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It’s a solid state of affairs (yuk yuk) because it’s Queens Beer Week and in the latest episode the goons are hanging at the Solid State bar for the LIC Beer Project and Transmitter Tap Take Over. Not only are we celebrating the awesome beer that comes out of the greatest borough - Queens All Day! We also sit down with co-owner Kristopher Medina to discuss the philosophy, vibe and future of Woodside's newest (and only) craft beer bar. Fun Fact- located in Woodside Queens the bar features 20 taps (18 for beer and 2 for cider) and 8 pin ball machines. Plus BTBT intern Mike co-hosts for the very first time! And we announce the WINNER of the Beer Today Beer Tomorrow and BTBTGoons Instagram Beer Give Away Contest! In case you’re interested check out the two episodes we did for last years Queens Beer Week Queens Beer Week Warm Up Event Queens Beer Week Kick Off Event
Check out Podcast Episode 20 – The Queens Beer Week Kick Off! It was good times at LIC Landing and the BTBT crew was crushing local brews and conducting some great interviews featuring: Dan Bronson General Manager of SingleCut Beersmiths Tommy Ortega - Bartender at the Pony Bar and Queens Beer Week co-founder Arch Bernard - Sales at Rockaway Brewing Company Pat O’Grady – Friends of Fire fighters Chris Cuzme - Head brewer and co-owner of Fifth Hammer Brewing Company Rob Basch – President Hunters Point Park Conservancy Kyle Hurst - brewer and co-owner of Big Alice Brewery Check out the show and let us know what you think! Get out there and visit your local neighborhood breweries and bars! Spread that #Queens Love! Cheers
This week on Beer Sessions Radio, we’d like to welcome to the show Jake Klein (Jake’s Handcrafted), Rich Castagna (Bridge & Tunnel Brewery), and Kaitlyn Leloup (LIC Beer Project) to talk about (and eat) Jake's Handcrafted sausages, as well as Queens Beer Week.
Check out BTBT Episode 19 – The Queens Beer Week Warm Up Event show at the Pony Bar in NYC. This episode features LIC Beer Project, Transmitter Brewing, Singlecut BeerSmiths and the owner of the Pony Bar. Good times with good folks and good beers! Give the show a listen and let us know what you think. Don’t forget Queens Beer Week 2017 kicks off soon. BTBT will be your go to resource for media coverage of this showcase of the boroughs finest. Cheers! #QBW17 #Queensbeerweek #NYCbrewed #BTBT #BeerTodayBeerTomorrow #happydrinking
Attention, Queens! Celebrate one of New York’s greatest beer scenes: your neighborhood! Queens Beer Week is a community driven and supported celebration of that most wonderful of liquids. QBW is a 100% non-profit organization, brought to you by the great bars and breweries in Queens. Join us this May 8th-17th, as we cheers the Spring and the great brews Queens has to offer. This week’s episode of Beer Sessions Radio is dedicated to the awesomeness of Queens Beer Week! Tune in and learn more! This program was brought to you by Union Beer. “The diversity in our borough is the diversity in our brew scene – it’s awesome.” [05:00] “Queens beer wee –Daniel Bronson on Beer Sessions Radio “Anybody anywhere who wants a good craft beer – that’s where we’ll go!” [22:00]
In case you missed the memo – beer is big in Queens. We’re in the thick of Queens Beer Week in NYC and to celebrate, Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett are joined by the team behind Big Alice Brewing on this week’s episode of Fuhmentaboudit!. Tune in and hear from founder Robby Craften and a few of the brewery’s interns as they explain how the brewery got started and what makes the concept unique. From one-off beers to specialty brews. go behind the curtain at one of the most promising new breweries in New York! This program was sponsored by Whole Foods Market. “Queens as a borough had no breweries a few years ago. The idea of a Queens Beer Week would have been ridiculous but now we have more breweries than any other borough!” [13:00] –Robby Crafton on Fuhmentaboudit!
Beer royalty is in the house this week on Beer Sessions Radio as Brooklyn Brewery founder Steve Hindy joins the program to chat about his new book, The Craft Beer Revolution: How a Band of Microbrewers Is Transforming the World’s Favorite Drink. Steve isn’t the only guest this week, Jimmy is joined by Tommy Ortega, owner of Sunswick 35/35, Dan Bronson, organizer of Queens Beer Week, Ben Sandler, co-owner, Queens kickshaw and Anthony Accardi, co-owner/brewer Transmitter Brewing Co., LIC. The theme of the week is craft beer in New York, specifically, Queens. We’re gearing up to celebrate Queens Beer Week, which is happening this Friday. Tune in and get some great beer insight from real pros. This program was brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “We started out peddling Brooklyn Lager door to door in 1988 and in retrospect, I cant believe anybody bought anything from us. We were selling at a rice right above Heineken we had no money for marketing, nobody had ever heard of the beer and we couldn’t give anybody credit – we wanted to be paid cash for something nobody ever heard of.” [10:00] –Steve Hindy on Beer Sessions Radio