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First published in Beers of the World, February 2009 Bierkraft: Sometime in New York City… “Gourmet Grocery and Beer Emporium” reads the strapline atop Bierkraft, one of several specialist shops that cluster in Brooklyn’s leafy Park Slope neighbourhood, and the beer emporium of your imagination may very well look something like this. The […] Beer sellers: Bierkraft ABV: 5.3% Origin: Downington, Pennsylvania, USA Website: www.victorybeer.com Victory Prima Pils Victory founders Bill Covaleski and Ron Barchet are two old school friends that became home brewers and later moved into brewing professionally at pioneer craft brewers like the Baltimore Brewing Company and Old Dominion. Both trained in Germany — […] Beer sellers: Bierkraft ABV: 6% (not officially declared) Origin: Kingston, New York, USA Website: www.keeganales.com Keegan Mother's Milk Located in a building from the early 1800s in the former capital of New York state, the Keegan Ales plant previously enjoyed a life as the Woodstock brewery. This closed in 2001 and was simply […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook, January 2009. Beer sellers: Bierkraft ABV: 10% Origin: Lakewood, New York, USA Website: www.southerntierbrewing.com Southern Tier hoppe extra pale ale ‘Southern Tier’ is the informal geographical term for the southwest counties of New York state, and was also the name chosen by Phineas […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version was published on facebook January 2009. Beer sellers: Bierkraft ABV: 7.7% Origin: Southampton, New York, USA Website: www.southamptonbrewery.com Southampton Cuvée des Fleurs The Southampton Publick House, Don and Charlie Sullivan’s acclaimed brewpub in the town of the same name at the eastern end of Long Island, […] Top tastings 2008. A shorter version was first published on facebook January 2009. Beer sellers: Bierkraft ABV: 9% Origin: Portland, Maine, USA Website: www.allagash.com Allagash Victoria Ale Victoria is a very special golden ale brewed with Chardonnay grapes, part of the brewery’s “tribute” series, with $1 from each bottle going towards restoration […] |
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