This week on Beer Sessions Radio™ on the Heritage Radio Network, host Jimmy Carbone welcomes Staten Island’s Flagship Brewing Co. head brewer, Patrick Morse, whose beer pedigree includes having written his college thesis on beer (we love this brewer already!) plus time working for Harpoon Brewery, Greenpoint Beerworks (he made the Patrick’s Belgian Blonde that is at Houston Hall) and Eagle Rock in CA; he’s pouring his hoppy American Wit (we love this beer already!). They’re brand-new brewery (yup, they bought it new) and they’re doing their “soft” grand opening this Saturday, May 17th (they’re an 8-minute walk from the ferry or first stop on the SIRR). Hear how Staten Island’s first brewery since the 1960’s got its start,
Marty Mattrazzo of The Farmhouse Brewery, whom Jimmy met at last month’s New York Wine, Beer and Spirits Summit with Gov. Cuomo, calls in to talk about his malting room, hop farm and brewery upstate. All their grain is bought from NY State farms, which they malt and sell back to NY State breweries. Learn all about how they “steep, germinate and kiln” in one system in a 12’x16′ space (sounds like it would fit in a Brooklyn apartment!). They’re the first of roughly a half-dozen malt houses that are expected to come online in the next year or so.
On the oenology side of things, wine educator Tess Anne Rose is in the studio, making wine accessible though her classes. She’s facing off against Zach Mack of Alphabet City Beer Co., who together with Tess Anne will be hosting a wine v. beer food pairing next Tuesday (May 20th) at Jimmy’s No. 43. Zach talks about his first “food and beer” perfect pairing moment, while Tess Anne appreciates the challenge of wooing with wine by finding the complementary vintage whether or not beer has an inherent advantage when it comes to food pairings. Keith Beaver (owner of In Vino) pops in to say “hello” at the end of the show.
Listen to the full episode here.