Archive for August, 2009

• Having a 2008 Brooklyn Black Choc Stout. Damn this ages beautifully. Deep chocolate flavor with a warm mellow body. #
• Challenging my pork nemesis: ribs. Never been very successful. Hoping the summer pork fest has given me the skills needed. #

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• Troegs Rugged Trail while cleaning the BBQ pit. Tasty simple nut brown ale. Now if only there was a self-cleaning que pit. #BBQ #beer #
• @bbqlikeapro not sure on # of people. Public event in the park. Planning on around 300. BBQ sammies, chips + soda in reply to bbqlikeapro #

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• @mrsohabeer must agree. Brilliant dessert beer. Creamy vanilla goodness Ina beer. in reply to mrsohabeer #
• Have my 1st big public event on 09.05. Any advice for serving 170lbs of BBQ in a park? Yes – I have a DOH permit & commissary. #BBQ #
• Grill heating. Having Ommegang Bierre de Mars. Big Belgian. Tasty Belgian. Ass Kicking Belgian. Beautiful beer. #
• Tonite's dinner: BBQ pork tenderloin using 1/2 @chachahut Cajun Rub + 1/2 @chachahut Brisket Rub. It's an experiment. #BBQ #

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My favorite alehouse in New York City – Blind Tiger Alehouse – is having another event that makes me regret ever leaving NYC in the first place. (Not that the OAB HQ in the mountains isn’t pleasant and all…)

Sierra Nevada @ Blind Tiger Alehouse NYC
Date: August 26, 2009
Time: 4pm
Location: Blind Tiger, 281 Bleecker St., NY, NY

The List:
Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Scotch Ale (CASK)
Sierra Nevada Torpedo (CASK)
Sierra Nevada Vienna Lager
Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest
Sierra Nevada Brown
Sierra Nevada Belgian Triple
Sierra Nevada Double Debockel Doppelbock
Sierra Nevada Crystal Wheat
Sierra Nevada Stout
Sierra Nevada Blonde
Sierra Nevada Brown Saison
Sierra Nevada Vintage Bigfoot (2006)
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
Sierra Nevada Bitter
Sierra Nevada Porter
Sierra Nevada Kolsch
Sierra Nevada IPA
Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest
Sierra Nevada Celebration 2008
Sierra Nevada Anniversary
Sierra Nevada Summerfest
Sierra Nevada ESB
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (you know, we had to do it)

(If anyone happens to go to this, please drop back by Oh…a beer and leave a review in the comments.)

• What a drag: Pulled BBQ chicken yield @ about 50%. Was hoping for closer to 60%. #BBQ #

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• Excellent nite hanging w/@watershedpost. Great opening @ Chace-Randall gallery + beers & food @ Andes Hotel. @foamybeer a hit @ opening. in reply to watershedpost #

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• Apparently there is wi-fi @ T-Bar in Roxbury NY now. Had calzone + many Red Hook IPA for dinner. #

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• High & Mighty Beer of the Gods: unfiltered unpasteurized pale ale. A bit too undefined for me. Ok but not great. #
• New brews bubbling nicely: red ale & vanilla cream ale. Coffee stout might've stalled @ 1.030. OG: 1.075 Used: Safale S-04. 10 days primary #

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My favorite alehouse in New York City – Blind Tiger Alehouse – is having another event that makes me regret ever leaving NYC in the first place. (Not that the OAB HQ in the mountains isn’t pleasant and all…)

Sly Fox @ Blind Tiger Alehouse NYC
Date: August 19, 2009
Time: 4pm
Location: Blind Tiger, 281 Bleecker St., NY, NY

The List:
Sly Fox Helles Lager
Sly Fox Pikeland Pilsner
Sly Fox Phoenix Pale Ale
Sly Fox O’Reilly’s Stout
Sly Fox Saison Vos
Sly Fox Royal Weisse
Sly Fox 113 IPA
Sly Fox Incubus Triple
Sly Fox Ichor Quad
Sly Fox Odyssey Imperial IPA
Sly Fox Oatmeal Stout
Sly Fox Christmas Ale
Sly Fox Instigator Doppel Bock
Sly Fox Seamus Irish Red
Sly Fox Prometheus Porter
Sly Fox Gang Aft Agley Scotch Ale
Sly Fox Oktoberfest Lager
Sly Fox Grisette Farmhouse
Sly Fox Dunkel Weisse
Sly Fox Whitehorse Wit
Sly Fox Abbey Xtra
Sly Fox Hop Project WGV
Sly Fox Burn’s Scottish Export Ale (Cask)

(If anyone happens to go to this, please drop back by Oh…a beer and leave a review in the comments.)

• Anyone want to help me start a BBQ shack in Roxbury, NY? Have the skill & location just need a backer. #
• @beerandpork beauty pic. Gotta love brewin' on the edge in reply to beerandpork #
• Red ale & vanilla cream ale in fermenters. Both have potential. Honey amber & spicy Belgian next. Then coffee stout & a huge Russian. #
• Brew day: going to make a red ale, a vanilla cream ale & possibly a big honey amber #

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