Shall We Meat For a St. Pat’s Beer? While St. Patrick’s Day has become, for better or worse, a celebration of beer, we sure do some funky things to our beloved brews in the name of the patron saint of Ireland. The purists may have scrunched...
Sun Shines On Happy ‘Hour’ A few days before we turned our clocks forward, USA Today posited how the whole of America will “bemoan the hour we won't get back until October.” Which got me thinking. For starters, we get the hour back in November, not...
Wishing Away the Winter Woes Rough winter, eh? Even if it doesn’t prove to be the statistically worst in Westchester history, it sure as hell feels that way. Nasty, unforgiving, relentless—pick your adjective. Or your simile: “It’s like a boxer with a good jab,” likens Rob...
The Best Fest In All of Westchester It was among the greatest days ever for New York-based craft beer fans. There were two full blown brew festivals Saturday—the cleverly titled Hops and Props bash under the Spirit of St. Louis and other vintage aircraft at the...
The Captain’s Log: Zero to 60 in 12 Months It’s been just a year since the first bottles of Captain Lawrence India Pale Ale came rolling down the line, and the beer is already the No. 2 seller, ahead of mainstays such as Captain’s Kolsch...
Crossing the Border to Order Some Porter It being a holiday weekend and all, Sunday was more like a Saturday in the Captain Lawrence tasting room. “Triple D” was in the house—it’s a “birthday weekend” for Dan Gannon of Stamford, and he’s sharing a few samples...
A Half-Gallon of Heaven Back in September, the finest growler in Westchester County was still a virgin. Emblazoned with the Union Jack and “God Save the Queen,” the ceramic objet d’art was a retirement gift for Simon Ellis of Katonah, and we were pleased to witness...
Resolution in the Air It is the time of year when our new year’s resolutions, not quite a week old, are—for the most part—very much intact. Yet we all might learn something from the denizens of Captain Lawrence’s tasting room, where the most popular resolution is,...
The Captain’s Log: New Year’s, New Beers The final tally is just…about…in. As the year comes to a close, Captain Lawrence has produced nearly 20,000 barrels of beer in 2013—that’s close to 40,000 kegs, and a whopping 35% increase over 2012, its first full year in...
'Twas a Few Nights Before Christmas ‘Twas a few nights before Christmas And all through the brewery People were enjoying the opposite Of nature’s fury. The seasonal carols speak of snow, frost and ice And wintry sleigh rides you’d want to do twice. In fact, Sunday was balmy—temps up to 68! Some missed...