Putting the Sun in Sunday You never really need a reason to pop into Captain Lawrence Brewing, other than the tasty craft beer flowing freely, but Sunday did offer a few bonus ones. For starters, the 50 degree temps were making that surprise snowstorm a distant...
Taking Back Sunday It was a historic day in the Captain Lawrence tasting room—the first Sunday in brewery history in which the tasting room is open for business. In other words, whatever your Sunday routine involves--be it sleeping in, brunch, worship, cleaning, lamenting the pending work...
The Captain’s Log What happens when extreme weather meets extreme beer? Sadly, the weather wins. At least it did this time. Captain Lawrence had planned to make the schlep up I-95 to be represented at the Extreme Beer Fest in Boston this past weekend, but 2 1/2 feet...
Hardly Raven About the Big Game A little over 24 hours before kickoff in New Orleans, the Captain Lawrence tasting room was as jammed as Bourbon Street—the lines for growlers more typically seen on the eve of Thanksgiving and holiday weekends. Interest in filling jugs...
The Feiner Things In Life For Paul Feiner, longtime town supervisor of Greenburgh, home of Captain Lawrence, it is hardly beer-drinking weather. Paul prefers a beer in the heat of summer, preferably after a long bike ride or run. “On a hot day, there’s nothing like a...
‘Pleasant’ Memories of Brewery's Early Days With the expansive Captain Lawrence tasting room in Elmsford reaching its one-year anniversary, a bit of reflecting on the original digs in Pleasantville may be in order. While most everyone enjoys the 1,500 square feet of beer-sampling nirvana, the food...
Hoppy New Year! It was, simply put, the greatest assembly of exquisite hops since the NBA’s Slam-Dunk contest. New to the Captain Lawrence lineup was the Re-Intro NJ IPA, a classic American-style concoction dry hopped with cascade and palisade hops, made special for the Garden State....
You Say You Want a Resolution We are on the cusp of the new year, when the media guilts us into embarking on resolutions designed to make us healthier, wealthier and maybe even happier–at least until we shamefully give them up a few weeks, or...
Twas a Few Nights Before Christmas Twas a few nights before Christmas And the brewery was rocking. People sampling craft brews and wondering If growlers would fit in a stocking. The Pale Ale! The Brown Bird! The Captain’s Reserve! Fine beers from Westchester We all richly deserve. Jim Hundzynski was picking up Kolsch for...
The Captain’s Log Not unlike those elfin fellows up in the North Pole, the Captain Lawrence crew has been working like dervishes to satisfy wish lists all over the region. (The Captain Lawrence elves are much larger than their North Pole counterparts, but sport similar beards.)...