The BAM beer tasting was fabulous. The pairing of a brewery with a restaurant was a great idea and worked very well. Kudos to Steve and all the folks at Edible. Kelso was a big hit. To bad Garrett Oliver ran out of beer. I could say a lot more but can't I'm out of time.
Free Potato Pancakes.…so there was some talk about having blog readers come down to Wolff’s this Wednesday for a food tasting at the biergarten. I do love the idea of it, but it makes me very nervous. On any given day there are up to 8,000 people clicking on this blog, and that has the potential for there to be more people showing up than Wolff’s can handle. Plus, the staff would probably kill me and cut of my fingers with my new knives so I can’t write this blog any more. However, I asked Eric if we could do a special at Wolff’s with the potato pancakes, and this is what we’ve come up with: One free order of potato pancakes when you buy a liter of any beer. (win win) And the special starts Wednesday, and ends at the end of this month, so you can take advantage of it all week. (through Friday, July 31st). The special is only for blog readers, so if you mention “The Baumgartner Special” to the bartender, he/she will give you a free order of potato pancakes when you order your liter of beer. p.s. In some circles, the “Baumgartner Special” is something entirely different, so be careful who you are saying it to. p.s.s. it’s a beer garden. If you don’t drink beer, you’re poop outta luck. |
The Brewers Association has also just announced the top 50 breweries in the U.S. based on sales, by volume, for 2008. This includes all breweries, regardless of size or other parameters. Here is the 2008 list:
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 TICKETS ON SALE NOW for Good Beer at BAM, 4-8 p.m., July 29.On Wednesday, July 29, Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan magazines, in partnership with the just-launched Good Beer Seal, July Good Beer Month and GreatBrewers.com, will throw a sudsy soiree at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, complete with Gramercy Tavern homebrew and weiners, beer cocktails and the marriage of Brooklyn-brewed beer and Queens-raised pork (who knew?). Driven by the conviction that our great beer town deserves an annual bang-up beer bash, well serve up the best brews and, of course, top eats, too. Join us for this evening of beer and food and get to know your food community. Because everyone deserves good beer. ***** In contrast to the typical overwhelming swill sloshfest, Good Beer at BAM offers an intimate setting for breweries, food artisans, and we who love them, to raise a glass (or few) to the role beer plays in contemporary culinary culture. Because everyone deserves good beer, Good Beer at BAM will bring together NYC food and drink enthusiasts to sip and sup from: 12 to 15 breweries from New York and the region, who will pour alongside an edited list of tastes from Brooklyn and Manhattan restaurants and food makers. New beers brewed for the event. Expect food-focused beer premiers, cask ale from Sierra Nevada, never-before shared homebrew from the kitchen at Gramercy Tavern, beer cocktails from Back Forty, and an interborough pairing of Brooklyn Brewery beer with Queens County Farm Museum pork. Beer bars that represent. A specially curated selection of Old Word and international beers, seldom imported and made in limited quantities, poured alongside their New World brethren by local beer bars. Tip back a Japanese white alongside the white ale from the Southampton Publick House. Enjoy an Ommegang stout next to a rare stout from England. Good Beer at BAM will benefit Just Food and Added Value. Beers by: Brooklyn Brewery, Southampton Publick House, Kelso of Brooklyn, Blue Point Brewery, Allagash, Troegs, Ommegang, Left Hand, Sierra Nevada, Smuttynose, Magic Hat, Victory, Keeghan Ales, Sly Fox, Peak Organic Brewing Company, Lake Placid, Ithaca Beer Company, and Brooklyn Homebrew Beer bars: Jimmys No. 43, Beer Table, Blind Tiger, Spuyten Duyvil Food by: The Good Fork, Beer Table, Back Forty, Gramercy Tavern, Jasper Hill, No. 7, Widows Hole Oysters, iCi, Porchetta, Co., Rosewater, Brooklyn Greenmarkets, Sullivan Street Bakery, Gerald Jerky For information contact Rachel Graville, rachelgraville@gmail.com, 646.246.9650. Stay tuned at www.ediblebrooklyn.net. Or fan Edible Brooklyn on Facebook. |
NYS Beer Fest
July 18
Terrapin Catering, Staatsburg
Terrapin Restaurant brings you the coolest Beer Fest to kick-off summer. Featuring small-batch craft beer, all you can eat Terrapin BBQ, unlimited brew samples, live music and door prizes. $39 pp ($19 designated drivers). Advance purchase recommended. terrapinrestaurant.com
