The Wilky (108 Patchen Ave, Bed Stuy, Brooklyn) is celebrating All Things Chicago on Saturday 5/20 starting at 2pm ✓ Delicious Chicago Beers ✓ Chicago-Style Dogs ✓ Italian Beefs ✓ Shots of Malort Tap list so far: ★ Goose Island -2013 Bourbon County Brand Stout- bourbon barrel-aged stout from 2013 -Lolita- Belgian-style ale aged…
Go To Jester King Brewery By Eric Sturniolo Photos by Annie Shustrin and Eric Sturniolo When in Austin, eat tacos, eat breakfast tacos, eat BBQ, and go to Jester King Brewery. About a 30 minute drive southwest of Downtown Austin, into the Texas Hill Country, sits Jester King. Founded in 2010, Jester King focuses on…
The Wilky in Bed Stuy is turning one! The Wilkyversary festivities are this weekend, Saturday-Sunday January 14-15, starting a 2PM. Their 18 taps will be filled with rarities, awesomeness, and one-offs- including KCBC Wilkyversary #1, a pomegranate sour brewed with The Wilky team. There will also be free bottle pours and free presents given out hourly…
Hudson Valley Breweries in 6 Easy Steps By Eric Sturniolo We live in the golden age of New York City beer, but don’t forget there’s lot of great stuff being brewed just north of us in the Hudson Valley. Here are 6 easy steps to help you on your Hudson Valley beer adventure: Step 1:…
Best of the Homebrew Takedown By Eric Sturniolo Remember the local craft beer scene in New York City five years ago? Brooklyn Brewery, Sixpoint… it’s a pretty short list. Today, craft beer and local breweries are exploding in the city, and much of it is thanks to homebrewers. Some of my favorite new breweries (Grimm…
Best of the Bottle Share By Eric Sturniolo We recently hosted a bottle share at The Wilky, a new (and great) craft beer spot in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. We were lucky to have a lot of cool people bring a lot of amazing bottles. The standouts, whether for pure quality or uniqueness, are below.. happy…
Jack’s Abby Coming To NYC! By: Eric Sturniolo We are thrilled to announce that Jack’s Abby will soon start distributing both keg and package in New York City. Launch events are currently being set up for Mid-April at the best beer bars in the city. We’ll keep you posted on the wheres and whens! Jack’s…
Goose Island Barrel Aging Lecture & Tasting at Bitter & Esters By Eric Sturniolo and Isabelle Rojo Goose Island’s Bourbon County series, one of the original and most prolific barrel-aging programs, has influenced brewers worldwide. But like most things, nothing can quite match the progenitor; hence, why we were so excited to attend Goose Island’s…
Beer Hero: Ambulance Brew House By Eric Sturniolo Ah, suburbia. Strip malls, white picket fences, and now a bar with one of the best tap lists in the NYC area. There’s a lot that makes Ambulance Brew House great, and one amazing thing that makes it immediately worth the trip up to the ‘burbs: a…
New York City, a brewing wasteland just a few years ago, is now brimming with awesome, city-made beer. To celebrate this, the Brooklyn Local Craft Beer Festival has brought together 14 of the NYC area’s best up and coming brewers. There will also be local food trucks like Carpe Donut, Bill’s Balls, and Sweet Chili.…
Our next, and best, event will be held at the awesome bar Hops Hill, located in Clinton Hill. It consistently has one of the best tap lists in the city, and they are putting up a really great one for us. They also have a pretty gigantic bottle list. Please join our group and RSVP…
Not Your Father’s Root Beer… Floats! By: Eric Sturniolo We never thought it possible, but Not Your Father’s Root Beer by Small Town Brewery is now available in New York City! It’s still hard to get, but if you put some work in, you’ll be able to snag a bottle or two at the better…
Our meetup.com group is having our next event at Threes Brewing on Friday July 10th, starting at 7pm. Please join our group and RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/Downtown-Brooklyn-Craft-Beer-Meetup/events/223139229/ Threes is an actual working brewery and bar, and although less than a year old, they’re already making some of the best beer in NYC. They always have a…
Drie Fonteinen Oude Kriek By Eric Sturniolo Ah, spontaneous fermentation. The trademark of Brussels-area breweries like Cantillon and Drie Fonteinen. Drie Fonteinen produces their own wort (about 70% of their total production) and buys the rest from different breweries in Belgium. After the wort is cooled in a…coolship, it’s left exposed to the air, allowing…
Hair of the Dog – Bourbon Fred – 2013 Edition by: Eric Sturniolo One of my favorite breweries ever (and certainly the most unique) is Hair of the Dog, and after aging this for two years, I couldn’t wait any longer to open Bourbon Fred. “Regular” Fred is aged for 6 months in oak barrels.…
Three Floyds – Space Station Middle Finger By Eric Sturniolo Hard to find in New York City (ok, maybe a bit impossible), I was lucky to get my hands on Three Floyds Space Station Middle Finger, one of the best pale ales I’ve ever had. It’s what every good pale ale should be. Hoppy (but…
This may be hard to believe, but after 2 years of aging, Hill Farmstead Clara is still… amazing! The brewery describes this beer as a grissette, which is a French style extremely similar to a saison: crisp, low-alcohol, summery, wheaty. Clara hits all the marks and more. Tastes of wheat, lemon, and yeast, with a…
This Saturday, May 16th will be a good one for NYC sour beer lovers. One of our favorite bars, One Mile House, will have a truly epic tap/bottle list starting at 3pm. Details below! Tap List Cantillon Brewery Iris Bell’s Brewery, Inc. Wild One Allagash Brewing Company Century Ale Allagash Currant Affair Barrier Brewing Co.…
Our meetup group is having our next hangout on Friday May 1st, at Top Hops Beer Shop, starting at 7pm. Please join and RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/Downtown-Brooklyn-Craft-Beer-Meetup/events/221537750/ Top Hops is both a bar and store, with 20 taps and a great selection of bottles to buy (http://tophops.com/). It’s located on 94 Orchard Street (between Broome…
Not Your Father’s Root Beer – Small Town Brewery By: Eric Sturniolo Ah, Small Town, USA. Sitting on the front porch on a Spring eve, basking in the glory of one the most unique beers we’ve ever had. Well, actually, we were sitting in a NYC apartment. Wauconda, Illinois based Small Town Brewery specializes…
Our second beer share somehow surpassed the first one. We featured some great bonuses too, including a 4 course meal provided by http://www.relevanteventsnyc.com, and a mid-beer vermouth break provided by http://uncouthvermouth.com As for the beer, here’s the final list! Please let us know if you’d like to be included in the next one! Logsdon Peche…
What’s Brewing: Third Rail Beer By Eric Sturniolo I had my first taste of Third Rail beer at the Brooklyn Local Craft Beer Fest, and I’ve been hooked since. Third Rail Beer is an NYC-based brewery owned by a trio of native New Yorkers — Brewmaster Loren Taylor-Raymond and co-owner Larry Koestler grew up…
With the holidays fast approaching, we’ve found the perfect gift for the craft beer lover in your life (or for yourself!): The Case For Beer. Each box comes with 12 beers in custom packaging, with selections hand-picked by 9 different craft beer locations/bars throughout the United States. In New York City, the selection is curated…
Threes Brewing: Smite the Brite By: Eric Sturniolo You’re a new brewery in Gowanus with a sparkly new brewpub. You aren’t quite open to the public but have a lot of freshly-made beer ready to go. It’s a problem we’ve all had. What do to? For Threes Brewing… Smite the Brite! On Saturday, there was…
Made Of Beer Bakery By Eric Sturniolo I try not to just drink beer, but eat it too. I’ve had chocolate made with beer, beer made with dougnuts, and crackers made with beer and beer ingredients. An interesting new take on this concept is Long Island’s Made of Beer Bakery. This homegrown bakery uses spent…
One of our favorite craft beer bars, One Mile House, is celebrating their 3 year anniversary with a pretty epic lineup. And if we know the owner (and we do) there will be some awesome surprises too. If you still don’t believe us, check out our review of their amazing Wild Beer Fest put on…
Almanac Comes To NYC By: Eric Sturniolo After loving them from afar, we are so excited to have San Francisco’s Almanac Beer available in New York City for the first time ever. The week of September 15th was a busy one, with release parties at Rattle N’ Hum, Blind Tiger, Bar Great Harry, Torst, Bondurants,…
Brooklyn Local Craft Beer Festival By: Eric Sturniolo It’s a great time to be a beer drinker in New York City. Not only do we enjoy countless amazing beer bars, but we get to experience a renaissance of local craft brewing. From the pioneers to the upstarts, NYC brewers are pumping out delicious beer at…
Floyd Eats: Brewer’s Grain Beer Crackers By: Eric Sturniolo One of our favorite things about beer is how it can replace and surpass wine in food pairings. A stout with chocolate, a saison with dinner, an IPA with spicy food… the list goes on and on. Beer is also extremely versatile when paired with cheese…
By: Eric Sturniolo Carton Boat Beer Atlantic Highlands, NJ Pale Ale – 4.20% ABV This local pale ale is a sessionable treat. A session beer refers to the fact it has lower alcohol, so you can have several in a ‘session’ without any annoying side-effects like alcohol poisoning. Boat beer is the flagship of Carton,…
We’re really excited to attend the first ever beer festival with ONLY local beer, from breweries in and around NYC! The event details: When: Sunday, October 5th 2014 12pm-6pm Where: 420 Carroll St. Brooklyn, NY 11215 Tickets: $45 available here Beer by: Gun Hill, Finback, Singlecut, Flagship, Brooklyn Bow, Rockaway, Spider Bite, Lithology,…
19 Allagash beers, starting at 5pm 9/25/14. And free snacks! “Rare brews from Down East! On Thursday, September 25, at 5pm, our colleagues from Maine’s famed Allagash Brewery will set out their shingle at Swift, offering a cornucopia of their finest and most sought-after beers for your delectation. There will also be snacks. Come…
We’re happy to announce (and attend) this amazing event being put on by our friends at The Gingerman 11 East 36th Street, NYC, 10016 212-532-3740 http://www.gingerman-ny.com/the-bruery/ Monday 9/15/14 Free and open to the public! A really unbelievable list of incredibly rare beers by The Bruery, including many that have never been tapped in NYC…
Westbrook Mr. Chipper Mount Pleasant, SC Flanders Red Ale – 6.80% ABV By: Eric Sturniolo This Flanders red ale (named from the Flanders region of Belgium) is aged in red wine barrels for 2.5 years. It pours a hazy dark red, with a fizzy head that dissipates quickly. The taste is sour and very tart…
From our friends at Carmine Street Beers: We would like to invite you (and some friends!) to join us in celebrating our One Year Anniversary! To mark this momentous occasion, we will be offering free tastings all day, with new breweries coming in every hour. The tasting schedule is as follows: 12PM: Elysian/ 21st…
Beer Hero: Joey Pepper By: Eric Sturniolo follow us on twitter@WheresTheBeerNY If you’ve been to Torst or Luksus (if you haven’t…go!), you know Joey Pepper. Bartender, host, homebrewer…how many people have a beer named after them? Joey Pepper does, and that’s why he’s a Beer Hero. Where’s The Beer NY: We first met at…
Grassroots Brewing Arctic Saison Anchorage, AL Saison/Farmhouse – 6.00% ABV By: Eric Sturniolo Grassroots Brewing, an offshoot of the best in the world (literally) Hill Farmstead, is a collaboritve effort between Shaun Hill and many collaborating breweries. As opposed to Hill Farmstead beer (brewed on site in Greensboro Bend, VT), Grassroots beers are typically brewed…
Russian River Sanctification Santa Rosa, CA American Wild Ale – 6.75% ABV By: Eric Sturniolo Sanctification, like all Russian River beers, is basically impossible to find in NYC. But we love this brewery (in fact, their Pliny the Elder is my Desert Island Beer), so we work hard to find them. This is fermented solely…
Prairie Artisan Ales Prairie Ale By: Eric Sturniolo Prairie Artisan Ales Prairie Ale Tulsa, OK Saison/Farmhouse – 8.20% ABV As their self-proclaimed biggest fans in New York, we’ve tried most of Prairie’s beer that’s available in New York City. Birra, Puncheon, Bomb!, Bible Belt, and now Prairie Ale. And…surprise! It’s amazing. I had a glass…
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales By: Eric Sturniolo We like beer. And farms, apparently. On my trip to Portland, Oregon, I was lucky to visit Logsdon Farmhouse Ales in Hood River, about an hour and fifteen minute drive east of Portland. It’s reminiscent of the more famous Hill Farmstead Brewery in Vermont. Both are small (really small),…
The Willows Family Ales – Family Ale The first beer released by Heath Glover’s The Willows Family Ales, Family Ale, is one of the best new sours we’ve had. If you read our blog, you know we are crazy about the beer coming out of Tulsa, Oklahoma, specifically by Prairie Artisan Ales. Heath started out…
Prairie Artisan Ales Puncheon By: Eric Sturniolo Our Tulsa, Oklahoma obsession continues with yet another new to New York City bottle from Prairie Artisan Ales. The 25.4 oz bottles (at 7% ABV) cost about $14 around the city. It’s a farmhouse rye ale aged in oak barrels, with wild yeast strains. It has a funky…
Beer Hero: Beer Dreamer By Eric Sturniolo Note: FREE SHIPPING FOR OUR READERS!! Use discount code WTBNY Beer goes with everything. Ramen. BBQ. Cheese. German. Pie. Chocolate… With this in mind, Jordan Elpern-Waxman started Beer Dreamer, a company that mails subscribers the best beer and food pairings available. Think of it as a beer club,…
What’s Brewing: The Willows Family Ales By: Eric Sturniolo We first learned about the Tulsa, Oklahoma beer scene from Chase Healey, owner/brewer of Prairie Artisanal Ales. The scene is small, but growing, and the distribution is slowly making its way to NYC (see our story on Prarie’s new-to-NYC Birra here). A great new addition to…
Prairie Artisan Ales Birra By: Eric Sturniolo I fell in love with Prairie Artisan Ales when I visited Torst for their Bible Belt release party, where I had my first taste of Bomb, Prairie Ale, and Bible Belt (a collaboration with Evil Twin). Unfortunately, Prairie wasn’t being distributed in New York City yet, but owner/brewer…
Nunu Chocolates By Eric Sturniolo In my beer-obsessed world, it’s become the go-to pairing for pretty much everything. Beer and ramen? Delicious. Beer and BBQ or German? Amazing. Beer and cheese? Obviously. Beer and pie? Actually, yes. So, why not beer and chocolate? And why not beer in chocolate? Nunu Chocolates, located on Atlantic Avenue…
Telluride Brewing Co. Bridal Veil Rye Pale Ale By: Josh Roberts This beer is made from Snow Melt, or what Coloradans call “Water.” But it’s the Rye and hops that really stand out when you peak behind the Bridal Veil. The combination gives this Pale Ale an almost IPA quality. There’s the piney and citrus…
What’s Brewing: Stillwater Artisanal Ales By: Eric Sturniolo Brewer/founder Brian Stillwater’s brewery Stillwater Artisanal Ales, a Ratebeer top 100 brewery in the world 4 years in a row, combines beer, art, and music into one exciting brand. I got a chance to speak with Brian about his beer, his plans, and his gypsy brewer…
NY Bottles: St. Gambrinus By: Eric Sturniolo St. Gambrinus is known as the patron saint of beer and an icon of brewing. The bar, on Atlantic Avenue between 3rd and 4th Avenues in Brooklyn, does his name proud. With 16 taps, over 200 bottles, lots of seating, and some delicious snacks, St. Gambrinus is a…
Beer Audit By Eric Sturniolo It’s Tax Day. Time to count your money. But more importantly, time to count your beer. A few months ago, I cleared out a closet of old paint cans and random junk. Now it’s my beer closet, NYC’s version of a beer cellar. It’s filled with stouts, sours, old ales,…
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