & 2 casks of fabulous Victory beers, but they’ll be serving a special Prima Pils clone beer that was brewed recently at Bitter & Esters, a homebrew store & brew-on-premise in Brooklyn. This clone was brewed using the same recipe & ingredients that Victory uses and when you order a Prima tonight, you’ll get an 8-oz pour of the clone to compare it with. The fun begins at 6 pm.
Wednesday the 14th:
♦♦♦I’ll be at the Malted Barley Appreciation Society’s annual holiday meeting tonight at Mug’s Ale House in Williamsburg, featuring beers from the Shelton Brothers. They’ll be lots of samples as well as Mug’s sweet draft offerings – the celebration begins at 7:30 pm.
♦Idle Hands in the East Village is featuring Ommegang and Liefmans in their “Naughty & Nice” Sweet & Sour tasting tonight. Drop in between 7 & 10 pm, drop $10 at the bar and get this in return: full pours of the Ommegang Rare Vos and Liefmans Cuvee Brut, tastes of the Liefmans Goudenband, Ommegang Abbey & Ommegang 3 Philosophers , a taste of bourbon and an order of of Tater Tots from That Burger w specially made dipping sauce made with one of the featured beers.
Thursday the 15th:
♦♦The always epic Winter Beer Night returns to Barcade in Williamsburg tonight at 5 pm. Yep (with Barcade’s notes included, of course):
- Anderson Valley Winter Solstice – 6.9% ABV – a holiday favorite
- Avery Rumpkin – 13.8% – Pumpkin beer aged in rum barrels
- Bear Republic barrel aged Old Scouters – 9.5% – Barleywine
- Bruery 4 Calling Birds – 11.0% – Belgian style Strong Ale
- Climax Barleywine – 9.0% – This keg has been aged, but we don’t know for how long…
- Dogfish Head Faithfull – 7.0% – brewed for Pearl Jam!
- Fisherman’s Navigator – 7.5% – winter Doppelbock
- Harpoon Baltic Porter ’09 – 9.5% – aged 2 years at Barcade
- He Brew Jewbelation 15 – 15.0% – !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Kelso Cabernet Quad Bock – 8.2% – Doppelbock aged in Cabernet barrels
- Middle Ages Dragonslayer – 9.2% – Imperial Stout
- Nebraska Little Betty – 9.5% – Imperial Stout
- North Coast Grand Cru – 12.9% – Strong Belgian Ale
- Pretty Things Our Finest Regards – 13.5% – Barleywine
- Ramstein Eisbock ’10 – 11.5% – Iced Doppelbock, aged 1 year
- Sly Fox Christmas Ale – 6.5% – Ho ho ho!
- Southampton Grand Cru – 9.5% – Belgian style winter seasonal
- Stone Vertical Epic – 9.5% – 10.10.10
♦Breukelen Bier Merchants in Williamsburg has a Pretty Things tasting tonight beginning at 7 pm. Expect goodies like Babayaga and Our Finest Regards and Jim will be spinning some special stuff for your listening pleasure.
♦Bierkraft in Park Slope is featuring all IPAs tonight beginning at 7 pm.
♦The Gate in Park Slope is hosting the annual Lagunitas Zappa event tonight at 7 pm. Details coming soon. Da list:
- Czech Pils
- Dogtown Pale Ale
- Undercover Investigation Shutdown ’10
- Hairy Eyeball
- Fusion V
- Wet Hop IPA
- Imperial Stout
- Sucks
- Lucky 13.alt
- Fusion VII
- Brown Shugga 2007
- Hop Stoopid CASK!
♦♦Standings in the East Village presents a Night of Christmas Ales tonight at 6 pm with free brats from Weschler’s at 8 pm. The list:
- Anchor Holiday
- Troeg’s Mad Elf
- Sly Fox Christmas Ale
- Harpoon Spruce Tip
♦Beyond Kombucha in Astoria is the first alchoholic kombucha brewery to be licensed on the East Coast. They are debuting their first alcoholic offering, Mava Roka, at Queens Kickshaw in Astoria tonight from 6 to 9 pm. Mava Roka a maple vanilla rooibos kombucha ale clocking in at 6.3% ABV. Meet the brewmasters and get your taste of NYC’s first legal alcoholic kombucha.
♦Brouwerij Lane in Greenpoint is featuring Troegs Brewing tonight from 7 to 10 pm. The list:
- Mad Elf
- Pale Ale
- Hop Back Amber
- Scratch Beer #50r
- Scratch Beer #52 (T2)
- Dreamweaver Wheat
Friday the 16th:
Nothing yet.
Saturday the 17th:
♦♦The Battle of the Belgians returns to Jimmy’s No 43 in the East Village today from 1 to 5 pm. A $60 ticket (on BeerMenus) gets you unlimited tastings of 30+ bottle Belgian beers and 12 draft American-brewed Belgian-styled beers along with locally-produced edibles (cheese, kimchi, charcuterie, chocolate, etc). The line-up:
American Beers (so far):
- Sixpoint Brevity Wit
- Sixpoint Belgian IPA
- Kelso Custom Flemish Cuvee
- Brooklyn Cuvee Noire
- Brooklyn Local 1 on wine lees
- Southhampton Grand Cru
- Smuttynose Vintage Farmhouse Strong Ale
- Sly Fox Grisette Saison
- Pretty Things Baby Tree
- Allagash Curieux
- Wandering Star Berkshire Hills 01201 Saison
Belgian Beers (so far):
- Tripel Karmeliet
- St. Feuillien Triple
- St. Feullien Saison
- La Trappe Quad
- La Trappe Dubbel
- La Trappe Isid’or
- Urthel Hop-it
- Urthel Saisonierre
- Deus
- Bockor Omer
- Vanberg & DeWulf Lambrucha
- Dupont Bière De Beloeil
- Scheldebrouwerij Hop Ruiter
- Alvinne Podge
- De Dolle Oerbier Reserva
- De Glazen Toren Cuvee Angelique
- Hanssens Scarenbecca
- Smisje Guido
- Smisje Blonde
- La Rulles Grande 10
- A Vapeur Saison de Pipaix
Sunday the 18th:
Nothing yet.
I’ll be adding more events as I get them!
