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…
By: Eric Sturniolo As far as jobs go, Mike Lovullo is living a beer nerd’s dream. As the specialty brands manager at Union Beer Distributors, he gets to spend his day in New York City’s best bars and restaurants, talking about and selling beer. I caught up with him recently at Astoria Bier and…
Wow, this has got to be the best American gueuze I’ve ever had. It’s a perfect balance of tart, funk, and citrus. So delicious—I could drink it forever. Cheers!
By Eric Sturniolo Ramen has taken over NYC. But finding a place with traditional taste and a great craft beer lineup isn’t easy. Luckily, you can follow the red glow to Ganso in Downtown Brooklyn. Chef/owner Harris Salat knows what he’s doing. After working in restaurant kitchens in Japan, and writing four Japanese cookbooks, the…
I love the Bissell Brothers The Substance IPA! Another great Portland, Maine brewery.
Eric and I both agree that this is one of the best IPAs we’ve ever tasted. Thanks, Mike!
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! 🙂
Sold at the brewery only. Low ABV (4.5%) coupled with light and crisp hops and yeast make this easy to drink all day long.
Eric: I love Maine Beer Company. Their IPA Lunch is one of my favorite IPAs (and favorite beer) of all time. Finally, I had it on tap at Pony Bar -UES. I taste orange, citrus, and pine. It’s more bitter and not as juicy as Heady Topper or Jai Alai. If you’re in NYC…
Eric: Apparently, The Jeffrey is my new favorite bar. Good, cheap food, lots of space, and a consistently amazing draft list. Today’s list had a lot I wanted…. But I settled for two: Oxbow Beer Farmhouse Pale Ale (6.0% ABV): This was my first beer from Oxbow, located in Newcastle, Maine. Yet ANOTHER amazing Maine…
Eric: Brewboyz drink beer together, but sometimes Brewboyz drink beer seperately (my spell check wanted to change ‘separately’ to ‘desperately’. There’s some truth to that). Last night, Andrew thought he was so cool drinking a Maine Beer Co. Lunch (one of our favorite beers ever). But little did he know that I was EVEN…
Eric: Maine Beer Company. I’m not exactly sure what it is, but I suspect it’s a beer company, although I have no idea what state it’s in. Whatever and wherever it is, they make some of my favorite beer. At the Goose Island Takeover at Top Hops, I bought a bottle of their two new…
Andrew: I tried the Stone Coconut R&R IPA tonight. It is a very solid IPA. Great tropical fruit. I just don’t get any distinguishable coconut taste. I’m sure it adds to the flavor of the beer, but I just don’t taste coconut itself. Next (and currently 🙂 ) is the Maine Beer Company/Nogne-O Collaboration Time…
Andrew: Saturday’s birthday beer share was a success! Everyone got to try a ton of great beer (the highlights are in the lineup above). My guests brought way too much beer, which is hardly a bad thing, but I don’t have much space in my NYC apartment to store the leftovers. I actually had to…
Ok, so I left off with my review of THE Festival, but I want to include a couple updates: 1) You’re probably wondering what that epic looking food is up there. Well, it’s poutine (Eric would call it poutineeny). But it’s no ordinary poutine. It’s from Duckfat in Portland, where they fry their fries in…
Andrew: Sooooo . . . this weekend was such an insane beer weekend that it’s hard for me to decide what and what not to include. I’ll start with Thursday night (still in NYC): Enjoyed a Russian River Blind Pig IPA this evening before heading off to Portland. (Side note: I had this shipped to…
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