This month in 1996, NY1 did a story on the revival of beer making in the borough of Brooklyn, starring a young(er) Steve Hindy, less trim Garrett Oliver, and more Bohemian Tom Potter. Enjoy!

From ICIC:

BOSTON, MA – The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and Fortune Magazine announced that Brooklyn Brewery was selected for the 2012 Inner City 100, a list of the fastest-growing inner city companies in the U.S. The Inner City 100 program recognizes successful inner city companies and their CEOs as role models for entrepreneurship, innovative business practices and job creation in America’s urban communities.

For the 2012 list, winners represent a wide span of geography, operating in 46 cities and 30 states. The 2012 Inner City 100 winners grew at a compound annual growth rate of 40 percent and an average standard growth rate of 577 percent between 2006 and 2010. Collectively, the top 100 inner city businesses employ 7,965 employees and have created more than 4,635 new jobs between 2006 and 2010. Not only are they powerful job creators in their communities, but they also treat their employees well – a stunning 93% of the list provide health insurance.

“We are delighted to celebrate businesses like Brooklyn Brewery that are playing a critical role in revitalizing communities across the country. Through their achievements, the Inner City 100 winners exemplify America’s remarkable potential and the future of our urban centers,” said Mary Kay Leonard, ICIC President and CEO. “These extraordinary companies demonstrate the market potential that exists within our inner cities and the growth that is at the heart of all urban entrepreneurial successes.”

The list is proof of concept that doing business in an inner city area holds a distinct competitive advantage. ICIC has been studying the economic condition of the largest 100 American cities for more than a decade and is working to revitalize inner cities across the country.

On May 24, we’re celebrating the release of our new East India Pale Ale can — the third member of our newly assembled Brooklyn Can Triumvirate – with a series of CANibalization parties in almost a dozen states. Join us at any one of the acclaimed venues below to enjoy specials on cans of Brooklyn EIPA, Lager and Summer, and the relinquishing of free swag (while supplies last).

+ Good Company (Brooklyn)

+ LIC Bar (Queens)

+ The Hill (NYC)

+ Portside Bar & Grill (NY)

+ Duckworth’s (NC)

+ Big John’s Tavern (SC)

+ Beer Sellar (IN)

+ Liberty Station (TX)

+ Dirty Franks (OH)

+ Percy Street BBQ (PA)

+ City Taphouse (PA)

+ Cans Bar & Canteen (IL)

+ World of Beer Tampa Palms (FL)

+ Kieran’s Irish Pub (MN)

UPDATE // MAY 17 Go to the bottom of this post to view the insane beer list available at the launch party!

Announcing the formation of the New York City Brewers Guild (NYCBG), an organization of the Empire City’s breweries dedicated to advancing the local brewing industry and thereby lessening human misery.

To acknowledge and celebrate this momentous communion, on May 22 at 7pm at The Brooklyn Brewery the Guild is holding a unique evening of rare and obscure beers from each of the 10 inaugural brewers (listed below). This experience of the senses will be unprecedented in its display of industry unity, creativity and flavor. Buy tickets here.

NYCBG to Lead New York Craft Beer Week:
Amidst the revelry on May 22nd, the NYCBG will merrily proclaim the transition of New York Craft Beer Week from Founder and Managing Director, Josh Schaffner, to fall under the leadership of the newly formed Guild. At the opening bash, the NYCBG will announce the new date for the 5th Annual New York Craft Beer Week, which has become a beloved citywide celebration of the breadth of craft beer from around the region and around the world.

General Admission tickets for the Opening Bash are $75, and are good for a commemorative tasting glass and unlimited samples of each brewery’s offerings. Food will be provided by Guild members Eataly Birreria & 508 GastroBrewery.

For an additional $50, one can opt to receive a discounted year-long Individual Guild Membership to the NYCBG. Regular membership after the fest will go up to $75. The Individual level of membership includes:

+ Official NYC Brewers Guild T-shirt
+ VIP access to Official NYC Brewers Guild Events
+ VIP Tours & Tastings at Guild breweries and brewpubs (VIP tours are scheduled throughout the year to allow Individual Guild Members special access & treatment at their favorite breweries throughout the city. VIP tours will be announced via e-blasts and will be available by reservation only on a first-come, first-serve basis).

Discounted $50 Individual Guild memberships will be available for on-site purchase during the event.

Come join the NYCBG and share with New York City’s brewing community in this remarkable display of the growth and excitement about exceptional craft beer in the country’s most dynamic beer city!

About the NYCBG:
The New York City Brewers Guild is a pending 501[c]6 non-profit founded to advance New York City’s brewing industry – and thereby lessen human misery. NYCBG is Bronx Brewery, Brooklyn Brewery, Chelsea Brewing Co., Eataly Birreria, Harlem Brewing Co., Heartland Brewing Co., KelSo Beer Company, Shmaltz Brewing Co., Sixpoint Brewery and 508 GastroBrewery.

Media Contacts:
Ben Hudson, Brooklyn Brewery (Marketing Director)
BHudson@brooklynbrewery.com
Jeremy Cowan, Shmaltz Brewing Company (President)
jeremy@shmaltzbrewing.com
Guild email: nycbrewersguild@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/nycbrewersguild

THE LIST:

+ Birreria Gina American Pale ale with Wild Roman Thyme
+ Birreria Gaia Saison
+ Bronx 3 Ways: Bronx Pale Ale, Bronx Pale Ale Cask & Bronx Bourbon Barrel Aged Pale Ale
+ Brooklyn Cuvée de la Crochet Rouge Riesling
+ 175th Anniversary Carnegie Porter Brooklyn Collaboration
+ Brooklyn Googa Doc Pomus
+ Brooklyn Black Ops Cask
+ Chelsea Brewing Co. Checker Cab Blonde
+ Chelsea Brewing Co. XXX Stout
+ Coney Island Barrel Aged Geektoberfest 2011
+ Coney Island Barrel Aged Human Blockhead
+ Coney Island Mermaid Pilsner
+ Heartland Imperial Black Saison
+ Heartland Old Red Nose Special Edition 2008
+ Harlem Brewing Co. Sugar Hill Golden Ale
+ He’Brew Funky Jewbelation
+ Kelso Rye Rauchbier
+ Kelso IPA Cabarnet Barrel Aged & dry hopped in barrel with Galaxy Hops
+ Kelso Brettanomyces aged IPA
+ Sixpoint Spice Of Life – Columbus Series
+ Sixpoint Apollo
+ Sixpoint Mad Scientist Series
+ 508 GastroBrewery Greenwich Gueuze
+ 508 GastroBrewery Montezuma Imperial Stout
+ 508 GastroBrewery DBIPA
+ 508 GastroBrewery Spring Saison

UPDATE // MAY 18 “Centerfold” by Rob Lemery — a delectably hoppy and floral (literally, via a special addition of rose hips) west coast pale ale — was tapped tonight at a special gathering in the brewhouse packaging room packed with friends, family and colleagues (photo evidence above). Centerfold is now on tap in the Tasting Room. There are only about 40 kegs… so enjoy it while you can!

Ladies, gentlemen and ale lovers hark! The Worshipful Company of Brewers is upon us. The charter of this sanctified league dictates that each member of the Brooklyn Brewery brewing team will design and create a batch of his/her own draft-only beer, to be served exclusively at the Brewery Tasting Room until the last drop has been squeezed from the taps, and each with the possibility of blooming into a fully distributed Brewmaster’s Reserve.

BEER #2: Centerfold
Style: West Coast Pale Ale
ABV: 6%
Notes: A pale ale brewed with rose hips with floral, citrus, melon and tropical fruit
Pairing: Centerfold will pair well with BBQ, yard games and sunshine.
Available: Fri, May 18 until it’s gone!

BREWER #2: Rob Lemery, Cellarman
Born: Ridgewood, NJ
Started at Brooklyn Brewery: 2011
Favorite place to drink: Texas Arizona (Hoboken, NJ)

Brooklyn Brewery’s exclusive beer club, The Legion Of Osiris, is now accepting a second round of membership applications from only the most discerning of drinkers. Named after an Egyptian god known to stop at nothing to protect the most holy of beverages, The Legion of Osiris seeks to do the same.

The Legion meets every Friday at The Brooklyn Brewery Tasting Room at 5pm, one full hour before the masses shuffle through those famed red doors. All Legion members enjoy robust conversation, tomfoolery, back patting, and a selection of that week’s cask from a members-only dimple mug. On top of that, special guest speakers, rare beer tastings, ice cream socials & more are included in the weeks’ programming.

You, too, can join this camaraderie of connoisseurs. A $75 a year membership fee allows you:

+ Legion of Osiris dimple mug
+ 5pm Friday Happy Hour admission through a secret entrance
+ Invitation to all Brewmaster’s Reserve release parties
+ Position at The Table for the Yearly Assembly of the Legion
+ Contribution to the Legion’s publication, The Almanac of Beer
+ Feelings of Entitlement

Email osiris@brooklynbrewery.com with the subject line “Legion of Osiris” to receive the Legion’s Form of Registry.

“Beer has dispelled the illness which was in me.” — Late Egyptian, translated by Dr. Kent Weeks

I’m at the Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego this week. The 4,500 participants could not be more excited or confident about the future of craft beer in America. Craft’s share of market has doubled to about 6% since the conference was last held here in 2004.

Virtually all of America’s 2,000 craft brewers are expanding capacity in numbers that will easily push us past 10% share in the next decade. And there are more than 1,000 wannabe brewers busily honing their business plans.

That is a very exciting prospect for the hundreds of equipment fabricators and other industry suppliers in attendance. There also is a huge contingent of distributors at the conference, all of them enthusiastic about the fastest growing segment of the alcoholic beverage industry.

This year’s CBC includes the World Beer Cup awards, to be announced Saturday. There are more than 4,000 entries this year from 29 countries. That is a river of beer for the 215 judges, including our brewmaster Garrett Oliver, to taste. A tough job, but somebody has to do it.

– Steve Hindy, President & Co-founder

I’ve read and napped on all the news, and my Senatorial choice is clear: Hank.

The walking running dead have been haunting our thoughts brains, and for good reason. In just 5 days, we’re running for our lives & defending beer against the impending zombie apocalypse. Anxiety has replaced excitement; fear has replaced joy. It’s a good thing we have plenty of liquid courage to help us through the post-race trauma.

This year’s Spring Sales Meeting ended with the grandest of all finales: Eric Ottaway Shirt Day ©. In its second annual iteration, this colorful celebration of brazen fashion more than doubled its participant roster, leaving the (inadvertent) founding father of the company tradition in a tough spot to choose a winner. But in the end, Chicago Sales Rep Andrew Maxson won the day with a little help from some tassels and a grizzly bear:

In the current issue of TAPS beer magazine, an article heavily featuring yours truly dares to state the truth brewers worldwide refuse to acknowledge: they need cats to make beer. The picture of me on the second page (shown below the jump) may look like I’m fast asleep on a fluffy bag of tempurrrpedic barley, and although I may in fact be deep in a dream about big fluffy dogs trying to steal the last of this year’s Black Chocolate Stout, you can rest assured that mass of malt is safe from harm.

Read more below for an excerpt from the piece (and if you see my manager, tell him it’s “just appropriate” for him to get me a bowl of milk)…

While their main role is one of a practical nature, some brewery cats are just as popular with crowds and customers as they are with the brewers themselves. Take for example Monster, the Brooklyn Brewery cat (named after the barleywine), who has his own Facebook page and is closing in on 1500 followers. When the brewery opens its large doors in the borough’s Williamsburg section, arriving visitors often spot Monster right away, taking a nap on bags of grain kept near the entrance. Inevitably during gatherings, Monster will rise, stretch, and begin to prowl the tasting room looking for behind-the-ear scratches, adoring coos, and dropped pieces of food. “He just doesn’t like to go into the brewhouse,” says brewery spokesman Dan D’Ippolito, who doubles as Monster’s manager and is authorized to speak on his behalf. “Something about the machinery and noise.” But, D’Ippolito added, he’s never seen a mouse at the brewery, meaning Monster (who has the official title of Vice President of Mouse Control) is earning his keep. He also keeps busy through regular blog posts on the brewery’s website, where he muses about everything from dogs, to the day’s news. Brooklyn has two other cats – Lexi and Shadow - who live in the brewery warehouse across the street from the brewhouse/tasting room. They don’t interact with the public, but work hard to keep rodents at bay. In fact, while well known, Monster – who was adopted from a local animal shelter – is actually the second cat in the brewery’s history. The first was a tabby named Abbey, who died of natural causes in 1999. “It’s just appropriate for a brewery to have a cat,” says D’Ippolito.

Since 2001, Brooklyn Lager was forced to face the lonely and burdensome ordeal of being the only Brooklyn beer in a can. So last year when we introduced canned Summer Ale, our flagship beer was over the moon! We can only attempt to fathom the extent of Lager’s soaring emotions with the arrival of our latest addition to the Brooklyn can line: East India Pale Ale. ”Whoever said ‘three’s a crowd’ has obviously not tried EIPA,” an exuberant canned Lager told Brooklyn Bloggery in the Tasting Room over the weekend.

“We’ve been putting our beer in cans for more than 10 years, and it’s great to have Brooklyn East India Pale Ale join the party,” says Garrett. “Once considered a cheesy container for industrial beers, the modern can is now a great package. It blocks light, it keeps oxygen out, and you can toss it across a fishing boat or use it to throw a batter out at first base. However, we must deny that we have referred to our cans of Brooklyn Lager, Brooklyn Summer Ale and Brooklyn East India Pale Ale as ‘the ruling troika of beer’ or ‘our Dear Leaders’. They are, however, bringing ‘total beneficence to The People’. That part really is true.”

AUDIENCE
First Place / Grand Prize Winner (pictured above): Christer Soderberg / Cuttin’ Chris & Eatin’ Ehrlund
Second Place: Mickie Johansson / Los Dedos Pegajosos
Third Place: Adrian Helly-Hansen / Just Chillin’

Theo Prize For Experimentation: Isa Ekstam / Veggie Dream

JUDGES
First Place: Per Hjortsberg / Delicious Deer Mountain
Second Place: Anastasia Lundqvist / Anastasty
Third Place: David Sundberg / Chiliwack

The nation’s leading cook-off organization is bringing back celebrity judges, creative food themes and the chance for one local chef to win a trip to Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Brewery is flying the winner of each uniquely-themed showdown to Brooklyn for an elite “Back-Of-The-House Pass” including:

+ 3-night stay at The Wythe Hotel (across the street from Brooklyn Brewery)
+ Tasty Tours of our neighborhood’s finest food producers
+ Friday night Chef’s Feast
+ The chance to compete in The Food Experiments Championship at Brooklyn Brewery

SUNDAY, MARCH 25: 1-4pm [#SWEFoodEx]
From the Food Experiments: “Theo Peck and Nick Suarez are excited to present the first ever Stockholm Chili Experiment an amateur cook-off involving Sweden’s finest, most committed, passionate, and intense home chefs. The Chili dishes will range from the savory to the sweet. You’ll see it all: Bean Chili, Meat Chili, White Chili, Beer Chili, Red Chili, Secret Chili, Chocolate Chili, Reindeer Chili, Salmon Chili (?), Spicy Chili… Remember there is always room for a little experimentation and one last bite. As long as there’s some kind of Chili in that dish, it can represent. You may never look at chili the same way.”

Judging the experiment will be Fredrik Ander, Head Chef at, Proviant; Daniella Illerbrand, General Manager at Mathias Dahlgren; Pia Bendel, Editor, Gourmet; Lisa Förare Winbladh, Food Blogger; Sanna Blomquist, Food Blogger Sommeiler, World of Wine News; Edward Blom, Food Blogger food and drinks connoisseur.

For more about the Food Experiments follow @FoodExperiment and enjoy the video below from the 2011 National Championships at The Brooklyn Brewery:

Ladies, gentlemen and ale lovers hark! The Worshipful Company of Brewers is upon us. The charter of this sanctified league dictates that each member of the Brooklyn Brewery brewing team will design and create a batch of his/her own draft-only beer, to be served exclusively at the Brewery Tasting Room until the last drop has been squeezed from the taps, and each with the possibility of blooming into a fully distributed Brewmaster’s Reserve.

BEER #1: Oishi
Style: Single-hop Belgian-inspired session ale
ABV: 3.9%
Notes: Envisioned as a table version of the popular Sorachi Ace, Oishi means “delicious” in Japanese
Pairing: Oishi will pair excellently with sushi and curries
Available: Fri, March 23 until it’s gone!

BREWER #1: Tom Villa, Lead Brewer
Born: Hyde Park, NY
Started at Brooklyn Brewery: 1998
Favorite place to drink: The Diamond

Tom cradles a box of Sorachi Ace hops like a baby (he doesn’t know you’re not supposed to hold babies like that).

Tom used to get paid to stick fliers to telephone polls, now he makes a living hanging cellaring logs on fermenters.

Even though it’s only 3.9%, Tom “Mr. Responsible” Villa never samples Oishi before operating the forklift.

They say each sip of Oishi makes you more honorable and wise, but Tom says it just makes the voices go away.

Congrats to Garrett and the team of beer scholars who contributed to The Oxford Companion to Beer for snagging the most prestigious of the British culinary publishing awards: The André Simon Memorial Fund Annual Drink Book Award. Looks like those five years Garrett spent editing The OCB were well used! Read more here from Decanter.

From left to right: Mary’s Maple Porter, Dry Irish Stout, BLAST!, Radius

There’s a lot of new liquid making its way through the Brooklyn Brewery doors these days. From our current Brewmaster’s Reserve Mary’s Maple Porter to our new spring seasonal Dry Irish Stout to Brooklyn BLAST! our strong IPA featuring four American and four British hops and last but not least Radius, the Brooklyn-only Belgian-inspired session ale.

Click the corresponding links above to see but some places where these beers can be imbibed, and feel free to reach out to your local Brooklyn Brand Manager for further location inquiries.

Our venerable master brewer is once again a semifinalist in the prestigious James Beard Awards: “Covering all aspects of the industry—from chefs and restaurateurs to cookbook authors and food journalists to restaurant designers and architects and more—the Beard Awards are the highest honor for food and beverage professionals working in North America.”

Somehow beer gets tucked under the “Wine & Spirits” category, but here are this year’s semifinalists for the category:

Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professional
Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, Del.
Ron Cooper, Del Maguey, Single Village Mezcal, Ranchos de Taos, N.M.
Merry Edwards, Merry Edwards Winery, Sebastopol
Greg Engert, Neighborhood Restaurant Group, Alexandria, Va.
Alex Golitzin, Quilceda Creek Vintners, Snohomish, Wash.
Paul Grieco, Terroir, New York City
Ken Grossman, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico
Lance Hanson, Peak Spirits, Hotchkiss, Colo.
David Hirsch, Hirsch Vineyards, Cazadero
Manfred Krankl, Sine Qua Non, Ventura
Jim Koch, The Boston Beer Company, Boston
Steve McCarthy, Clear Creek Distillery, Portland, Ore.
Garrett Oliver, Brooklyn Brewery, New York City
Jorge Ordoñez, Fine Estates From Spain, Dedham, Mass.
Virginia Philip, Virginia Philip Wine Shop & Academy, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Neal Rosenthal, Mad Rose Group, Pine Plains, N.Y.
Jörg Rupf, St. George Spirits, Alameda
Abe Schoener, The Scholium Project, Napa
Eric Solomon, Eric Solomon Selections — European Cellars, Charlotte, N.C.
Sean Lilly Wilson, Fullsteam, Durham, N.C.

AUDIENCE
First Place / Grand Prize Winner: Magic Hops / Pork & Grits Under the Influence
Second Place: Beer Belly / Fried Pork Beer Belly
Third Place: Sybarite Pigs / Guava Wheat Lamb Stew

JUDGES
First Place: Sybarite Pigs / Guava Wheat Lamb Stew
Second Place: Gastro Chic / Sweet Charcuterie
Third Place: Sorachi Kolache / Oxtail Kolache

Theo Prize For Experimentation: The Brittle Bakers / Spicy Beer Brittle with Chocolate Stout Ice Cream

The world’s #1 amateur cooking competition, the Food Experiements features celebrity judges, creative food themes and the chance for one local chef to win a trip to Brooklyn.

SUNDAY, MARCH 4: 1-4pm
The Food Experiments National Tour kicks off in the great city of Houston, TX with the Beer Food Experiment. Judging the experiment will be Chris Shepherd, Chef of Underbelly, Adam Dorris, Chef of Stella Sola, and Jenny Wang, Producer of Southbound Foods.

$10 includes tasting samples and a complimentary Brooklyn Brewery beer.A portion of the proceeds will go towards charities that promote sustainability and local culinary education for disadvantaged children and teens. Buy tickets here.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3: noon-2pm
But wait, there’s more! The day before the Beer Experiment, the Houston Supermarket Showdown goes off at Central Market. Come out and watch as seven-time Brooklyn Cook-Off champ, Theo Peck, comes to town to take on one of your own local foodies for bragging rights in a mini cook-off of mini-epic proportions. The not so secret ingredient: Brooklyn Brewery beer.

For more about the Food Experiments follow @FoodExperiment and enjoy the video below from the 2011 National Championships at The Brooklyn Brewery:

Image by Eddie Guy

A recent report in Runner’s World studied the effects of beer consumption on runners, and concluded that although “individual results varied… overall, beer and running mixed fine.” This finding is one of many promoting the cohabitation of healthy individuals and beer, and therefore debunking the notion of beer drinkers as, well… being like Homer Simpson.

And while we’re at it, turns out musicians love exercise as well.

In a beer-and-sports related wager entirely unrelated to our bets with Anchor and Harpoon, NY State Senator Charles E. Schumer swung by Brewers Row this morning to don a Manning jersey and boast his local beer.

Chuck has a Super Bowl bet going with the senators from Massachusetts where the “loser” will provide all the other senators a six-pack of beer from the winner’s state.

UPDATE // JAN 31 The Hill reports: According to Schumer’s office, if the Giants beat the Patriots, Shaheen will purchase beer from six of New York’s craft brew companies from around the state, including New York’s Brooklyn Brewery, Blue Point Brewing Company, Saranac Matt Brewing Company, Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, Ithaca Beer Company, and Brown’s Brewing Company. Schumer plans to supply beer from New Hampshire’s Smuttynose Brewery to the entire Senate if he loses the bet. 

“I can’t wait for Senator Shaheen to participate in the ‘I Love New York Brew’ Campaign by buying the best craft brews in New York and supplying them to every member of the United States Senate,” Schumer said in a statement released by his office. “When Big Blue brings Tom Brady and Bill Belichick to their knees, the entire U.S. Senate will understand why we love New York brew. Go Giants!”

Anchor brewing staff will wear Giants jerseys and pour samples of Brooklyn’s Sorachi Ace beer during tours of its San Francisco brewery Monday, January 30 through Friday, February 3. “The Niners played a great game but the Giants came out on top, so we’ll stand by our word,” said Dannerbeck. “We’ll be pouring beer from Brooklyn Brewery and wearing the Giants’ colors this week, but don’t worry, our Niners will be back next year and we’ll be hoping for a chance to even the score.”

“We hope our friends in San Francisco enjoy the Brooklyn Sorachi Ace. Let’s hope for a rematch in 2013,” said Brooklyn Brewery President Steve Hindy.

Public tastings of Brooklyn Beer will not be available during this time, as Anchor tours are available by advance reservation only. Unfortunately, all tours are full this week, but you may call the brewery directly at 415.863.8350 to inquire about any cancellations.

UPDATE // JAN 27 Anchor reports that the Sorachi big bottles and Giants jerseys arrived safely, and that next week their tour guides will pour beer decked out in Big Blue during their Mon-Fri tours at 10am and 1pm, with brewery Chief Dannerbeck kicking off the first tour on Monday. Mr. Dannerbeck has promised to provide us with ”photos of the heinous crime scene,” so stay tuned!

UPDATE // JAN 25 Sorachi Ace and Giants jerseys are en route to CA.

UPDATE // JAN 22 Big Blue’s Victory Brings Brooklyn Beer to San Francisco

So it shall be written! Brooklyn Brewery beer and Giants jerseys will grace the Anchor Brewery this coming week. Stay tuned for updates and photos of our seven-day West Coast distribution.

The fabled Anchor bar in The City By The Bay.

A friendly wager has been placed between Brooklyn Brewery and Anchor Brewing Co. that our respective hometown teams will win the National Football Conference game this Sunday.

John Dannerbeck, president of Anchor Brewing Co. of San Francisco, and Steve Hindy, president of Brooklyn Brewery in New York, have agreed to pour the other brewery’s beer and outfit their brewery tour staff in jerseys from the opposing team for a week if their team loses the title game in San Francisco on Sunday. The brewery chiefs will wear the jerseys of shame as well.

“We are very confident that the 49ers will come through for us and we will not have to suffer this humiliation,” said Dannerbeck. “We beat the Giants earlier this year, and I am sure we will do it again.”

“The Giants have come together in an impressive way since the post-season commenced,” said Hindy. “We think Eli Manning and his team are going to avenge that earlier loss and move on to the Super Bowl.”

May the best team win!

Video courtesy of Harpoon.

UPDATE // FEB 9 Steve went up to Boston yesterday to join Harpoon co-founders Dan Kenary & Rich Doyle and their staff (all sporting Giants jerseys) in tapping a keg of Brooklyn BLAST! for their visitors. The BLAST! will remain on tap until it’s empty. This is the second time in Harpoon’s history that a non-Harpoon beer was poured from their tasting room taps — the first was in 2008 as the result of the same wager between the two breweries.

See more photos here and here.

UPDATE // FEB 6 Official tapping of the Brooklyn Lager kegs at the Harpoon Brewery is this Wednesday. Brooklyn Brewery President Steve Hindy will be on hand for the event. Stay tuned to Brooklyn Bloggery for photos.

Harpoon Brewery President Dan Kenary and our own Steve Hindy are betting that their home team will prevail in the Feb 5 Super Bowl in Indianapolis.

If the New York Giants win, as they did in the 2008 Super Bowl against New England, Harpoon will pour Brooklyn Lager in their tasting room and their brewery tour staff will wear Giants jerseys for a week this winter. If the Patriots win, Brooklyn will pour Harpoon IPA in their pub for a week, and the Brooklyn staff will wear Patriots jerseys.

“We are very confident that the Patriots will carry the day, and avenge the 2008 loss to the Giants,” said Kenary, who still cringes when he thinks back to pouring Brooklyn Lager four years ago.

“We know the Patriots had a better season record than the Giants. They are a great team,” said Hindy, clearly concerned about appearing over confident. “But the Giants have come together in the post-season. Eli Manning and his team have to keep it together for one more game.”

Hindy noted that the Anchor Brewery in San Francisco lost a similar bet to Brooklyn last Sunday when the Giants beat the 49ers on a last minute field goal. Anchor’s tour guides will be wearing Giants jerseys and pouring Brooklyn Sorachi Ace for their guests in the coming week.

“It is difficult to calculate the shame that accrues to a brewery that must pour its competitor’s flagship beer through its home taps,” said Hindy. “And wearing the opposition’s jerseys—you take your life in your hands when you wear a Boston jersey here in New York.”

The people here just can’t stop talking about the bet they won with some other people on the other side of the country. Beer and Giants jerseys are being packaged up and sent west to San Francisco for the folks of the Golden Gate to enjoy, and thoughts of championship glory are now bent towards Boston.

All fine and well, except I’m not a Giants fan. Convinced “Big Blue” was going down, I’d been wearing my 49ers jersey around the brewery all last week until brewer Tom took it from me and crushed it up in the mill room. Hard to fight back without opposable thumbs.

Brooklyn Brewery’s fearless leader will “address thousands” of beer industry professionals at the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego on May 3. A beer biz veteran of nearly 25 years, Steve has amassed a trove of knowledge, insight and great stories about our favorite beverage, and has delivered countless speeches to fans, media entities, business partners and industry insiders. All of this is to say we’re confident he’ll shine on the CBC stage.

We interviewed Steve today about the art of public speaking:

Brooklyn Bloggery: What do you generally think about when giving speeches? What’s on your mind as you address the crowd?

Steve Hindy: The most important thing about giving a speech is having something to say, having a message. Seems to me that many people who give speeches, particularly business executives and politicians, studiously avoid saying anything. This is very frustrating, and boring, for their listeners.

BB: What is your favorite kind of crowd to address?

SH: I like addressing my peers in the industry and other entrepreneurs. I like talking to young people about entrepreneurship.

BB: What are some of the things that make a beer-lover crowd unique, aside from the obvious collective interest? What characteristics tend to define this audience?

SH: Beer lovers are intensely interested in beer, and breweries and brewers. They want to know about our beers and us. But their attention tends to be inversely proportional to the volume of beer they have consumed. So if they have had more than two beers, end the speech.

BB: Do you think you are more or less of a better speaker when you yourself are drinking beer during your speech?

SH: One beer enhances my speaking ability. Beyond one, the benefits diminish.

BB: Where did you give your best and worst speeches? What’s the most memorable speech you gave?

SH: My most memorable speech was at 6pm on the day we celebrated the opening of The Brooklyn Brewery [Williamsburg, Brooklyn facility] in 1996. There were a couple of thousand people at a two-block party on N11th St. I announced there would be FREE BEER until the kegs ran dry. This resulted in a mad rush. My partner Tom Potter then announced the free beer would end at 6:30pm.

BB: Do you still get nervous addressing crowds?

SH: Yes I do get nervous. But you have to channel that nervousness into positive energy. A calm speaker can be a blah speaker.

BB: What topics will you be addressing during your CBC speech?

SH: In San Diego, I plan to celebrate the role of the Local Brewer and outline some of the great challenges facing our industry in the next 25 years.

A recent report in Men’s Health lists the best beers in the 32 cities that teams from the National Football League call home. Serendipitously, we got Big Blue:

Brooklyn brewmaster Garrett Oliver plies his trade on the opposite side of Manhattan from the Giants’ actual homeland (the Meadowlands, in New Jersey) but Giants fans and hearty beers aplenty can be found on weekend nights at the confines in Williamsburg, all available for the low cost of a wooden token (five for a picture of Andrew Jackson, available at the front desk). What’s more, Oliver’s more experimental brews—from the face-melting Brooklyn Blast to the bottle-fermented variants Brooklyn Local 1, Local 2, and Sorachi Ace—are a treat when you find yourself in a championship mood, as Eli and company have in recent years. Savor the suds. And Jersey, you make good beer, too, but it’s all in the name.

The Italian bureau of Vogue – arguably the most fashionable of the fashionable — recognizes One Brewers Row as a Brooklyn “Hot Spot” (pictured above).

NY Post talks with Steve Hindy about Brooklyn the brand, and features the Brooklyn Box Set in its holiday guide:

The Washington Times names Sorachi Ace one the Top Beers of 2011.

Brooklyn Lager wins 3rd Place in the Lager/Pilsner category in CraftCans.com‘s 2011 reader poll:

El Vocero  Escenario reports on the arrival of three new artisanal beers in Puerto Rico:

Michael Fassbender (of Inglourious Basterds fame) enjoys a Brooklyn Lager in Shame:

Garrett talks “beerology” on Canada radio waves courtesy of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

AMA Bionda, The Companion Ale and BAMboozle all get some love in Yankee Brew News.

Finnish daily Ilta-Sanomat names Black Chocolate Stout the second best selection in their Christmas beer tasting:

Garrett jumps the pond to promote The Oxford Companion to Beer, pictured below at the Hook Norton Brewery in (the appropriately named) Oxfordshire.

CNN International bids farewell to “The Boss”:

PrintMag recently wrote up an e-article about our friend and designer Jee-eun Lee, the steady hand and sharp eye who recently began assisting Milton Glaser in the noble act of making beer look good. All Brooklyn Brewery packaging, logos, labels and more feature Jee’s artistic touch. Check out the article for an interesting look into Jee’s background, past work (sample pictured above), and what she keeps in her bathtub.

Brooklyn bounders beware! There will be no L train service two upcoming weekends: February 25 & 26, and March 10 & 11. We’re also close to the good ole G train, so don’t worry. Check out our FAQ for subway directions to Brewer’s Row.

NPR’s “Tell Me More” was recently host to our venerable master brewer, who with him brought a few beers into the studio for the producers to taste on air and in their minds envision the awesomeness that is the interplay of holiday foods and the diverse flavors of ale.

Although we often have dinner on the brain, we tend to enjoy it a bit more on the plate aside a glass of good beer. And so it shall be this holiday season.

Well, not so much a “library” as a list of links, but welcome to the greatest hits of Brooklyn Brewery news and events, all wrapped into one convenient URL.

First Runnings: Dec 2011
First Runnings: Nov 2011
First Runnings: Oct 2011
First Runnings: Sep 2011
First Runnings: Aug 2011
First Runnings: July 2011
First Runnings: June 2011
First Runnings: May 2011

Brooklyn Paper gave the newly launched Smorgasbrewery a bit of love in a recent roundup (“Finally, food at the Brooklyn Brewery) and Bill Roundy did us a solid with an amazing illustration of our Tasting Room in action. Would you look at all the detail?! We’ve got Monster prowling for dropped morsels, the wall of cases behind the food vendors, Hollywood renowned Dan Bittner behind the bar, and even an accurate draft list.

After a few bumps in the road and the loss of our company email, I’m happy to welcome you to our brand new website. We’re live. And it’s working! There’s so much to click on it’s hard to know where to start. Well, the About section is pretty great. Check out our updated company history, gaze upon photos of our staff members and entertain yourself with dozens of Brooklyn Brewery videos. Or bop on over to our new and improved Brooklyn Bloggery for a veritable tidal wave of beer blogging goodness. There you can find beer and cheese pairings, events and posts written by a cat. Be sure to buy ALL your Christmas presents in our online store. And of course all the information on our beer that you could ever want can be found right here. Oh, and let’s not forget the many, many opportunities that we’ve given you to “like” us, just littered throughout this beautiful new internet site.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank our digital agency and neighbors, Blenderbox for their fantastic work here. I mean, Ruby on Rails already, guys!

Enjoy, learn, “surf” and do let us know if you’re having any trouble by emailing info@brooklynbrewery.com.

[Brooklyn Brewer Tom Villa cradles his new baby, Brooklyn BAMboozle]

Here at Brooklyn Brewery, we love to talk about beer culture and events, and we’re flattered to find that others like to talk about Brooklyn Brewery. We also like to share:

Particularly as the holiday season approaches, the press is abuzz about The Oxford Companion to Beer.

Brooklyn BAMboozle makes headlines, and Draft Magazine sings that praises of The Concoction. Brooklyn Oktoberfest, Black Chocolate Stout, Local 2 and Sorachi Ace get some love as well.

Travel Channel and CNN feature the craft and business of brewing, and Good Morning America bathes in beer.

The word is out about our upcoming beer, film and food at Nitehawk Cinema , and Grub Street, Beer Advocate, Thrillist and Free Williamsburg, among others, share the news.

Brooklyn Brewery Exports continue to thrive, and Brazil, Canada and Spain say some kind words.

Confusion temporarily reigns over news that our warehouse building is being sold.

Steve tells his story, while Garrett gives a speech, sings the praises of nachos, and graces a cover or two:

Don’t worry, The Brooklyn Brewery is not going anywhere. Recent reports have indicated that our building has been sold, but it is only the building that houses our warehouse, situated across the street from the brewery and office space. Read a full report here from The Brooklyn Eagle, and sleep tight.

The Good Food Awards recognizes edible products that both honor social and environmental responsibility and celebrate flavor, “the kind that brings people together and builds strong, healthy communities. We are thrilled to have been considered for this unique award, and happy to announce that Brooklyn Local 2, our Belgian-inspired dark abbey ale, has placed as a 2012 finalist.

Cheers to good food, and good luck to all of the other delicious finalists!

We’re happy to announce that Draft Magazine seems to enjoy The Concoction, our second latest Brewmaster’s Reserve beer, just about as much as we do, naming it one of their Top 25 Beers of 2011.

In other Top 25 news, we’re happy to announce that people who like to read interesting things seem to enjoy The Oxford Companion to Beer, Garrett Oliver’s latest literary endeavor, just about as much as we do, as it is currently one of Amazon’s Top 25 Best Sellers.

Congratulations to the Brooklyn team, and writers across the globe, respectively, for drafting these beery successes.

It’s that time of year again. The weather gets colder, party invites go out, presents get bought…and people don’t want to work as much. As such, please note the following schedule changes:

+ Saturday, December 3rd: CLOSING EARLY, noon – 5pm. The last tour will be at 5pm.
+ Saturday, December 24th: CLOSED
+ Sunday, December 25th: CLOSED
+ Sunday, January 1st: CLOSED

Make sure to stock up on Brooklyn this holiday season and have the best and safest time possible.

Across the Atlantic, Garrett Oliver’s Trek in The Name of Beer© continues. In conjunction with Oxford University Press and James Clay Importers, Brooklyn’s Brewmaster is hosting a series of beer tastings and dinners this week in England — the land that first taught him about good beer – to promote The Oxford Companion to Beer.

The Draft House Tower Bridge, London, SE1 2UP
7pm Monday 7 November www.drafthouse.co.uk

Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, OX3 0BP
10:30am Tuesday 8 November www.brookes.ac.uk

Hook North Brewery, Hook Norton, OX15 5NY
6pm Tuesday 8 November www.hooknortonbrewery.co.uk

The National Brewery Centre, Burton upon Trent, DE14 1NG
12pm Wednesday 9 November www.nationalbrewerycentre.co.uk

Port Street Beer House, Manchester, M1 2EQ
7pm Wednesday 9 November www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk

The Cross Keys, Leeds, LS11 5WD
12pm Thursday 10 November www.the-crosskeys.com

We remember it like it was yesterday, but that’s because it pretty much was yesterday. Not long ago, Brooklyn was supposedly “Crooklyn”, a strange land where people spoke in tongues, cabs feared to tread, and you couldn’t get a decent piece of cheese. And BAM, the grandly-titled Brooklyn Academy of Music, seemed to stand as a silent sentinel, a remnant of a glorious past few seemed to remember.

Here at Brooklyn Brewery, we remember the real Brooklyn. We remember pioneering beer bars, wild Berlin-style raves at the Old Mustard Factory, the Liveri boys smoking the mozzarella in a little metal box every morning outside Joe’s Busy Corner, prosciutto sliced so thin you could read the newspaper through it, and jerk chicken that made your eyes water. BAM remembers our Brooklyn too, and helped transform it into a place everyone suddenly wants to be.

So, when BAM asked us to make a beer for their 150th anniversary, we wanted to make them something really special. BAMBoozle features a large addition of wildflower honey from the New York family apiary Tremblay Farms – we pick up the honey from Alan Tremblay at the Greenmarket. Blended with golden malts, it is fermented to a dry complexity by our Belgian yeast strain, and then re-fermented in the bottle like Champagne. When the cork pops, the beer shows a shimmering effervescence, a beautifully floral, honeyed nose, and a fresh light zing on the palate that belies its underlying strength. You have not had a beer like this, and neither have we. You can enjoy it now, but it will also age very nicely. Like BAM and like Brooklyn, BAMBoozle is in a class of its own. Happy 150th to BAM, its colorful crown restored, the once and future king of the arts.

[Brooklyn on the horizon at Fort San Felipe del Morro.]

We are excited to announce that Brooklyn Brewery is now available in Puerto Rico. With the help of V. Suarez & Co. distributing (pictured below), we’re shipping pallets of Brooklyn Lager, Brown Ale and Pennant Ale ’55 down to the rich port. Click “Read More” to view more pictures of Brooklyn’s arrival to the commonwealth.

Come on. It’s too perfect for the beer lover in your life to ignore. Now available for purchase exclusively at The Brooklyn Brewery Company Store is the BROOKLYN BOX SET, featuring 1 copy of The Oxford Companion to Beer signed by Garrett Oliver, and 1 750ml bottle-conditioned version of The Companion Ale – this special Companion Ale bottle is only available as part of the BROOKLYN BOX SET.

The BROOKLYN BOX SET is $80.00, and can be obtained only in person at The Brooklyn Brewery (79 North 11th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11249) during our public hours.

With 160 experts covering more than 1,100 subjects, The Oxford Companion to Beer is the most comprehensive book to yet be published on the subject. To accompany the book, Garrett Oliver (Editor-in-Chief), Horst Dornbusch (Associate Editor) and Thomas Kraus-Weyermann (writer and master maltster) brewed our current Brewmaster’s Reserve beer, called The Companion Ale. Made with 55% new floor malts from Weyermann Maltings, The Companion is brewed in an old style called “wheat wine”, a wheat-based equivalent to barley wine. The floor malts give this beer a juicy malt character of considerable depth, 55% malted wheat gives it a surprising lightness on the palate, while our house ale yeast lends a gentle fruitiness.

Now available for purchase exclusively at The Brooklyn Brewery Company Store is the BROOKLYN BOX SET, featuring 1 copy of The Oxford Companion to Beer signed by Garrett Oliver, and 1 750ml bottle-conditioned version of The Companion Ale – this special Companion Ale bottle is only available as part of the BROOKLYN BOX SET.

The BROOKLYN BOX SET is $80.00, and can be obtained only in person at The Brooklyn Brewery (79 North 11th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11249) during our public hours.

With 160 experts covering more than 1,100 subjects, The Oxford Companion to Beer is the most comprehensive book to yet be published on the subject. To accompany the book, Garrett Oliver (Editor-in-Chief), Horst Dornbusch (Associate Editor) and Thomas Kraus-Weyermann (writer and master maltster) brewed our current Brewmaster’s Reserve beer, called The Companion Ale. Made with 55% new floor malts from Weyermann Maltings, The Companion is brewed in an old style called “wheat wine”, a wheat-based equivalent to barley wine. The floor malts give this beer a juicy malt character of considerable depth, 55% malted wheat gives it a surprising lightness on the palate, while our house ale yeast lends a gentle fruitiness.

[photos by Heather Gallagher]

Last night at The Brooklyn Brewery, we welcomed AMA Bionda to the U.S. market with Italian flare and fare (the former provided by the Amarcord Brewery; the latter by Betto). AMA Bionda is brewed in Italy specifically to be paired with the culinary delights of its motherland — we look forward to enjoying this new beer with our friends and favorite dishes.

See more photos of the party from Beertography here.

Brewed by Amarcord Brewery in the small medieval town of Apecchio, Italy, AMA Bionda is a beer made specifically for the Italian dinner table. Designed by Brooklyn Brewmaster Garrett Oliver, AMA Bionda is a golden beer with a soft but complex floral and fruity character, born of aromatic malts, three types of hops, Italian Orange Blossom honey from Sicily, and water from springs that date to Roman times.

Here at Brooklyn Brewery, we love to vacation in Italy, and we got to know the folks at Amarcord when we started selling Brooklyn beers there. Amarcord is one of Italy’s great new microbreweries that are brewing beer with distinctive Italian accents, producing their range of beers in Apecchio, a small medieval town surrounded by the Appennini Mountains (Mount Nerone) and close to the Adriatic coast. They introduced us to the great cuisine of the Marche Region, and we decided to collaborate with them on a line of beers that would be worthy of the Italian table. Ama Bionda is the first in the line. It is perfect with seafood dishes, pesto, pizza and tomato sauces. Ama means “loves” in Italian, and AMA Bionda loves Italian food as much as we do.

The passing of the seasons can be a bit tough, particularly that whole warm sun diminishing into cold snow thing. But still, it’s hard not to appreciate those hearty meals that come from hardy wintertime kitchens. Especially when they’re paired with beer.

CraftBeer.com went to brewmaster/chef Garrett Oliver for insight on the perfect four-course beer dinner for when the weather outside might be frightful, and here’s what he had to say:

Garrett Oliver’s Simple Four-Course Beer Dinner
by Garrett Oliver

This summer, while hanging out at the beach, lounging in the sunshine and hurling Frisbees across parks, you have to admit that you didn’t think much about the kitchen. Sure, the morning coffee came from the kitchen and the fridge was in there too, keeping your beer cold and the salad crisp, but that was about it. Now that the weather’s turning colder, most of us will give up the grill and re-embrace the kitchen, the stove, big iron pans and the things they can do… Read more

[© All rights reserved by Wallace Chane.]

Thank you to Flickr user Wallace Chane for tagging us in the awesome picture above. Of the photo, Chane writes: “Thank you for forever enhancing my life.”

Books? We love ‘em. Steve Hindy wrote one; Garrett Oliver wrote one and edited another; and our culinary-culture loving friends over at Edible have cooked up a DIY guide to recreating the best of Brooklyn’s delectable delights in your own kitchen:

“Celebrate Brooklyn’s best, with the most delicious dishes from the borough’s top food sellers and makers, movers and shakers. Edible Brooklyn: The Cookbook takes you on a photo-packed, tasty tour of one of America’s most diverse locales and its gastronomic pleasures. In addition to finding mouthwatering recipes, you’ll meet the people who create this edible goodness, take a close-up look at the institutions that make Brooklyn an epicure’s delight, explore food-fabulous, ethnically diverse neighborhoods, and get edible tips, plus information on obtaining the ingredients.”

Yep, it’s true. A reincarnation of SmorgasBurg, the popular “Brooklyn Flea Food Market”, is coming to Brooklyn Brewery starting Sunday, December 4 and running until March. Needless to say, we are quite excited to welcome the local artisans into our home.

Eater reports:

On Sunday, December 4, the Brooklyn Flea and Brooklyn Brewery will launch SmorgasBrewery, a mini version of the Saturday food fest Smorgasburg. A rotating cast of five Brooklyn Flea and Smorgasburg food vendors will set up shop in the Brewery’s Tasting Room on North 11th St. from noon – 5 PM. The partnership should run until March 2012.

[Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times]

We are thrilled to be finding a bevy of positive press in response to The Oxford Companion to Beer, a new reference guide on our favorite beverage edited by Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster Garrett Oliver. Read more for a sampling, and check back for incoming additions:

The New York Times

Village Voice

Financial Times

Time Out NY

Bon Appetit

SF Weekly

Grub Street

Mobile Press Register

A Good Beer Blog

Pete Brown’s Beer Blog

The CU Independent

Tasting Table

New Yorker Book Bench

Houston Chronicle

LA Weekly

Walking the streets of Brooklyn, our Marketing Manager Ben came across the exceedingly familiar image pictured above.

With a little help from The Internet, the mystery is solved. Apparently there are some really serious Disco Biscuits fans out there.

The time has come once again to partake in the preeminent beer festival in these states united: the Great American Beer Festival. Oh yes, we’ll be there. And oh yes, we’ve got a challenge for you:

+ Take a photo of an Oxford Companion to Beer contributor (list of those in attendance at GABF 2011 below).
+ Tag the photo @BrooklynBrewery on Twitter.
+ Collect the most contributor photos and be contacted via Twitter on Monday to win your very own Brooklyn Box Set:

This deluxe edition of the most comprehensive book on beer ever written comes lovingly packaged with a one-time only bottling of The Companion Ale. Like the book The Oxford Companion To Beer itself, The Companion is a true collaboration. It was designed and brewed by the book’s Editor-In-Chief Garrett Oliver, Associate Editor Horst Dornbusch and contributor Thomas Weyermann.

Oxford Companion GABF 2011 Contributor List (after the break)

Peter Bouckaert
Jay Brooks
Pete Brown
Matthew Brynildson
Dick Cantwell
Vinnie Cilurzo
Lorenzo Dabove
Ray Daniels
Geoff Deman
Dan D’Ippolito
Horst Dornbusch
Roland Folz
Terry Foster
Abram Goldman-Armstrong
Ken Grossman
John Haggerty
Stephen Hindy
Kim Jordan
Ben Keene
Ray Klimovitz
Thomas Kraus-Weyermann
Daniel J. Kvitek
Mike Laur
Anda Lincoln
Phil Markowski
Jacob McKean
Will Meyers
Randy Mosher
Jeff Nickel
Garrett Oliver
Steve Parkes
Glenn Payne
Dan Rabin
Tony Simmons
Gary Spedding
Mitch Steele
David Thomas
Bob Townsend
Sylvie Van Zandycke
Keith Villa
Ben Vinken
Tim Webb
Chris White
Chad Michael Yakobson

While there’s at least one of us here that appreciates a good Nutz Over Chocolate Luna Bar, you’ll forgive us our skepticism of Chick Beer. Touting itself as “The only American beer created just for women” (thought that was Blue Moon*?), Chick Beer claims to be a beer that “celebrates women”. A noble cause to be sure.

But what does it taste like?

We’ve never actually seen a bottle of Chick Beer and therefore have sadly been unable to “Witness The Chickness!”. Marylanders, if you’ve been lucky enough to sample this suds, please, tell us everything.

*you’ve got to really dig through the link to find the Blue Moon reference. I promise the ride is worth it.

[The Companions: Editor-in-Chief Oliver and his new book.]

Brewmaster Oliver left Brooklyn today and will not return for three weeks. During the days to come he’ll be visiting a handful of beer-loving cities (listed below) to support his latest literary effort, four years in the making: The Oxford Companion to Beer. With 160 experts covering more than 1,100 subjects, it is the most comprehensive book to yet be published on the subject of beer.

Denver, CO
Sep 29–Oct 2

San Francisco, CA
Oct 3–Oct 4

Portland, OR
Oct 5

Seattle, WA
Oct 6–Oct 7

Twin Cities, MN
Oct 8 — Oct 10

Chicago, IL
Oct 11–Oct 13

Cleveland, OH
Oct 14

Check back all this week leading up to the big event for Experimental Profiles in Courage on the contestants.

[Brooklyn All-Stars Erin Evenson & Christopher McCreight]

Meet Erin Evenson & Christopher McCreight, they are team New Lapskaus Boulevard! They are committed not only to updating the edible traditions of Brooklyn’s Norwegian-American community, but also to rocking your world. If preserved fish, root vegetables, lingonberries, and brown goat cheese are your thing, then they’re your team.

What was their Favorite Experimental Moment? It had to be serving homemade reindeer hot dogs to Chef Wylie Dufresne and his WD-50 team.

Check back all this week leading up to the big event for Experimental Profiles in Courage on the contestants.

[DC champs Tacoistas]

What is Tacoistas (Gerald Zavala & Sandra Hanna)? Team Tacoista has a basic, revolutionary principal: keep their slow cooked carnitas tacos simple and authentic. Chef Gerald Zavala is a Texas transplant willing to stop at any taco stand and his wife (and super sous chef) Sandra Hanna is native New Yorker turned Washington DC attorney ready to throw down in the kitchen. The team borrowed its name from the Zapaitas to emphasize that delicious “peoples” food can be both accessible and modern.

What was your “Favorite Experimental Moment? Watching our two young daughters work the crowd at the DC Taco Experiment asking people to “Go to table 26 and eat daddy’s yummy tacos.” We were told they were very convincing marketers.

Because we’re holding the Food Experiment National Championships at The Brewery, we will be closed for our regularly scheduled Tastings & Tours on Sunday, September 18. DON’T WORRY THOUGH. You can still enjoy Brooklyn beer, and samples from 40 of the neighborhood’s best food, beer and wine makers at TASTE Williamsburg/Greenpoint, located one block away, between Kent Ave and the Williamsburg Waterfront.

Check back all this week leading up to the big event for Experimental Profiles in Courage on the contestants.

[Boston champs Hope &  Josh.]

Who Is Hope Gee and Food Alors? Food Alors! is a brother-sister cooking sensation. It all began in 1994, when my older brother Josh taught me (Hope) how to cut the crusts off of tuna fish sandwiches. I later spent a year living in France, including three months working at a Michelin-starred restaurant, where I taught the chefs dirty words in English in exchange for trips to local markets and recipes. Josh pursued politics instead of food, but still yearns to someday open the world’s first cocktail truck.

What was your favorite “Experimental Moment?” Refusing to give our parents seconds at the Boston contest and demanding they get out of the way for the people whose votes we needed to still win.

This month in 1995, The New Brewer explores the wacky, zany “niche” of marketing beer via the internet (dramatization above). Issues of the magazine are read while enjoying radio hits “Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio, “Waterfalls” by TLC, “Kiss from a Rose” by Seal and “This Is How We Do It” by Montell Jordan.

UPDATE :: Brooklyn Brewery Account Manager Brian Dochney gets served an ice cold Cyberbeer.

Check back all this week leading up to the big event for Experimental Profiles in Courage on the contestants.

[Austin, TX champs The Holy Smokers.]

Who are these Holy Smokers? The Holy Smokers are two small town pastors and suburban dads that know how to bring the joy “BIG TIME”. As in life and in cooking the Holy Smokers fully embrace experiments. In trying new and adventurous things they are never satisfied until they get to lead others into what they believe to be a Holy Moment. In pursuit of love, joy, and community, the Holy Smokers bring a next level of excitement wherever they are.

What was the Holy Smokers’ favorite Experimental Moment? The most memorable moment was when Holy Smoker, Evans, celebrated his victory with a Chameleon Cold-Brew Shower!

Check back all this week leading up to the big event for an Experimental Profile in Courage on the contestants.

[Brooklyn All-Star Jill Stominger and her mother.]

Who exactly is Jill Stominger? Jill is an Ohio native who earns her ingredient money as a publicist and writer. She enjoys running, biking, and then using running and biking as an excuse to eat whatever she wants. Her mother Pam will join her for the big competition, an event she realized was inevitable once Jill started snacking on butter as a child.

What was your favorite “Experimental Moment?” Seeing Wylie Dufresne nod in approval after trying one of my dishes. I even made sure to watch him from really far away to be sure it wasn’t a pity nod. Also, please ignore how creepy that makes me sound.

The cupboards of beer enthusiasts worldwide are filled with glassware of all shapes and sizes, each designed to maximize the flavors and aroma of specific styles of ale and lager. Scientific American is asking whether or not this is all for show: Does the glass you use really matter? It’s safe to know where Sam Adams stands, as well as a certain other brewery of which we’re steadfastly fond.

Where do you stand on the issue? Is there a certain beer you’re convinced is best enjoyed in a particular glass?

[Yunhee Kim for The New York Times]

The Minimalist himself, Mark Bittman of the New York Times, gets complex with Garrett on using beer as an ingredient.

“I learned how to drink beer with food (beyond hot dogs, Indian food and the like) from Garrett Oliver, the brewmaster of New York’s Brooklyn Brewery and editor in chief of the soon-to-be-published “Oxford Companion to Beer.” So it seemed only natural, when I found myself cooking with beer more often, to ask Garrett how to determine what’s best.”

For the whole piece and Mark’s recipes go here.

Here’s to hoping you haven’t reached your article limit for the month.

[Yunhee Kim for The New York Times]

The Minimalist himself, Mark Bittman of the New York Times, gets complex with Garrett on using beer as an ingredient.

“I learned how to drink beer with food (beyond hot dogs, Indian food and the like) from Garrett Oliver, the brewmaster of New York’s Brooklyn Brewery and editor in chief of the soon-to-be-published “Oxford Companion to Beer.” So it seemed only natural, when I found myself cooking with beer more often, to ask Garrett how to determine what’s best.”

For the whole piece and Mark’s recipes go here.

Here’s to hoping you haven’t reached your article limit for the month.

As much as we’d love to provide you with refuge from the storm this weekend, the pending threat of Hurricane Irene’s windy limbs will result in closed doors here at One Brewer’s Row this Saturday and Sunday, August 27-28.

We hope Irene will turn out to sea in a timely manner, but it never hurts to be prepared. In the event the situation is prolonged, we’ve filled up our extra brewing tanks with water good for drinking and will be ready to share with anyone in need.

And so we can keep producing another certain liquid, we brought in a “little” power generator to back up the brewhouse:

Read more for some helpful safety tips in the event of a hurricane…

If a hurricane is likely in your area, you should:

+ Listen to the radio or TV for information.
+ Secure your home, close storm shutters, and secure outdoor objects or bring them indoors.
+ Turn off utilities if instructed to do so. Otherwise, turn the refrigerator thermostat to its coldest setting and keep its doors closed.
+ Turn off propane tanks. Avoid using the phone, except for serious emergencies.
+ Moor your boat if time permits.
+ Ensure a supply of water for sanitary purposes such as cleaning and flushing toilets. Fill the bathtub and other large containers with water.

You should evacuate under the following conditions:

+ If you are directed by local authorities to do so. Be sure to follow their instructions.
+ If you live in a mobile home or temporary structure—such shelters are particularly hazardous during hurricanes no matter how well fastened to the ground.
+ If you live in a high-rise building—hurricane winds are stronger at higher elevations.
+ If you live on the coast, on a floodplain, near a river, or on an inland waterway.
+ If you feel you are in danger.

If you are unable to evacuate, go to your safe room. If you do not have one, follow these guidelines:

+ Stay indoors during the hurricane and away from windows and glass doors.
+ Close all interior doors—secure and brace external doors.
+ Keep curtains and blinds closed. Do not be fooled if there is a lull; it could be the eye of the storm – winds will pick up again.
+ Take refuge in a small interior room, closet, or hallway on the lowest level.
+ Lie on the floor under a table or another sturdy object

As much as we’d love to provide you with refuge from the storm this weekend, the pending threat of Hurricane Irene’s windy limbs will result in closed doors here at One Brewer’s Row this Saturday and Sunday, August 27-28.

We hope Irene will turn out to sea in a timely manner, but it never hurts to be prepared. In the event the situation is prolonged, we’ve filled up our extra brewing tanks with water good for drinking and will be ready to share with anyone in need.

And so we can keep producing another certain liquid, we brought in a “little” power generator to back up the brewhouse:

Read more for some helpful safety tips in the event of a hurricane…

If a hurricane is likely in your area, you should:

+ Listen to the radio or TV for information.
+ Secure your home, close storm shutters, and secure outdoor objects or bring them indoors.
+ Turn off utilities if instructed to do so. Otherwise, turn the refrigerator thermostat to its coldest setting and keep its doors closed.
+ Turn off propane tanks. Avoid using the phone, except for serious emergencies.
+ Moor your boat if time permits.
+ Ensure a supply of water for sanitary purposes such as cleaning and flushing toilets. Fill the bathtub and other large containers with water.

You should evacuate under the following conditions:

+ If you are directed by local authorities to do so. Be sure to follow their instructions.
+ If you live in a mobile home or temporary structure—such shelters are particularly hazardous during hurricanes no matter how well fastened to the ground.
+ If you live in a high-rise building—hurricane winds are stronger at higher elevations.
+ If you live on the coast, on a floodplain, near a river, or on an inland waterway.
+ If you feel you are in danger.

If you are unable to evacuate, go to your safe room. If you do not have one, follow these guidelines:

+ Stay indoors during the hurricane and away from windows and glass doors.
+ Close all interior doors—secure and brace external doors.
+ Keep curtains and blinds closed. Do not be fooled if there is a lull; it could be the eye of the storm – winds will pick up again.
+ Take refuge in a small interior room, closet, or hallway on the lowest level.
+ Lie on the floor under a table or another sturdy object

We’re busy putting together a retrospective of the Great Milton Glaser’s work for us through the years. Watch this space for info on an opening party here at The Brewery. Recently, Inc. did a piece on small businesses with impactful logos.  Check it out below.

From Inc Magazine

Steve Hindy, co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery, based in Brooklyn, New York, had the logo for his company designed in 1987 by none other than Milton Glaser, one of the world’s foremost logo designers. In fact, it was Glaser who aided in renaming the company, which was originally called Brooklyn Eagle Beer. “Come on, you’ve got Brooklyn. Who needs an eagle?” recalls Hindy of Milton’s comment on the original company name.

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Courtesy of BrewYork, New York

There’s a lot going on over on North 11th Street in Brooklyn these days. Some of the happenings at Brooklyn Brewery are pretty obvious to see – like the massive 200-barrel fermenters above that were craned into their newly-expanded space last week. This was one of 17 (!) new tanks at the brewery to complete its multi-million dollar expansion that will let them brew a whole lot more beer in Brooklyn.

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The Brooklyn Brewery hereby announces the formation of The Order of Osiris, a league of libation appreciators formerly never matched. By volunteering their time, their tastebuds and a nominal fee, this band of beer lovers will be subject to a number of benefits sure to whet their elevated whistles. Named after an Egyptian god, known to stop at nothing to protect the most holy of beverages, The Order of Osiris seeks to do the same.

The Order shall meet every Friday at The Brooklyn Brewery Tasting Room at 5pm one full hour before the masses shuffle through those famed red doors. All Order members will have the opportunity to taste that week’s cask from a members-only dimple mug. Also available will be robust conversation, tomfoolery and back patting. Read on to learn of even more good will that awaits due-paying members of this exclusive cadre for the mighty beer lover.

A lifetime membership fee of $15 allots you:

+ Order of Osiris dimple mug
+ 5pm Friday Happy Hour admission through a secret entrance
+ Invitation to all Brewmaster’s Reserve release parties
+ Position at The Table for the Yearly Assembly of the Order
+ Feelings of Entitlement

Email osiris@brooklynbrewery.com with the subject line “Order of Osiris” to receive the Order’s Form of Registry.

“Beer has dispelled the illness which was in me.” — Late Egyptian, translated by Dr. Kent Weeks

For the past four years, brewmaster Garrett Oliver has been working on a massive project. It’s the ultimate beer collaboration, but it’s not a beer.  Published this September by Oxford University Press, it’s The Oxford Companion to Beer, the most comprehensive book on beer ever published, featuring 160 experts covering more than 1,100 subjects. It’s a momentous thing, so Garrett (Editor-in-Chief), Horst Dornbusch (Associate Editor, writer, scholar, man-about-town) and Thomas Kraus-Weyermann (writer and master maltster) hatched a plan. Together, they brewed our next Brewmaster’s Reserve beer, called The Companion.

Thomas created special new floor malts for The Companion, which is brewed in an old style called “wheat wine”, a wheat-based equivalent to barley wine. The floor malts give this beer a juicy malt character of considerable depth, 55% malted wheat gives it a surprising lightness on the palate, while our house ale yeast lends a gentle fruitiness. The Oxford Companion will impart knowledge, while The Companion imparts conviviality. Maybe you really can have it all?

[photo by Hiroko Masuike]

Monday, August 1, 7-11pm
d.b.a.
113 North 7th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
cost: $20-$500 | buy tickets here

From d.b.a.,

In loving memory of Ray Deter, we will gather at d.b.a. Brooklyn to continue to celebrate his amazing life. Part of the celebration involves remembering his legacy and in doing so we honor his sons. All proceeds will go into a college fund for Ray’s sons. Raincheck tickets are available for those who would like to participate, but cannot attend the benefit in person. Click through to see the additional ticket and donation options.

If you’d like to mail a check directly to the fund, please make it out to:

Ray Deter Memorial Fund
64 Longfellow Drive
Colonia, NJ 07067

[photo by Cinzia Reale-Castello]

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” – Henry David Thoreau

Whatever, Thoreau. Give me all four and on top of that I’ll take some pork.

Speaking of fame, a few ladies from Time Out NY came by last week to interview me and take my picture for a feature on NYC “Animal Mascots.” (I told them I’d prefer to be called “People Persuader,” but Animal Mascot will suffice.) I had my assistant fetch a new bow tie, and then I simply turned up the charm. Now this “handsome devil” is gracing the first page of the article.

Also of note is that there’s only one dog in the piece, and it’s a Chihuahua. Much easier to take down than some other dogs.

[photo © Nathan Rawlinson]

Aside from simply being delicious, our recent beer dinner at Eleven Madison Park, one of the best restaurants in the world, is a testament to the developing notion that great food and great beer are born for each other. We’re glad to find that we are in growing good company when it comes to this once-radical concept.

Read here for a great write-up on the EMP beer dinner from Food & Wine. Photos from Nathan Rawlinson live on this page, and a video by Christian DeBenedetti is housed here.

[photo by F. Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal, Styling by Anne Cardenas]

… and we wholeheartedly agree. Brooklyn Brown Ale is the second beer we ever made, and its robust, smooth malt flavor has been gracing our cookouts for over twenty years. Glad to see The Wall Street Journal agrees that this beer belongs with BBQ. Read the full article here.

[photo by F. Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal, Styling by Anne Cardenas]

… and we wholeheartedly agree. Brooklyn Brown Ale is the second beer we ever made, and its robust, smooth malt flavor has been gracing our cookouts for over twenty years. Glad to see The Wall Street Journal agrees that this beer belongs with BBQ. Read the full article here.

Brooklyn Sorachi Ace, The Belgian-inspired, single-hop saison described by Brewmaster Oliver as “sunshine in a glass” has reared its zesty white head for the warmer months, and is now available full time (and year round) via your finer beverage purveyors and drinking establishments. Enjoy it with fresh goat cheese (i.e. Westfield Bulk Chèvre), shrimp, smoked salmon, sushi, ceviche, prosciutto, curries, salads, grilled meats or by its elegant, refreshing self.

Read more for a list of places in NYC to find Sorachi Ace. Go here to email your local rep to find Brooklyn Beer near you.

+ Amity Hall
+ Aurora
+ Back Forty
+ Beer Table
+ Blue Smoke & Jazz Standard
+ Brooklyn Winery
+ The Counting Room
+ d.b.a.
+ DBGB
+ Egg
+ Fresh Fanatic
+ Ginger Man
+ The Gutter
+ Half Pint
+ Keg & Lantern
+ Marlow & Sons
+ Momofuku
+ Rock Center Café
+ The Room
+ Spring Lounge
+ Spuyten Duyvil
+ Standings Sports Bar
+ Stout
+ Stritzenhaus
+ Tribeca Grill
+ Waterfront Ale House

If you have been to the brewery lately, you could not fail to notice our new mural. The Egyptologists among you will appreciate the hieroglyphs that translate: “Beer has dispelled the illness which was in me.” Our translation was done by Dr. Kent Weeks, the world’s leading Egyptologist. I met Kent in Egypt in 1981, when he was a visiting professor from UC Berkeley. Kent resigned his cushy job at Berkeley and took a seat at American University of Cairo to lead the Theban Mapping Project, an ambitious effort to map all the tombs in the Valley of the Kings and Tombs of the Queens in Luxor, Egypt, using the latest remote sensing equipment. In the course of those explorations, Kent uncovered important new tombs in Luxor, making him the most prominent archaeologist since Howard Carter dug up King Tut.

Kent now divides his time between Upper Egypt and Connecticut. Indiana Jones has nothing on this guy.

– Steve Hindy, President & Co-founder

[UPDATE 7/5/2011 :: We are deeply saddened to report that over the weekend Ray passed away. He will be missed by all of us who knew and loved him.]

Earlier this week, Ray Deter, owner of d.b.a., was struck by a car as he rode his bicycle to work in Manhattan. He is currently in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital, and remains unconscious after suffering from head trauma and internal bleeding. (Read more about the incident here.)

Not only is Ray a valued member of the beer community, he is an old and dear friend to many of us at the Brewery. Our most sincere thoughts and deepest well wishes are with Ray and his family. We are all hoping Ray the best during this difficult time, and wish him a swift recovery.

Together with The High Line we’ve bore another child. And this baby is a doozie. We’re proud to announce the arrival of Brooklyn High Line Elevated Wheat, a local collaboration of the, ahem, highest order. To celebrate the unveiling of Section 2 of the elevated park as well as this summer’s Lot On Tap beer garden at 30th and 10th, Garrett worked with Friends of the High Line, NY State Agriculture and North Country Farms to produce a new style of beer to be exclusively sold at The High Line park this summer.

From The New York Times:

The High Line’s Beery Locavorism

[photo by Evan Sung]

New York state farm to New York City table? Ho-hum. But New York state farm to New York City brewery? Hasn’t happened in at least a century. And indeed, a high degree of difficulty marked the creation of what is believed to be the first modern commercial beer brewed in the city from local wheat. (The Tundra Brewery in Stamford, N.Y., is now selling a beer made from New York state grains at Manhattan Greenmarkets.) Here, then, is the unexpectedly complicated recipe for a seemingly simple new summer brew:

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[photo by Eric Schwortz]

And… we’re back! The concert series on the banks of the East River has returned for another year of great bands, beer, wine and food. This unbridled summertime goodness is brought to you by the Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn (OSA), a not-for-profit who will be using all of the proceeds from the shows to improve North Brooklyn’s parks.

Follow OSA on Facebook here, Consult Ticketmaster for admittance to the non-free shows, and check back with the Brooklyn Brewery Blog for your chance to win a pair of VIP tickets to each show. Read on to view the full schedule.

June 11 | free show
+ Coheed and Cambria
+ Adrian Belew Power Trio
+ Tigers Jaw

June 24
Thievery Corporation

July 6
+ Kid Cudi
+ Chip Tha Ripper

July 22
+ Death From Above 1979

July 25
+ Stone Temple Pilots

July 29 | free show
+ They Might Be Giants
+ Pretty Good Friends w/ Eugene Mirman
+ Kristen Schaal
+ Patton Oswalt

August 2
+ Death Cab for Cutie
+ Frightened Rabbit

August 12
+ Sonic Youth
+ Wild Flag
+ Kurt Vile

August 31
+ Bright Eyes

September 8
+ TV On The Radio

September 17
+ Widespread Panic

September 24
+ Fleet Foxes
+ The Walkmen

From Beer Sessions Radio:

“On May 3, Beer Sessions Radio (TM) was able to sit down with Brooklyn Brewery founder and local beer historian Steve Hindy. To say that Steve is an interesting fellow would be a gross understatement. He’s Brooklyn’s own International Man of Mystery and we’re pretty sure he could take the Dos Equis guy down in under 5 seconds.”

Listen with your ears here, and read with thine eyes, here.

Watch the video here:

The next beer to come from Brooklyn Brewery’s Brewmaster’s Reserve line is The Brooklyn Concoction. Based off a delightful Scotch-based cocktail called The Penicillin and combining peat smoked malt, minced ginger, lemon juice and wildflower honey, this brand new Concoction is just what the doctor ordered. [UPDATE 5/27/2011: scheduled release is mid-June]

You may recall mention of this beer being called “The Tonic”. Well, that name proved to be problematic by the standards of certain governmental regulatory boards (as did “The Penicillin”). So we’ve settled on “The Concoction”. And that’s all we have to say about that.

Welcome, the Brooklyn Summer Ale Can! Below is a list of places at which one might presently purchase this refreshing, handsome, lightweight libation (koozie sold separately). And here are more photos of the Summer can in action. Have some of your own? Tag them “CANibalization” on Flickr and we’ll add them to our set.

MANHATTAN
Good Beer – 422 East 9th Street
New Beer- 167 Chrystie Street
Whole Foods
- 270 Greenwich Street
- 4 Union Square South
- 95 East Houston Street
- 10 Columbus Circle
- 250 7th Avenue

BROOKLYN
5th Avenue Market- 185 5th Avenue
American Beer- 256 Court Street
Associated- 492 Myrtle Avenue
B P Gas- 1049 Grand Street
Bd Food Supermarket- 510 7th Avenue
Breukelen Bier Merchants- 182 Grand Street
Brooklyn Beer & Soda- 648 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn Fair- 200 Schermerhorn Street
Eagle Provisions- 628 5th Avenue
Earth Basket- 599 4th Avenue
G H Food- 750A Manhattan Avenue
Grand Grocery & Deli- 175 Grand Street
Hope Deli- 103 Havemeyer Street
Joes Busy Corner- 552 Driggs Avenue
Khims Millenium Market
- 185 Bedford Avenue
- 265 Bedford Avenue
Las Americas Deli Grocery- 506 Court Street
Metro Deli- 525 Metropolitan Avenue
New York Deli- 82/84 Havemeyer Street
One Stop Market- 630 Caton Avenue
Park Slope Food Coop- 782 Union Street
Parkside Grocery & Deli- 155 Prospect Park South
Price Choice- 72 Wykcoff Avenue
Royal Deli Grocery- 1419 8th Avenue
South End- 73 Montrose Avenue
Sunac Foods- 440/446 Union Avenue
Top On The Waterfront- 89 North 6th Street
Williamsburg Food Market- 159 North 3rd Street

QUEENS
69th St Beer Distributor- 55-13 69th Street
B & B Beverage- 212-02 41st Avenue
Community Beverages- 80-04 Grand Avenue
Dan’s Supreme- 153-55 Cross Island Parkway
Natural Fruit Supermarket- 70-63 Parsons Boulevard
Trade Fair- 23-55 Broadway
U-Mart Supermarket- 56-02 31st Avenue

MASSACHUSETTS
Blanchard’s Liquors
103 Harvard Ave
Allston

ODB Liquors
732 Huntington Ave
Boston

Austin Liquors
20 Boston Turnpike
Shrewsbury

George’s
19 Elm St
Pittsfield

Beacon Capital Market
32 Myrtle St
Boston

Drum Hill Liquor Mart
85 Parkhurst Rd
Chelmsford

Liquor World
365 West Central
Franklin

Jobi Liquors
170 Cambridge St
Boston

Yankee Spirits
376 Main St
Sturbridge

Top Shelf
161 Charles St
Boston

Gordon’s Liquors
894 Main St
Waltham

New Bay View Liquors
108 Dorchester St
South Boston

Kelly’s Package Store
653 Main St
Dalton

Blanchard’s Liquors JP
741 Centre St
Jamaica Plain

Acton Wine & Spirits Co.
305 Main St
Acton

Redstone Liquors
101 Main St
Stoneham

Lopardo’s Package Store
8 River St
North Adams

Wine Vault
2 Fairbanks St
Framingham

Kappy’s
10 Revere Beach Pkwy
Medford

Supreme Liquors
615 Hancock St
Quincy

Julios Liquors
140 Turnpike-Route 9
Westborough

Atlas Liquors
156 Mystic Ave
Medford

Ball Square Fine Wines
716 Broadway
Somerville

Quality Liquors
5 Gedney St
Salem

Greenwood Wine & Spirit
969 Main St
Wakefield

Atlas Liquors
665 Adams St
Quincy

Caporale’s Liquors
29 Broadway St
Wakefield

Cask N’ Keg
14 Clara Drive
Mystic

Thomas P McDonough
13 Water St
Wakefield

Liquor Wine Discount
670 Tolland Stage Road
Tolland

Bottle’s
372 Commerical St
Boston

Whole Foods
340 River St
Cambridge

South End Formaggio
268 Shawmut Ave
Boston

Bullard’s Market & Package
1 Green St
Medfield

Apple Country Markets
159 Mechanic St
Clinton

McKinlay’s Liquors
624 Main St
Holden

Villa Spirit Shoppe
591 Middle Turnpike
Storrs

Town Line Liquors
160 East Central St
Natick

Sunday, May 15, 12-3pm
Rock and Roll Hotel
353 H St. NE
Washington, DC 20002
(504) 529-5844

After serving New Orleans a mighty brunch, Nick Suarez and Theo Peck continue The Food Experiments multi-city national tour with a stop to our Nation’s Capital in mid-May. This time the theme is one of the greatest words in the non-English language: Taco.

From The Food Experiments:

Cook-off pros Nick Suarez and Theo Peck are excited to present the D.C. Taco Experiment, an amateur cook-off involving D.C.’s finest home chefs. Dishes will range from savory to sweet and will highlight the almighty taco in all shapes, sizes and forms! Someone may even be brave enough to create their own homemade Choco Taco! You may never look at another taco the same after attending the Food Experiments. Anyone can compete! Anyone can attend! And anyone can win! Sharpen your knives America, this is a call to all home chefs looking to be named the next cook-off king or queen of D.C.The winner will not only receive cash and achieve culinary glory, but will be flown to Brooklyn, NY to compete in the National cook-off title, the super-bowl of cook-offs held at Brooklyn Brewery. You, along with our professional judging panel choose the winners!? Do you have what it takes to win? Are you experimented…?

Get your experimental tickets here.

[A friendly toast with sommelier Ulla Häkkinen before destroying her in a Beer Vs Wine food pairing showdown]

Here in Brooklyn our minds are presently bent towards Scandinavia, as Brewmaster Garrett Oliver has traversed the Atlantic to partake in an exciting collaborative effort that has sent 150 bourbon barrels from Heaven Hill Distillery to Sweden, along with the entire Brooklyn brewing team, to barrel the 175th Anniversary version of Carlsberg’s classic Carnegie Porter.

See the slideshow below for pictures of barreling and beer dinners (and stay tuned for updates):

On the other side of the beer spectrum, the brewers will also celebrate the launch of Brooklyn Summer Ale at Marie Laveau, a popular bar, restaurant, nightclub and concert venue in Stockholm. And the trip wouldn’t be complete without a beer and food pairing: at the flagship Brooklyn venue in Stockholm, AG (partly owned by celebrated Swedish chef Johan Jureskog) the Brooklyn team will assist the staff in guiding guests to select the best Brooklyn beers with their meals.

[Garrett conducts a tasting at Marie Laveau]

Post-barreling, the brewers will head back home, but Garrett pushes on for a soiree of tastings and dinners, sprinkled with bar and restaurant visits and interviews from top Scandinavian media outlets, including TV appearances on Norway’s TV2 and Sweden’s FST. In Finland, the main event is a Beer & Wine Dinner at Grotesk. Garrett and sommelier Ulla Häkkinen from Restaurant Pöllöwaari in Jyväskylä will face off in a Beer v. Wine battle in front of an audience of 50 people. Ms. Häkkinen may have been awarded twice as the Sommelier of the Year, but Garrett is armed with an astounding track record of illuminating diners on the pleasure of pairing beer with food. Place your bets now! On to Norway, highlights include Garrett being presented with beer from the top Norwegian Home Brewer, and conducting a Brewmaster’s Buffet beer and food pairing event at Ringnes Beer Centre.

[UPDATE 5/5 :: Check out photos HERE of Garrett at the Ringnes Centre entertaining brewers, bloggers and beer lovers.]

Enjoy the Skype video interview with Garrett below from Beer Sweden. We’ll be posting more photos and video as they come in, so check back often!

Last week, Brooklyn Brewery President Steve Hindy along with Brand Manager Mike Ferry presided over what we believe to be the first organized beer tasting in the history of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Steve arrived Wednesday night in a Pea Soup fog at the 49er Lodge to the delight of Company E-3, “Where Eagles Dare”. Beers tasted in order were Summer Ale, Lager, Pilsner, Local 1, Brown Ale and Black Ops. The respect and interest Company E-3 showed for Brooklyn Brewery and Steve’s experience in the Middle East was much appreciated. The feeling was mutual as Steve and Mike were each given plaques and the company patch as a thank you.

We’re hiring for a position in our Accounting Department.  If you’re good with numbers, you should probably apply.  Details below:

Accounts Payable Staff / Accounting Assistant
The Brooklyn Brewery

The Brooklyn Brewery, a leader in the growing craft brewing industry, is currently expanding and looking to add to our accounting team. We are seeking an individual with 3 – 5 years of Accounts Payable experience to handle all aspects of this function. The position will interact with all members of the accounting department as well as other areas of the organization. Additional accounting tasks will be incorporated into the position including approval of invoices and light general ledger work.

Successful candidates will be detail oriented and organized with a working knowledge of accounting software applications, as well as Microsoft Excel and Word. Candidates should email a cover letter and resume to resumes@brooklynbrewery.com. Please reference accounts payable in the subject line.