Month: February 2016
What you missed on Beer Sessions Radio™: LIC Beer Project and Mekelburg’s
It’s Mardi Gras and the start of #LiquidLent, our annual challenge among several East Village Good Beer Seal bars to #DrinkLikeAMonth. We’re celebrating the season with host Jimmy Carbone and winter co-host Anne Becerra. We’re also looking forward to NYC Beer Week, as we welcome Damon Oscarson and Daniel Acosta from LIC Beer Project.
Dan started out as a homebrewer who moved into the commercial realm when he discovered that he and Damon had very common interests in beer. Their vision was to put a new twist on old-world-inspired beers. He traveled around Europe and studied at the Siebel Institute in Chicago. They’re talking about how they hope to scale their brewery to get a hold on the market (and they’re the latest to add a cool ship – the first in NYC – mechanism to a brewery).
The panel also includes Alicia Mekelburg, owner of Mekelburg’s Fine Food and Craft Beers (Clinton Hill, Brooklyn), and her beer director, Eric Hall. Their tap room boasts 16 taps and playground for Eric (formerly of Bierkraft) in bringing some awesome beers to the bar. They’re talking food and beer pairings featuring Finback Brewing on March 2nd.
Find out what everyone is drinking (and friend us on Untappd to drink along with us!). Listen to the full episode here.
What you missed on Beer Sessions Radio™: The Sixpoint Show
What a long strange trip it’s been! On this week’s episode of Beer Sessions Radio™, we catch up with the team at Sixpoint from Red Hook, Brooklyn. Host Jimmy Carbone is joined by winter guest co-host Anne Becerra (Anne Likes Beer) as Jimmy reflects on the first time he had the Sixpoint Bengali IPA, one of the first beers he ever served at his pub, Jimmy’s No. 43.
They ask Sixpoint’s head brewer Danny Bruckert how he got started in beer (by way of a brew kit!) and how he went from self-taught brewer to the American Brewers Guild program to head brewer at Sixpoint.
Also in the studio are Shane Henderson and Brendan Cost from Southern Tier Brewing Co. (they were making a call at host location Roberta’s so we brought them in to talk about their SMASH beer that they’ll be serving up at NYC Brewer’s Choice).
The life of a brewer isn’t as romantic as some might dream, but the love of brewing keeps these NY State brewers innovating and making beers as part of a “masochistic hobby.” Hear about the technical aspects as well as the favorite styles of the panel.
You can listen to the full epsiode here. And be sure to friend us on Untappd (you can find us as Beer_Sessions_Radio and drink along with us!).