Cochon 555 NYC
Sunday, January 23rd, 5pm
The Lighthouse, Hudson River & 23rd
The Great American Pork Tour that is Cochon 555 makes its triumphant return to New York City. We’re sending over some beer and would also like to send a couple of our dear readers.
Email info@brooklynbrewery.com with “Pork!” in the subject line for your chance to win a pair of tickets to this Sunday’s pork competition.
UPDATE 4/13/2011 :: We’re working together with Eno’s to refresh their logo. All is well. No suits necessary.
It appears that Eno’s Pizza Tavern in Dallas, TX exhausted a great amount of energy and resources to develop an original logo for their business. Or perhaps they were drinking a bottle of Brooklyn beer and noticed that reflected in a mirror, a backwards B resembles an E? Either way, those smoke and mirrors don’t fool us!
While we’ve never come right out and said that Brooklyn Local 1 is our version of the Belgian Saison, we’re certainly not going to argue with America’s cocktail expert David Wondrich. And certainly not while he’s saying things like “(Local 1) could be the most elegant beer ever made.”
In this recent run-down for Esquire, Wondrich, who consulted on the creation of the much buzzed-about Brooklyn Manhattan Project, lists his favorite Saisons of the moment.
Check it out the article here: http://www.esquire.com/features/drinking/best-saison-ales-1210#ixzz161wcet1b
Beer Weeks. America love’s ‘em! And as a part of said nation, the Syracuse Beer Week 2010 kicks off this Sunday, with The Brooklyn Brewery bringing four events to the good people of Upstate NY:
Wegmans/Brooklyn Beer Sampling
Tue Nov 9th
4:00–6:00 PM
Wegmans Fairmount
3325 West Genesee St.
Syracuse, NY 13219
(315) 487-1581
Featuring Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout and Winter Ale. Sampling is Free, must be 21: ID required.
Dinosaur Bar-B-Q Cask and Bluegrass
Tue Nov 9th
5:00–9:00 PM
Dinosaur Bar-B-Q
246 W. Willow St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
(315) 476-4937
Featuring Brooklyn Best Bitter and Detonation Ale, both on cask!
Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster’s Reserve Sampling
Tue Nov 9th
9:00–11:00 PM
The Blue Tusk
165 Walton St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
(315) 476-4937
Featuring Brooklyn Cuvée Noire, Detonation Ale, Dark Matter and Winter Ale. Sampling is Free, must be 21: ID required.
Brooklyn Brewery Rep Rich Jarvis will be on hand for sampling Brewmaster’s Reserve draft beers and Brooklyn Seasonal offerings, educational purposes, and good old fashioned Give-A-Ways.
Ernest Hemingway Look- A-Like Contest to Promote Education and Literacy In The World Of Beer
Wed Nov 10th
8:00–10:00 PM
Kitty Hoynes
300 West Fayette St.
Syracuse NY 13202
(315) 424-1974
Free
Featuring Brooklyn Winter Ale, Brooklyn Lager and Post Road Pumpkin Ale.
Brooklyn Brewery Rep Rich Jarvis (pictured, left) as Master of Ceremonies. The contest will be judged by three judges, and the winner gets a VIP tour of The Brooklyn Brewery for four people with Beers and Brooklyn’s Best Pizza Lunch.
Sunday, November 7th, 7:00pm
Four & Twenty Blackbirds
$45
From Birdsblack.com
PIE FOR DINNER
Join us for an evening of savory and sweet pies with chef Nate Smith and Four & Twenty Blackbirds. Complimentary beer pairings provided by Brooklyn Brewery.
HOW IT WORKS
Arrive at Four & Twenty Blackbirds shop at 439 3rd Avenue after 7pm. Start with a complimentary glass of locally brewed beer and grab a seat at one of our candle lit communal tables. Dinner will be served at 7:30pm.
Each evening will feature a seasonal vegetable dish and a savory pie followed by a sweet pie. Complimentary beer pairings will accompany each pie.
Warm Cabbage with Wild Mushrooms
Rabbit and Root Vegetable Pie
Salty Nut Chess Pie with Maple Cream
Get your tickets here.
Four & Twenty Blackbirds
439 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn NY
Once upon a time the Roebling family of Brooklyn Heights embarked upon the creation of The Brooklyn Bridge. They did a really good job! Following in that tradition of family teamwork greatness, a Brooklyn dad and his kid launched a homemade satellite into space.
Look at this video of it if you don’t believe me:
Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.
Hat tip goes to FreeWilliamsburg.com
South 4th Bar & Grill hosts its 4th Annual “BELGETOBERFEST” this Thursday, October 14. The festivities will feature a tasty roster of American-brewed Belgian ales (all for just $5 per glass, and complete with free grilled bratwursts and sausages from 7:00-9:00 PM!), among which will be the latest concoction from The Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster’s Reserve series: Brooklyn Cuvée Noire. Be the first to try it! The bragging rights are all yours.
Here’s the full lineup from South 4th:
Allagash Black – A Strong Dark Ale full of toasty chocolate flavor (7.5% ABV)
Green Flash Le Freak – A delightful convergence of a Belgian Trippel and American IPA (9.5% ABV)
Sly Fox Saison Vos – A delicious dry, spicy Farmhouse Ale (6.9% ABV)
Harpoon Belgian Pale Ale – A spicy, aromatic, hoppy pale ale (5.8% ABV)
Ithaca White Gold – A Belgo-American ale with an herby aroma and zesty mouthfeel (8% ABV)
Captain Lawrence Xtra Gold – An all star marriage of hop and fruity flavors (10% ABV)
Ommegang Rare Vos – A Belgian Amber full of fruity, malty goodness (6.5% ABV)
Brooklyn Cuvée Noire - A dark and roasty Belgian Stout. (8.7% ABV)
NEW THIS YEAR ON CASK: Blue Point Belgian Pale Ale – Light , crisp and fruity pale ale (6% ABV)
BELGETOBERFEST
Thursday, October 14: 7:00 PM
South 4th Bar & Grill
90 S 4th St
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 218-7478
In just two short days, the citywide celebration of good beer known as New York Craft Beer Week will commence. And along with it, we here at The Brooklyn Brewery will feature our delectables at a number of the city’s best beer bars (and in one instance, a boat).
For your chance to win a NYC Beer Passport, email info@brooklynbrewery.com.
Read below to learn where you can find Brooklyn Brewery during the week:
Friday, September 24: 6PM – 8PM
Amity Hall
80 W. 3rd Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 677-2290
Sampling of seasonals Oktoberfest and Post Road Pumpkin Ale as well as our current Brewmaster’s Reserve, Brooklyn Detonation Ale. Brooklyn Brewery staff will be in attendance.
Monday, September 27: 6PM – 8PM
Swift
34 E. 4th St
New York, NY 10003
(212) 260-3600
Taste the 2010 Brewmaster’s Reserve lines (Dark Matter, Cookie Jar Porter, Buzz Bomb and Detonation Ale) plus a keg of some vintage 2007 Monster Ale barleywine.
Thursday, September 30: 6PM – 8PM
Pony Bar
637 10th Ave
New York, NY 10036
(212) 586-2707
Brewmaster Garrett Oliver and the Brooklyn brewing staff will enjoy over 8 Brewmaster’s Reserve lines, vintage Black Chocolate Stout and Monster Ale and probably some Big Bottles too. There’ll be over 18 Brooklyn beers all together.
Saturday, October 2: 4:30PM – 6:30PM
Voyage of the IPA
$65/person
For tickets: email reservations@manhattanbysail.com or call (212) 619-0907
Join Garrett Oliver and the brewing team of The Brooklyn Brewery aboard the sailing ship “Clipper City” for a hoppy journey into our brewing past. India Pale Ale, one of the world’s great beer styles, was specifically developed to survive a sea voyage from England to India. Garrett, editor-in-chief of the forthcoming Oxford Companion To Beer, will deliver insight on the matter in a way that only he can. We’ll be pouring Brooklyn East India Pale Ale, BLAST! and Detonation Ale. Also joining the crew will be brewers and beers from some of our favorite brewers: Captain Lawrence, Goose Island and Greenport Harbor Brewing Co.
Saturday, October 2: 3PM – 8PM
Ulysses
95 Pearl Street / 58 Stone Street
New York, NY 10004
(212) 482-0400
Ulysses hosts an Oktoberfest complete with an Oompa Band and large stein-like pours. The bar will feature Brooklyn Oktoberfest along with standard German brews Paulaner, Spaten and Erdinger.
Sunday, October 3: 3PM – 7PM
The First Annual Brewer’s Bash
Eleven Madison Park
11 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10010
(212) 889-0905
$125 per person
For tickets: email beer@elevenmadisonpark.com
NY Craft Beer Week closing party at Danny Meyer’s highly decorated Eleven Madison Park. The event will include six brewmasters, two live bands, specialty beer cocktails, and Chef Daniel’s take on beer-friendly bites. The Bash features craft ales from The Brooklyn Brewery, Allagash, Captain Lawrence, Goose Island, Ommegang and Victory. From 3:45 to 4:30 PM, we’ll have a cask beer tasting on the mezzanine level with Brooklyn’s Garrett Oliver.
photo by Tom Callan
Our favorite borough periodical, The Brooklyn Paper, offers news and opinion on Brooklyn Brewery’s expansion, Hindy’s place in New York’s craft beer legacy and the looming NY Craft Beer Week.
From The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn Brewery expansion keeps a-‘head’ of the borough’s beer scene
by Kristen V. Brown
Brooklyn Brewery’s Steve Hindy may not be the father of craft beer in New York City, but he is certainly the cool uncle.
And now, after 23 years in brewing, the former foreign correspondent is about to expand his Williamsburg brewing complex — an announcement that couldn’t be timed more perfectly, what with New York Craft Beer Week about to pop the cork next Friday.
When Hindy’s space becomes operational in December, the brewery will be 14 times larger — able to accommodate more experimental blends as well as produce more of Hindy’s beer in Brooklyn (most is currently produced upstate).
Just as when he worked for the Associated Press, Steve Hindy knows what he’s doing. The rest of the country may be experiencing a downturn — hell, even beer sales were down two percent last year — but Hindy, and the craft beer movement of which he is at the vanguard, is certainly experiencing a boom. Craft beer sales rose seven percent last year, and Hindy’s sales were up 20 percent, he said, riding a wave of growing appreciate for fuller-flavored suds.
So Brooklyn Brewery is the ultimate 15-year overnight success — and perfectly located in a borough that has had a long history with brewing.
In the 19th century, German immigrants brought a taste for good beer to New York — and from 1870 until the 1950s, Brooklyn was one of the largest producers of beer in the country. The borough was once home to 48 breweries, but by the time Hindy and partner Tom Potter founded Brooklyn Brewery in 1987, there wasn’t a single successful commercial brewery left.
It seems odd today, but Hindy and Potter struggled in their quest to bring “good beer” to New York, as bar owners were skeptical of the full-flavored lager.
The James Clay gang, our importers in the U.K., were in town this week. Of course there was lots to talk about and good beer to taste. Coincidentally, this article in The Independent touting Clay’s success in distributing our beer also surfaced this week. Brooklyn Brewery is being recognized as a player in the reemergence of the beer scene in Great Britain.
From The Independent (UK)
by Will Hawkes
British beer is enjoying a remarkable renaissance. There are now 767 breweries in the UK, more than at any time since the Second World War. According to Camra, 78 new breweries have opened in the past 12 months (and although a fair few have closed, too, there are still 56 more now than this time last year). Last month’s Great British Beer Festival was bursting at the seams with interesting ales and happy drinkers. Beer lovers in this country have never had it so good.
Maybe, maybe not. The growing popularity of American beers in the UK suggests that things are not quite so rosy. The innovative, hop-heavy character of Yank beers is clearly filling a gap in the market, a gap that British brewers have failed to fill.
One American beer that no serious bar in the capital appears able to do without is Brooklyn Lager, which has grown hugely in popularity over the past two or three years. The man who brews it, Garrett Oliver, is a long-term friend of British brewing, having learnt to love beer over here in the early eighties – but he feels the scene on this side of the Atlantic is nothing like as exciting as it should be.
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