Get Real NY Presents Beer N Balls

GET REAL NY PRESENTS “Beer N Balls” Festival FEATURING Wild Game, Organic Farm fed beef and pork made MEATBALLS, 10 CELEBRATED NYC CHEFS & MORE THAN 60 CRAFT BEERS
Eat-&-Drink Festival Will Take Place on Saturday, April 7th, 2012 at 404 NYC Event Space

Get Real NY announced today the details and lineup for its first-ever ‘Beer N Balls’ beer and food festival taking place on Saturday, April 7th, 2012 at the 404 NYC event space (404 10th Avenue). Beer N Balls will pair 14 of NYC’s most-celebrated, meat-centric chefs together with farm raised game animals from Fossil Farms, NJ. Each chef will prepare their meatballs with a choice of wild game from Fossil Farms, creating an array of porcine pleasures for attendees to try in all-you-care-to-taste style. In addition to tasting more than 20 different and unique meatballs, meat-loving attendees will also indulge in endless craft beers from over 55 craft breweries including Hill Farmstead, Captain Lawrence, Dogfish Head, Sixpoint, Stillwater, Lagunitas, Smuttynose, Ommegang, Wandering Star, Ithaca, Empire, The Bronx Brewery and more plus 15+ cask ales, local homebrews and local wines from Lieb Cellars.

Vegetarian dishes will also be available.

The festival is taking place over 2 sessions: 1-4 pm and 7-10 pm with VIP sessions beginning at 12 pm and 6 pm that include an extra hour of eating and drinking as well as a sommelier pairing session. Tickets to the General Sessions are $55 and includes endless craft beer tastings, while the VIP tickets are $75

Tickets for this intimate tasting event are extremely limited and both sessions will SELL OUT. To purchase tickets and for more information, visit our exclusive ticket here www.GetRealNY.Com

THE CHEFS: more TBA
Chef Paul DI Bari  -  Zi' Pep
Brian Yurko  -  Alewife
Christopher Parks   -  The Guilty Goose
Clay Gordon  -  Get Real NY & The Chocolate Life
Celsa Gonzalez  -  Carino
Stefan Ching  -  Kupersmith
Jonathan Van Sleet  -  MexiQ
Tommy Harder – Blind Tiger Ale House

Twitter info - @GetRealBeer - #BeerBalls

About Get Real NY

Get Real Beer (NY) is a Craft Beer-focused company made up of 8 craft beer and food advocates who host beer and food festivals as well as bar and restaurant events in New York City. Get Real is firm in our commitment to support local food purveyors at all Get Real Beer events. Our goal is to bring beer communities together in all towns and cities using local breweries and artisanal food at all of our festivals. We also give homebrewers an opportunity to showcase their beers alongside those of our favorite well-known craft breweries.

The Get Real Beer crew: Patrick Donagher, Andy Freedman, Mary Izett, Chris Cuzme, Anne Becerra, Rev Dave Cianco, Juren David, Martin Walker and Chris White.

Contact Patrick@GetRealNY.com for Info

Sixpoint Releases Diesel In Cans

Original Sixpoint Offering is Brewery’s Limited-Edition Winter Can Release
November 21, 2011, BROOKLYN, NY — Fans of Sixpoint can now pick up the Sixpoint classic offering in 16-ounce cans starting this week. The Brooklyn-based brewery has just released Diesel cans for a limited time, available in bars and stores wherever Sixpoint is sold. Diesel marks the winter installment of the seasonal canned beer rotation, which was introduced this fall with Autumnation.

Sixpoint’s Diesel has been available as draft-only since 2005, the year the brewery began production. With a roasted, robust flavor and effervescent quality unlike most stout ales, the beer has been fondly welcomed each winter by both Sixpoint staff members as well as the public. The cans, which are black aluminum with bronze accents, reflect the beer’s intense and nuanced sooty-brown hue.

“Diesel was one of the first beers we ever made, an original homebrew recipe of mine. This beer was being brewed well before the style category ‘Black IPA’ was even invented. The original intention of this beer was to merge the hoppy and spicy characteristics of a solid IPA with the roasted and nutty character of an American Stout. Our fans have always regarded this beer as a cult classic, and now it is available for them to take home in 16 oz. cans, in true Sixpoint style.”

Speaking on behalf of the Sixpoint brewing staff, brewer Sean Redmond said of Diesel: “It’s always been hands-down our favorite beer that we make.”

As cans of Autumnation fade to black Diesel, fans can look forward to two more seasonal beers in cans from Sixpoint to come in 2012. The seasonal offerings have provided an exciting dimension to Sixpoint’s highly acclaimed canned beer program, which was introduced just three months ago. Soon after the brewery’s core beer flavors — Sweet Action, Bengali Tiger IPA, Righteous Ale, and The Crisp — became available in cans, customers began depleting stocks faster than they could be produced, and fans clamored for more of their favorite Sixpoint flavors to be available in the portable canned format. The design of the cans has earned praise from Esquire, The New York Times, and numerous websites and blogs, such as Power Animals, which dubbed it, “The classiest beer can ever.”

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BeerAdvocate & Sixpoint Launch "Beer for Beasts" in Brooklyn

A Celebration of Beer, Food and People, for a Good Cause

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Brooklyn, NY - Feburary 1, 2011) BeerAdvocate and Sixpoint are joining forces to host a phenomenal cultural event showcasing creative beers, food, and people, all in the name of compassion toward animals. Beer for Beasts will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2011, at The Bell House, located in Gowanus section (149 7th Street) of Park Slope in Brooklyn, NY, with all proceeds benefiting The Humane Society of New York City.

"We've hosted over 30 beer fests, but Beer for Beasts has already become close to our hearts. We're excited to be working with our friends at Sixpoint to celebrate our passion for good beer, food, people, and our love for animals," said BeerAdvocate founder Todd Alström.

Making the event even more extraordinary, Sixpoint will present at least 16 brand new beers, all brewed exclusively for Beer for Beasts. Many of these beers will be collaborative brews, made with other members of the community at Sixpoint's facility. The beers at Beer for Beasts will be the cumulative effort of months of collaboration, mentorship, and "Mad Scientist" innovation, with each member of the Sixpoint staff proudly representing a brew of their own. "Our goal is to showcase a community overflowing with talent, and celebrate their ingenuity and genuine good spirit with our friends by fostering a really positive experience," said Shane Welch, Sixpoint Brewery President.

And to help kick off this annual event in raucous style will be live entertainment from JerseyFresh Burlesque and other local artists, plus beer-friendly food pairings from Calexico, Mile End, Pizza Moto, Prime Meats, and Brooklyn Soda Works.

Beer for Beasts tickets will be $60 (all inclusive) and available via Brown Paper Tickets. Ticket price includes access to one session (1-5pm or 6-10pm), all beer tastings, food, and entertainment. All attendees must be 21+ with a valid ID. Tickets go on sale Friday - February 4, 2011. Tickets are limited.

For more info: http://beerforbeasts.com

About BeerAdvocate
Founded in 1996 by brothers Jason & Todd Alström, BeerAdvocate (BA) is a global, grassroots network, powered by an independent community of beer enthusiasts and industry professionals who are dedicated to supporting and promoting beer. With their motto "Respect Beer." as a foundation, BA organizes multiple world-class beer fest, publishes BA magazine monthly (celebrating 50 issues in March 2011), and hots the largest consumer website for beer on planet Earth. http://beeradvocate.com

About Sixpoint
Sixpoint Brewery was born out of an 800 square foot garage in Brooklyn, New York City in 2004 by homebrewer Shane Welch, who had amassed over 1000 individual homebrew recipes. The brewery's name is derived from the ancient six-pointed brewers' star, which had symbolically adorned the walls and equipment of ancient breweries since at least the Medieval period. Sixpoint's motto is "Beer is Culture" to highlight the human trajectory - the earliest human civilizations were founded upon the cultivation of cereal grains for making beer. Sixpoint aims to perpetually inspire the art, creativity, and community generated through beer by acknowledging the history of the craft, while forging ahead to inspire culture in a modern setting. http://facebook.com/sixpoint

Related links:
http://thebellhouseny.com
http://humanesocietyny.org
http://calexicocart.com
http://mileendbrooklyn.com
http://pizzamotobklyn.com
http://frankspm.com
http://brooklynsodaworks.com

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Facebook: http://facebook.com/Beer4Beasts
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Beer4Beasts

Event links in the BA calendar:
Day Session: http://beeradvocate.com/events/info/41350
Night Session: http://beeradvocate.com/events/info/41351

Terrapin Hudson Valley Farm & New York State Beer Dinner

Hudson Valley Farm
&
New York State Beer Dinner
Thursday, July 22, 2010
5pm - 9pm
$39/person

Reservations Required - (845) 876-3330


sliced fresh summer peach, camembert and arugula crostini migliorelli peaches, sky farm arugula, old chatham sheep herding company camembert
Ommegang Witte ~ a classic belgian style white ale 4.5%abv


toussant cheese fondu with roasted vegetables and wild mushroom stuffed squash blossom migliorelli farm squash blossom and vegetables, sprout creek toussant cheese
Captain Lawrence Kolsh ~ a crisp pilsner style ale 5.5%abv
Keegan Old Capitol ~ a crisp, refreshing golden ale 4.8%abv
Brooklyn Sorachi Ace ~ a single hop, golden belgian saison style ale 7.6%abv


sauteed black trumpet & chanterelle mushrooms
served over your choice of:
half roasted chicken, grilled sirloin, or sweet summer corn cake served with carrot mashed and sauteed kale migliorelli farm carrots and kale, northwind farms chicken, hudson valley cattle company sirloin, wild local mushrooms provided by leigha
Bluepoint RastafaRye ~ a crisp, hoppy rye ale 7.5%abv
Wagner Valley Oatmeal Stout ~ a robust, earthy oatmeal stout 5.5%abv
Six Point Brownstone Ale ~ a rich, malty brown ale 5.7%abv


house made black forest ice cream cake
chocolate cherry ice cream on devils food cake coated in a hard chocolate shell
migliorelli farm cherries, hudson valley fresh cream
Ithaca 12 ~ a dark belgian style quadruple anniversary ale 12%abv
Brown's Whiskey Porter ~ a smooth, rich porter aged in whiskey barrels 5.75%abv
Southern Tier Creme Brulee ~ a rich, creamy imperial milk stout brewed with vanilla ~9.2%abv

Terrapin Restaurant is located at:

6426 Montgomery St
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Phone: 845.876.3330
Fax: 845.876.6274

Greenpoint Beer Festival at Red Star Bar

Beerfest featuring John Forté

The Greenpoint Beer Festival at Red Star Bar

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. (October 26, 2009) – Red Star Bar, Brooklyn's premiere sports bar will be hosting the first annual "Greenpoint Beer Festival" set to kick-off at 1:00pm on November 7, 2009.

Featuring over 20 craft and microbrews attendees will enjoy a variety of specialty brews from over 15 local, national, and international breweries including Blue Point, Sierra, Smuttynose, Lagunitas, Brooklyn’s own Kelso and Sixpoint, Brooklyn Brewery’s brewmaster reserve, and for the first time in the United States, Latis’s Steenbrugge Tripel. Attendees can also sample
up to six of these unique and great beers for only $20!

Beerfest will also feature live music all day with a special performance by Brooklyn's own Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer, John Forté. Forté will perform powerful songs from his critically acclaimed new StyleFREE EP available on iTunes now!

SittinOnMusic Studio’s Evan Watson, Craig Mitchell, Tamika Jones, Fatso, and Kelly Jo will round out the bill.

"We couldn’t be more excited! To have John Forté and this lineup of beers - it’s what Red Star is all about. Great music, great sports, great food, great beer. It only enhances the sense of community that Red Star was built on." – Eric Hall, General Manager.

With beer educators on site, tasty fare from Executive Chef John Manzo’s kitchen, and amazing live music all day, Beerfest will be an event that any beer enthusiast, music buff and sports fan will enjoy and be talking about for a long time!

Must be 21+ to attend.

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About Red Star Bar:

Red Star opened in 2007 and is Brooklyn's premiere sports bar. Red Star houses 11 HD screens and features all the major sports packages (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, College Football and Basketball) daily. Executive Chef John Manzo serves up his personal take on comfort food featuring organically grown and free range ingredients. Red Star also features 14 draft beer taps a wide range of beers from around the world. For reservations and programming information please call 718.349.0149.

37 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11222

All press inquiries to: press@3vnyc.com

About John Forté:

John Forté is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer from Brooklyn, New York, best known for his work with the multi-platinum group “The Fugees.” On November 24, 2008, Forté was granted a commutation by President George W. Bush after having served more than seven years of a fourteen-year federal prison sentence for a first-time non-violent drug
offense. Those who campaigned on his behalf include famed singer/songwriter Carly Simon and Senator Orrin Hatch (R) of Utah.

This July, marking the nine-year anniversary of the date of his arrest, Forté released StyleFREE the EP, his first collection of new music in eight years. Forté’s undeniable talent as a lyricist and musician, far from diminishing during his incarceration, has grown and matured. His new songs, full of powerful social commentary combined with hope and inspiration, bear witness to the remaking of a man and his struggle to remain free – they are a testament to his spiritual journey and proof that the phoenix can, and will, rise from the ashes.

For more information on John Forté :
www.girlieaction.com
http://www.johnforte.com/#/cat-3

President Obama and New York Beer

EDIT: I have just confirmed that Aroma Thyme Bistro in Ellenville, NY will be getting a keg of Obamagang delivered today. I will be there on Friday January 23rd to host their monthly beer dinner and I will certainly be tasting this beer. You can look forward to a review shortly after.

Inaguration Day 2009 is rapidly approaching and what better way to celebrate then with beer? Not any beer but Barack Obama beer! Several breweries around the country will be making Barack Obama themed beer and two of them are right here in New York.

This article discusses the launch of Brewery Ommegang's Obamagang or the politically correct name of the beer, "Ale 2009".

This quote explains the reasoning behind the naming controversy. "Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, N.Y., had hoped to mark this historic inauguration with a single-batch brew called Obamagang, but federal regulators at the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau told them it was a no-go. “They said you can’t use anybody’s name for commercial purposes without their permission,” said marketing director Larry Bennett. The brewery has decided to re-christen the beer Inauguration Ale and plans to parcel out 600 kegs of the draft-only brew among select bars in Washington, Philadelphia, New York and other urban areas."

A press release from Ommegang stated "The TTB won’t let us call the beer Obamagang on the keg label. So it will be known legally as Inauguration Ale 2009, but the tap handles will be more . . . um . . . direct. The style lies between a porter and stout, with a bit of Kriek and a touch of chocolate blended in. It will be on draft only, beginning with the inauguration – in limited areas including DC, NYC, Syracuse, Philly, Chicago and Boston. We will donate a percentage of sales to charities in the respective cities where the beer is sold, and we’ve asked our distributors to match our donations and pick the local charities. (Also please note that the beer is not an endorsement of Obama.)"

This article tells us that some of Sixpoint Craft Ales' Hop Obama beer will be available for inauguration day. When Sixpoint started selling the beer in March and then brought it back from August to election day. The brewery sold 504 kegs, but not all of it was drank. Barkeepers decided to store some away and break it out on Inaguration Day. No word yet on what New York bars will have the beer, but Cambridge Common Restaurant in Massachusetts has sent out a Facebook invite claiming to be "the only (known) beer bar, on the planet, to be pouring this brew".

Please do not ask me why the folks at the Alcohol and Tobacco Tan and Trade Bureau will allow Sixpoint to have the President elects name in their beer, but shut down Ommegang. It is as confusing to me as it is to you. Maybe the new President will explain the hypocrisy to the ATTTB, or whatever the hell initials they use.

The picture was provided by http://www.its-pub-night.com/ a fantastic beer blog based in Portland, Oregon.