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Episode 204 - Patrick Donagher, Alewife Brewing Patrick Donagher is in the B-rizzle Mobile Studios today. (Though, considering Casse's prolonged absence, perhaps we should rename it the J-rizzle Mobile Studios. Has a nice ring, doesn't it?) Anywho! Pat Donagher is a legend in the NYC beer bar scene (the original Ratte N Hum, The Jeffrey, Fools Gold, etc.) and has now become a brewery owner. We got him in the hot seat for a chat and obviously we all had a lot of fun. Tune in and let us know what you think! **Want to support us? We have launched a PATREON Page. Click here to let us know you care!**As always, you can email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at stealthisbeerpodcast@gmail.com. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS!You can subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!!Co-hosts: Augie Carton & John Holl Producer: Justin Kennedy Engineer: Brian Casse Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant.
BTBT hangs at Alewife Brewing Company for part 2 of the conversation with Patrick Donagher co-owner of the Beerly Legal Group. We pick up right where we left off with good beers and some wild stories. Plus the trials and tribulations of bar life and updates on the ever growing and evolving NY craft beer scene. It's a really fun show so grab a few beers and enjoy. Cheers! In case you missed it you can catch up with part 1 of the convo here.
BTBT hangs at Alewife This week the goons are at Alewife in LIC Queens hanging with owner Patrick Donagher for a special 2 part show. This 4th generation bar owner also owns the Rochard and the Jeffrey, some of the finest bars you'll find. Patrick's got a lot of exciting ventures on the way! He just finished some remodeling work at Alewife and updated the menu with his chef. Most importantly his new brew pub is releasing their first beers this week! All this and much more makes Episode 60 a pretty good time! Alewife is a staple on the Queen Craft Beer scene, if you haven’t been nows the to go and check out all the awesome brews they're rolling out with! Grab a few cold ones and enjoy…..Cheers BTBT Presents the Bottle and Can Craft Beer Share Extravaganza Event on Sunday June 3rd, at Absurd Conclave in Bushwick Brooklyn….... Click here for Details
Patrick Donagher co-owns and oversees esteemed craft beer bars ALEWIFE, THE JEFFREY, FOOL'S GOLD and THE ROCHARD. Learn what its like to run 4 bars in the country's largest beer market, while trying to also open a new brewery.
What does it mean to have clean beer? Find out this week on Beer Sessions Radio! Jimmy Carbone is joined by an awesome crew of guests including Sean Lynch of Clean Beer Project, Ben Samuel, author of Men’s Journal article about Bar Pet Peeves, Lindsey Ronchi, Bartender & Patrick Donagher of Fool’s Gold, The Jeffrey, Alewife, etc. This program was brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “When you don’t have a clean beer line [it can taste like] butter, popcorn — it just has a terrible stench.” [6:00] “We need more sites where they are talking about the quality of the beer…Making sure your lines are clean.” [12:00]
This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone is talking hoppy Belgian beers with a bunch of guests! Dan Leeman and Shahan Stepanian join the program to talk about the influences on modern Belgian beers. Nathan Hukill from Bitter Old Fecker stops by to talk about his high gravity, rustic beers. How does barrel-aging change the characteristics of Nathan’s herbaceous beers? Later, famed New York bar owner Patrick Donagher pops in to discuss the opening of his newest beer bar, Fool’s Gold. Brendan Woodcock talks about his upcoming Cicerone test. Learn more about hops, their aromatic qualities, and how different stages of hopping alter bitterness. Thanks to our sponsor, GreatBrewers.com. Music by Dead Stars. “I think there are two kinds of hoppy beers that are coming out of Belgium… there are the ones that are influenced by the American IPAs, but then, the Belgians are always about balance…” [12:00] — Dan Leeman on Beer Sessions Radio “The brewery is set up in a way that it could literally run without electricity.” [23:50] — Nathan Hukill on Beer Sessions Radio
David Yarrington, Director of Brewing Operations at Smuttynose Brewing Co., is our guest. Patrick Donagher, founder of Get Real Presents and co-founder of Alewife NYC, is our guest host. We hear a bit about David's brew career, talk about and taste some Short Batch Series beers (one with experimental hops and the other with foraged ingredients), a Seasonal brew, and a Smuttynose Big Beer. The guys were also kind enough to take part in our first 2 Drink Careers 101 Q&A segments. Juice - Keep It Moving
On this week’s Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone is talking about beer in the U.K. and in China. Beer writer John Holl is in the studio, talking about the culture of low ABV beers in the U.K. Jeff Cioletti, Editor-In-Chief at Beverage World, is also in the studio to talk about the stigma associated with cask ales across the pond. Patrick Donagher of GetRealPresents.com and Alewife NYC discusses his recent cask festival, and how beer lovers of all ages were enjoying cask beer. Later, Jimmy and company talk with Teddy Gowan of Dr. Beer in Shanghai, China. Teddy talks about beer trends in Shanghai and Beijing, and how the beer scene there resembles that of the United States before the craft brew movement. The studio guests talk about their favorite English and Scottish beers, and why so many beer bars in NYC tend feature macrobrews on tap and leave their lines dirty. This episode has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “I think that in the U.K., there’s more of a sessionable beer culture. You’re finding more beers that are in the 3-4% range pretty much everywhere that you go, so you can have more of them.” — John Holl on Beer Sessions Radio “A lot of the thinking among some of the younger drinkers is, ‘Cask is my father or grandfather’s drink.’ Now you’re starting to see a lot more beer based on American craft beers- draft, but not hand-pumped.” —Jeff Cioletti on Beer Sessions Radio “The Chinese market is huge, and they’re just now getting excited about beer.” —Teddy Gowan on Beer Sessions Radio
Beer Sessions has done it! 100 Episodes! On this milestone episode of Beer Sessions Radio (TM) host Jimmy Carbone welcomes a huge gang to the Roberta’s studio. From the trio of Joe, Eric, and Vaughan of the new Montauk Brewing Co. to Patrick Donagher of GetRealNY, to Lina Kulchinsky of the delicious Sigmund’s Pretzels, and show regular Chris Cuzme, this episode is literally packed with good beer and good food. Tune in for talks and tastes from around New York, the city where the show started started, test your beer IQ with some GreatBrewers trivia, and learn about the basics for pairing your beers (pretzels are an excellent choice!). This 100th episode is sponsored proudly by GreatBrewers.com. “We’ve started a culture of hop-heads but we kinda wanted to move away from that.” –Eric Moss of Montauk Brewing Co. on Beer Sessions Radio .
This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy hosts a special on traditional cask ale. First he goes on the road to speak to Rob Hodson of Union Beer Distributors, who showed an early interest in cask ale and gave it a big boost in NYC. Next “cask ale guy” Alex Hall (of Gotham Imbiber et al.) discussed the finicky specifics of serving and storing cask ale along with Joel Shelton of Shelton Brothers Imports. Finally Patrick Donagher of Rattle n Hum discussed his upcoming Get Real NY event along w/Chris Cuzme of NYC Craft Beer Week. German gravity or English Traditional? What’s a CamRA? Tune in for this meeting of the minds to learn about this complex, storied ale. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.
This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy and Ray sat down with Rachel Wharton, Patrick Donagher, John Rauschenberg & Jonathan Stan. The gang spoke about the exciting new Good Beer Seal inductees and their induction party at d.b.a. Bar.