My wife and I are on a quest to find her 10 beers over the next 3 months that she can enjoy! We have found very few beers that she has enjoyed. But on this one fun filled night, I hit a grand slam or at least figured out how to introduce new beer to my wife. Granted there will still be beer she doesn’t like, but with some good food and in this case good family I have a leg up. With my beer adventurous in-laws, good food, and some great beer, I think I might have figured it out. (more…)

This coming September 29th during New York’s Craft Beer Week, BrewYork – a collaborative of New York-centric beer writers, brewers and advocates – will host Beer 2 Garden, a benefit to raise money and awareness for East New York Farm. The event will take place at d.b.a. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and will feature rare craft beers from the finest breweries in New York, and the surrounding areas. 100% of the proceeds from this pay-as-you-go event will be donated to East New York Farms, a local organization aimed at youth and adults to address food justice in the community by promoting local, sustainable agriculture and community-led economic development.

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Another ancient beer that Dogfish head has resurrected in a series of extreme beer, such as Midas Touch and Sah’tea.  The Chateau Jiahu is based on the findings of a Molecular Archeologist in Northern China.  Dogfish Head first introduced this ancient representation in 2006 and have since been making it as a seasonal rarity.

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Our first Simply Beer Club on November 7th was a huge success. We tasted through a half dozen+ stouts and had a blast discussing the beer in a fun and very educational forum.

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It’s not every day you get to attend the release dinner for an amazing collaborative beer. When I heard about the Life & Limb collaboration beer between Dogfish Head and Sierra Nevada and their east coast release dinner was going to be 20 minutes away, I had to get there. Not only beer from two amazing breweries, but food and the pairing done by Bobby Flay at Bar Americain.  According to Sam Calagione(Dogfish Head) and Ken Grossman(Sierra Nevada) Bobby Flay had been working on this menu and beer pairing for the last month and it was a great meal!  I think for the most part, I’ll let the pictures of the food and beer do the talking!

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It’s not every day you get to attend the release dinner for an amazing collaborative beer.  When I heard about the Life & Limb collaboration beer  between Dogfish Head and Sierra Nevada and their east coast release dinner was going to be 20 minutes away, I had to get there.  But what could make an evening of amazing beer, great food, and new friends better?  A one on one interview with the man who has turned extreme beer into a household name, Sam Calagione.

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