Category Archives: Freebie Opportunity

Introducing Brooklyn Dark Matter, Taking Brewmaster's Reserve To The Outer Limits

The latest invention from our intrepid brewing team is rolling to a better beer bar near you. Read Dark Matter’s creation story from Brewmaster Garrett Oliver below, and find out how you can win a pair of tickets to next week’s launch party.

Cosmologists tell us that the universe was made by a massive explosion called the Big Bang. And in this Big Bang was created a material called “dark matter”, which accounts for 95% of the mass of the universe and actually binds the universe together. Well, that sounds pretty heavy. But it’s theoretical. Here in Brooklyn, our cosmology is a bit different.

In the beginning, there was Black Ops. Or perhaps not. Beer does have its mysteries. Anyhow, they say that back in 2007, a small amount of Dark Matter was created alongside Black Ops, but very few people had an opportunity to taste it. The Brooklyn Brewing Team decided that this shortage was unfortunate – plenty of Dark Matter for themselves, but not enough to share with all their friends. So last autumn they decided to recreate Dark Matter and open up the Brooklyn Barrel Room to a wider world. Brooklyn Dark Matter is a robust brown ale aged for four months in bourbon and rye whiskey barrels. Some barrels previously held Black Ops, some hosted The Manhattan Project, others came straight from the distilleries as soon as the whiskey was decanted. We’ve blended these barrels to create a beer full of caramel and chocolate flavors heightened by vanilla-like oak notes and hints of the barrels’ previous tenants. The result is a smooth, rich beer that really loves food, from fried or roasted chicken to char-grilled steak, barbecue, pork chops and even monkfish. And on some chilly evening in late winter, or perhaps the first warm night of spring, we hope that you may be tempted to believe that Dark Matter really does bind the universe together.

– Garrett Oliver

The first 25 drinkers to email info@brooklynbrewery.com with “Dark Matter Winner” will win passes for two to THIS MONDAY’s party (March 8th, 7:30pm – 10:30pm) at The Brewery. Get to it!

Brooklyn Brewery Presents Local X Local, featuring Phenomenal Handclap Band

We’re teaming up with our friends next door at Brooklyn Bowl to put on an all-Brooklyn extravaganza of sorts.

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This Sunday, February 21st marks the first Local X Local, a monthly event presented by us & Brooklyn Bowl which celebrates Brooklyn’s local art & music community. This edition of Local X Local features The Phenomenal Handclap Band. The Brewery & The Bowl invite you to a special night of music, art, and food.

7pm – 10pm :: $2 Brewery Draft Special with RSVP on Facebook here :: http://bit.ly/BBLxL1
Brooklyn’s finest graphic design and live t-shirt printing team, Peripheral Media Projects, will be on-hand screening and selling custom shirts. Check them out here: www.peripheralmediaprojects.com

Join Greenhorn’s director Severine v T Fleming + Greenpoint’s own farmer Annie Novak of the Eagle Street Rooftop Farm to plot, plan+ prepare for your summer garden on rooftop, fire escape, backyard or scrap of lot. They’ll bring seed catalogs, minipaks, garden planning materials and supplies– and will be available for free consultations and pep talks. Get your green on!

Information on greenhorns www.thegreenhorns.net/ www.thegreenhorns.wordpress.com Info on food education with growing chefs www.GrowingChefs.org

We Kick(ed) Cancer's Butt!

Check out photos of the afterparty, some upside right and some not so much.

Comedian and friend of the brewery, Liam McEneaney has gathered some heavy hitting comics for a benefit to fight cancer, tonight. We liked the idea and therefore donated some beer for the afterparty. See more below.

From NYTimes.com

Liam McEneaney, the floppy-haired Comedy Central and VH1 regular, will host “We’ll Kick Cancer’s Butt!” tonight at Comix. The fund-raising event, sponsored by The Onion, will help raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. It will feature sets by John Oliver of “The Daily Show,” Kristen Schaal from “Flight of the Conchords,” Caroline Rhea of “The Tonight Show,” Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and others. A nerdy raffle is also on the lineup featuring such special prizes as a new iPod Touch courtesy of TekServe and an autographed script of Fox’s “The Family Guy.” Stay for the free beer afterparty sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery.

If you want, you can buy tickets here.

Freebie Opportunity: Biking Rules PSA Festival

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For the past 10 years or so, Brooklyn Brewery has been supporting Transportation Alternatives in a variety of ways: monetarily, beer-ily, serving on their board-ily. If you don’t already know, Transportation Alternatives is New York City’s leading advocates for bicycling, walking, and public transit. On Tuesday, Nov 17th at 7pm, they’re kicking off their new campaign, Biking Rules, at BAM with a film program comprised of short narratives, animations, and documentaries that promote bicycling in New York City. The evening event will include prizes for jury-selected films and a special reception courtesy of us.

For a chance to win a pair of tickets email info@brooklynbrewery.com with “Biking Rules” in the subject line.

Visit www.bikingrules.org/psa to learn more about Transportation Alternatives and the Biking Rules campaign.