Author Archives for Donavan
The Beer Geek Goes to a Beer Store
For about a year now I’ve been working on a Long Island Beer Guide. I decided to include all things related to beer in this Guide: pubs, brewpubs, breweries, restaurants and beer stores. Since starting the Guide I’ve seen many different approaches to selling beer. During this same time period I’ve traveled to a dozen […]
The Bull and Finch
I just walked in the door. I’m back from a fun filled weekend in Boston where I had to explain that living in New York doesn’t automatically make you a New Yorker (evidently there is some rivalry between New York and Boston concerning some sports teams).
The easiest way to get a beer in Boston is […]
The Blind Tiger in New York
Out of Penn you can catch the Local 1 (sound familiar? actually the Express train works just as well, but it lacks the beer reference, for now) down to Christopher Street and Sheridan Square. From there its only a couple of blocks to The Blind Tiger (281 Bleecker, New York, NY, 212-462-4682). Just walk down […]
German Stein Beer
One of my other jobs is being the editor of the Long Island Beer Guide which means that I have to drive around and find the greatest places on Long Island to have a beer and write about it.
On a recent trip out to New Suffolk I discovered this place called Legends that had a […]
Mixing It Up on the Red Eye
I just got back from a week in Houston Texas. This is not the place you want to be during American Craft Beer Week — the one week during the year when beer geeks all over the US flock to their local breweries and brewpubs to collect points for the Great American Beer Tour. My […]
A Mexican Shandy or Michelada Redux
Last week I tried making several Mexican beer cocktails to see what I would be getting into this month. I experimented with several cerveza preparada such as the Cubana, the Mexican Iced Tea, and the Michelada. I wasn’t really happy with any of them. But Anita from Married with dinner commented that she’s got a […]
Cinco de Tomato and Celery
In New York there’s a five cent deposit on all beer bottles so once a month or so, I load the car up and take all my empties back to the beer store. Last Saturday was the time for cleaning of my basement brewery, so the bottles had to go.
When I got to the beer […]
Sunrise Over Blue Point Bay
One of the nonalcoholic mixed drinks I have all the time is a combination of pineapple juice, orange juice, and sparkling water, topped with a splash of Grenadine. I call this my Virgin Sunrise. The Grenadine goes straight to the bottom producing a pink, grapefruit sunburst topped with the pale orange of the juices.
Since I’ve […]
Hop Sun and Summer Wiezen Ale
This afternoon I wanted to sit out in the warm sun and enjoy a lazy afternoon outside. Lounging in the sun is best done with beer in hand so naturally my thoughts turned to what I should grab from the cellar. I was in the mood for something refreshing — a wheat beer seemed the […]
Blending the Blithering Heathen Monk
A few weeks ago I was out with my friends. We went to two different pubs. At both places someone came up to the bar and ordered an Irish Car Bomb. Alright, this was right after St Patrick’s Day and the bartenders seemed to be sick of people ordering Irish Car Bombs […]
