The Pour | Week of 8/3
Craft Beer Releases and Brewery Events In and Around NYC
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Brewery Events
Thursday 8/4
Flagship Brewing Co - New Release Event - Beer + Baseball. Is there a better pairing? Hop the Staten Island Ferry to catch the SI FerryHawks game tomorrow night and enjoy Flagship Brewing's latest: HAWK CITY PILSNER (4.6%) // Pilsner brewed in collab with the Staten Island FerryHawks mLB. Comedian Eric D’alessandro will also be performing. Tickets here. Cans also available at the Flagship taproom.
Friday 8/5
Coney Island Brewing - The Stronger Together fundraiser benefits Ukranian refugees living in NYC. 100% of the ticket sales will benefit the NYC Ukrainian Refugee Relief Program. Beer, Food, Live Music and Fireworks! Tickets $50 - $100 (tickets not required, but only proceeds from ticket sales and direct donations will benefit the program).
Saturday 8/6
Interboro - Celebrate hip hop legend Sean Price's legacy AND the relaunch of Sean Da Barbarian Imperial Oatmeal Stout. DJs and drinks until 11pm.
Wild East Brewing - Brooklyn Music School is touring breweries to perform all summer. Next stop: Wild East! Saturday 3-6pm. RSVP for the free music fest and pre-order pizzas here!
Sunday 8/7
Bronx Brewery - Release Party for El Condado de la Salsa, a hazy IPA brewed with passionfruit, lime, and coconut, in collaboration with The Salsa Project. Enjoy a Salsa lesson class, 2 DJs, 3 live salsa bands, and more! Noon - 9pm. $20 tickets here.
Wild East Brewing - Release Party - Release party: Celebrate the release of Windrush, a smoked jerk spiced lager brewed in collab with Robyn G. Weise from Kicks and Kegs inspired by her Jamaican-English heritage. Beer, food and music! 2 - 8pm. Free to attend.
Upcoming
Flagship Brewing - Saturday, August 3rd - Do you have what it takes to compete in Flagship Brewery’s Summer Olympics? Ten teams of 2 will compete in a series of 4 games: Stein Hold, Corn Hole, Street Curling, and Ladder Ball. Want to compete? Apply here.
German Beer Brunch - Weekends through August, enjoy a hand-curated flight of 3 German beers, a brunch entree and access to games + entertainment at Treadwell Park for $40/pp. Reserve Saturdays at Treadwell Downtown here, and Sundays at Treadwell Uptown here.
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. Plus I have it on good authority, you can 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
TODAY
Other Half - FLORETS (6.6%) // A more crushable version of Broccoli with Blanc, Simcoe, Cascade, and 3xs the Mosaic.
Threes Brewing - YCLEPT (4.6%) // Hoppy Pilsner with German Tettnanger, Perle, and Saphir. A nice floral-citrus-zip and full body make Yclept incredibly balanced and floral.
- KICKING & SCREAMING ( 5.2%) // Foudre-fermended Pilsner. Putting a beer in a large oak tank transforms it entirely, and the end result is one that's super soft and refined.
Thursday 8/4
Other Half - DDH OH... FOREVER (8%) Imperial version of Oh... IPA double dry-hopped with Citra, Galaxy, and Motueka.
Friday 8/5
Evil Twin - DID YOU ACTUALLY JUST FRUIT MY HEFE? (5.5%) // Lime Hefeweizen with notes of banana, clove and honey.
- AUGUST... THE MONTH OF ESCAPING NYC (5.5%) // West Coast Pale Ale dry-hopped with Citra and Waimea.
- I'VE BEEN MISSING MY MOM's SPICED BLACKBERRY COBBLER (6.5%) // Sour IPA with blackberry, cinnamon and vanilla bean.
Non Sequiter - MR SMALL (4.8%) // Lil IPA hopped with Nelson Sauvin and dosed with some absolutely heavenly Nectaron Hop Terpenes.
- THE BOOK OF BABY NELSON (5/3%) // Hazy Pale Ale hopped w/ Bru 1 + Nelson + a sprinkle of Idaho 7.
Saturday 8/6
Grimm - MAXIMUM FUN (7.2%) // IPA with an explosive wallop of El Dorado and Mosaic juice! Big flavors of big watermelon, apricot, and jolly rancher.
- CHRONOS (5%) // Pilsner hopped with Huell Melon in the kettle, before being dry-hopped with Saphir — a delightful German varietal that lends honeysuckle, spice, and a marked noble character reminiscent of Hallertau Mittelfruh.
LIC Beer Project - HOLLOWS (8.5%) // Imperial IPA with El Dorado, Mosaic and Vic Secret. Limited release.
Finback - TETHER (8.3%) // Mixed-Culture Golden Ale with Finger Lakes Riesling Skins.
Sunday 8/7
Bronx Brewery - EL CONDADO DE LA SALSA (7%) // Hazy IPA brewed with passionfruit, lime, and coconut, in collaboration with The Salsa Project.
Wild East Brewing - WINDRUSH (5.2%) // Smoked Lager with Jerk Spice brewed in collab with Kicks and Kegs.
Now Pouring
KCBC - KRILL BILL Vol. 2 (8%) // DDH Double IPA brewed with KCBC’s TOP SECRET five-point-palm-exploding-hop-combo of Citra, Riwaka, Motueka, Nelson Sauvin & Strata, plus loads of wheat and a splattering of flaked rye.
- ZOMBIE IN A BARREL: Peach (6.6%) // Barrel Aged Fruited Sour blended from several ZOMBIE base beers, aged in French Oak barrels and conditioned on an insane amount of yellow peaches.
- VIKING BREAKDANCE (7.2%) // DDH Hazy IPA with notes of juicy tangerine, dank pineapple, white grape, and a head-spinning call-out of ripe honeydew melon.
Finback - DOUBLE SOMETHING CITRA (8.5%) // Double IPA dry-hopped with Citra for hints of mango, guava, and lychee.
- MANHATTAN BOUND F LOCAL TRAIN (8%) // Double IPA dry-hopped with Idaho 7 Cryo, Mosaic, & Azacca.
- FLOATING IN A SUNBEAM (6.5%) // Mixed-Culture Farmhouse Ale with bluberry & cherry.
- CLOUDS DON'T FALL (9%) // Double IPA dry-hopped with Mosaic, Lotus, & HBC 630.
Bridge and Tunnel - BATIBAT THE FREAKY (6%) // Sour ale with lime.
Threes Brewing - INCREDULOUS LAUGHTER (6%) // Oak Aged Biere de Miele with Buckwheat Honey aged 8 months in seasoned wine barrels.
- TYRANNY OF MIRRORS (5.5%) // West Coast Pale Ale with Citra, Strata, and Mosaic for notes of baby pine and a citrus smorgasboard.
Keg & Lantern - WHITE CHOCOLATE SUMMER STOUT (5%) // Golden Stout with vanilla bean, cacao nibs, and green cold brew.
- WITTIE WITTLE WIT (4.6%) // Wheat Ale made with coriander, lemon peel and chamomile.
Wild East Brewing - APRICITY (4%) // Taproom exclusive Sour Ale with apricot & mango, dry hopped with Citra & Mosaic for juicy flavors of fresh-squeezed OJ, POG juice and stone fruits.
- LITTLE HAUS (3.8%) // Petite German-style Pils. An even more sessionable version of Funhaus, brewed with the same continental malt & hops and decoction process. Subtly sweet, crackery pilsner malt flavor in delicate balance with peppery, herbal hops.
SingleCut - EVERYTHING SEEMS HAZY (7%) // DDH IPA V.2: 602 Trial Blend SuperGroup Collab with Yakima Chief ripe mango, electric grapefruit, honey-dipped pineapple, juicy white grape, then a crash of dank resin, fresh lime rind and a long deep linger of the unknown. This SuperGroup Collab is only available for a limited time, so act fast, or live to regret it.
Interboro - MIXIN IT UP (5%) // Fruited Gose that pours bright pink with jammy flavors and a soft salinity. Brewed with Greenport Harbor Brewing.
Circa - DANGER ZONE (9.93%) // Imperial Stout brewed for Circa's 5th birthday! Leading with aromas of dark fruit, rum spices, black tea, and cold brew coffee this brew has a medium body with a hint of sweetness. The flavors of dark chocolate, cola, sarsaparilla, birch bark, and molasses blend with a gentle, warming alcohol finish. Taproom only.
Other Half - DDH ALL GREEN EVERYTHING (10.5%) // Triple IPA An aluminum green capsule of good times with Amarillo and our hand-selected Motueka, Citra, and Mosaic.
- DDH DOUBLE CITRA DAYDREAM (8.5%) // Imperial Oat Cream IPA loaded with Citra and Citra Cryo
Always drink responsibly and stay cool out there!