Category Archives: Past Events

THE HOLY SMOKERS WIN THE PORK EXPERIMENT…

…And lived to tell about it in this here video. They were one team amongst 23 Austin amateur chefs that gave it their all at the first of Brooklyn Brewery’s Presented Food Experiment Tour. Nick Suarez and Theo Peck of The Food Experiments pulled off a funtastic party at Club DeVille on Sunday. The Austin chefs really set the bar high, with totally impressive cooking. They wore costumes, they took vows, they brought rubber pig snouts. We had a rambunctious crowd of Brooklyn Lager enjoyers and food devourers. A good time was had by all. Even celebrity judge Abbie Broyles said so.

Also a big thanks goes out to DJ Jester The Filipino Fist. As Theo said, “He’s Filipino and he has a fist.” ‘Nuff said.

From Theo at thefoodexperiments.com:

The Austin chefs brought it! They did not mess around. They had an incredible familiarity with swine. The cooks created dishes that were as diverse as the city of Austin. Thank you to all! (click here to read more at thefoodexperiments.com)

PHOTO DIARY: DETONATION CELEBRATION

All photos by Eric Schwortz

We gathered at The Boathouse in Prospect Park with Ovenly and The Meathook to celebrate the arrival of Brooklyn Detonation Ale. Friends, family, the beer bloggeratti, all showed up for mirth and merriment.

All we can say is that Detonation worked. Not for free either. Tickets sold plus tips collected earned the inimitable Prospect Park Alliance $3,262.

Mad Hops over at BeerGoggins had this to say about the party:

Brooklyn Brewery’s Detonation Ale Explodes Onto The Scene

On Monday, August 16, the skies opened up and some heavy rains washed down over New York. Walking toward the Boathouse at the Audubon House in Prospect Park, a park official cut us off. “Can’t go this way,” he said. “It’s flooded down that way.”

The reason? Brooklyn Brewery’s newest creation blew a hole in the sky.

Damp and overlooking a pond rife with fallen leaves and paddling ducks, bloggers and beer lovers gathered under gray clouds to celebrate Garrett Oliver’s newest brewmaster’s reserve, aptly dubbed Detonation Ale.

Taking their BLAST! IPA and upping the ante, Detonation Ale features seven – count ‘em, seven – different kinds of hops. As my sudsy pseudonym suggests, this pleased me very much. This hop-heavy pale ale is a dark copper in color, heavy on the citric aromas and very, very easy to drink.

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More photos here.

DUELING BINGO AT 826NYC

Brooklyn Brewery happily supports the creative writing center, 826NYC. 826NYC happily enjoys BINGO with beer.  If you don’t know 826NYC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around our belief that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. With this in mind we provide drop-in tutoring, field trips, after-school workshops, in-schools tutoring, help for English language learners, and assistance with student publications. All of our free programs are challenging and enjoyable, and ultimately strengthen each student’s power to express ideas effectively, creatively, confidently, and in his or her individual voice.

Oh, it’s also a superhero supply store. So if you need a cape or a bucket of gravity now you know where to go.

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Find more photos like this on SLIDELUCK POTSHOW

Like The Brooklyn Brewery, Slideluck Potshow was born in New York City and now travels freely around the US and throughout the world. And we’re happy to support her as she does so. For those who don’t k now,  Slideluck Potshow is a non-profit organization devoted to building and strengthening community around food and art. Slideluck Potshow sponsors exhibitions of artistic works, each produced in an entertaining slideshow format, designed to showcase works created by novice, undiscovered, and established artists.


ROOFTOP GARDEN IN GOWANUS

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Frieda Lim recently invited press and public to her incredible rooftop vegetable garden. Lim grows beets, eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes and a host of herbs using a technique called “sub-irrigation agriculture.” The plants grow from a shallow tray of earth that is nourished by water wicking through a plastic tube from a plastic tub below. The veggies are delicious, and they were even better when paired with Brooklyn Lager and Pilsner, donated by The Brooklyn Brewery. “Sub-irrigation is a way for anyone to have a fresh box of vegetables for a $20 investment,” said Lim.  Pictured above are Lim, at right, and from left, Barbara Kariya, Ellen Foote and Sabine Hrechdakian. Also attending was Rachel Wharton of Edible Brooklyn magazine.

– Steve Hindy, Founder & President