Ferment-Me-Nots : Questions to avoid asking your new local brewer

Ferment-Me-Nots : Questions to avoid asking your new local brewer

April 22, 2015 · by · in booze etiquette, drunken missives

Let’s call her Melba Post. Melba lays out the Ferment-Me-Nots, or what not to ask a new brewer.

A bottle of Lagunitas GnarleyWine with a glass filled with the dark caramel-colored beer.

Lagunitas Olde GnarlyWine

March 25, 2015 · by · in recommendations, reviews

What’s with Fervere and barleywines? Yet again, he searches for his favorite.

12 oz bottle of Dogfish Head Piercing Pils

Dogfish Head Piercing Pils

March 11, 2015 · by · in reviews

Fervere reviews a pear-infused pilsner and has some trouble with hops.

Drunk and Unemployed banner on the wall of the Cortland

Long Island Craft Brewers to Look for in 2015

December 18, 2014 · by · in drink pieces, freshly bottled

We’ve got several new breweries opening in 2015 in Long Island. We’ll be looking for them at local bars, restaurants, beer distributors, and in tasting rooms. Here’s where it’s all happening: ___Farmingdale, New York___ [A Taste of Long Island][1], a…

Yonkers Brewing Co.

Craft Beer New Kids, No More:
Yonkers Brewing

November 17, 2014 · by · in qna with dnu

So, after two years of struggling with supplies, regulations, licenses, and the always constant outflow of money, you finally open your brewery. Congratulations! You’re the new kid in town! If you’ve done your marketing homework correctly, local media are knocking…

News for Long Island Craft Beer Locavores

News for Long Island Craft Beer Locavores

September 19, 2014 · by · in busman’s holiday, field trip, freshly bottled, ponies and jiggers

* Pumpkin beers may be on every tap handle, but it still feels like summer at [**Port Jeff Brewing Company**][pjb]. Stop by the tasting room near the water, and enjoy warm-weather brews like *Waterfront Wheat*, *White’s Beach Wit*, and *Peach Wheat*.…