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...
Weather or Not It was the informal start to summer, but the weather—a critical performer in the annual drama known as Memorial Day Weekend—refused to play along for the first few days. When it was warm, it poured. When it was sunny, it was chilly. The...
Hit the Links While Enjoying Your Drinks The strange object appeared to have fallen from space, hurtling through the air before thrusting its staff into the earth like a Gold Rush speculator. It had chains and a basket and a silver pole, and someone had...
Reimagining the Grapefruit Diet They came from far away, on bicycles, and they came from so close they could walk. They sipped a new beer that makes clever use of a fat, round, semi-sweet fruit, and they sampled some tried and true brews as well....
The Captain’s Log Captain Lawrence Brewing will see your imperial IPA and raise you one. Yes, a triple India Pale Ale is in the works in the brewery’s pilot system. The guys are slowly dry hopping the brew to get the maximum “hoppiness,” as owner Scott Vaccaro...