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),…
If you like craft beer and live in New York City, the NYC Craft Beer Festival is a great way to try awesome beer from around the world. With about 150 craft beers to choose from, you’re bound to find a new favorite in the bunch. Last weekend’s “Summer International” event included a global sampling,…
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…
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…
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…
What’s Brewing: Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog By Eric Sturniolo On my trip to Portland (read about it here), I fell in love. Hard. With Hair of the Dog Brewery. Alan Sprints opened HotD in 1993, and quickly became a pioneer in the old world, barrel-aged process. The beer is amazing, and unlike…
Joe and Lauren Grimm brew the beers they want to drink. That might sound obvious for any brewer, but most big breweries are often forced to make the beers that everyone else wants in order to support their costs, to meet consumer demand, or to compete. “I wouldn’t want to make something that I wouldn’t…
You might remember those old Keystone Light “bitter beer face” commercials—some guy takes a sip of harsh (gross) beer that makes his face implode. Today many craft brewers are making beer known as wild or sour beers, with the goal of making you pucker up. The term “wild” comes from the wild yeasts that ferment…
A few years ago, I was up in Southwest Harbor in Downeast Maine grabbing some beers from the Liquor Locker. The kind dude behind the counter mentioned a tasting going on later that week, so I showed up to see what he was laying down. That’s when I first had Peeper by Maine Beer Company.…
A Tiny Beautiful Something Love this beer! Super easy drinking and great hoppiness with some mild malt. Maine Beer Co makes yet another amazing brew. In other news, we obviously love Lunch but can’t wait to try some Dinner! 🙂
“Sporting a GoPro mounted on his head — amongst other places — Oxbow Brewing head brewer Tim Adams shows you what it’s like to brew up a batch of their American Farmhouse Pale Ale.” http://devour.com/video/pov-beer-brewing/
Great news from The Alchemist: http://alchemistbeer.com/blog/#2765 New Retail Location Status Posted on 1/21/14 Wow, the last two months have been a bit crazy around here. The following is an update on where The Alchemist currently stands in regards to a new retail location. Be warned—this is very dull. You may want to skip through to…
Andrew: Tonight I had my first beer from a relatively new brewery Prairie Artisan Ales called ‘Merica. They are based in Oklahoma, making this the first beer I’ve ever had from Oklahoma, too … I think. This is a farmhouse saison, and by farmhouse, I think they mean “entire farm,” because it is unbelievably funky.…
Andrew and Eric: When a bar has 15 taps of Founders, you go. When one of those taps is pouring Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout, you put your life on hold and drink it. That’s what happened at Founders Brewery Night at The Jeffrey. The Jeffrey, a new-ish bar on the lower Upper East Side (on…
Eric: Shake Shack is on my block, but I try not to go all the time so I can live to at least 34. But I went last night, planning to do a story about their beer selection. Alas, it was crowded and there was nowhere to sit. So, I took it back home and…
Eric: It was a typical Wednesday night in BrewBoyz land. We went to Top Hops for a Goose Island sour ales release party. They had brand new bottles called Halia and Gillian, as well as a great tap lineup inlcuding Lolita, Sofie Paradisi, Bourbon County Stout, Bourbon County Coffee Stout, Bourbon County Cherry Rye, and…
By Eric Sturniolo Simply put, Portland is beer heaven. Tons of breweries, great bars and bottle shops, local and inventive food, and mountains, hiking, parks, and hot springs. If you head west, use this as a guide to squeeze every last drop of beer from the city. I went straight from the airport to Apex,…
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