Suffolk Breweries Shine at Taste the East End
photo by Lauren Jablonski photo by Lauren Jablonski photo by Lauren Jablonski Taste the East End, which took place at the Long Island Aquarium on May 29, was a great event to discover some hidden gem restaurants, breweries, and cider mills on the east end of Long Island. Here are some of my top picks… Woodside Orchards, located in Jamesport & Aquebogue was serving up their original dry, raspberry and lemon ciders. All the ciders...
LICBW – Great South Bay’s Bay Fest
photo by Lauren Jablonski photo by Lauren Jablonski photo by Lauren Jablonski photo by Lauren Jablonski Several Long Island Breweries showcased their newest seasonal beers at Bay Fest for Long Island Craft Beer Week. Great South Bay Brewery had live music blasting and their tap room open, so festival attendees could enjoy their large selection of beers. My favorite is their Bloody Blonde, a combination of Blonde Ambition Summer Ale...
Long Island Craft Beer Week Starts Today
Today marks the first day of Long Island Craft Beer Week (LICBW), ten days celebrating the businesses in the growing craft beer community on Long Island, while supporting Long Island Cares, a non-profit that fights hunger in Nassau and Suffolk county. To raise awareness for Long Island Cares, 11 Long Island breweries collaborated to brew this year’s limited-release Craft Cares beer, a 7% ABV Vermont-style IPA. By donating two cans of...
Sip of Spring Beers at Belmont
Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the Spring Craft Beer Festival, taking place at Belmont Park Racetrack. I’m thrilled to announce that I will be pouring a spring cider during Session 1. Over 50 craft brewers will be attending, including new and award-winning breweries from near and far. Once again, my friend Jason Scott and I brewed something special together to celebrate a new season. Our “Crasy Lemonade” is...
Raising Mugs & Awareness for Diabetes Awareness
As the spring approaches, more beer festivals will be popping up soon. An upcoming festival worth attending is the first annual Cask Ales Festival fundraiser to benefit The Barton Center for Diabetes Education Campership Program. The fundraiser, organized by Jen Davis and Karl MacDonald, takes place on Saturday, March 26 (3-7 p.m.) at The Mill Roadhouse in Westhampton Beach. The event will feature cask ales from Long Island breweries,...
2016 Hops & Props Festival
Words cannot express how excited I am to pour a gluten-free beer for this year’s Hops & Props festival (*Evening Session*), which takes place tomorrow Feb. 27 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City. Hops & Props is a draft only festival and located at truly unique and historic venue. Since I’ve been told that the festival is one of the best festivals to attend on Long Island, I immediately wanted to brew a...
Warrior Brew
photo credit: Nicole Ficarrotta photo credit: Nicole Ficarrotta photo credit: Nicole Ficarrotta photo credit: Nicole Ficarrotta The holiday season comes with a veritable parade of delicious foods and meals shared with friends and family. The perfect solution for keeping up your calorie burn while fending off the cold weather is a beautiful blend of yoga and craft beer. Beer + Yoga, which kicked off the holiday season the weekend after...
Tastes of Greatness at the Great Beer Expo
As we clink our glasses and toast to another great season we end on a high note and more then a few cold brews. With over 100 plus beers available for tasting, Great Beer Expo Long Island which is held at Belmont Racetrack, home of the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, New York, brought out the beer lover in everyone. Of the 75 breweries at the festival, many breweries, like Flying Belgian Brewery from Bellmore, New York and Crooked Ladder...
Crossing Over to Craft Beer
photo by Nicole Ficarrotta photo by Nicole Ficarrotta photo by Nicole Ficarrotta photo by Nicole Ficarrotta When you think of Oktoberfest you typically don’t think of face painting and hayrides; you think of great beer, but Crossroads Oktoberfest in Malverne had all of the above and then some. I had the opportunity to speak with the brewers and representatives who poured at the event to learn about the breweries since I’m new to the...
Great South Bay’s Greatest Season of the Year
Great South Bay Brewery has a lot to celebrate this season: their five year anniversary, wining two gold medals at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF), and closing out the Oktoberfest season with punk music and brews at their annual Punktoberfest. Each year, local punk bands and micro breweries (with their unique combination of brews) participate in this festival. While the breweries continue to present the beers that have...
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