The Captain’s Log It may be the dog days of summer, but one of fall’s favorite treats is already flowing in the tasting room. Captain Lawrence’s Pumpkin Ale, made from pureed pumpkins and flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice, is on draft and in bottles. Too...
Hoppy National IPA Day! They came from near, and they came from far. They came to celebrate a very special holiday called National IPA Day. That may sound like something Captain Lawrence created to get people out to the tasting room, but it’s real—August 1, National...
‘Best’ Place Ever! No knock on Elmsford—I dig Sportime USA and the skating rink and the driving range, not to mention the KFC, all of which represent Captain Lawrence’s neighbors along Rte. 9A. But for one night, Captain Lawrence went truly high class—setting up shop at...
‘99’ Reasons To Go For a Beer A hot summer day is, for many, ideal for enjoying beer outside, but the string of mid 90s scorchers these past few days, the mercury even climbing to 99 one day, has been a bit much. Even the Captain...
The Captain’s Log Scott Vaccaro was curious to see how the pig roast, an annual Captain Lawrence tradition since the earliest days of the brewery, would play out for the first time at its Elmsford facility. Turns out the bigger stage made for a big success—three...
Good Times, So-So Rhymes It’s been half a year since it was Christmastime. When “Notes” broke from the norm and delved into rhyme. Our weekly dispatch is, as always, both droll and terse. But this week we deliver our story in verse. They came to the brewery from points...
Little Pigs, Little Pigs, Let Me Come In! It is the long awaited day—the first-ever Elmsford iteration of the annual Captain Lawrence pork and beer bacchanalia known as Pig Roast. The pig pilgrims are streaming in from all corners of the county and beyond—including on school...
Days of Swine and Roses With the first-ever Pig Roast at the new brewery space coming up inside of a week, thoughts turned to the pig roasts of the past, when Captain Lawrence was a significantly smaller brewing operation, and the crowd gathered around the...
The Captain’s Log Captain Lawrence’s pig roast was a yearly highlight at its previous Pleasantville locale, people schlepping from all over the county—and beyond—to partake in fresh roasted pork and, of course, locally brewed craft beer. The event was skipped last year, Captain Lawrence’s first few...
Bags, Boards, Beers! Rich Queen was down from Woburn, Massachusetts on business, selling medical supplies in Westchester for the day, and figuring he’d spent a boring night watching TV in his hotel room when the message popped up on Facebook: a cornhole tournament at Captain...