Part beer bar, part beer store, the newly opened
Breukelen Bier Merchants puts the art of the craft brew on center stage here in Williamsburg. It's easy to lose track of time in a tasting room that sells more than 500 different bottles and 16 craft beers on tap, so make sure to temper all that beer drinking with some bar bites from their menu.
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[Photographs: Christopher Lehault and Maggie Hoffman] Here's what makes a beer event truly great: 1. Delicious beer that you can't necessarily buy at your local store. 2. A chance to interact with the knowledgeable folks behind the beers. The...
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[Photo: Maggie Hoffman] Last night's Beer Week event at dba in Wiliamsburg was a special one. Organized by my friends at Brew York, a group of New York beer writers, brewers, and enthusiasts, the event featured seven local brews...
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[Photographs: Maggie Hoffman] New York's third annual Craft Beer Week revved up this weekend, and we got a chance to stop by the Get Real NY beer fest at The Altman Building in Chelsea. Organized by Patrick Donagher of...
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'Tis the season for beer festivals: this weekend New Yorkers celebrated the 4th Annual New York Brewfest. It was a gorgeous day on Governors Island, and attendees had a blast sampling beer, meeting brewers, listening to music, lazing around in the grass, attending beer-related seminars, and then sampling more beer.
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[Photograph: Laren Spirer] Hecho en Dumbo recently opened their doors on the Bowery, in the space that formerly housed Marion's, an East Village standby. The new tenant brings a rustic and relaxed vibe and tasty, authentic Mexican cuisine, influenced...
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Sixpoint Craft Ales growler at the Fifth Anniversary Celebration. [Photographs: Katie Quinn] The beer flowed freely at the fifth anniversary celebration of Sixpoint Craft Ales, held last night at Roberta's in Bushwick. There's no question that locally brewed Sixpoint...
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"We're starting to wonder if the mysteries of Russian sushi are worth another visit." [Photos: Hawk Krall] At the eastern end of Surf Avenue, where the slightly sad yet beautiful remains of Coney Island morph into the Eastern European neighborhood...
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[Photograph: Maggie Hoffman] Beer lovers gathered last night for the first evening of the three-day Williamsburg Cask Ale Festival, coordinated by Alex Hall of The Gotham Imbiber with Ray Deter of d.b.a. It was a chance to taste some...
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"We recently added an amaro page with thirteen amaros and six amaro cocktails. A shochu page is next." [Photograph: Lush Life Productions] We've already told you a little about East Village gem Louis 649. This week, we join in celebrating...
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