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Crawl the Breweries of Long Island City
As Long Islanders, we’re geographically spoiled. Beautiful beaches, farms, vineyards and Manhattan are all within reach. With so much in our backyard it’s easy to overlook lesser‐known destinations...
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How to Make Edible Beer
We were up to our elbows in sticky plum juice on a Saturday morning before most people get out of bed. After crushing 25 pounds of greengage plums by hand, we surveyed the damage: fruit shrapnel...
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Our Journey: Or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Beer
Sitting across from each other at the Beer Judge Certification Program exam in Philadelphia, the table adorned with saltines and water cups and the convention hall packed with about 60 other eager...
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Ancient Ales for the Modern Beer Drinker
“Gruit? Did you mean to write fruit?” was one of the edits we received after writing about a Taste of Long Island for the fall issue and the herbal gruits the Brewers Collective plans to make there....
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Taking a Nano Step
Beer heist. From left, Dan Russo, Brad Kohles, Tim Dougherty, Sarah Dougherty and Mike DePietto are sharing space at as they start up their beer businesses. Jim Thompson and daughter Courtney Citko,...
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Port Jeff Brewing Company Beer to be Distributed by Clare Rose
Port Jeff Brewing Company owner Mike Philbrick. Get ready for a local favorite to become more widely available. Clare Rose Incorporated has scored themselves the distribution rights for another Long...
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Beers That Wine
Standing among aging racks lined with wood barrels in the new brew room at Port Jeff Brewing Company, it’s easy to imagine you’re in the cellar of a winery. Out on the East End, Greenport Harbor...
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Blond on Blonde: The Road from Homebrew to Professional Beer
Jane Thom, DJ Swanson of Greenport Harbor Brewing Company and Jim Thom. Back in May, Brewers East End Revival hosted its 18th annual home brewing competition. Each year beers from around the country...
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Brewing up Terroir: Cuvaison 2014 by Greenport Harbor Brewing Company
photo courtesy of Greenport Harbor Brewing Company Loosely translating as a sense of place, terroir refers to the effect a region has had on the production of agricultural products. In the past such a...
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1940’s Brewing Company Keeps It in the Family
Charlie Becker recently launched 1940’s Brewing Company out of a Taste of Long Island in Farmingdale, but brewing has always been part of his family heritage. His great-grandfather worked for a New...
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From the Garage to the Brewhouse; New Collaboration, Imperial Force, Released...
Rain fell at the 2013 Brewers East End Revival Brew-Off award ceremony. The day began sunny and with chaotic activity around the small American Legion Hall in Saint James. As modest as the space and...
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Po’ Boy Brewery Launches Out of a Taste of Long Island
Bobby Rodreiguez of Po Boy Brewery • photo by Doug Young Bobby Rodriguez of Po’ Boy Brewery is the new kid on the block as far as Long Island nano breweries go, but he’s far from a brewing novice....
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Spider Bite Beer Company Expands Web with New Tasting Room
Spider Bite owner and brewmaster Larry Goldstein Over the last few months we have witnessed Spider Bite Beer Company space in Holbrook transform from a simple industrial office into a functional...
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Hop Heads Rejoice: Direwolf Double IPA Returns
BrickHouse Brewery head brewer Arthur Zimmerman, left, and brewer Paul Komsic. Arthur Zimmerman and Paul Komsic drew from “west coast inspiration” for their latest BrickHouse Brewery beer. Direwolf, a...
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Brewology Hosts Evenings of Supper and Suds
With a name like Brewology, it’s not shocking this Speonk restaurant showcases craft beer. Owner Roger Bencosme believes “food should always be delicious first,” while beer director Terence Daly...
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Brand new stout, 1st pint off the first keg, anywhere, ever! We call it Hooligan. On nitro! #longireland #hooligan #stout #askwhereyourbeerismade #realbrewery #GettinDraughted #beer...
View ArticleAnother Blue Point Cask Ales Festival in the Books
Memories of the @bluepointbrewing #caskfest. #latergram #longisland #craftbeer #libeer A photo posted by Beer Loves Long Island (@beerloveslongisland) on Apr 15, 2015 at 5:51am PDT Saturday was the...
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Brian Giebel: The Professional Amateur of Long Island Brewing
We met up with self-proclaimed “professional amateur” brewer Brian Giebel early one morning at the BrickHouse Brewery, while staff was busy zesting limes for an upcoming brew day of Lima Libre....
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Beer at the Farmers Market
Paul Dlugokencky, owner of Blind Bat Brewery, spends summer weekends waking early to get his farmers market table ready. But he’s not selling fresh produce or homemade baked goods, he’s there with...
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Long Island Malt Is Coming Soon
It seems every time we turn around a new brewery is opening on Long Island. As little as five years ago there were only a handful of places to drink locally produced craft beer, but that’s rapidly...
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