It’s TBW2012, & It’s Not Just for the Boys

Toronto Beer Week has kicked off with some great events, and will keep going through the end of the week. However, not of us are likely to head out for the “Night of Bromance,” or some of the other “boys night out” themed events.

Luckily, there’s more to TBW than that. If you’re a lady who’s a lover of craft beer, of cheese, or looking to just test out your shy taste buds - the good folks at Granite Brewery & Culinarium are hosting an amazing event that even “a lady good love.” FemALE beer & cheese tasting with brewer Mary Beth Keefe will take place at the Granite Brewery this Saturday afternoon for just $20. Must RSVP by emailing rsvp@torontobeerweek.com& mention femALE & cheese, because space is limited.

You can see more details on the website www.torontobeerweek.com

I just signed up!

flavorpill:

The GuinnessUS Believer Tour is in NYC from May 22-24, and you’re invited for some tasty samples and some fittingly serious illumination. RSVP now!

It’s the first of the month!

And this month is the FIRST meet your  taste-bud-guru event @61local. This Wednesday, you can get get your beer and cheese on. Later tastings will include meats, brines, and ice creams. So go cash your checks and purchase your tickets while they’re still hot. Or while you’re still hot…

PS I guarantee it will be as much fun as the party in this video.

New Breweries of 2012

Element Brewing Company of Miller’s Falls, Massachusetts has just released several new beers. Good news for beer geeks and chemistry dorks alike.  I’m hoping to try some Winter Ion before the March thaw. This chocolatey brew is spiced with coriander and aged with cocoa nibs….sounds like a good Valentines Day gift to me.

And, new to New York starting Summer 2012 is Single Cut Beersmiths. Coming out strong with a small cult following thanks to Brewer Rich Buceta’s incessant homebrewing and establishing his apt. as a staple on Josh Bernstein’s homebrew tour circuit, many NYC beer drinkers are already in the know of this up and coming brewery. And although the brewery won’t be opening its doors at it’s yet-to-be-announced-locale, you CAN taste some of this magic March 3rd during the NYC Craft Beer Festival.

Ok, so there was a bit of regional bias here. Any new breweries in your part of the states?

Answer: Wandering Star. If you haven’t yet had a chance to try any of their fantastic beers yet, tonight’s the night! This new brewery out of Pittsfield, MA is taking over the taps at Barcade tonight. They will be featuring all of their beers to date, including two new to NYC brews: thunderbolt IPA and Rude man Barley wine. 

brewyork:

2012 is apparently not just the year of the pending apocalypse, but also the pending A-Pork-alypse.

Get Real NY is back with another new festival, and this one is a celebration of pork and beer called aPORKalypse Now! On Saturday, February 25th, loads of meat and booze will be wheeled into The 404 Event Space (404 10th Ave., at 33rd St., Hell’s Kitchen) for the day-long event. 10 “swine-centric” chefs will be given ten organic local whole hogs to prepare 20 different pork dishes. Among the chefs: Matthew Hyman from Alewife Queens, Philippe Roussel of Café d’Alsace, and Antonio Mora from Prime Meats.

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This weekend visit to Western Mass involved a not-so-rare border run to Chatam Brewing. Did you know, it’s on the beverage trail?

Highlights included sampling the Cassis Porter, and ….sampling all of the other beers. Chatam brewery is actually popping up in a few restaurants around NYC incognito, brewing house beers for restaurants such as the Dive Bars mini chain in Manhattan. With plans to increase the brewery’s capacity 10 fold, we may be seeing Chatam Brewing pouring in other places around NYS and NYC, good news for those of you who couldn’t find it’s present back alley pour-front. 

I need a good spot for lunch beers on a week day in Brooklyn. Who can give me a rec?

Limelight given to NY and MA (oh, and a couple other states I haven’t lived in).  Also, is Penn. considered the Northeast….?

Joshua Bernstein Dishes on the Best Beer Bars in NYC, and You Should Listen

Wake up and Smell The…Beer

Josh Bernstein, Mastermind behind the NYC Homebrew Tours - is now on a book tour. And you can hear all about America’s boozy uprising Nov. 1st from the author himself. Details (in his words - which are so much nicer than mine) are below.

Come join drinkers and thinkers at the City Reliquary as we proudly host the release party for Brewed Awakening, Brooklyn author Joshua M. Bernstein’s definitive take on the craft beer revolution. To celebrate, we’ve enlisted expert homebrewers Fritz Fernow and Dan Pizzillo to craft one-of-a-kind ales for the party. In addition, Rich Buceta will debut suds from his forthcoming SingleCut Beersmiths (get a taste before he launches next year!), and Barrier Brewing will have a rare beer on tap too. Want more? Your entrance enters you into a raffle to win beers from Brooklyn Brewery.

Since mankind can’t live on beer alone (oh, how we wish we could!), we’ll also be serving up hors d’oeuvres courtesy of Frankies 457, as well as goodies sizzled on the grill. Come thirsty. Come hungry. Leave with a full belly and a book. Josh will sign it. Heck, he’ll sign anything. Anything.

Tickets: $10 for unlimited food and beer; $25 for beer, food and a hot-off-the-presses copy of Brewed Awakening.

P.S. If you ordered a book online, feel free to bring a copy to get it signed.

What #Brooklyn #beer bars are open/opening today? Anyone know?

Thanks Meg for filling us in on this one.

508 Beer

Located on 508 Greenwich St. Drink the Amber Ale. Do it.