Spring Not Quite Sprung, They’re Grateful for Grapefruit It’s that blessed sign of spring in the offing—pitchers and catchers have reported to spring training, and ballgames in the sun baked, so called Grapefruit League will soon commence. Perhaps that is why grapefruit flavors are on...
The Captain’s Log: ‘Brand’ New Approach The Captain is finally putting serious thought into its branding, including new names for some beloved beers, and a new logo as well. The tasting room favorite Imperial IPA is now the Palate Shifter, while the India Pale Ale—heretofore known...
Booths Cruise! The Westchester County Center. It is home to the Westchester Knicks, a far more palatable version of the team than their varsity siblings down in the city. It is home to reptile shows, the circus, Disney Live! and, for one blessed night each February,...
New York To Super Bowl: You’re Gonna Hear Me Snore When we last saw Simon Ellis, it was considerably nicer out. He was on the patio. The sun was shining. He was contemplating exactly which beer should be chosen to deflower the finest growler in the...
Small Batches, Big Flavors, Fond Memories The Super Bowl is a week away, which means it is time for the Captain Lawrence Hop Bowl, pitting a dozen memorable small-batch brews from the past year—staffer-created concoctions such as the chamomile-infused Sleepy Time Saison, the session IPA Hop...
Beer on Ice! The roads were icy as a freezing, miserable rain fell. The signs on the highway warned, Only Travel if Necessary. “This was necessary,” says Pieter Colpaert of Brooklyn, raising his sample of the small-batch bock called I’ll Be Bock. It’s a long weekend, and...
The Breakfast Club Jordi Bayer and Sammy Saba, without a doubt, had a better breakfast than you. While the cold snap dissuaded many from venturing out on the weekend, the New York City pair took it in the opposite direction, schlepping to Dover Plains in Dutchess...
The Captain’s Log: Mo’ Better Brews Having been a good boy all year, Captain Lawrence got some rather large presents from Santa this past holiday season. There’s a new bottling line that it picked up from the Prospero folks in Pleasantville that more than doubles the...
New Year’s, New Beers They don’t have the cache of Christmas and New Year’s, but these days in between are, in a sense, holidays in their own right—time to seek out old friends, knock off the things you’ve been meaning to do all year, and start...
Twas a Few Days Before Christmas Twas a few days before Christmas, and all through the brewery There was all sorts of merriment, some flashes of foolery People took a break from finding the best Christmas sales To enjoy some fine, locally brewed craft ales. Hawthorne’s Elio Pezzulo sent out...