The Pour | Week of 8/10
Craft Beer Releases and Brewery Events In and Around NYC
Cheers, friend. It’s happening slowly. The pumpkin releases and Oktoberfest brews are creeping into the taps. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for Summer to end so I can enjoy cold malty festbiers on crisp Fall afternoons. But while we wait, there’s plenty to enjoy this weekend.
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Brewery Events
Thursday 8/11
Sixpoint Art Show - A special evening showcasing Sixpoint fan art and more surprises! FREE, Dumbo Archway (155 Water St, BK), 6-9pm. Free to attend.
Friday 8/12
KCBC - New Beer Release Party - The lager lovers at KCBC are launching a brand-new Flagship Pilsner to join the SUPERHEROES in the KCBC Universe! Get there to experience INFINITE MACHINE with a limited edition take home glass, DJ and pizza (the perfect pilsner pairing). 7PM. Free to attend.
Bronx Brewery - Beer Release Party - It’s somehow already pumpkin season! Join the BxB crew to celebrate the coming of Tattooed Pumpkin with a DJ, first-come-first-served flash tattoos, empanadas and beer! 4-9pm. Bronx Backyard location. Free to attend.
Upcoming Events
Brooklyn Brew Fest - Saturday, September 10th @ BK Navy Yards - Sample ~100 styles of craft beer, bites from the city’s best food trucks and hang out with other beer lovers! With 2 sessions to choose from, I’m confident you’ll find time to come. Get $39 tickets here while they last (regular price is $60-$70).
Blocktoberfest - Saturday October 1st @BK Navy Yards - Hosted by the NYC Brewers Guild, 40 breweries are currently scheduled to pour + food trucks + probably not in a heatwave. Multiple ticket options available, including a VIP option with 1 hour of early access. Tickets on sale now!
This Week’s Releases
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Other Half - MOSAIC DREAM (6%) // IPA, smaller version of Double Mosaic Dream, hopped solely with Mosaic.
Thursday 8/11
Non Sequitur - ABRACADABRA HOLMES (6%) // Fruit Sour with cherry & lime.
- BRAIN SCRAMBLIES (8%) // DIPA with HBC 586 and Belma for passionfruit vibes with a hint of berries.
Other Half - DDH SMALL CITRA EVERYTHING (6.5%) // DDH IPA Citra version of the Small Everything IPA series featuring an aggressive dose of hand-selected Citra hops.
Friday 8/12
Other Half - HOPPING THE MAINFRAME (10%) // Imperial IPA brewed with Troon using their favorite heavily oated triple IPA recipes. Hopped with massive amounts of Nelson Sauvin, Motueka and HBC 586.
- DOOM SHOWERS (8%) // Imperial IPA brewed with Troon using super soft flaked white wheat Citra, Riwaka and a dose of Motueka.
Saturday 8/13
Grimm - TESSERACT (8%) // DIPA with Mosaic, Falconer’s Flight, and Citra hops for layers of super fresh, hoppy complexity: aromas of berry, tropical fruit, gummi peach rings, and Sunny D are married to undertones of resinous, dank spruce.
- POP! KEY LIME PIE (5.6%) // Sour Ale with toasty Vienna malt, vanilla, milk sugar, and lots of real key lime juice.
Now Pouring
Interboro - MAD FAT PIG (6%) // DDH IPA with tropical and citrus aromas; tastes of bubblegum, melon, and pineapple. Light and refreshing with a crisp finish.
KCBC - HIPPOPOCALYPSE (5.5%) // Fruited Sour with black raspberry, tart cherry & key lime brewed in collaboration with Tripping Animals. Like drinking a later Summer Berry Cherry Pie.
- LA PUERTA DE LA BODEGA (4.5%) // Chili Lime Guava Gose that’s a lime-a-licious, salty sour, with a layer of pink guava and brisk capsaicin kick from of Mexican guajillo chiles on the finish.
- PENGUINS IN CALI (5.2%) // West Coast Pale Ale hopped with a blend of Cascade, Mosaic, Amarillo & Cashmere for notes of candied pineapple, zesty grapefruit, resiny bitterness, and a retro-refreshing finish for maximum crushability.
Keg and Lantern - SOPRANO (5.1%) // Dry hopped Pilsner with Hallertau Tradition hops. Crisp, light, and aromatic with Noble hop aroma.
Kills Boro - KEY LIME TART (7%) // Dessert Sour with graham crackers, vanilla bean, marshmallow and key lime.
- WAVY TROPICS (7.0%) // DDH IPA brewed with Guava and double dry hopped with Vic Secret, Simcoe, & Citra to make this a dank tropical fruit bomb.
Fifth Hammer - CODE PINK (5.5%) // Sour Ale with strawberry, watermelon and lime.
- SUN MACHINE (5%) // Kölsch with grapefruit is back to energize your taste buds and cool you down.
Torch and Crown - LOW BRAU (4.6%) // Helles Lager, with a soft, balanced malt profile and a crisp finish.
- HIGH BRAU (5.5%) // Festbier with a nutty, lightly sweet aroma and smooth, malty finish.
Grimm - Two Equillibrium collabs on tap until the kegs kick:
- LABORATORY DOOR (8%) // brewed at Grimm
- EINSTEIN'S LAMBO (8.5%) // brewed at Equillibrium
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and three fully-spontaneous brooklambics:
- SUPERNATURE (6%) // lambic/gose cross pollination brewed with coriander and salt.
- WIMMELBILDER 2 (6.2%) // is a fruity-tart crowd pleaser.
- THE OPEN WORK CAB FRANC (7%) // macerated on whole-cluster long island grapes, sits at the intersection of lambic and natural wine.
18th Ward - LAST CHANCE (6.5%) // NEIPA with 2- row, flaked oats and a ton of white wheat fermented with their house hazy yeast blend, then dry hopped with Michigan grown Mackinac, Ariana, and Citra.
Evil Twin - GREENHOUSE (4.9) // Fruited Pilsner Yuzu-conditioned on American oak foudre.
- SUMMER FRIDAY'S (6.5%) // IPA double dry-hopped with Citra, Comet and El Dorado.
- ORANGE YOU GLAD THIS IS ANOTHER IPA (8%) // Fruited DIPA double dry-hopped with Citra, El Dorado and Mosaic and conditioned on blood orange.
- MAKE IT HOPPED GUAVA WEISSE (4%) // Berliner Weisse conditioned on guava.
- FREEZER FRESH SUNDAE - BANANA SPLIT (10%) // Imperial Stout brewed with vanilla soft serve, banana, caramel and peanuts.
Finback - ULTIMATE BEATS (9.1%) // Double IPA with coconut brewed in collaboration with J Wakefield Brewing.
- PHAGES (8%) // Double IPA dry-hopped with Motueka, Azacca, Blanc, & Citra
Wild East Brewing - TURNSTYLE SANDIA (4%) //Foeder-fermented Berliner Weisse conditioned on watermelon & lime.
Threes Brewing - GOOD BAD NEWS (6.8%) // West Coast IPA Hopped with Citra, Columbus and Crosby Estate Grown Comet for notes of cantaloupe and a grounding dankness that combine in harmonious union.
Drink responsibly and tip your bartenders!