The BLager
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Hey look, I made these taps! (The ones that say Slumbrew).
I worked for a company called Slumbrew in Boston. They’re a local Somerville brewing company that makes incredible beer. My favorite one they make is called Happy Sol, and it’s almost like Blue Moon, but made with BLOOD ORANGES.
Yeah. Exactly.
I made these tap designs for them, and it’s so cool to see them being used! Rock star status.
this the beer tap of my dreams. all beers I fucking love.
My friend @smiggins told me about @slumbrew, I dyin to get my paws on some. Maybe in September….
@thrwbck brewery is a lovely, lady owned establishment in Northampton, NH - and they need help moving & expanding their operation. Your vote can make it happen!
Here’s the link : http://throwbackbrewery.com/your-vote-can-help-throwback-brewery-relocate-to-hobbs-farm
Beers of Christmas Past.
Not the first brewery to take a political stance, but a notable political stance to take.
NEW BREWERY OPENS UP IN DC TODAY
Feel free to share you field notes with me, if you can make it.
@Sixpoint #Brewery Owner Shane Welch Gives a @Google Talk.
Yesterday, Shmaltz Brewing proprietor Jeremy Cowan, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, and a cast of proud freaks, weirdos, and geeks cut the ribbon on a tiny Coney Island storefront that becomes the next sideshow along the beach: Coney Island Brewing Company (3008 W. 12th St., at Surf Ave., Coney Island). The brewery stakes the claim as “the World’s Smallest Brewery,” a space roughly the size of a New York City living room that will pump out about three gallons of beer each week. In addition, the storefront will sell brewery merchandise and bottles of Coney Island Lagers and Hebrew, which continue to be brewed upstate.
The quirkiness of the brewery is shown in a number of ways: they also claim the “world’s smallest brewer,” a sideshow performer called The Illustrated Penguin, who demonstrated his Human Blockhead act before the crowd at the ribbon cutting. Their beers will also exude the weirdness of Coney Island: among the brews on the docket are a Cheesecake Ale brewed with graham cracker in the grain bill, a Pumpernickel Bagel Porter, and a Korndog Kolsch created by some visiting homebrewers. Those beers will be sold in commemorative bottles, which will be a hard get, considering each batch only churns out about 12 bottles of beer.
Car Boys
“Here’s a picture of our growlers from the Nantucket brewery. S. was afraid they would get hurt, so he buckled em up real good. That’s the IPA and the grey lady, which I happen to think tastes of ginger soy sauce, mmmmmm.”
-WCF
Hello,
My name is Eric Steen, I’m a homebrewer, beer writer, and beer-event organizer based in Colorado. I’m asked by galleries, musuems, and festivals around the country to put together unique beer programs that feature beer as a type of art. I’ve been invited by the internationally renowned Performa Festival to do something in NYC in November. I’ll be creating a type of pop-up pub that serves homebrewed beer to the public, basically a speakeasy bar featuring local homebrewers. If you or any homebrewing are interested in being a part of these, please contact me at ericmsteen@gmail.com. I am collecting a list of interested homebrewers and will send more information shortly.
A little more about me: I have worked with numbers of breweries and homebrewers in Oregon, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, and Scotland. Some of the project I’ve put together include: the annual Art & Beer, Glasgow Pub Project, Beers Made By Walking, Boulevard Beer Portraits, and others. I’ve worked with organization including the Portland Art Museum, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, and breweries including Boulevard, Laurelwood, Hopworks, Williams Bros, Upright and currently working with Ska, Odell, Oakshire, and many others.
If you or anyone has any questions I’d be happy to tell you more via email about what I do and what I’m planning for NYC.
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Dear devotees of the locally micro-brewed,
This Sunday Earl’s, one of my favorite craft-beer pubs, will be hosting a SingleCut Beersmiths Event from 2-5. I’ll be behind the bar serving the customary wide-range of styles and there will also be a host of fine cheeses to munch on.
The address: 1259 Park Ave, between 97th & 98th St.
I’ll be looking for your input as to which three of the beers you’ll be trying should be the brewery’s first offerings.
And for those of you who don’t yet know how to treat your dad for Father’s Day, problem solved!
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HARPOON IS HIRING! I was at one of their tastings the other day (try the Rye IPA 100 Barrel… it’s awesome) and jokingly someone asked if they were hiring, and the owner said “Yes, actually. In many different positions.” So I looked it up and he wasn’t lying! You know you want to work for a beer company!
Apply By Clicking Here - Available positions include: Tour Guides, Line Operators, Sales Assistants and plenty of others! Harpoon is located at 306 Northern Avenue.
“Start-up Bronx beer brands capitalize on borough name to bring new brews to bars this summer.”
Do you think Mr. Beekman was going for some alliteration when we wrote that title? And why is he focusing on the borough brand but not the beer? Maybe he doesn’t spend enough time reading his competitors’ publications, or maybe he just doesn’t get the fact that we want know WHEN THE BREWERY IS OPENING ALREADY G-DAMNIT!
Anyways, best of the luck to the group of gentleman and their endeavors to start a Bronx beer scene. I look forward to trying your stuff.
