Category Archives: Brewery Expansion

BROOKLYN BEER: FEELING MINNESOTA

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We are very excited to announce that The Brooklyn Brewery is now available in the great state of Minnesota (admitted to the Union May 11, 1858 as the 32nd State). To celebrate, we have a plethora of beer-related events planned in the region, and more to be announced very soon.

Present at all Tastings will be Brooklyn Lager, Brown, Summer Ale, East India Pale Ale, Local 1 & Local 2. To our new Minnesotan friends: enjoy!

Tuesday April 5
3pm South Lyndale Tasting
3pm Haskell’s Woodbury Tasting
3pm 1st Grand Tasting
5pm McDonald Liquor Tasting
5pm Cellar’s Woodbury Tasting
5:30pm Four Firkins Tasting/Book Signing
7pm Mac’s Industrial “Working Man’s” Beer Dinner
7:30pm St Paul Pub Crawl (Fabulous Fern’s, the Happy Gnome, Muddy Pig, Sweeny’s, Billy’s on Grand, Old Chicago Roseville, Grumpy’s Roseville)

Wednesday April 6
1pm Edina Muni #2 Tasting
3pm Blue Max Tasting
3pm Lake Wine & Cheese Tasting
3pm Big Top Midway Tasting
6pm Hanger Room Sampling/Cheese Pairing
7pm Bryant Lake Bowl “Bowling for Brooklyns” Party

Thursday April 7
3pm Saint Anthony Village #1 Tasting
5pm Campus and Downtown Minneapolis Pub Crawl: 5:30-6pm- Zelo; 6:15-6:45- Burrito Loco; 7-7:45- Stubs & Herbs; 8-8:45- The Local; 9-10pm- Sneaky Petes

Friday April 8
12pm MacKenzie’s Pub Twins Home Opener Ticket Giveaway: we’ll be awarding 2 pairs of tickets for the first Twins game of the year (seats near left field) and ever appropriately pouring Pennant Ale ’55
4pm Dennis Bros tasting

Saturday April 9
3pm Running Aces Beerfest

Tuesday April 12
5pm Busters: come meet our MN Brand Manager Mike Maraghy, enjoy discounted pints of Brooklyn Lager, Summer and Pennant Ale ’55, and get some free merch!

Thursday April 21
5pm Liquor Barrel Tasting

TAKE A SMALL BATCH BREWERY TOUR, MON-THU

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SMALL BATCH BREWERY TOURS
Mon- Thurs, 5-7pm, Reservation Only
25 people max, $8

It used to be that we’d be lucky to cobble together 15 brave souls to visit the wilds of Williamsburg, Brooklyn on a Saturday afternoon. Now, we’re proud to say that The Brooklyn Brewery hosts a bustling crowd of beer enthusiasts, neighbors, tourists and all sorts of thirsty people, all weekend long.

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INSIDE THE MIND OF A BROOKLYN ENTREPRENEUR

Back in January, we were visited here in Brooklyn by Mr. Lewis Schiff, Executive Director of the Inc. Business Owners Council, who spent some time getting inside the Mind of an Entrepreneur: Brooklyn Brewery President Steve Hindy. The two gentleman talked about the beer business and Brooklyn, and even payed a small homage to Laverne & Shirley. Check it out!

[Filmed and edited by Scott Foreman]

FEBRUARY IS BROOKLYN MONTH @ STOUT NYC

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February
Stout
133 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 629-6191

Cask
BLAST!- ABV: 8.2%  and Detonations Ale- ABV: 9.2%

Draft
Brooklyn Lager- ABV: 5.2%
Brooklyn East India Pale Ale- ABV: 6.9%
Brooklyn Pennant Ale ’55- ABV: 5.0%
Brooklyn Brown Ale- ABV: 5.6%
Brooklyn Winter Ale- ABV: 6.1%
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout- ABV: 10.0%
Brooklyn Monster Ale 2007- ABV: 10.3%
Brooklyn Main Engine Start- ABV: 6.2%

Bottles
Brooklyn Pilsner- ABV: 5.1%
Brooklyn Local 1- ABV: 9.0% (750 ml)
Brooklyn Local 2- ABV: 9.0% (750 ml)
Brooklyn Sorachi Ace- ABV: 6.5% (750 ml)
Brooklyn Black Ops- ABV: 11.6% (750 ml)

BLOOMBERG CUTS RIBBON ON BREWERY LOCAL EXPANSION

It’s official: on Monday, Mayor Bloomberg, Borough President Markowitz, Assemblyman Lentol and Mr. Davidson of the Empire State Development, along with Brooklyn Brewery President Steve Hindy and Brewmaster Garrett Oliver, cut the ribbon to inaugurate the local expansion of The Brooklyn Brewery.

And on this bright note, in the afternoon Darren Rovell of CNBC interviewed Hindy about the rise of the overall craft beer business. See below for photos (by Heather Gallagher) and video from CNBC:

“It’s a great time to be a craft brewer in America” – Steve Hindy, President, The Brooklyn Brewery

NEW BREWHOUSE. NEW BEER.

It’s taken 5 years, a search for space that reached hundreds of square miles and an international collaboration unmatched in New York. Co-Founder Steve Hindy, Brewmaster Garrett Oliver and The Brooklyn Brewery are proud to celebrate the unveiling of Expansion Phase 1 with the first brew from our new brewhouse: Brooklyn Main Engine Start.

For your chance to win a pair of tickets to this momentous event, email info@brooklynbrewery.com with the answer to this question:

What former Bushwick brewery building was the first home for the brand new Brooklyn Brewery in 1988?

UPDATE 2/14/2011: Thanks to everyone who submitted an answer! The first home The BB was the Huber-Hittleman brewery on Meserole Street in Bushwick.

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THE BROOKLYN BREWERY EXPANSION AND YOU

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From now until mid-December, The Brooklyn Brewery is undergoing a significant expansion. We were lucky enough to score the space directly next door to our current location in Williamsburg. We are currently in the process of moving fermenter tanks and building a new brewing system adjacent to our trusty old one.

The end result will be very exciting indeed. We’ll be able to bring you more of our core brands like East India Pale Ale and Brown Ale as well as more of our popular but scarce Brewmaster’s Reserve program. You can also expect experiments, one-offs and surprises. Until the expansion is complete, however, we will be giving modified tours. Most likely, you won’t be able to go into the brewhouse. We’ll have fun anyway, make no mistake. So, for the moment, excuse our mess and come on in just the same. Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

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