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Falling For Seasonal Flavors Some signs of fall are obvious: the leaves bursting with color along the Taconic, friends who stop by with extra apples after a fruitful excursion to the orchard, Rex Ryan’s teary press conferences after a horrific Jets loss. Other autumnal tells are more...

Brown Ale Slays ‘Dragon’ Some artists create from palettes, as those tablets used for mixing paints are known, while others work off pallets, as those forklift-friendly wooden skids used for carting around kegs, bags of barley, and other heavy loads are called. Around 60 pallets were...

The Captain's Log Scott Vaccaro, owner of Captain Lawrence Brewing, has been logging major frequent-flier miles to improve the brewery’s beer, and make sure it gets into a wider group of hands. This past Sunday, he flew out to Washington State to spend quality time with...

Twister on Tap There was, of course, a tornado warning in Westchester over the weekend, and a pair of twisters actually tore through parts of Queens and Brooklyn. (Did someone say Brooklyn Cyclones?) But if that dire forecast put a fright into some people in the...

What to Take When Heading Into Labor It was summer’s last hurrah—a chance to head out of town, hit the beach, visit friends, and partake in other typical Labor Day activities. And any time there’s a holiday weekend in the offing, the growler line at Captain...

Lazy Saturday Lax Nothing It was, by several accounts, a lazy Saturday. Another steamy day in a summer full of them, vacation likely over, school starting in short order, the Yankees and Mets stuck in their own relative versions of malaise, and football still a few...

The Captain’s Log The back to school ads are starting to run, pre-season football is underway, and the TV networks are beginning to hype their new shows. Is it too early to start thinking about autumn, and all of its tasty trappings? It’s never too early. The Captain...

Sour Ale O’ Mine The anticipation in the tasting room was almost as great as it was for that Guns N’ Roses album that took like 32 years to be released. Hops N’ Roses, the malt sour ale brewed with a veritable bouquet of flowers--including hibiscus, rose...

An En-Lightning Evening, and a Very Good Cause And  A Note From Lisa Harding of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation The band was playing “Blister in the Sun”, which had everyone at the brewery up on their feet. But perhaps a song with a bit more...

Babes in the Brewery “Notes From the Tasting Room” has been a bit guy-heavy in recent weeks, with Evan Watson talking about beer, blues and football, Scott Vaccaro chatting about roasting pigs and jack-knifed pickup trucks, and a litany of lads opining on testosterone-fueled live music. So...