The Spice of Life The Arctic Monkeys are cranking from the tasting room speakers, but everything else is hazy, hot, and very definitely summer: samples of Captain Lawrence’s crisp wheat ale Sun Block going down way too easily, the smell of meat on the barbecue, the...
The Captain’s Log: Sour Power! Not yet three years since moving to a roomy new brewing facility in Elmsford, Captain Lawrence is expanding further. The brewery will be taking over the adjacent 4,800 square feet currently occupied by an HVAC outfit, says owner Scott Vaccaro, on...
And So Fourth and So On The holiday weekend initially looked like a washout, but Mother Nature rallied and served up a couple picture-perfect days for deserving revelers. Many of them are squeezing in some recreational activity—cornhole, bocce, beer sampling—on the Captain Lawrence patio before the...
Raising a Cup to the World Cup As we’ve detailed in the past, beer goes well with watching baseball, and football, and most any other sport. We can add soccer to the list; after all, the best teams compete for a Cup every four years, the...
In the Name of the Father Father’s Day is its own excellent reason to swing by Captain Lawrence on a perfectly sunny and beautiful Sunday, but there was another one to boot: the Pilot Batch Tap Takeover. Put in plain English, a dozen of the...
The Craft Behind Brewing, and Filmmaking The usual buzz of beery conversation out on the Captain Lawrence patio is hushed for a night, all eyes and ears focused on a movie screen as filmmaker/beermaker Craig Noble’s craft brewing documentary Craft (CraftBeerMovie.com) prepares to air. While...
The Captain’s Log: Mass. Appeal It’s 300 miles from Philadelphia to Boston, and with any luck, you’ll be able to enjoy a Captain Lawrence in both cities—and all in between--some time next year. Captain Lawrence plans to debut in the Philly market in January, a big...
Memorial Day Memories: Hiking, Biking, Craft-Beer Liking While much of the population was intent on getting out of Westchester County for Memorial Day, others were actually looking to come to the area for the long weekend--and avail themselves of the parks, the historic sites, the breweries....
All Fine At CL Swine Dine The Captain Lawrence Pig Roast! Easily the biggest and definitely the bestest day of the Captain Lawrence calendar year! The weather leading up to the big day was dreadful—buckets of rain threatening to make a muddy mess of things. But...
Grab Another For Mother! Brewery tasting rooms have come a long way in terms of being socially acceptable places to celebrate special occasions, but it may be a few more years before they rival the popular brunch spots on Mother’s Day. On a sparkling day that...