Mash Files: A Chef’s Dream in Paris
Brooklyn Brewery Chef Andrew Gerson spends lots of time on the road with our Mash Tour. Today, hear more about his time in Paris cooking with the world-famous team at Septime. Paris is the motherland...
View ArticleSteins Up For Shacktoberfest
As an admittedly large person working in beer, eating healthy is a primary concern of mine. I say “concern” because it is the most polite way of describing my face as I look at yet another...
View ArticleThe Weekly Sixer: September 30
Hangover Free Booze?: A scientist who clearly never read any fables or decent science fiction announced that he is close to perfecting a substance that will render a user pleasantly intoxicated with...
View ArticleTap That Glass: September 30
As fall deepens and October comes upon us, Post Road Pumpkin Ale is returning to our Tasting Room taps! Well, it’s returning once the very last of the Area 291 is poured, drank, and properly mourned,...
View ArticleWatson Analyzes This: Tripel Burner
IBM’s Watson computer system, which you may remember from the decidedly one-sided man vs. machine Jeopardy! series when it was first unveiled, is now trying its hand as a psychoanalyst. Personality...
View ArticleBeerscopes October 2016
The world is in disarray, the stars are wandering, and your life is in shambles on a good day. Let Spiritual Guide Reverend Tim Rozmus read the signs for you and cast your beery lots for the month....
View ArticleWhere We Brew and Why
When we started The Brooklyn Brewery, in the late 80s, we had a couple of simple goals to guide our way. We wanted to brew the best beer possible no matter the cost, and we strove to bring brewing...
View ArticleTap That Glass: October 7
Hey, you. Yes, you, reading this blog post. We know life is ups and downs. Everyone is living in the same morass of self-doubt, overscheduling, and frank noise. Here’s a couple of truths for you: yes,...
View ArticleThe Weekly Sixer: October 7
Powdered Beer Exists: The undoubtedly well-meaning folks at To Øl announced this week that they have created a powdered craft beer. The science behind it is remarkable, but let’s face facts: this is...
View ArticleGet Ready For The #DefendDenton Artist Immersion
Brace yourselves, Denton: The Defender is coming to town on Saturday, November 5 from 2-6 PM for the first-ever #DefendDenton Artist Immersion. Bring your walking and drinking shoes as you swing...
View ArticleIt’s About Time For #AustinMash
Brace yourselves, Austin: the 2016 Mash Tour is coming to town from November 10-13 to treat you to a whirlwind of beer, music, food, beer, fun, games, beer, and some extra beer for good measure....
View ArticleTap That Glass: October 14
Time is a relative experience. Time spent waiting on a pizza stretches on until it becomes agony. Time spent eating said pizza, on the other hand, is joyous yet fleeting. Fortunately, all of that time...
View ArticleThe Weekly Sixer: October 14
Drake Tops Liquor Charts: Drake’s whiskey, Virginia Black, was the top seller in its first week in Canadian stores, moving almost 2,000 bottles in Ontario alone. American drinkers have been able to...
View ArticleGet Freaked Out at Spirit’s Haunted Psychedelic Creep Show Vault
The season for all things spooky, surreal and scary is upon us, and Pittsburgh’s Spirit is getting the mood going in a big way. Thanks to a collaboration with artist Ian Brill, Spirit has been...
View ArticleIn Class At The CIA: Spooky Brewing
As fall deepens (with the exception of this unseasonably warm week), students at the Brooklyn Brewery at CIA Brewhouse have a couple of things on the minds. Brewing, sure, and the wise words of head...
View ArticleTap That Glass: October 21
Lately, we’ve been getting a lot of people who order Post Road Pumpkin Ale as a “guilty pleasure.” There seem to be varying levels of guilt, from people who drop broad winks to their friends and call...
View ArticleThe Weekly Sixer: October 21
Party Cubano Style: Thanks to increasingly positive relationships between the USA and Cuba, restrictions on Cuban rum and cigars were lifted completely this week. Previously, these goods had been...
View ArticleRaise A Glass for Lex
We raise our glasses today in memory of Lex, aka Elixir, Lexus, Fuzzy Little Idiot, Buddy, Dumbass, and a great deal more, c. 1999ish- October 21, 2016. Proud Defender of Beer and Warehouse Cat in...
View ArticleRolling In To #NolaMash
We’re bringing the 2016 Mash Tour to New Orleans from November 17-20 to round out a full year of beer, food, music, friends, and even more beer with a string of parties in the Crescent City. Tickets...
View ArticleProve Your Trivia Worth At Katch
Calling all trivia-minded and glory-hungry: trivia season is in full swing at Katch Bar & Grill in Astoria. Every Tuesday night throughout the fall, hit the bar at 8 PM to lay your wits on the...
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