beertography

Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale

2012-01-27T09:01:00.000-05:00

Today's post features Oskar Blues' Dale's Pale Ale, one of the best canned beers out there. It was submitted by the great photographer Daryl Meek aka Hepcat75. Dale's is easily one of my go-to beers when I'm looking for something hoppy, delicious and also easy to drink quite a few of. You can check out Daryl's photos on his website digitalartscape.com.

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Goose Island Fleur

2012-01-26T08:57:00.000-05:00

Today we've got a very cool shot of Goose Island Fleur submitted by Vinny Vicidomine. For those who haven't had this one before, it's a Belgian Style Pale Ale with Hibiscus and Kombucha Tea thrown in. I know there are some beer geeks out there that have decided to write off Goose Island now that they're owned by the big boys, but I think as long as they're still producing quality beer I'll still be supporting them with my wallet.

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Lost Abbey in New Jersey

2012-01-25T11:08:00.000-05:00

Today we've got Lost Abbey bottles featured on the site, submitted by Jonathan Miller to celebrate their recent move into New Jersey. Jon took this photo at Canal’s Discount Liquor Mart in Berlin, NJ which is now carrying both Lost Abbey and Port beers, much like many other great beer stores across the state.

Jon is a reporter for New Jersey Craft Beer, and if you live in or ever visit NJ, you must check it out.

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Southern Tier Eurotrash Pilz

2012-01-24T10:42:00.000-05:00

Today we feature Southern Tier's latest seasonal release, Eurotrash Pilz, submitted by Jon-Claude Dalimonte. Here's the lowdown from Southern Tier themselves:

What started as a way for our cellarmen to propagate yeast for our summer seasonal Farmer’s Tan has taken on a life of its own. Originally brewed as a house draught brand and made in very limited quantities, Eurotrash Pilz is now available in our seasonal lineup. Fitting perfectly between Old Man Winter and Hop Sun, this addition will help bridge the gap between winter and the summer months. Eurotrash Pilz is a lighly carbonated, malty pilsner, and is perfect for session drinking at a moderate 5.2% abv.

Sounds good to me. I haven't seen it around yet but I'll definitely pick some up when I do.

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Jolly Pumpkin Biere De Mars Grand Reserve

2012-01-23T12:36:00.000-05:00

Today's photo features Jolly Pumpkin Biere De Mars Grand Reserve from Stephen V. Here's what he had to say about it:

This is a rare bottle of Jolly Pumpkin's Biere De Mars Grand Reserve and also one of the best brews I have ever had the privilege of tasting.

Stephen also wanted to send a special shout out to welcome home Josh Eppard and that this photo was specifically for one Howard Stern Staffer, Richard Christy. You can check out Stephen's other photography on Photobucket.

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Brewing with Sixpoint for Beer For Beasts

2012-01-20T12:51:00.000-05:00

Yesterday I had the extreme pleasure of brewing a beer with Sixpoint for their upcoming charity event Beer For Beasts. This was my first time visiting the Red Hook brewing facility, and it's shockingly small. Some of their brews and their nanokegs come out of the Lion Brewery in Wilkes-Barre, so they've probably saved some space that way. Other than having to take the subway and a bus in order to get to it's remote location, it's a great little brewing concern.

I worked with Pete Dickson who's been brewing with Sixpoint for about a year now. The photo above is the system we used to make the 21 gallons or so of the beer that will be consumed at Beer For Beasts at the end of March.

The recipe was my homebrew "Old Lidblower" scaled up from a 5 gallon batch. We actually missed our OG by a bit, which we assumed was probably because of the large amount of specialty malt (black, chocolate, dark crystal). But hey, that's okay, beer is beer and it tasted great before going into the fermentor.

Here's the mash. It was really nice to have a 3 part tiered system versus what I'm used to in my kitchen. It just makes everything way smoother. It made me really want to purchase a pump instead of using my auto-siphon all the time.

And we have a boil! This is when it really started smelling terrific.

And here we have the label on the side of the fermentor after the brew day was done. We actually put it into a Blichmann conical fermentor which was pretty cool. I'm used to simple brew buckets.

It was a great time hanging with the Sixpoint guys and also incredibly fun to brew on a larger system with a professional brewer. Do you want to try this beer? Then you have to come to Beer For Beasts!

Beer For Beasts
Saturday, March 31, 2012
The Bell House (149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY).
All proceeds to benefit The Humane Society of New York City.

Tickets for Beer for Beasts go onsale Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 12pm/ET. Each ticket will be $60 and include access to one session (1-5pm or 6-10pm), beer and food tastings, and entertainment.

Head over to beerforbeasts.com for more info

Lost Abbey Red Barn Saison

2012-01-17T08:57:00.000-05:00

Today's photo features Lost Abbey Red Barn Saison submitted by G-LO aka @boozedancing. Not only is this a great, mouth-watering photo but it's also worthwhile to note that Lost Abbey / Port Brewing recently expanded it's distribution into New Jersey. This is great news for those of us that live in NJ, and marks yet another great craft brewery stretching itself across the country. Let's hope that they'll be able to maintain and not have to pull out of some states like some breweries have had to do.

Check out G-LO's blog It's Just the Booze Dancing for more great photos and beery stuffs.

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Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout

2012-01-13T10:52:00.000-05:00

Today's photo features a fantastic photo of Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout submitted by Robert Rizzolo. I just want to see that beer opened right NOW! And then drink it of course. Check out Robert's awesome new blog Of Malts and Monks to see some of his other great beertography.

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Ithaca Cascazilla

2012-01-12T11:11:00.000-05:00

Today's photo comes to us from Jon-Claude Dalimonte and features Ithaca's wonderful hoppy Red Ale, Cascazilla. Ithaca Beer Company is currently building a brand new brewery, you can check out photos of their progress on their website. Check out this review of the beer from The Full Pint.

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Hill Farmstead

2012-01-11T08:54:00.000-05:00

Today's photo comes to us from Matthew Bambach and features a beauty of a shadow inside a Hill Farmstead glass. I just love everything about this photo. You may remember our Vermont Beer Road Trip this past June that had a stop at the brewery in Greensboro Bend, VT. We have to go back! Who wants to road trip it?

Go check out Artistic Ales on Facebook, Matt's Beer Photography album. Thanks Matt, hope we see more from you!

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Brooklyn Brewery Local 1

2012-01-11T08:53:00.001-05:00

Today's photo features Brooklyn Brewery Local 1, submitted by Jake Austin. It feels like just yesterday that Local 1 hit store shelves for the first time, but it's actually been around for almost 5 years now. And it's still dang good.

Check out Jake's blog here.

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Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye

2012-01-10T09:11:00.000-05:00

Today's photo features Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye, submitted by Jenn S. This is Sierra's newest release and replaces Glissade which was their Spring seasonal. I haven't even seen this one on shelves yet. How is it?

Interestingly enough, there's already been another Ruthless Rye by Barrier Brewing Company. Guess there's no problem there though as most (all?) of Barrier's beers are one-offs.

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Mikkeller Single Hop Series

2012-01-06T08:59:00.000-05:00

Today's photo features the full lineup of the Mikkeller Single Hop Series and was submitted by Robert Rizzolo, the winner of our Brooklyn Brewery Beertography Contest back in November. If you're unfamiliar with the idea of a Single Hop Series, it really is just what you'd think it'd be. Mikkeller uses the exact same malt for every single beer but then each beer only gets one variety of a hop added to it. If anyone out there is studying for the BJCP Exam, these beers are a great way to familiarize yourself with the aroma and flavors of individual hop varietals.

Robert said that this was how he spent Christmas with his brothers. I highly approve. Thanks for the photo Robert!

Sidenote: How do YOU pronounce Mikkeller? I've been saying it "mih-keller" but lately I've heard both "MICK-uh-ler" and "mee-kuh-ler". Thoughts?

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Brewdog 5 A.M. Saint

2012-01-05T10:49:00.000-05:00

Continuing our international series, today's photo features BrewDog 5 A.M. Saint and was submitted by Heiðrún Bryggeriet from Stockholm, Sweeden. What are your thoughts on BrewDog? I know they've sort of polarized the craft beer community. Do you like them? Love them? Hate them?

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Beer From Across the Pond

2012-01-04T12:01:00.000-05:00

Today's photo was submitted by Bill Bradshaw and features a photo taken at his local pub, The Halfway House in Pitney, Somerset, United Kingdom. Bill is a freelance photographer specialising (UK spelling!) in cider and beer.

This reminds me of two things: 1) I want to try more artisanal ciders, especially after listening to the Beer Sessions Radio podcast on Cider Week. 2) I really need to visit England, amongst many other places in Europe. Somehow I've been sheltered from international travel and have only made is as far as Iceland.

You should go check out Bill's website at billbradshaw.co.uk and also his blog at iamcider.blogspot.com.

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Happy New Year - Tapped Craft Beer Contest Roundup

2012-01-03T08:57:00.000-05:00

Happy 2012! I hope everyone's holidays were excellent and beer-filled. In case you missed it, Charlie Scudder came home with the Whole Foods prize pack after a heated back-and-forth on Christmas Eve and a grand total of over 1000 votes! Congrats to Charlie. Also, Emily & Matt at Tapped Craft Beer Events have decided to award Brian Altschul, the VERY close runner-up with at $25 Whole Foods gift card. So awesome. Congrats to Brian as well, and thanks to everyone else who entered! Since we got quite a few awesome entries, I thought I'd post a few more today for all to see.

James Heavener

Peter Kennedy

Richard Mitchell

Chet Desai

BeerUnion

Kristen Trzeciakowski

Rodney McPhail

Thanks again to our partners Tapped Craft Beer Events and Whole Foods. Keep an eye out for more Beertography Contest in the future!

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Bomb Lager

2011-12-23T09:00:00.002-05:00

Today's photo was submitted by Mike Raymond, founder of Bomb Beer Company. Bomb Lager is a traditional Bavarian Helles brewed with "some of the best malts around. No adjunct. No surprises. Just quality ingredients from quality suppliers." I first became aware of Bomb Lager at the Village Voice's Brooklyn Pour festival, but unfortunately I didn't get to actually give it a try.

In the photo you see their awesomely designed cans accompanied by a hand painted skatedeck that they had our their artist do for them. Also check out their Facebook page where they actually ended up giving the board away! Very cool. I hope to give them a try soon.

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Sebago Slick Nick Winter Ale

2011-12-22T10:48:00.000-05:00

Today's photo was submitted by @momsmaltbarley and features Sebago Brewing Company's Slick Nick Winter Ale. Unfortunately I've never had a beer from Sebago but they seem to have some pretty interesting stuff. I'll be spending all of next week in Southern New Hampshire, maybe I can find some there? I'm not entirely sure of their distribution. Anyone know?

You can also check out Mom's Malted Barley Blog!

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Dogfish Head 60 and 120 Minute IPA

2011-12-21T11:13:00.000-05:00

Today's photo was submitted by @Brian_Mcq and features the tap handle of Dogfish Head's 60 Minute IPA. Brian visited the brewery in Milton, Delaware this past weekend and the above was his favorite photo.

Brian also tweeted this side-by-side photo of 2008 120 Minute (left) and 2011 120 Minute (right) and thought the 2011 was better. I was surprised at the big difference in color. Very interesting. I have a bottle or two of 2008 120 at home, maybe it's time to open one up? Cheers and thanks for the photos Brian!

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Sixpoint Righteous Ale

2011-12-20T10:32:00.000-05:00

Anyone out there follow the NHL? Who's your team? Loyal reader Jared Walkowitz submitted this photo of himself enjoying a Sixpoint Righteous Ale while watching the New Jersey Devils on TV and wearing his Devils t-shirt. I happen to be a Devils fan as well, and with a recent hot streak and a big game against the New York Rangers tonight, I figured today would be a good day to post this submission. Unfortunately the last time I posted a sports-related beertography, it jinxed the team and they lost. Hopefully this doesn't continue the streak. Unless you hate the Devils, then you're rooting for my jinxing. Let's see some beertography of YOUR favorite team along with some good beer!

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Top Ten Selected, it's Time to Vote! - Holiday Beertography Contest

2011-12-19T11:14:00.001-05:00

Our good friends over at Tapped Craft Beer Events have selected their top 10 photos of the many submissions. Head on over to their Facebook page now to view and vote. Voting is easy, just click Like on the photo of your choice. The winner will received a $100 Whole Foods gift card, Whole Foods On Tap t-shirt and koozie!

Top Ten Entrants (in alphabetical order):

G-LO, aka BoozeDancing
Brian Altschul
Charles Scudder
Chet Desai
Edgar Cruz, CraftBrewsCT
Jeff Quinn
Jessica Oh
Stephen Lyford
Stephen V.
Tom Bricker

You can like as many photos in the album as you want. The winner will be the photo with the most likes at 11:59pm on Saturday, December 24th. GO VOTE NOW!

Thanks again to our awesome sponsor, Whole Foods On Tap located in the Columbus Circle Whole Foods. Yes, it's a bar inside a Whole Foods and yes it's all craft beer. It's amazing. Also thanks to Tapped Craft Beer Events' Emily and Matt for being awesome partners in this fun endeavor!

Holiday Beertography Contest Update - Win a $100 Whole Foods Gift Card

2011-12-15T13:56:00.001-05:00

Do you want to win a $100 Whole Foods gift card, t-shirt and koozie? The answer is yes, yes you do. We've teamed up with Tapped Craft Beer Events and Whole Foods On Tap Columbus Circle for the next official Beertography Contest! If you've been following our Beertography of the Day series, then you already have an idea of what we're looking for. The only difference here is that all of the entries must be holiday-themed in order to be eligible to win.

First, a little about our partners in this endeavor! Founded by Emily & Matt Garland, Tapped Craft Beer Events is the first and only firm in New York City devoted primarily to craft beer tastings for corporate and private events. Which means they're just what your dull, ho-hum Holiday office party needs.

Our insanely generous sponsor, Whole Foods On Tap is located within the Whole Foods at Columbus Circle in Manhattan. Yes, it is a full bar with amazing eats WITHIN a Whole Foods. If you're from the area you have to go check it out. Thank you very much WF On Tap for donating the awesome prizes!

Alright, so how does this work? Well, let me tell you. Emily & Matt will select their top ten favorite entries, post them to their Facebook page and the public will decide the winner via the Like button. The photo that gets the most Likes on Facebook will receive the $100 Whole Foods gift card (and t-shirt & koozie) that they can use at any Whole Foods location in the U.S., including the new Whole Foods On Tap in-house bar at the NYC Columbus Circle location (which we highly recommend)!

We will accept entries for this contest starting RIGHT NOW until THIS Sunday December 18th at 11:59pm EST.

Photo Courtesy of Brew York, New York

So what are you waiting for? Get those cameras out and take some beertography!

Rules:

1. All submissions must be emailed to beertography@gmail.com with the subject line Beertography Contest before 11:59pm on Sunday December 18th.
2. All photo submissions must somehow feature a holiday theme (or a holiday seasonal beer) in order to be considered. We're looking for a combination of most creative along with best photography here.
3. Winner will be determined by Likes on Tapped Craft Beer's Facebook Page.

Any questions? Feel free to email or comment below. Good luck!

Surly Wet

2011-12-09T09:30:00.004-05:00

Today's photo was submitted by Heather aka @hopheadheath and features the wonderful and rare (if you're not from around Minnesota) beer Surly Wet. This beer is brewed with 4800 lbs. of hops picked fresh in Washington and used 3 days later in MN. As you can tell, Heather was clever in her use of backdrop for this beer. You gotta love fresh hop beers.

Heather is also a reporter for our friends over at newjerseycraftbeer.com. If you live in NJ (or visit frequently) head over and pick yourself up a Membership Card to get great discounts at bars all across NJ.

If you would like to have your photos featured on the site, please email them to beertography@gmail.com. Or if you're on the go, you can tag your tweet with #beertography and/or mention me @beertography.

Hawthorn Premium Pale Ale

2011-12-08T09:30:00.001-05:00

Today's photo was submitted by the guys over at Back of the Ferry. As you can probably tell from the photo, Back of the Ferry is a Sydney based beer blog. I'm fascinated by the craft beer revolutions going on in other parts of the globe, so their blog is a real interesting read. Plus they take some great photos. The beer in this photo is Hawthorn Premium Pale Ale out of Melbourne and it was voted into the Top Ten of Australian Craft Beer last year. BOTF says the beer is "It is as face-slappingly refreshing" and it "has wonderful citrus laced bitterness". Sounds good. Who wants to go to Australia with me?

You can also follow Back of the Ferry on twitter.

If you would like to have your photos featured on the site, please email them to beertography@gmail.com. Or if you're on the go, you can tag your tweet with #beertography and/or mention me @beertography.

Barcade Crawl

2011-12-07T12:00:00.000-05:00

This past Saturday, some friends and I decided to do something a little crazy. Go to all three Barcade locations (Philadelphia, Jersey City and Brooklyn) in one day. This all came about after I visited Barcade Philly for the first time a few weeks ago and realized it wouldn't be very hard to go to both the Philly and Jersey City locations in one afternoon. After describing my trip and my thought to one Chris O' Leary of Brew York, New York, the gears in his head were immediately turning. A few days later and Chris had already set up a Facebook Event and planned out a whole route entirely utilizing mass transit. Uh oh, we were really doing this.

Chris already has a great recap on his site, so I won't go into it here. But we made it to Jersey City just after 5:00 and Brooklyn at around 9:00. Not too bad really. Obviously Philly was the long haul, but still worth it as it's a great venue. Here are a few photos to add to the mix:

They have a smoker. This means already amazing food is actually smoked amazing food.

If you like this idea but don't feel like taking mass transit, you're in luck. This Saturday 12/10, Barcade and Sixpoint are joining forces for a Barcade Crawl by BUS! A $100 ticket gets you transportation round trip from Brooklyn to all 3 Barcades, 5 oz. pours of all 10 exclusive Sixpoint beers at each location AND food in Philly. That's a pretty great deal AND all proceeds are going to charity. Do it!