jeffkaplan.net » Beer http://blog.jeffkaplan.net Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:30:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 St Patrick’s Day 2009 recap http://blog.jeffkaplan.net/2009/08/st-patricks-day-2009-recap/ http://blog.jeffkaplan.net/2009/08/st-patricks-day-2009-recap/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:59:46 +0000 Jeff http://blog.jeffkaplan.net/?p=209 I had “live tweeted” the journey to McSorley’s on St. Patrick’s day this year. Twitter is great for live publishing, but not so much for showing historical data. Below is a recap of the days tweets:

Tue Mar 17 04:10:04
The day starts at 4am, when it ends, nobody knows

Tue Mar 17 04:55:11
james is early, the streets  are empty, this is a good sign

Tue Mar 17 06:28:57
on line, sun is starting to rise

Tue Mar 17 06:55:55
http://twitpic.com/26fix – On line   still dark out.

Tue Mar 17 07:27:26
Fingers cold, spirits high. Half hour to go.

Tue Mar 17 07:57:43
Inside McSorleys!

Tue Mar 17 08:14:33
Cheese plate and dark, breakfast of champions

Tue Mar 17 08:51:51
http://twitpic.com/26hk8 – Ah  dark

Tue Mar 17 09:31:43
Good times are afoot at mcsorleys. We have green hats now.

Tue Mar 17 09:48:50
http://twitpic.com/26j2k – James and mikey havin a good time

Tue Mar 17 10:31:37
No nay never no more…..

Tue Mar 17 10:33:01
Mcsorleys has the tv on for some reason. Today show with celtic dancers.

Tue Mar 17 11:18:32
Sang god bless america 10 times already

Tue Mar 17 11:31:52
Good times are abound. Star spangled banner time.

Tue Mar 17 11:57:45
Corned beef, not bad, I’ve had better

Tue Mar 17 12:07:40
Met a guy named sean. Threatened to play all 19 minutes of free bird. Also singing journey songs in the back room.

Tue Mar 17 12:31:24
Sun looks bright, do not want

Tue Mar 17 12:41:48
outside. Nice day, for crazyness.

Tue Mar 17 12:46:47
Wandering  3rd ave. Lookout!

Tue Mar 17 13:05:48
At the pour house on 3rd. No, third in manhattan

Tue Mar 17 13:36:08
Headed to 47th street. Watch out midtown.

Tue Mar 17 13:50:08
Connollys? they have beer and people in green

Tue Mar 17 14:23:35
Brian and Eric from Maritime are leading the way.  That can’t be good.

Tue Mar 17 15:46:27
Alex? (who the f is alex?)

Tue Mar 17 15:27:32
How is “oh lay oh lay oh lay” an irish tune?

Tue Mar 17 16:00:11
http://twitpic.com/26x6t – Lucky you.

Tue Mar 17 16:16:29
Leaf on the wind, leaving connollys.

Tue Mar 17 16:42:15
wow. Katz’s deli. Thanks greg.

Tue Mar 17 17:44:51
Sunrise sunset. Ave A Stalin says Donesky

A few notes here.
The bar we went to after McSorley’s was The Village Pour House. They had a decent beer selection, but after McSorley’s, Bud was the only thing I could stomach. The trip to 47th street was to Connolly’s. The place was fairly huge, long bar with tables in the back. There is a statue of Lenin on the roof of a building on Ave. A and Houston St.
Pictures taken with the regular camera can be found here.

]]> http://blog.jeffkaplan.net/2009/08/st-patricks-day-2009-recap/feed/ 0 Tasting at Bierkraft http://blog.jeffkaplan.net/2006/10/tasting-at-bierkraft/ http://blog.jeffkaplan.net/2006/10/tasting-at-bierkraft/#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:01:51 +0000 Jeff http://www.jeffkaplan.net/2006/10/18/tasting-at-bierkraft/ On Tuesday Gary and I went down to Bierkraft for “Octoberfest in October”. Six Octoberfest beers paired with “drunken” cheeses. More about that in a minute. Bierkraft is located in Park Slope. Its a part of Brooklyn with more French restaurants than pizza places. Everything is a little uppity for my taste but still good, the store was no exception. A cooler lined wall overflowing with beers of the world. Bottles, and cans, are sorted by country. Basically if they don’t have it you cant get it in the states. A real OMG kind of beer store.

Back to the tasting. It starts at 7:00 and at 6:30 they give out tickets on a first come first serve basis. We got our tickets early and hung out in the rain till almost seven. The tasting takes place out back and you have to walk through the back door of the store. Outside is a tented seating area complete with turtle tank spotlight. Our hosts were Robert “I wash my lederhosen in my beer stein” Reeves & Ben “That’s just messed up, dude” Granger. Both the guys were very knowledgeable about the beer and cheese served. A little story about the beer and cheese were given with each pairing. The Ayinger Oktoberfest was my favorite. This went with the last cheese Epoisse, which smelled like barn yard. Beware of any cheese served on a spoon people.

Overall it was a fun trip. Got to try some new stuff and walked out of there with $30 in beers. The Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA better be worth every cent of its 96 RB rating. Probably wont make the trek again for a while though. Its a good time but you don’t get enough free booze and food the the effort. If I lived around the corner it would be another story.

Beirkraft
191 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 230-7600

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