Tag Archives: Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn Paper Round-Up

This week in the Brooklyn Paper, I chatted with Brooklyn Brewery founder Steve Hindy about the brewery’s expansion and his role in bring craft beer to Brooklyn.
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New Brooklyn Brewery Swallows Old One

Some scientists believe the new Brooklyn Brewery is so large that other, smaller breweries, including the old Brooklyn Brewery will begin to orbit it. Their massive expansion is well under way, though you might not know it from the latest photos. The brewery has selected The Beer Friends to document the expansion by visiting weekly [...]
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Brooklyn Detonation Ale Release Party

Drinking beer for a cause is often an excellent excuse to convince yourself, or a friend, to indulge. “This one is for research,” I’ll say. But when there’s an actual good cause, and beer the reason, then I’m always happy to give. Brooklyn Brewery is celebrating the latest release of its Brewmasters Reserve series by throwing a [...]
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Last Chance for Maine DIY Retreat

Pack up the unused hiking boots and find someone to water your plants, you’re heading for the country. If you’ve ever fantasized about moving to a small farm in Vermont or owning a fishing boat on Cape Cod, then you’ll need to know how to slaughter your own pig and shuck your own oyster. Salt Water [...]
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Brooklyn in India

How far India’s come from days of colonialism that an India Pale Ale hitting Indian shores is news. This time it’s shipping from our own Brooklyn Brewery, along with Brooklyn Lager, no doubt in order to provide a safer alternative to water and a more delicious alternative to Indian domestics. The expat community will be jumping [...]
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This Weekend: Holiday Happenings

Still have no plans for the 4th? You’re in luck. Tomorrow, PortSideNY hosts pre-holiday barbecue bash at 6 p.m. aboard the Mary A. Whalen, a retired oil tanker docked at Pier 11 in the Atlantic Basin. Tickets are $35 for adults (originally $75!) and $10 for children and include food and drinks from the Good Fork, [...]
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Edible Pursuit at Brooklyn Brewery

In case you aren’t up on your Bloomberg news, Hizoner recently announced that July would be Good Beer Month. Taking the reins unofficially on the official affair is the recently formed The Good Beer Seal, a coalition of craft industry heavyweights — brewers, writers, owners — and the city’s best bars. We’ll be bringing you [...]
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The Best Thing We Ate and Drank This Weekend

Tahini Hummus at Mimi’s Hummus: When it comes to hummus, lets face it, I’m a traditionalist. I like it the way you find it a Podunk cafes dotting the Arabian peninsula, or that funny little lone Syrian restaurant in the Moroccan village where I spent a summer studying. The tahini hummus at Mimi’s Hummus is [...]
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The Most Carbon-Footprint Friendly Beers

One six-pack of New Belgium beer = 7 pounds of carbon emitted. Which production step attributes most to this number? A) Refrigeration B) Producing barley and malt C) Producing glass bottles D) Transportation In honor of Earth Day, the one day a year we think about giving back to the world that we own and dominate, I went in search [...]
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The Custom April 14th Pub Crawl

Question 1. Blogger Lager is: A) PBR B) Brooklyn Lager watered down C) light beer that mistakes itself for deep, highly-intellectual beer D) free While we’ll be belly up drinking Blogger Lager (hoping the answer is D) at The Bell House’s Brooklyn Blogger Meetup event tomorrow night, you’ll be skipping around town to all of the incredible beer events going [...]
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