The Pour | Week of 9/7
Craft Beer Releases and Brewery Events In and Around NYC
Cheers! I don’t care what the calendar says, September is officially fall. The plethora of Oktoberfest events declares it so. Stay tuned for the Oktoberfest guide coming to your inbox tomorrow, but get your lederhosen ready for some serious brewery hopping.
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Brewery Events
Saturday 9/10
KCBC: Celebrate KCBC’s 6th anniversary from 2pm onward with limited edition beer releases, a Hot Diggity Dawg Pop-Up, DJ session with Wax On Tap and an anniversary beer launch: 6TH ORBIT (8%) // DDH 6th Anniversary DIPA completely bombarded with Citra, Riwaka, Strata, Motueka, Nelson Sauvin and Galaxy hops. A supernova of tropical hop joose, with notes of bright grapefruit, gummy peach rings, pineapple sorbet, and creamy coconut.
Interboro: Celebrate 6 years of great beer with an all day bash at the brewery. Head over to try their limited anniversary releases and check out the staff talent showcase, enjoy an oyster pop-up with Flatbush Oyster Co, and DJ sets all day long!
This Weekend!
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! Choose from one of 2 sessions (I’ll be at the later one!). Get $39 tickets here.
This Week’s Releases
Thursday 9/8
Other Half - SOUTHERNHOPALISTIC (7.4%) // DDH IPA All southern hemisphere hop goodness. Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, and Wai-iti.
Friday 9/9
Evil Twin - GREENHOUSE MARZEN (5%) // Marzen conditioned on American Oak Foudre with rich notes of malts and flavors of toffee, toast and honey biscuits.
- THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE MASTERING THE ART OF AUTOMATICALLY WAKING UP JUST BEFORE YOUR STOP ON THE SUBWAY (7.5%) // West Coast IPA hopped with Citra, Columbus and Comet for notes of evergreen, pine and citrus zest.
- LUXURIOUS LUXURY VOL. TWELVE (9%) // Imperial Berliner Gose collab with The Veil that blends raspberry, peach, Meyer lemon, marshmallow, black lava sea salt and 24K gold flakes.
- RESPECT YOUR ELDERS (8%) // DIPA collab with The Dead Rabbit double dry hopped with NZ hops and conditioned on elderflower.
- SHERIDAN'S STOUT (8%) // Irish Coffee Stout collab with The Dead Rabbit inspired by Irish Coffee brewed with demerara sugar, nutmeg, vanilla and toasted oak.
Saturday 9/10
Grimm - PSYCHOKINESIS (5.3%) // Kettle Sour conditioned on white oak spirals and hopped with Mosaic and El Dorado forflavors of fresh tropical fruit and dank forest.
- FESTOONING (6%) // Oktoberfest Märzen-style lager brewed with a traditional double decoction process with acombination of German Vienna and Munich malts that bring warm notes of honey, caramel, and a fresh-baked loaf of seeded bread.
Now Pouring
TALEA - BASICALLY PUMPKIN (5%) // Autumn Ale brewed with McCormick Pumpkin Pie Spice.
Kills Boro - BLANK CHECKS (8.2%) // DDH IPA brewed with American 2-Row, Flaked Oats, and White Wheat. Double Dry Hopped with Simcoe and Citra. Smooth, lush finish packed with tropical hop character.
- FEST BIER (5.5%) // Oktoberfest-Style Lager brewed with 100% German Bavarian malts and hops.
Fifth Hammer - PUGNACIOUS PALE ALE (6%) // American Pale Ale hopped with Citra and Bravo for a pawsomely crisp fruitiness with lightly bitter balance.
Alewife - TANIWHA (10%) // Triple IPA brewed with a Southern Hemisphere load of hops, such as Wai-iti, Rakau & Motueka.
- FESTBIER (6/5%) // German Style Lager using Euro pils malt & Munich lager yeast for a moderately strong malty flavor and a soft hop bitterness to it from Polaris & Mittlefruh hops.
Interboro - FREAKY HIJIKI (4%) // Berliner Style Sour that's tart and refreshing with a jammy nose and bright lemon accent. Raspberry puree added during fermentation, hopped with Enigma, dosed with fresh lemon.
KCBC - NETHERHELLES (4.6%) // Helles Lager collab with Revocation brewed with premium German and Italian Pilsner malts along with Hallertau Tradition, Hallertau Blanc, and Saphir hops for subtle notes of herbal spice, bread-dough malt, light citrus, and clean, balanced bitterness on the finish.
Finback - SOMETHING WAI-ITI (6.5%) // IPA dry-hopped with Wai-iti for notes of apricot, peach, lemon-lime and mandarin.
Keg & Lantern - OLD PUEBLO (5%) // Prickly Pear Wheatt Ale brewed with pink cactus fruit.
Other Half - DDH Mylar Bags (8.5%) Imperial IPA hopped with Amarillo, Galaxy, Citra, Mosaic and El Dorado and crushed with Citra and Mosaic lupulin powders plus more Galaxy.
- MORE LaceD IN SPACE (10.5%) // Imperial IPA made from All Citra Everything and Space Diamonds smashed together into one big hoppy TIPA
- DDH Cream of Broccoli (7.9%) // The oat cream version of Broccoli with Cascade, Hallertau Blanc, Mosaic, and Simcoe. It has plenty of oats and a hint of milk sugar to make it super smooth and a little creamy.
Singlecut - DESERT! (7.7%) // GenreSeries DDH IIPA The dankest in the Genre Series- super zesty cannabis, sweet ripe berries, bright clementine and tangerine, and a touch of vanilla on top of that sour citrus base.
ICONYC - Oktoberfest (5.7%) // German Style Festbier made with imported German malts and noble hops.
- Pumpkin Saison (5.7%) // Spiced Saison bursting with pumpkin flavor.
Always drink responsibly and tip your bartenders!