Brooklyn Makes Good Beer
Over the weekend, the NY Times wrote about the growth of high-end coffee shops in the city, where cappuccinos are works of art. Well, turns out Brooklyn can boast just as much about brewing beer as it can coffee. In 1960, they write, we produced one-fifth of the nation’s beer. After Rheingold and Schaefer closed…
Over the weekend, the NY Times wrote about the growth of high-end coffee shops in the city, where cappuccinos are works of art. Well, turns out Brooklyn can boast just as much about brewing beer as it can coffee. In 1960, they write, we produced one-fifth of the nation’s beer. After Rheingold and Schaefer closed in the 70s, we produced none. Now, though, with Brooklyn Brewery and newcomers like Sixpoint Craft Ales in Red Hook and Greenpoint Beer Works in Clinton Hill, we’re back on the beer map. Why brew here? We weren’t able to identify any other place in the country that we thought would be as receptive to the type of beers we wanted to make, said Sixpoint’s owner Shane Welch. Brooklyn had a history of producing beautiful handcrafted stuff, and it was having a creative renaissance. One obstacle some brewers face: finding adequate commercial space.
Brooklyn Returns to a Heady Time [NY Times]
Photo by landavid.
Look at the badge on the cop in the photo with today’s post regarding the cancellation of the flea market due to the marathon. That’s right!
Love the Hop Obama. Recently bought a growler of the Sixpoint/Gorilla Coffee Stout at Bierkraft. Amazing!
Coney Island Craft Lagers on draft:
FREAKTOBERFEST – 6.66% Blood Red Lager (Seasonal)
Albino Python – White Lager with Spices
Sword Swallower – Steel Hop Lager
Coney Island Lager – 8 malts, 6 hops, dry hopped
* Barrel Aged Human Blockhead – 9% Strong Lager aged in a Jack Daniels Whiskey Barrel. ***LAST KEG EVER***
HE’BREW on draft:
**INTRODUCING JEWBELATION TWELVE** – First keg tapped in NY!! 12 Malts, 12 Hops, soaring to 12% Alc.
Bittersweet Lenny’s RIPA
Origin Pomegranate Ale
Genesis Ale
*Rejewvenator – last tastes of our Summer Seasonal Half Doppelbock, Half Belgian Dubbel with Figs!
*Barrel Aged Messiah Bold – Special one-time project: Messiah Bold aged for 3 months in Rittenhouse 100 Rye Whiskey Barrels
Speaking of righteous craft beer, go to The Gate tonight!
Schmaltz Brewing Co. is having their Freaktoberfest blowout. He’brew craft brews and their line of Coney Island Craft Beers.
Seriously. Good freakin’ times shall be had. and you just may find your new favorite hi-test craft beer action. THe lineup:
Jimmy, you’re right. And although I prefer Hop Angel to Hop Obama, I am a big fan of Six Points. The Righteous Ale is excellent.
Rheingold was producing a small amount of beer at GBW a few years ago, so they could again claim Brooklyn residency; most of it was still produced in Ithaca or wherever. but i don’t even know that they’re still bothering.
you know where there’s a lot of commercial space? bushwick! i would love to see somebody start up production in one of the old brewery buildings, if there are any left that haven’t been turned into apartments.
Another vote for Hop Obama. Drank it at Franny’s and waaaay too many at the Gate. It’ll sneak up on ya.
Hop Obama is quite tasty, but the Hop Angel from Chelsea–that’s in Manhattan for you serious Brooklynites–is superior. DIBS, Rheingold is only back as a brand, not as a Brooklyn brewery.
The Hop Obama that Sixpoint has been making this fall may be the best beer we’ve ever had…