Beer Nation is pleased to present HOP PURSUIT, a scavenger hunt-style race around New York City.
A part of New York City Craft Beer Week, Hop Pursuit runs from Saturday, September 25th, through Friday, October 1st. Here are some details:
Two person teams register and receive their task lists at 2:00 PM on Saturday, September 25, at RATTLE N HUM BAR (or, in the alternative, teams can wait until 7:00 PM the same day to receive the task list at www.BeerNationShow.com).- Teams win points if they successfully complete assigned tasks.
- Running point tallies occur along with late registration on (1) Monday, September 27, at PACIFIC STANDARD and (2) Wednesday, September 29, at BARCADE. Point leaders at each tally win prizes!
- The race ends on Friday, October 1st, at 9:00 PM. Aggregate point leaders win SWEET PRIZES!
- $5 per person fee and digital camera required.
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The moment you have all been waiting for is upon us. Join us tomorrow evening at Barcade for the premiere of Episode 3 of Beer Nation.
Barcade will be offering stellar deals on Climax beer ($3 pints before 8 PM, $4 pints after 8 PM). We’re also going to be screening the never-before-released short film, “Beer Nation: The Legend of the Craft Beer Bandit”.
Here are the specs . . .
- 7 PM (8 PM screening)
- Thursday, May 20, 2010
- Barcade, 388 Union Avenue, Brooklyn
- L Train to Lorimer or G Train to Metropolitan
From left: Vinnie Cilurzo, Leonardo Di Vincenzo, Sam Calagione and Teo Musso. Photo credit: Ryan Collerd
The dream team of brewing is coming to New York! At this past weekend’s Extreme Beer Festival, Vinny Cilurzo of Russian River Brewing and Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewery announced their collaboration with two famous Italian brewers – Leonardo Di Vincenzo of Birra del Borgo and Teo Musso of Birrificio Le Baladin – in the opening of a new brewpub on the roof of an upcoming artisan food market in New York cleverly called Eataly (Sam compares it to a Whole Foods on steroids).
A new study from the National Institutes of Health reveals that drinking beer is good for your bones. The scientists behind the study, however, believe that these bone-building benefits come from beers containing a healthy amount of hops and malted barley, and not from lighter beers brewed with extracts like corn. Hmmm . . . sounds like these scientists are talking about craft beer!
With less than 5% of the beer market, no craft brewery has the funds to pay for Super Bowl advertising time. Instead, look forward to seeing commercials for what can only be described as the opposite of craft beer: Budweiser Select 55!
Budweiser Select 55 is the so-called “lightest beer in the world,” barely beating out almost-porter-like MGD64. Budweiser’s latest swill will be introduced to the World this Sunday with a what’s sure to be a flashy commercial when the Saints take on the Colts in the Super Bowl.
Join the hosts of Beer Nation at one of NYC’s best beer bars – Rattle ‘N’ Hum – this Sunday, January 31, for a *SNEAK PREVIEW* of Episode 2. Aside from sneaking-a-peak at our new episode, come and take advantage of DRINK SPECIALS: $4 pints on select beers — including all Captain Lawrence brews (featured in Episode 2!) — and $5 cask beers.
- 2:30 PM (3:30 PM Screening)
- Sunday, January 31, 2010
- Rattle ‘N’ Hum Bar – 14 E. 33rd Street, NYC
- Check out the teaser for Episode 2 here.
As if flavor wasn’t a sufficient indicator, the Wall Street Journal confirmed last week that craft breweries are doing a hell of a lot better than macro breweries. While total beer sale volumes fell 2.2% in 2009 – the highest rate since the 1950s – “[t]he small-batch ‘craft’ beer industry continued to represent an industry bright spot, with the biggest among the craft brewers, Boston Beer Co., showing a 1.7% increase.” (But, is Boston Beer Company still a craft brewery? Maybe not.)
Although 2009’s numbers seem to show that craft beer is recession proof, the jury is still out as to whether craft beer’s rise – as compared to macro beer – is a trend that will continue once the economy picks up (as it seems to be doing). Only time will tell.
No style of beer confounds lay drinkers more than barley wines. So, let me say this upfront: barley wine is very much beer, not wine. Barley wines, however, are typically very alcoholic (8 to 12 % ABV) and — for that reason — age as well as wine.
Although many seminal craft breweries took flight in the 1990s, the 2000s gave birth to some of America’s most highly regarded breweries. Below are Beer Nation’s Top Five New Breweries of the 2000s:
“Beer Bar Battle” is a segment where we pin two cities, neighborhoods, streets, etc. against each other to see which has the most craft beer-cred. This week: Round 2 of “The Heavy Weight Battle of the Boroughs” – Manhattan v. Brooklyn.
