Category Archives: Uncategorized

Brooklyn Abroad: Beer Day in Brazil

My trip to Brazil proved to be quite a success. The main purpose was to attend one of the biggest craft beer events in Brazil, Beer Day in Curitiba and learn about the growing craft beer market. Beer Day had quite a selection of craft brews from local brewers, home brewers, and international breweries like Brooklyn Brewery. The styles of beer ranged from mild lagers to intense imperial stouts and IPA’s.  I was impressed with all of the different styles and variations and what is happening in the beer world in Brazil. There were food trucks selling food from around the globe including kebabs, bratwurst, jambalaya, and the Brazilian version of an empanada “Pastéis”.  “Curitibans” I was told, are really into rock music so the local bands at the festival played a lot of indie rock, covered some classic rock, as well as a healthy amount of grunge (they apparently really like Pearl Jam). Beer Day was much like a craft beer festival in Brooklyn and, despite the rain, it was a lot of fun.

Continue reading →

RIP: ADAM YAUCH, 47

While belated to be sure, The Brooklyn Brewery would like to acknowledge our sadness at  the passing of Beastie Boy, Brooklyn native and hero to all good Americans, Adam Yauch. MCA’s music exemplified the creativity and blurred boundaries of New York City. He will be missed and remembered always.

SLIDELUCK POTSHOW DC VII RECAP

[Text by Vladimir Dzintra]

[Photos by Casey Kelbaugh]

Laba diena! Es esmu Vladimirs Dzintra, Latvijas vissvarīgākais foto blogeris un dīdžejs lielas radio parādīt, MaximumFunky bailīgs pie Baltijas jūras vasaras laikā. Lūdzu zvanīt man Vlads.

Es esmu svinēt valsts svētkus Latvijā, un ieradās Amerikas Captiol, Washington, DC. Man bija laba izdevība apmeklēt lielāko regulāru notikumu sestdienas naktī, ka es lasīt par in Washington Post. Tas bija vārds Slideluck Potshow, un es neatceros redzēt tādas lietas Rīgā jebkad agrāk. Zem viena jumta, mēs ēdam miežu un baudīt funny attēlu šovu.

Mums bija vētrains, vējainā naktī, kad es apmeklēju amerikāņu Haunted House Pennsylvania Avenue, netālu kur Premier sēž. Iekšā bija daudz skaistas amerikāņu meitenes, daudz delcious pārtika izgatavoti no rokām un atsvaidzinošu dzērienu no šīs Brooklyn Brewery. Es dzirdēju par šo alus darītavu agrāk, jo mans poļu brālēns, Krzysztof, dzīvo tur blakus. Viņš saka rajons kļūst pilns Giggletossers.

Continue reading →

SLIDELUCK POTSHOW BARCELONA VI RECAP

[Text by Albert Such]

[Photos by Marcelo Aurelio and Oscar Ciutat]

Saturday the 31st of April was a gorgeous spring day in Barcelona, so we could have the projection and dinner in the patio that makes CC Pati LLimona famous, in the middle of the Gothic Quarter in Barcelona, and next to the ruins of the old Roman city wall.

In Spain, we like to have dinner very late, so we have made a slight change to the traditional SLPS routine: we started having some cold beers and chatting, while the production staff from Pati Llimona was setting up the last details, followed by the slideshow itself, and then dinner. As usual in Spain, also, people tended to arrive late, so we really did not start the projection until 8:30…

We had a very good attendance, around 100 people showed up; some well known friends from that had attended other SLPS shows in Barcelona, but lots of people for which this was the first time, and did not know really know how the whole thing works: “where do I leave all the food stuff I brought?”

The slideshow was really interesting.  We had a wide variety of very different work: from the lovely portraits of Barcelona people of Enric Mestres, to the very intriguing work of Oscar Ciutat about animals in the zoo.  We had also some international presence, Renaud Cousin from France and Piere Liebert from Belgium, though none of them could attend the show in person, so this year we had to give our prize to “the perosn who has travelled further to attend the show” to Marcelo Aurelio and Sonia Gimenez, who came from Terrassa (only 40 Km away from Barcelona!)

Dinner, after the slideshow, was delicious!  We had all types of different foods and plenty of time to talk both about the different works presented, what’s happening in the Barcelona photography scene, and everything under the stars.

ONE SHINING MOMENT

Today’s edition of 7 Minutes In Heaven is good. It features SNL’s head writer Seth Myers and contains the series’ usual ingredients of charm, awkwardness, sillyness and a smidge of honesty. It also features ONE SHINING MOMENT. Can you guess what it is?

Screen shot 2011-10-28 at 12.05.56 PM

NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL HAS IDEAS

And they’re being hatched here at The Brewery. Now in it’s 4th year (is that true?) the music and arts festival is starting a new wing called Ideas At Northside.

2011-northside-festival-giveaway

From TheLMagazine.com

As with every component of Northside, we’re aiming to showcase the most exciting, most creative endeavors being developed in Brooklyn — which isn’t just limited to art, it turns out. For every band or artist creating a new work, there seems to be an entrepreneur building a new business. Whether a “Creator” (band, artist) or an “Innovator” (developer, entrepreneur), the goal is the same: take an idea, turn it in to a brand, develop a community, and engage with your community.

New to Northside this year, the Ideas Festival will feature panels throughout Thursday and Sunday afternoon geared toward the “Creators” and “Innovators” defining what’s next in their social space and how the two groups intersect in doing so. Tickets are available for Northside Ideas at Ticketfly.

Thursday, June 16 and Sunday, June 19
7:30pm
The Brooklyn Brewery
79 N. 11th St

Thursday

8:05-8:35 Institutions: Record Labels, Venture Capital and Their Place in a New Era of Creativity

8:40-9:10pm An Overnight Success Years in the Making

Sunday

7:30-8:00 Building a Creative Community

8:05-8:35 Social Good as a Platform

8:40-9:10pm Evangelizing Your Creation


FLORIDA SUMMER CANIBALIZATION PARTY

Screen shot 2011-06-10 at 11.56.38 AM

Friday, June 24, 7-9pm
Boozgeois Saloon
720 S. US Hwy 1, Ft. Pierce, Fl. 34950

Florida, the land of endless summer, is getting in on our hot, hot, Summer CANibalization action with their very own party. Summer Ale cans will be $3.25 each, with a free can koozie, while supplies last. @RicoInMiami will be on hand to giving out marvelous handshakes the whole time.