“New York, NY, May 16, 2012 – The Bronx Brewery, the latest craft brewery to come out of New York City, announces a new partnership with The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), a number of Bronx-based community gardens, and the Cornell Cooperative Extension on an Urban Hop Project, bringing hop growing and an Urban Hop beer to New York City.”   

“A diverse group of Bronx community gardens, including several community gardens in NYBG’s Bronx Green-up program and a Catholic parish, have planted 125 Cascade hop plants this spring to be grown and harvested for a special Urban Hop beer to be brewed and released by The Bronx Brewery later this year.  “I’m very excited to work with these community gardeners and develop a beer that spotlights the local character of these hops,” says Head Brewer Damian Brown.  All proceeds from the sale of the Urban Hop beer will be donated to the Bronx Green-Up program (http://www.nybg.org/green_up/) to support continued growth of community gardening in the Bronx.” 

““Bronx Green-Up is extremely grateful to The Bronx Brewery for their planned donation,” said Ursula Chanse, Director of Bronx Green-Up. “The funds will help Bronx Green-Up’s efforts to support urban gardeners by providing valuable growing information and planting materials, keeping the community gardens beautiful and viable.””   

About The Bronx Brewery

About Bronx Green-Up

About the Cornell Cooperative Extension

Try something new this Memorial Day at the 5 Boro PicNYC: a 2-day-only celebration of craft beer, gourmet eats, and live tunes taking over Governors Island on May 26th & 27th from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Staged at the tree-lined Colonel’s Row, 5 Boro PicNYC will showcase craft beer from Sixpoint.

Advance tickets ($25) are now available. Some advance press from Zagat and our promotional video: http://5boropicnyc.com/2012/05/5-boro-picnyc-trailer/. More details and tickets available at 5boropicnyc.com.  

 Get your tickets here! 

Food Karma Projects is a creator and producer of food and media events throughout the New York area. Created by Jimmy Carbone—a NYC-based restaurateur and dedicated social entrepreneur—Food Karma Projects is dedicated to community building by creating unique events that showcase the best local food, chefs, beer and wine, and create a social impact that benefits worthy non-profit groups. More information at foodkarmaprojects.com.

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New York Beer Co. Brewery of the Month!

Ithaca Beer Dinner Thursday May 24th starting at 6pm. A special pre-fixed menu with exclusive Ithaca beer pairings. Stop in or give us a call for further details.

Featured Beers:

Ithaca Apricot Wheat Ale

Ithaca Flower Power IPA

Ithaca Partly Sunny Summer Wheat

Ithaca Excelsior Fourteenth Anniversary

For more information click on… You're In Good Company!

American Craft Beer Week® (ACBW) starts Monday, May 14 and runs through May 20. If you haven't already, now is the time to post your plans for the week on the official ACBW Calendar on CraftBeer.com. This is your week to toast the awesome variety of fuller flavored beers produced, distributed and sold by small American businesses, and enjoyed by an increasing number of beer lovers. Bring these beer lovers to your bar, restaurant, tasting room or brewery to celebrate!

We want to make it easy and fun for you to celebrate the Mother of All Beer Weeks. Resources are available to help plan and promote your ACBW celebrations.

• American Craft Beer Week Resources
• Celebration Ideas
• American Craft Beer Week on Facebook and Twitter
• American Craft Beer Week Badge courtesy of Untappd

Official American Craft Beer Week Event Calendar on CraftBeer.com

NYC CELEBRATES CRAFT BEER WEEK 2012

Today…NYC: DECLARATION OF BEER INDEPENDENCE @ TERROIR | TRIBECA

At Terroir | Tribeca, New York, New York

15 May 2012… Pennsylvania Beer Night 

Good Beer NYC, 422 East 9th Street, New York, New York, 10009

18 May 2012 … Flying Dog Brewery Night

George Keeley's, 485 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, New York, 10024

Seattle's 4th Annual Beer Week

begins Thursday, May 10th and Pike beer will be flowing at numerous beer week events at different  venues across the city… for more information click on: http://bit.ly/JJyZtB

Mad Fox Brewing Company celebrates American Craft Beer Week with a host of special events, including draft and cask tappings and a Kill the Keg competition with regional brewers.

Monday, May 14 – 3pm

Batch 100 Strong Black Ale - American Craft Beer Week

Mad Fox's brewery team brings out a rare offering of Batch 100 Strong Black Ale - available while it lasts in growlers, pints and samplers. On cask we'll have Defender APA, St. James Irish Stout, Wee Heavy and The Funk.

Tuesday, May 15 – 3pm

Broad Street IPA Tuesday Tapping – American Craft Beer Week

The Centennial hopped IPA counterpart to our Orange Whip IPA, Broad Street IPA brings grapefruit and resiny herbal aroma. We celebrate day two of American Craft Beer Week here on Broad Street in Falls Church with pints and growlers of this dry-hopped palate tingler.

Wednesday, May 16 – 6pm

Kill the Keg - American Craft Beer Week

Mad Fox has invited local brewers back for another Kill the Keg event. First keg to be finished wins the honors! We'll have brewers from all five guest breweries to join us.

• Port City - Monumental IPA
• Lost Rhino - Zlaty Pils
• Chocolate City - The Ugly Sticke
• DC Brau - Ground Wolf IPA
• Devils Backbone - Eight Point IPA
• Mad Fox - Orange Whip IPA

Thursday, May 17 – 6pm

Cask Night - American Craft Beer Week

Mad Fox's brewing team sets all six beer engines to work with APA, Stout, Wee Heavy, Porter, Mild and Yards IPA. This is the first taste of our new Mild and the first cask of Porter this year!

Mad Fox Brewing Company

444 West Broad Street

Falls Church, VA 22046

703.942.680 

Website: www.madfoxbrewing.com

Twitter: @MadFoxBrewing

Facebook: MadFoxBrewing

Chef Update for 5 Boro PicNYC

5 Boro PicNYC is happy to announce its most recent roster of NYC chefs who will participate in “the official start of summer” on Governors Island Memorial Day weekend, May 26 and 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Chefs participating in the Slow Food NYC Taco Challenge includes Laurence Edelman of Left Bank, Marc Meyer (Five Points), and Monument Lane. The Fossil Farms Sausage Pavilion will sponsor a wild game sausage cook-off with Ian Kapitan (Alobar), Peels’ Jason DeBriere, William Kooper (Carlton Park), and Humberto Guallpa of Vandaag;

Advance tickets ($25) are available at 5boropicnyc.com.

Last but not least… Budweiser gets a “New” look….

For their side of the story… http://bit.ly/IMjqhS

https://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/company/employment

Flying Dog is also looking for folks…

http://flyingdogales.com/jobs/

Jobs at Stone Brewing Co. are also available…

http://www.stonebrew.com/jobs/

Here in Brooklyn, the folks at Brooklyn Brewery are looking for a Junior Accountant… http://brooklynbrewery.com/jobs/

If you are “lucky” enough to be in Delaware and looking for gainful employment… the folks at Dogfish Head are looking for you…

http://www.dogfish.com/company/jobs/index.htm

Brooklyn Brewery 79 North 11th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211-1913 (718) 486-7422Preface:

The following notes are made after a mouth wash with room temperature sparkling water. These notes have not been influenced by reading promotional material or any other review of this brew.

Also, as this is a canned product I tasted it as most consumers would taste it… not too long out of the back or the refrigerator.

I am including this preface to inform the reader of any and all circumstances that might be conceived of as creating a biased review or a conflict of interest regarding the choice of words used in the following review. I could go on and on with semi-legal jargon but I guess you will just have to trust me eh?

The following are my tasting notes:

Appearance: A light honey colored brew with a lively carbonation that builds a dense white head of tiny uniform bubbles. The hint of Belgian lace is there as the head slowly recedes down the sides of the pint glass.

Aroma: The first impression is a grainy aroma with a refreshing cool sensation.  The second exploration finds a honey under aroma with the grain. The third nosedive brought out a hint of sugar rock-candy.

Mouth feel: This is not a thin beer… It is well-built but not bawdy.

Flavor:  After the first refreshing sensation the whispers of flavor are hints and ethereal citric and neither sharp or metallic. The second sip revealed how subtle the flavors are as they slowly develop. The third swig finds a sweet-pear flavor.

Finish: The sweet-pear flavor is the most part of the finish of this brew.

Comments: This is when I take a look at the labeling and discover “Brooklyn Summer Ale is a summer refresher with a difference. The difference comes from the malt – 100% British two-row barley, prized for superior taste. Our Summer Ale is gold in color, with a soft bready flavor, snappy clean bitterness and bright hop aroma, and will taste best before the date indicated.”

The Brewery: Brooklyn Brewery

What others say: BeerAdvocate

News from THE WEB…

Not when I went to school!

Brewery club plans to grow on campus next semester
Setonian
By Lindsay Rittenhouse Students are looking to start a brewery club next year as the result of a class project. Juniors Matthew Curreri and James Moorehead started the idea after growing hops, the plant used to grow beer, in the school garden as part…

There is a story behind this one...

Where a dad at Disney gets a brew: An oasis of craft beer
msnbc.com (blog)
There's an oasis in the desert that is the Disney beer scene: Nestled in the bosom of Disney's Boardwalk hotel is the Big River Brewing Company, an honest-to-goodness brew pub, complete with a 10-barrel brewing rig and, depending on the season, ...

Another Brewpub is planted!

New brewing company to open in Downtown Springfield
KMTR NewsSource 16
(KMTR) -- Revitalizing downtown Springfield, a Lane County business owner and others are investing their money in a new brew pub right in the heart of the city. Plans are in the works to bring a brand new brewery called “Plank Town Brewing Company” to ...

A Brewpub grows!

Chardon BrewWorks undergoes makeover
Akron Beacon Journal (blog)
The brewpub has added a 36-foot bar to the main floor. Previously, the main floor was reserved for dining and a small bar was located on a loft in the back of the restaurant. Owners Mike and Donna Nedrow worked with Chardon Tomorrow to design and build ...

What “Beer Recession”?

Craft brewers seeing surge of popularity among US beer drinkers
Public Radio International PRI
United States microbreweries, regional breweries, and brew pubs per capita by state. (Illustration by Northwest-historian via Wikimedia Commons.) The US beer market is stable, not really growing, not really shrinking. But a specific subset of that ...

Which brings me to the events of the…

AVERY BREWING CO. EVENTS!

 A Night Circus...Razzle Dazzle 2012

Community Park, Louisville, CO

Sat, May 5th, 5-10:30pm

 Pinewood Derby Race!

Bannock Street Garage, Denver, CO

Sat, May 5th 8-10pm

 United Tastes of Belgium

Wynkoop Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Sat, May 12th, 1-4pm

 Superior Morgul Classic

Superior, CO

Sat-Sun, May 19th-20th

 Grand Valley Beer Festival

Grand Junction, CO

Sat, May 19th, 12pm-5pm

25th Annual
Subaru Elephant Rock
Cycling Festival

Castlerock, CO

Sat-Sun, Jun 2nd-3rd

Last week we had a chance to drop in to Café D’Alsace (1695 2nd Ave, New York 212-722-5133) and visit with Gianni Cavicchi, the Beer Director for the “Tour de France” restaurant group.

First of all let’s give you a quick look at the place…

Now that you’ve been introduced let’s have a beer…

Yes, that is a traditional hard-boiled egg display, with one missing. It was tasty… perfect with a beer or two.

And then Gianni Cavicchi arrived and the conversation got down to serious beer talk. Or serious talk about beer… there was some Vuur Vlam to be tasted first….

While Ginalola took the pictures for this post, Gianni and I did the first tasting.

As you can see… tasting beer is hard work.

As the late afternoon slipped into early evening the three of us enjoyed talking about some of the most interesting beers and places where those beers could be found. Before we left Gianni assured us that some of those beers would be there the next time we visited.

We’ll take him up on his word I can assure you… And you will hear about it!

Yesterday afternoon I wandered across the river to meet “Little John” at the Broome Street Bar & Grill (Or “Ken & Bob’s” if you are a certain age.) and drop into Toad Hall where there was rumored to be a great deal on beer… if you were willing to part with a $20.00 for an inscribed copy of “He Shall Overcome – A history in lines and words of Lyndon Baines Johnson”, written by Smokey and illustrated by Bob. The icons were gathering…

The plan was to just drop in and bother Mr. Bob.

All looked quiet from the outside…

And this is what waited…

The crows, the noise, the beer!

(Cenedella on the left and Smokey on the right.)

Yes… I did loose count of the cans of Sixpoint consumed.

Yes… I did get an inscribed book.

That proves I was there doesn’t it?

Free State, in Lawrence, Kansas has a history lesson for us all…

“Celebrate the Season”

“Our Brinkley’s Maibock is our seasonal release, available in six packs in liquor stores around the region. It’s a full bodied, malty lager, truly a spring tonic. Grab a six pack before they disappear.”

“For a snippet of history, listen to a 1964 discussion of the War on Poverty and the Peace Corps, where President Lyndon Johnson confuses Sargent Shriver by wishing for some of Dr. Brinkley's goat glands. The website follows Brinkley from Kansas to the Rio Grande and the development of Border Blaster radio.”

www.honkytonks.org/showpages/carterfamily.htm

A sure sign of Summer…

After being introduced to their Belgian colleagues, the folks at A-B soldier on and introduce a summer quencher…

According to the St. Louis office… “Blending the flavor of an authentic margarita with a refreshing splash of Bud Light Lime, Lime-a-Rita is an 8%* ABV margarita-flavored alcohol beverage that meets a growing demand among adult drinkers seeking sweeter alternatives.”

From the “Web”…

Upstate New York listen up… In Ithaca? Check this out…

New Brew Pub to Open at Roadhouse Spot
ithaca.com
The new brew pub's outdoor kitchen is open Friday through Sunday. On a sunny Friday afternoon, a car turns into the stone lot off Route 96 and parks near the entrance of 3 Herons Brewing Company. A couple hops out, and, inside, co-owner Jim Brewster ...

Good news for the “Windy City”…

Three Floyds eyes a Chicago brewpub
Chicago Tribune
The most revelatory news is that owner Nick Floyd is scouting locations to open a Three Floyds brewpub in Chicago. He has been looking at spaces during the last couple of weeks, and though coy about the where ("anywhere but the Loop") and when ("the ...

And a second source…

Three Floyds Brewpub Coming to Chicago?
Chicagoist
Nick Floyd is scouting locations to open a Three Floyds brewpub in Chicago. He has been looking at spaces during the last couple of weeks, and though coy about the where ("anywhere but the Loop") and when ("the near future"), he sounded resolute about ...

A lot of great news from our Canadian friends…

SSP Canada Celebrates Mill Street Brewery Pub Grand Opening at Toronto Pearson
MarketWatch (press release)
"SSP is pleased to open Toronto's iconic brew pub within its hometown airport and give travelers passing through a refreshing taste of its award winning craft beers. We are proud of our partnership with Toronto Pearson and Mill Street Brewery," ...

Change on tap at Salmon Creek Brewery & Pub
The Columbian
Vancouver's beer drinkers need not fret over the passing of downtown's only full-service brewpub, though. The new owners -- David and Arlene Nunez from By the Bottle -- said they have big plans to make the pub an even bigger hub for the city's growing ...

Sneak preview: Big Rig Brewery set to open June 11
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
The good news is, brewmaster Lon Ladell expects to make his first batch of Big Rig Brewery pub beer on Tuesday. The brew pub itself will be open for business on June 11. At least, that's the latest info I got Wednesday when I dropped by the ...

BUT… Texas seem to have another problem with their perception of Law…

Deep Ellum Brewery's First Weekly Tour is Tonight; Can't We Just Make This ...
Dallas Observer (blog)
"If we can change the laws we'd love to be a brew pub," Brand and Sales Ninja Tait Lifto says. But if you brew too much beer in Texas, you're classified as a brewery -- not a brew pub. Breweries can host tastings, give out samples, and talk beer all ...

And from the Folks at Siebel…

Siebel Institute of Technology is pleased to announce some recent scholarship recipients for upcoming courses.

Lallemand "Beer School 2012" Contest  

Lallemand Brewing, makers of premium dry yeast and a full range of brewing products, held a draw for 2 scholarships to attend the World Brewing Academy web-based Concise Course in Brewing Technology. The winners of the draw for the 2012 courses are:

Homebrewing Scholarship - Reed Antis, New York, USA

Professional Brewing Scholarship - Jon Stringer, Gadds' Ramsgate Brewery, Kent, UK

Updates can be found on the Lallemand Brewing web site at www.lallemandbrewing.com.

2012 Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing Scholarships 

From an outstanding group of talented applicants, Jeremiah Boone from Anchorage, Alaska, and Scott Caul from Corvallis, Oregon, have been named recipients of the 2012 Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing Scholarships.  

For more information on the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation, our brewing scholarship program, and related activities, visit www.glenfalconerfoundation.org.